Technically, the movie, Raavan is apt, but even after a deadly mix of personalities, it has not been able to beat even Hrithik Roshan starrer Kites. It even slips below the recent flops.

 

 

A movie which has on one hand set benchmarks for the Bollywood industry for its technical expertise, on the other hand it has badly failed in its content and execution part.

 

May be, the smashing hit ‘Raajneeti’, has set unachievable benchmarks for the new releases. It’s been more than a month since the movie ‘Raajneeti’ is released and now it has enjoyed most of the industry space. The entry for new releases falls totally into a new spectrum.

 

In spite of enjoying a non-competitive zone now-a-days, it has even slipped down below ‘Kites’. Even the coming together of big names like Mani Ratnam, A.R. Rahman, Bachchan couple, Gulzar and Big Pictures, it has not been able to satisfy the audience’s expectations.

 

The main thing which has added to the film’s failure is its content and execution part. The modern day Ramayana has become a spice less, one dimensional endless tale. Ratnam has not left any stone unturned to give the best to the film, but he got somewhere lost in his own oasis.

 

 

Now, coming to the figures, it has got a bad 50% opening in its first week, although it should have got not less than 70% to sustain. ‘Kites’ did a business of 30 crore in its first week, but ‘Raavan’ could hardly approximate to 20 crore in its first week.

 

Business of any new release talks in the first week of its opening, moreover Mani Ratnam himself hammered his leg by releasing the same movie in Telugu and Tamil. He himself set an internal competition for the ‘Raavan’, as a major number of audiences from South India, watched its regional version.

 

Abhishsek and Ash gave their best in the movie, but still it didn’t mark ‘Raavan’ an elusive hit.  After Delhi 6, Raavan has added another failure in Abhishek’s career.

 

Mrs. Bachchan has now hopes from her upcoming movies, Action Replayy and Guzaarish.