Picture instagrammed by Yash Raj, a nonetheless from Pathaan. (courtesy: YashRajFilmsTalent)
New Delhi:
Rani Mukerji, who has been married to producer Aditya Chopra since 2014, talked about how Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan grew to become a gamechanger for Yash Raj movies after it noticed a string of flops in a row on the FICCI Frames occasion in Mumbai. Rani Mukerji additionally spoke about her husband who listened to his coronary heart and asserted on the movies’ theatrical releases amid Pandemic. Rani Mukerji mentioned on the occasion, “In time when the movies got here, all of these movies flopped as a result of the entire method the viewers watched content material modified in a single day due to OTT. All these movies failed on the field workplace and it took a whole hit commercially as a result of not one of the movies did effectively. It was like full despair. Folks had been unhappy in our firm and the entire conviction that Adi stood with that his motion pictures can be launched theatrically.”
She added, “We thought that there can be some divine intervention and that he can be rewarded for his conviction of releasing movies theatrically, and every thing form of did not work for us. Then got here Pathaan. It modified the whole factor ahead at Yash Raj. And it grew to become the highest-grossing movie.” FYI, Pathaan starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham grew to become one of many highest grossing movies of 2023.
Rani Mukerji concluded her speech with these phrases, “So if you ask me, what are the issues that want to vary is, filmmakers have to have extra religion within the product that they make, and they need to imagine in it and stand with one another to make that change. As we speak, Pathaan stood the take a look at of time and opened the floodgates for folks going into cinemas.”
ICYDK, throughout 2021-2022, when pandemic crippled the movie trade and in a method discouraged cine lovers from visiting the theatres, movies like Bunty Aur Babli 2 (2021), Jayeshbhai Jordaar (2022), Samrat Prithviraj (2022), Shamshera (2022) had been launched below Yash Raj Movie’s banner. In Bunty Aur Babli 2, the OG Babli Rani Mukerji featured with Saif Ali Khan and new entrants Siddhant Chaturvedi and Sharvari. However none of those big-ticket movies labored on the field workplace. Pathaan not solely opened the floodgates for cine lovers, Shah Rukh Khan additionally made a much-needed comeback with this movie. After Pathaan, Shah Rukh Khan gave yet one more blockbuster – Jawan. He ended the 12 months with Dunki, which acquired a combined response from the viewers.
