Box Office Collections

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

Appa Indian Kamalhassanukku dhaan oducha.. Naan kooda Top director Shankar.. Trendy Music Director and Top heroinekkaaga dhaan oduchunnu ninachutten..

Note: My all time favorite KH movie Indian.. adha kalaaikka vechuttangale...

Indian ran for 2 things. 1)Kamal's prosthetic getup and his heroism in that role 2) Shankar's Mass elements

Kamal very rarely acts in others' story. Indian, Vettaiyaadu vilaiyaadu. so Most of his films success belongs to him only

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

Indian is shankar and rahman's almost 4th or so film. and then he didnt go to them or use them continuously like rajni

[Adox]

Again, can't believe we are still doing this after 20 years!
Beyond all the poster/Wikipedia/website sources for collections, there is ONE source of truth for the collections: Money willing to be invested by the industry for a certain star - because they are the only ones who know the complete truth.

On that matter, there is no dispute- Rajini can get investment for Anything - fundraiser for his impoverished guru, for his unlucky fellow film graduates; a crazy whimsical idea from his spoilt daughter etc...

He can also get other stars in their own right (directors/MDs/heroines) to star with him.

Regards,
LL

True .. Whether its Kamal or Rajini, the market dictates how much somebody is worth .. ROI dictates an actor's potential. End of story.

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

Raajja,

ரஜினி படத்த வாங்கி பிச்சை எடுத்த விநியோசகர்கள் எதுக்குண்ணே மறுபடியும் மறுபடியும் அவர் படத்த எவ்வளவு விலை குடுத்துனாலும் வாங்குறாங்க? அதுவும் நாங்க உங்கள மட்டும் நம்பித்தான் படத்த வாங்குனோம்னு சொல்றாங்க பாத்திங்களா....அது வேற level .....

YOu either didnt see Singaravelan's video or acting u didnt. He said linga was untouched by regular buyers and we most of us are 1st time buyers. Likewise, for other flops of his too, the buyers were different each time.

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

Which was the last kamal film to collect more than an animation movie with Rajini's look alike as the lead ?

UV of course!

https://twitter.com/FabFlickz/status/598820071759196161

#KamalHassan's #UttamaVillan has crossed the total gross of #YennaiArindhaal, #Kaththi & #Kochadaiiyaan @ US Box Office.

[Avadi to America]

வித்தகன் உங்களை பார்த்தால் பாவமாக இருக்கிறது.

இந்தியன் படத்திற்கு முன்னால் ஷங்கர் இயக்கிய படங்கள் இரண்டுதான். 1. ஜென்டில்மேன் 2.காதலன்.
முதல் படம் super hit. இரண்டாவது படம் Average. ஜென்டில்மேன் தெலுங்குல ஓடுச்சானு தெரியல. ஹிந்தில ஷங்கர்னா யாருனு தெரியாது. அவர் செய்த 3வது படம் தான் இந்தியன். தமிழ்,தெலுங்கு,ஹிந்தி மூணுலுமே silver jublee. அதுவும் தமிழ்ல Record break block buster . இந்தியன் 150 நாள் ஓடிட்டு இருக்கும் பொழுது அவ்வை சண்முகி ரிலீஸ். அதுவும் தமிழ், ஹிந்தில silver jublee.தெலுங்குல 100 days. இப்போ சொல்லுங்க யாரு super star-னு.

From gentleman, Shankar is THE PROMISING DIRECTOR for commercial movies in tamil and telugu cinema.... Kadhalan had greatest hype among youth and songs were rage at the time. the combination of shankar, ARR with K T kunjamoon was deadly and lethal in BO. .... IF shankar was not promising enough, k T kunjamoon would have not invested 5C for kadhalan..... it was one of the (probably THE) costliest movie at the time.....Sujatha insisted kamal to act in Indian movie since the script was rock solid... the need of improvisation is almost nil. K T kunjamoon marketed both gentleman and kadhalan like big star movies and both the movies lived up to the hype. A M Ratnam was releasing every shankar movie in telugu at the time.
We all know how big kamal is in BO but you should not through everyone under the bus.

[pushpak]

Some super stars even reject a movie just because there is one scene where a constable slaps him. Such is the commercial focus on story/script for such superstar. The inevestors will know that the star will allow/mandate dialogues where all others praise him, duets, heroism fights and what not.
Compared to this, when someone is "notorious" of making movies without songs, without fights or without even a name for the hero, art is prominent there and still het gets finance.
Shakeela movie had collected more than a Mammootty movie sometimes. Athukkaga Shakeela thaan better-nu solla mudiyuma?

[Cinemarasigan]

YOu either didnt see Singaravelan's video or acting u didnt. He said linga was untouched by regular buyers and we most of us are 1st time buyers. Likewise, for other flops of his too, the buyers were different each time.

+1. I thing people misunderstood the people who were standing in in "Q" wanted to produce Rajni's movie. They were standing to collect the losses incurred..

[Cinemarasigan]

கமலின் ஆசீர்வாதம் விஜய்-க்கு எப்போதும் உண்டு.. விஜய், ரஜினி இடத்தை பிடிக்கத் தான் முயற்சி செய்கிறார்.. வாழ்த்துக்கள்... கமலுடன் விஜயை ஒப்பிட வேண்டாம்.

[Cinemarasigan]

From gentleman, Shankar is THE PROMISING DIRECTOR for commercial movies in tamil and telugu cinema.... Kadhalan had greatest hype among youth and songs were rage at the time. the combination of shankar, ARR with K T kunjamoon was deadly and lethal in BO. .... IF shankar was not promising enough, k T kunjamoon would have not invested 5C for kadhalan..... it was one of the (probably THE) costliest movie at the time.....Sujatha insisted kamal to act in Indian movie since the script was rock solid... the need of improvisation is almost nil. K T kunjamoon marketed both gentleman and kadhalan like big star movies and both the movies lived up to the hype. A M Ratnam was releasing every shankar movie in telugu at the time.
We all know how big kamal is in BO but you should not through everyone under the bus.

At that point of time "Indian" helped Shankar to become more popular and achieve a bigger status.. But Kamal's dependency on Shankar is minimal..