Movie releases 21 June 2013 - Box Office Prediction

Two relatively well promoted medium budget Bollywood movies are getting released tomorrow - Raanjhanaa and Shortcut Romeo.

Raanjhanaa
Raanjhanaa marks the debut of Dhanush in Bollywood, after his successful song 'Kolaveri Di' but failed with his Tollywood debut. However, this time music of the film is the biggest plus point. AR Rehman's score has really become popular and has been topping the charts on all music channels and radio channels. Promotion of the movie has basically been around the music, which has worked since the movie is able to create a lot of buzz. Another talking point related to the movie is about how Dhanush has been able to talk and dub in Hindi. Promos has been impressive as they give the hint of the story and generate interest in the movie. Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol are also looking good.

First Weekend: 10 Crore +
First Week: 16 Crore +
Lifetime: 25 Crore+

Shortcut Romeo
Shortcut Romeo marks the return of Neil Nitin Mukesh and Ameesha Patel. Music catches the attention, but it hasn't impressed at all. Some of the songs are quite irritating, and makes you change the channel. Interview of the star cast talking highly of the music is not helping their credibility either. Promotion of this movie has been around music and some action scenes. Action scenes in the promos might be the only thing that can work in this movie's favor. Most irritating thing about the movie's promo has been the irritating face of Neil Nitin Mukesh, it seems he is trying too hard to impress. Unless and until movie's word of mouth is very good, it won't help Neil's credibility and the movie's collections

First Weekend: 6 Crore +
First Week: 10 Crore+
Lifetime: 14 Crore+

Shanghai Poster Review

This poster review series is an attempt to explain the expectation a poster would generate in their audience, and possible story that poster might suggest. However, we are not going to rate the poster, only tell our opinion on what this poster reveals about the movie. Given below is the link of the poster

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First glance at the title will make you guess what it is about. Does 'Shanghai' mean the actual city from china, or name is being used metaphorically, or does it mean something else? You see a few characters from the movie standing with their back towards each other, which tells you that there will be an one-up-manship kind of drama on screen in the movie. Movie is getting released on 18 June 2012. It features Abhay Deol and Emraan Hashmi, and both them are on the peak of their career.

Stills in the poster

Abhay deol and Emraan Hashmi have their back towards each other with Kalki on Emraan's side and Prasenjit Chatterjee on Abhay's side. Abhay is in a suit, wearing specs and mustache, and have a serious clerk like look on his face. Emraan Hashmi is wearing casuals, a smirth along with a mustache and is having a cigerete in his mouth. Kalki is looking shocked and Prasenjit looks as if calm about hiding something. Just below these characters there is a scene still shown in which a man is getting run over by a vehicle (having lights on).

Choice of colors

Very few colors being used. Background is shown dark to suggest that movie will have a dark murder mystrery, something related to the meaning of Shanghai. Dark shading is used aptly conveying what kind of drama movie might have. But, it is not something that will get you thinking or even talking.

Text in the poster

Only the movie name and some credits have been mentioned. Even the text used in the promos are not mentioned in the poster. But it doesn't hurt the appeal of the poster. In fact, it is difficult to imagine making this poster as appealing with some text on the poster.

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