The producers are shocked as 6 of the Pan India films released this year have failed miserably so far.
Films made in one language are usually dubbed and released in the hope that fans of other languages will also accept them. Now they are giving it a new name ‘Pan India’ and making it a trend. The stories of ‘Baahubali’ and ‘KGF’ have been enjoyed across languages and collections have piled up.
Its second parts were also well received. Allu Arjun’s ‘Pushba’ was also released pan India and became a hit. Due to the response of these films, the producers decided to dub all the big budget films and release them in other languages as well. This year, 6 films released in this way have met with flops.
Prabhas and Pooja Hegde’s period film ‘Rathe Shyam’ was made on a budget of Rs 250 crore and didn’t collect even half of that. Karan Malhotra directed ‘Samshera’ in Hindi. Ranbir Kapoor and Vaani Kapoor starrer, this film was made on Rs 150 crore and it is said that it collected only Rs 63 crore.
‘Samrad Prithviraj’ is a historical film starring Akshay Kumar. Directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi, this film was made at a cost of over Rs.250 crores. Released in South Indian languages including Tamil, this film collected only Rs.90 crores.
Aamir Khan’s ‘Lal Singh Satta’ is also said to be doing poorly. Vijay Devarakonda’s Rs 130 crore film, Ananya Pandey starrer ‘Liger’ has collected only Rs 55 crore. Vikram starrer ‘Cobra’ can also be added to this list.
Due to the series of failures of Pan India films, the producers have suffered a loss of several crores of rupees. Due to this loss, ‘Janaganamana’, which was to be paired with Vijay Devarakonda and Puri Jagannath, has been stopped. Karan Johar, one of the producers of ‘Liger’, has also reportedly shelved a film starring Rashmika Mandana.
With the series of big budget films failing, will pan India films continue?
We asked producer SR Prabhu. “It’s not always possible to create works that appeal to all audiences. On a positive note, pan India is expanding the business reach of cinema. So you can create quality images.
Everything is about learning. First there were four or five films, and after the pan India success, more films followed. If some films fail, they are completely discarded, and if they are successful, they do not make pan-India films. Success and failure are everywhere and always. It’s a cycle,” he says.