Nowadays, it seems like everyone is talking about the next week’s chain of holidays. From August 12 to Independence Day, everyone is seen making plans for these floating in the week.
In terms of entertainment, the releases of two major films—both sequels—have appeared to have restored the Indian box office with their advance bookings, box office predictions, and feedback. Gadar 2 directed by Anil Sharma and featuring Sunny Deol ,Utkarsh Sharma and Ameesha Patel and OMG 2 starring Akshay Kumar, Pankaj Tripathi and Yami Gautam which are both booked to release on 11th of August 2024 and have made a gigantic elevate with its promotions, teasers and trailers which are out at this point. In addition, full-scale advance reservations for both films have already begun.
The fact that it is the continuation of a beloved plot is what sets these two films apart from one another. Gadar 2: The Katha Continues is the critically acclaimed sequel of Gadar : Ek Prem Katha. The sequel is a film about the Indo-Pakistan battle of 1971, where Tara Singh gets back to Pakistan to bring his child, Charanjeet back home.
Single screens were at that point a fury since they opened and presently the best 3 popular national chains have likewise participated. As of 11 a.m. on August 3, the film had sold 1700 tickets in PVR, 1200 tickets in Inox, and 5200 tickets at Cinepolis, totaling Rs 25 lakh 8 days before its release. Cinepolis opened before PVR and Inox. For a movie that hasn’t even reached its release week yet, the advance numbers are impressive. The main day assortment of the film is anticipated to go for about Rs 25 crores.
OMG 2 is the spin-off of the super-hit dramedy OMG! Oh My God. Whereas its follow-up focuses on the contentious issue of sex education.
The first part was a cult and that has guaranteed a decent beginning to the advances for its spin-off even without the trailer release. As of 11 a.m. on August 3rd, OMG 2 had sold 1100 tickets in PVR, 550 tickets in Inox, and 350 tickets in Cinepolis, totaling Rs 2 lakh 8 days before its release. The advances are as of now more grounded than the last half a dozen. Akshay Kumar films and if the advances from here form consistently, we can expect a twofold digit start. It is important to note that OMG 2 has been given the A certification with 27 modifications. The movie’s creators have changed Akshay Kumar’s Lord Shiva character to the messenger. Frontal nudity visuals are also replaced.
However, Kumar’s OMG 2 lags behind GADAR 2 by a significant margin in the overall advance booking numbers for both films. The trailer for OMG 2 was going to be released on Wednesday 2nd August, but as a mark of respect for Art Director Nitin Desai’s demise, the trailer was deferred by one day.
Raksha Bandhan and Laal Singh Chaddha, two Bollywood films with an A-rating released for Independence Day last year, were major failures. Both the movies couldn’t do well in their advance bookings as well as the Box Office Collections. This year nonetheless, will be very fascinating to see the two movies having an eye to eye, and the stand by is without a doubt going to be worth the effort.
