The Corona transition and lockdown have changed the might of the Indian and Bollywood industries. Shooting has been closed since 19 March. Cinema halls are closed. As a result, for the first time in film history, the boxoffice collection became zero.
Counting on each platform, only 50 films could be released till June this year. The industry also lost three big stars. The most shocking incident was the death of Sushant Singh Rajput. The suicide of a talented star exposed the film mafia and nepotism in Bollywood.
Now things are getting normal slowly. Shooting has also started, but the restrictions of social distancing after the infection have scared everyone. Now the industry is following the new normal trend.
Bollywood's six-month report card in 2020 is like this.
50 movies released in 6 months
Shooting and post production in Bollywood has been closed since March 19 due to the corona virus epidemic. Since the release of English Medium on 13 March, no film has been released in theaters until June 2020. Only 35 films were released in Theaters before Total Lockdown. For the first time, it was released on the OTT platform instead of a movie theater adorned with big stars. It was Amitabh Bachchan-Ayushman Khurana's Gulabo Sitabo. Which was released on June 12 on Amazon Prime. The next name in this episode is also from films like Gunjan Saxena, Shakuntala Devi.
Movies touching 100 crore mark
Out of 50 films released in 2020, only 2 films crossed the 100 crore mark in the box office collection. Tanhaji set a record in terms of earnings. On January 10, the total release of Tanhaji was 367.65 crores. Tiger Shroff's Baaghi 3 was the second film to cross the 100 crore mark. Which did a business of 137.05 crores. Street Dancer 3D could only earn 97 crores.
(Figures according to Wikipedia)
Boycott of splash on going to JNU
The film Chhapak on Deepika Padukone's Acid Attack Survivors was scheduled to release on January 10. Before this, Deepika reached among the students sitting on a dharna at JNU. He did not make any statement there but going there was considered his silent consent. This had a direct impact on the film's collection. The film made under the direction of Meghna Gulzar could gross only 55.44 crores.
Breaking stars' relationships
The last six months brought many changes in the personal life of the stars. While Nawazuddin Siddiqui's wife Alia filed a divorce case, his brother Shamas was accused of harassment. A new picture of the relationship came out of Hrithik Roshan's house at the time of lockdown. Where his divorced wife Suzanne Khan is living with a husband for children. TV actor Abhinav Kohli wants to live with his wife Shweta Tiwari and children Palak-Rehan, but they are also facing domestic violence charges. Rana Daggubati engaged Mihika Bajaj in May. Pooja Banerjee and Kunal Verma were married on 15 April. After canceling the function, donated the entire amount spent in the wedding to the needy.
Bollywood stars who drowned
In the first half of 2020, Bollywood stars were in the grip. The news of Kushal Punjabi, Nimmi, Sejal Sharma's death came early in the year. During the lockdown, Irrfan Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Yogesh Gaur, Anwar Sagar, Basu Chatterjee, Mohit Baghel, Wajid Khan, Praksha Mehta, Manmeet Grewal, Chiranjeevi Sarja, Jagesh Mukati, Sai Gundewar, Anil Suri, Shafiq Ansari, Sachin Kumar Said goodbye
Bollywood in the grip of Corona
Some big names of the industry also came in the grip of global epidemic. First singer Kanika Kapoor got infected with this virus. This was followed by Zoya Merani, Karim Morani, Shaja Morani, Kiran Kumar, Mohena Kumari where they themselves were found infected. At the same time, the families of Boney Kapoor and Karan Johar were found to be positive, both of whom were home quarantined.
Reel life is not the hero of real life
Many stars came forward to help Daily Wage Earner and Corona Fighters due to lack of work. Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Hrithik Roshan helped people at their level. Sonu Sood was the most discussed among all. Who arranged for air tickets, train tickets and buses to take the workers to their homes. Also be active through Twitter and troll free numbers for help.
Celebs getting away from social media
Bollywood celebs are de-activating their accounts to avoid trolling and bullying on social media. After Sonakshi Sinha, the names of Saqib Saleem, Ayush Sharma, Zaheer Iqbal have been added to this episode. All of them have closed the Twitter account, while Huma Qureshi's boyfriend Mudassar Aziz has called Instagram a good buy. While Sonam Kapoor, Divya Khosla Kumar have blocked the comments section.
The worst time in the history of cinema - Taran Adarsh, trade analyst
This is the first time the boxoffice collection has been zero. The industry has seen very bad times, situations like super depression. Theaters have started in New Zealand, with theaters opening in the US from July. Then our films will be released there. Hopefully everything will be fine here soon as there is no such thing as profit in showbiz from OTT release. Only the cost cover is available.
Half a year in turmoil - Atul Mohan, trade analyst
Films reached the theater only three months after its debut. As of June last year, the collection of films was around 17 crores. This year there was no release for three months, till March it had grossed around 600 crores. Death of stars, corona contagion
Counting on each platform, only 50 films could be released till June this year. The industry also lost three big stars. The most shocking incident was the death of Sushant Singh Rajput. The suicide of a talented star exposed the film mafia and nepotism in Bollywood.
Now things are getting normal slowly. Shooting has also started, but the restrictions of social distancing after the infection have scared everyone. Now the industry is following the new normal trend.
Bollywood's six-month report card in 2020 is like this.
50 movies released in 6 months
Shooting and post production in Bollywood has been closed since March 19 due to the corona virus epidemic. Since the release of English Medium on 13 March, no film has been released in theaters until June 2020. Only 35 films were released in Theaters before Total Lockdown. For the first time, it was released on the OTT platform instead of a movie theater adorned with big stars. It was Amitabh Bachchan-Ayushman Khurana's Gulabo Sitabo. Which was released on June 12 on Amazon Prime. The next name in this episode is also from films like Gunjan Saxena, Shakuntala Devi.
Movies touching 100 crore mark
Out of 50 films released in 2020, only 2 films crossed the 100 crore mark in the box office collection. Tanhaji set a record in terms of earnings. On January 10, the total release of Tanhaji was 367.65 crores. Tiger Shroff's Baaghi 3 was the second film to cross the 100 crore mark. Which did a business of 137.05 crores. Street Dancer 3D could only earn 97 crores.
(Figures according to Wikipedia)
Boycott of splash on going to JNU
The film Chhapak on Deepika Padukone's Acid Attack Survivors was scheduled to release on January 10. Before this, Deepika reached among the students sitting on a dharna at JNU. He did not make any statement there but going there was considered his silent consent. This had a direct impact on the film's collection. The film made under the direction of Meghna Gulzar could gross only 55.44 crores.
Breaking stars' relationships
The last six months brought many changes in the personal life of the stars. While Nawazuddin Siddiqui's wife Alia filed a divorce case, his brother Shamas was accused of harassment. A new picture of the relationship came out of Hrithik Roshan's house at the time of lockdown. Where his divorced wife Suzanne Khan is living with a husband for children. TV actor Abhinav Kohli wants to live with his wife Shweta Tiwari and children Palak-Rehan, but they are also facing domestic violence charges. Rana Daggubati engaged Mihika Bajaj in May. Pooja Banerjee and Kunal Verma were married on 15 April. After canceling the function, donated the entire amount spent in the wedding to the needy.
Bollywood stars who drowned
In the first half of 2020, Bollywood stars were in the grip. The news of Kushal Punjabi, Nimmi, Sejal Sharma's death came early in the year. During the lockdown, Irrfan Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Yogesh Gaur, Anwar Sagar, Basu Chatterjee, Mohit Baghel, Wajid Khan, Praksha Mehta, Manmeet Grewal, Chiranjeevi Sarja, Jagesh Mukati, Sai Gundewar, Anil Suri, Shafiq Ansari, Sachin Kumar Said goodbye
Bollywood in the grip of Corona
Some big names of the industry also came in the grip of global epidemic. First singer Kanika Kapoor got infected with this virus. This was followed by Zoya Merani, Karim Morani, Shaja Morani, Kiran Kumar, Mohena Kumari where they themselves were found infected. At the same time, the families of Boney Kapoor and Karan Johar were found to be positive, both of whom were home quarantined.
Reel life is not the hero of real life
Many stars came forward to help Daily Wage Earner and Corona Fighters due to lack of work. Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Hrithik Roshan helped people at their level. Sonu Sood was the most discussed among all. Who arranged for air tickets, train tickets and buses to take the workers to their homes. Also be active through Twitter and troll free numbers for help.
Celebs getting away from social media
Bollywood celebs are de-activating their accounts to avoid trolling and bullying on social media. After Sonakshi Sinha, the names of Saqib Saleem, Ayush Sharma, Zaheer Iqbal have been added to this episode. All of them have closed the Twitter account, while Huma Qureshi's boyfriend Mudassar Aziz has called Instagram a good buy. While Sonam Kapoor, Divya Khosla Kumar have blocked the comments section.
The worst time in the history of cinema - Taran Adarsh, trade analyst
This is the first time the boxoffice collection has been zero. The industry has seen very bad times, situations like super depression. Theaters have started in New Zealand, with theaters opening in the US from July. Then our films will be released there. Hopefully everything will be fine here soon as there is no such thing as profit in showbiz from OTT release. Only the cost cover is available.
Half a year in turmoil - Atul Mohan, trade analyst
Films reached the theater only three months after its debut. As of June last year, the collection of films was around 17 crores. This year there was no release for three months, till March it had grossed around 600 crores. Death of stars, corona contagion
