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Dunki Vs Salaar: A Christmas With Clash Of ‘Civil-Wise-Action’

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Dunki Vs Salaar: A Christmas With Clash Of ‘Civil-Wise-Action’

Dunki And Salaar: A Christmas With Clashes Of ‘Civil-Wise-Action’

This Christmas won’t be as usual for the cine-goers. December 2023 is going to be much exciting for movie enthusiasts as the Christmas weekend releases are expected to escalate a melee for netizens and movie fans as the two highly anticipated movies, Shah Rukh Khan”s “Dunki” and Prabhas”s “Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire“, to hit the theaters across the world.

Dunki: A real ceasefire

Obviously Dunki will be this year’s ceasefire of King Khan as it is the third big release this year after the superstar’s Pathaan and Jawan. Shahrukh Khan”s first collaboration with director Rajkumar Hirani will hit theatre’s in 4 days. Dunki is a comedy-drama film, Directed and edited by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan”s Red Chillies Entertainment. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Taapsee Pannu along with Vicky kawshal,Vikran Kochhar, Attila Arpa, Chris Kaye, Anil grover, Jeremy Wheeler and Boman Irani in significant roles.

Dunki’s Story is about four friends from a village in Punjab who share a common dream of going to foreign shores but they have neither the visa nor the ticket. It sets fire of hilarious and heartwarming saga of a dicey journey, perilous borders, inexplicable friendships, entrancing nostalgia for home, and love that towers above it all.

Shah Rukh Khan let the fans know the meaning of Dunki and wrote ‘being apart from your loved ones’, interesting fact is fans will come with loved ones to watch Dunki. How exciting!!

In an AskSRK session last month, Shah Rukh Khan was asked by a fan to describe the following films in one word: Pathaan, Jawan and Dunki. The actor used Hindi words to answer the question. For Pathaan, he wrote, “Dhuandhaar (Smashing).” For Jawan, Shah Rukh Khan”s word was, “Khabardaar (Beware)”. For Dunki, Shah Rukh Khan wrote, ” Pyaar sirf Pyaar (Love, only love).”

Salaar: There is no ceasefire!

How can the director Prasant Neel declare a ceasefire for Prabhas’ Salaar when the budget of the movie is 400 crores and the actor Prithviraj Sukumaran who plays one of the lead roles in “Salaar”, said that the movie will be offering a “Game of Thrones” style experience for the audience. So, absolutely there is no ceasefire!

Salaar marks the biggest collaboration of the two powerhouses of Indian cinema, the KGF director Prashanth Neel and “Baahubali” star Prabhas, who are coming together for the first time to create this extraordinary tale of rebellion and mega action-packed cinematic spectacle. Salaar is an epic action thriller stars Prabhas and Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead roles, Salaar’s casts include Shruti Haasan, Tinu Anand, Eshwari Rao, Jagapathi Babu, Sriya Reddy, and Garuda Ram.

Story of Salaar is about a gang leader who makes a promise to a dying friend on taking on other criminal gangs and that leaves this film a thrilling action extravaganza.

In a latest interview with Dainik Bhaskar, Prabhas shared how he prepared for his role, which is different from all the roles he has played so far and said, “The audience has never seen me play such a character. I am excited for them to see me on-screen in a new light.”

Dunki vs Salaar : The clash yet to begin

View numbers of both Dunki and Salaar have crossed 72 Million on YouTube along and that showcases the level of ecstasy. Page views of Salaar shows in IBDb is 36.7% while Dunki is at 24.1 % and the pre-booking sale of Dunki is Rs 1.4 crore and Salaar is Rs 1.48 Cr make it clearer that the clash is yet to begin.

Dunki vs Salaar : The clash legacy

Dunki and Salaar have escalated their distribution, particularly in single-screen theaters, marking a significant clash release amidst the theatre owners are in dilemma of allocation for two super production houses while there are Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Animal’ and Jason Momoa’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom are still running with notable occupancy.

While multiplexes in North India have strategically allocated screening percentages—46% for “Dunki,” 30% for “Salaar,” and smaller portions for “Aquaman” and “Animal”, the scenario is different in the single-screen circuit in the country.


During an interview with Bollywood Hungma, “Salaar” producer Vijay Kirgandur addressed the potential conflicts between the film and “Dunki” over screen allocation, hinting at the possible “ugly fights”. He says the team “don’t want things to be ugly. We are already having meetings with the exhibitors and distributors. When we have a solo release, the occupancy generally will be around 60-70 percent. Some screens will go to “Aquaman”, but between Salaar and “Dunki”, we hope to get 50–50 screens in the best scenario. In such a scenario, if an occupancy of 90-100 percent is achieved, it’ll be a good result for both films.”

Dunki vs Salaar: Advance Booking supremacy

According to reports, Dunki has earned Rs 1.28 crore (gross) on day one of its advance booking opening. The advance booking is currently only available for Hindi shows. As per a ticket sales tracker, Dunki has sold 35,206 tickets for 2,844 shows and the maximum sales have come from regions like Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal, Gujrat and Karnataka.

 

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Salaar has amassed substantial ticket sales and earnings across multiple languages. According to the latest report, the film has created a buzz with its impressive performance.

The total tickets sold for Salaar stand at an impressive 73257, spanning 1151 shows, and the cumulative gross amounts to a staggering ₹1.48 crore. With Salaar set to hit screens in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi on December 22, 2023, the film is poised to make a significant impact, arriving just a day after Shah Rukh Khan”s Dunki.

Box office clash: The ultimatum

Salaar”s and Dunki’s advance bookings storm is a testament to the immense anticipation surrounding the films and their potential to rewrite box office records. Whether it surpasses Jawan’s 1150.7 crore or Animal’s 784.45 crore (still going up) or even Prabhas”s own Baahubali 2’s 1810 crore remains to be seen.


Actor, producer and star of Salaar Prithviraj Sukumaran, expressed his excitement while talking to Hindustan Times about Dunki-Salaar box office clash and said, “I am excited that during the holiday season, you have two giant films, by two giant filmmakers, starring two big stars, and diametrically opposite in every possible. What better year than 2023 to celebrate Indian cinema like this.”


Shah Rukh Khan: The king of clashes

Shah Rukh Khan is not new to epic clashes of film releases. Shah Rukh had an epic clash with Sanjay Leela Bhansali at the box office with Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani and Rohit Shetty’s Dilwale released in Christmas 2015.

In 2007 Diwali, Shah Rukh’s Om Shanti Om clashed with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya starring Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor and emerged winner with double the numbers in of the debut of the star kids.


In 2012, Shah Rukh Khan’s Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Yash Chopra’s last directed movie clashed with Ajay Devgn-starrer Son of Sardaar and, again the King beat Devgn-Sanjay Dutt starrer in box office.

With Veer Zaara in 2004, Don in 2006, Mohabbatein 2000, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai 1998, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge 1995, Ram Jaane 1995 and Baazigar 1993, Shah Rukh Khan had proved in the past that he is the king of epic clashes.

What Dunki vs Salaar have in store…? Let’s wait for Christmas weekend.

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