Akshay Kumar Finished? Like Ajay Devgan In 2007?
Turn to any magazine or newspaper reporting on Bollywood, and Akshay Kumar seems to be their favourite punching bag. Switch on any TV channel these days covering Hindi films and chances are they will be talking about how Akshay is ‘almost finished’. Tees Maar Khan seems to have become the last nail in Akshay’s coffin. But is the situation really so bad for the actor whose name till three years ago spelt box-office magic? Not really! Established stars like Akshay Kumar don’t fade out merely because their films fail to perform at the box-office. Their contribution is far too great to be washed away by 10 or 15 flops. And frankly, Akshay has to his credit a successful Housefull in between his several flops like Blue, Khatta Meetha etc. Besides, ‘Tees Maar Khan‘ broke even, it is not a flop which it is being made out to be by the media. Agreed, no one expects an Akshay-Katrina starrer with Farah Khan as director to just recover the investment, but even then, an average grosser cannot be as bad as a flop or a disaster.
Coming back to established stars, flops and failures don’t drive them out of business. Go back in time to the years from 2000 to 2007 and you will recall how Ajay Devgan’s films bombed one after the other. Right from Deewane and Raju Chacha in 2000 to Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag in 2007, Ajay had delivered 26 flops in eight years. In all, 34 Ajay starrers had released from 2000 to 2007, and 26 of them had bombed. Only eight managed to make money and most of the eight were also mediocre successes. But did Devgan have to sit at home, without work? Surely not. Not only did Ajay bounce back with successes but year 2010 was probably one of the best years in the charismatic actor’s career. Golmaal 3, Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, Raajneeti and Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? gave his career such a solid boost that nobody really cared if his Aakrosh, released in the same year, bombed at the ticket windows. And if Ajay could stage such a successful comeback, what makes people think that Akshay can’t? Akshay Kumar may be passing through the worst phase of his career but that in no way means, he is finished or almost finished. His selection of films may have failed, the actor himself hasn’t.
Do you think Akshay Kumar will bounce back? If yes, with which film: Patiala House, Thank You or Desi Boyz? Enter your opinion in the comment box below.
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ajay is the best actor
sub ka baap akshay hahahaha don’t angri me he he he paglo ajay ke dewano ajay is a lozar
akshay ne dikha diya ki he is the real KHILADI of bollywood with his 3 films HOUSEFULL 2 , ROWDY RATHORE n OMG , n now he will prove himself in his upcoming movie KHILADI 786
akshay is flop actor and ugly actor
Undoubtly Akshay kumar is a super star of bollywood. I love his films,specily comedy and action films. I hope he will be back and deliver super duper hit films in the coming years
Best of luck Akshay
akshay kumar is a great actor in bollywood better then shk sulo aamir akshay action comic romanc only akshy can do every think bastards akki is akki
Many people r giving details of collections of akshay’s movies in 2009 and 2010.. Lets see the collections of Ajay’s movies: ATKJ-40 crore-hit, RAjneeti-150 crore-blockbuster, OUTIM-60 crore-superhit, Golmal3-115 crore-blockbuster, All the best- 70crore-Hit, london dreams-average.
Akshay kumar is a real actor.He is the real boss of bollywood.Shahrukh is an old man so he plays like old role.Akshay is the big father of shahrukh.
Ajay the Sultan of bollywood always will remain the best as long as he makes movies and entertain us…
there is no way Ajay devgan Should be compared with the flop Kumar..
I don’t hate Akshay Kumar but Ajay Devgan just better..hope Akshay do well in future with Desi Boyz.
ajay s a vercitile actor & akshay s a bloody sucker . ajay s jst bouncing back & akshay will never………flop kumar will remain flop……….hay mind it , dont compare flop kumar with the super hero AJAY……….Got it…………….