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After a first half that saw small wonders like “Uri – The Surgical Strike” and “Luka Chuppi” win over the audiences, Bollywood has an exciting slate lined up for the second half of 2019. The festival seasons of Diwali and Christmas are expected to light up the box office with big ticket films like “Housefull 4” and “Dabangg 3“.
The last part of the year looks more exciting, says Shibasish Sarkar, Group CEO, Reliance Entertainment.
“This year, unconventional stories have come and broken out,” Sarkar told IANS, pointing out that perhaps the only two box office disappointments were “Student Of The Year 2” and “Kalank”.
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In the conventional sense, both were ‘biggies’ in the Bollywood circuit.
But now the year looks more promising.
The slate includes Hrithik Roshan-starrer “Super 30“, Kangana Ranaut-Rajkummar Rao starrer “Judgementall Hai Kya“, Diljit Dosanjh’s “Arjun Patiala“, Richa Chadha’s “Section 375“, Sonakshi Sinha-starrer “Khandaani Shafakhana“, Sidharth Malhotra-Parineeti Chopra starrer “Jabariya Jodi” in July.
August will witness the release of John Abraham’s much-awaited “Batla House”, followed by Akshay Kumar-starrer “Mission Mangal” and “Saaho”, which stars Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor.
Come September, the slate includes the franchise film “Commando 3“, Saif Ali Khan’s “Laal Kaptaan“, Ayushmann Khurrana-Nushrat Bharucha starrer “Dream Girl“, Amitabh Bachchan-starrer “Jhund”, Sonam K. Ahuja’s “The Zoya Factor” and “Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas”, which will mark the acting debut of Sunny Deol’s son Karan.
The October-December period will be dotted by Bollywood entertainers like “The Sky Is Pink”, “Housefull 4”, “Saand Ki Aankh”, “Pagalpanti”, “Bhoot – Part One: The Haunted Ship”, “Bala”, “Jawaani Jaaneman”, “Panipat”, “Pati, Patni Aur Woh” and “Dabangg 3”. The year will end with “Good News”.
With such an eclectic mix of movies, film and trade expert Girish Johar said he is betting big only on “content”.