Why Is Bollywood Shying Away From Making Two-Hero Films & Cross-Over Between Multiple Brands?

Years of hard-work and tons of effort went into creating a super-hero franchise which eventually resulted in coming together of more than 20 super-heroes in a single film. The writers and creative team at Marvel Studios spent day and night to make this dream become a reality, with Avengers: Infinity War.

It took 18 films and 10 years to build the base for Avengers: Infinity War and the outcome of this is the fact that the film has not just taken a glowing start at the Box-Office across the globe, but also won tremendous critical acclaim. The film has emerged the biggest Hollywood opener of all time in India as the day one estimate fall in the range of Rs 28 to 29 crore.

Over the years, each super-hero i.e. Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Spiderman, Black Panther to name a few built a loyal fan-base in India and fans of all the super-heroes came together in huge numbers to watch Avengers: Infinity War, thereby resulting in some unbelievable opening at the ticket window. Now that gets us to the point i.e. why is Bollywood shying away from making cross-over films. It isn’t that we don’t have the characters that can come together in a single film to save the country.

Although Ra One failed to live onto the massive hype and expectations, one can’t deny the fact that it was an attempt to take the sci-fi franchise to the next level. A cross-over between Ra One and Krrish or Ra One and Robot is another potential for a blockbuster Indian film. And who knows, with the right script and screenplay, this well might be the only super-hero cross-over franchise of India.

Leaving the cross-over films aside, we don’t even see a lot of two-hero films being made in this industry. When was the last when two major stars teamed up for the same film? You will take a lot of time to think about the same. Blame it on the star-egos or the lack of creativity in the industry, but the concept of two hero films has gone from bad to worse in last 15 years. Rohit Shetty recently revealed that he had to shelve the Ram Lakhan remake as no actor was ready to essay the character of Ram due to insecurity and fear of getting overshadowed by Lakhan. This speaks enough as to why two hero films are not made in Bollywood.