The new year has arrived and there are new hopes and dreams for every film industry. More than anyone else, Bollywood is trying to restore its lost glory. Things went downhill for the Hindi film industry over the past few years and 2022 turned out to be a huge nightmare. They only managed to get five notable hits last year and they were ‘Gangubai Khatiawadi’, ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’, ‘The Kashmir Files’, ‘Brahmastra’ and ‘Drishyam 2’.
The biggest films in North India last year were ‘KGF – 2’ and ‘RRR’ whose Hindi dubbed versions got 480 crores and 250+ crores respectively. The highest-collecting movie in the North is still ‘Baahubali – The Conclusion’ whose Hindi dubbed version minted over 500 crores. This movie was released back in 2017 and it explains the situation Bollywood is in right now.
They are hoping to turn the tide around in 2023 and it is all going to start with the comeback of SRK. King Khan will be arriving with ‘Pathaan’ after a gap of 4 years and everyone pinned a lot of hopes on this Republic weekend release. Salman Khan will be arriving with the third part of his successful ‘Tiger’ franchise this year. While Aamir will be taking a break, Shah Rukh will be arriving once again in June with Atlee’s ‘Jawan’. Ranbir Kapoor will be turning on the action mode with Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s ‘Animal’. The first look poster raised expectations and it is going to release in August.
Ranveer Singh will be arriving with ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’ which is directed by Karan Johar. Alia Bhatt is the heroine in it. SRK is most likely to have another release titled ‘Dunki’ which is directed by Raj Kumar Hirani. Apart from that, there is happening hero Karthik Aryan arriving with ‘Shehzada’ which is a remake of ‘Ala Vaikunthapuramlo’, ‘Gadar 2’, ‘The Vaccine War’, ‘Bade Miyaan Chhote Miyaan’, and others. Akshay Kumar will be arriving with a couple of films as usual and Ajay Devgn will also release his ‘Khaidi’ remake soon.
With Prabhas and Prasanth Neel arriving together with ‘Salaar’, most of the audience are expecting this pan-Indian film to shatter the records of either ‘KGF – 2’ or ‘Baahubali – The Conclusion’. Let us wait and see if it happens or not.
