New Delhi: Who could be better
than Shah Rukh Khan to demonstrate the pressure a superstar has to deal with?
All it takes him is one wrong move to became everyone's target. Now, when the
charismatic actor is returning with late Yash Chopra's last directorial venture
'Jab Tak Hai Jaan', everyone is seeking the answer to the same question, will
Khan get back his Midas touch with this film?
Made at an approximate budget
of Rs 50 crore, the film is likely to recover its cost within the first
weekend, so that's not the concern. The real question is, will the die-hard
Khan fans find the film good enough?
Khan ascended to stardom due
to his cynical brand of acting in films such as 'Baazigar', 'Darr' and
'Anjaam', but he became the 'hero' with 'DDLJ' and 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'. He
displayed a new side of romance that wasn't exposed to the Indian audiences
till then. Indian heroes could stand up against 'villainous' father-in-laws but
they were not ready to embrace traditions like Khan did. Shah Rukh changed the
concept and made the Bollywood protagonist acceptable for the relatively older
generation also.
Shah Rukh's charm lies in the
fact that he appears very sophisticated, well behaved yet headstrong, which
suits the criteria set by Bollywood films in last three or four decades. His
kind of romance doesn't look very offensive and appeals his female fans.
He has tried his hands in all
sorts of genres but the gamble he played with 'Ra.One' was not well timed, the
film had good visual effects but the Indian audience was still not ready to
take a technically brilliant film on its face value. Moreover, SRK raised the
stakes to such a level where anything lesser than Rs 200 crore was equivalent
to a flop.
However, things are different
this time as SRK is returning to his most bankable genre, plus the Yash Chopra
magic is there and the sympathy wave is also working in favour of the film.
Together all these things will get 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan' a great opening but there
onwards it would be just one man who can make it cross the Rs 150 crore mark.
The film's straight
competition is with 'Ek Tha Tiger' in terms of revenue, so Rs 200 crore is the
ultimate mark to achieve, and that is not likely to happen in absence of a
really good storyline and scintillating performances.
So, everything comes down to
Shah Rukh Khan whose performance will be the make or break factor for the film,
thus King Khan doesn't seem to have any other option than coming up with a
spectacular show, he needs to get his mojo back.
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