Local theatres chopping last 20 Mins of Swades

by **vivek** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 5:00 pm

cool... you have seen the entire film... some theatres are ending the film when Mohan says Bye to geeta at the bridge!!

by **akhilis2cool** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 5:04 pm

vivek wrote:cool... you have seen the entire film... some theatres are ending the film when Mohan says Bye to geeta at the bridge!!

that kills the entire movie!

by **ycr007** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 6:22 pm

Hey,I Heard somedays bak that Swades has been Dubbed into Tamil and is Titled "Desam"....Feelin' Curious I Heard Desam Songs on the net and was surprised to see that the best song "Yun hi Chala Chal" Has been Left out of the Dubbed movie since the makers felt it was slackin' the pace....

Now what to make of that???

by **CtrlAltDel** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 6:47 pm

ycr007 wrote:Hey,I Heard somedays bak that Swades has been Dubbed into Tamil and is Titled "Desam"....Feelin' Curious I Heard Desam Songs on the net and was surprised to see that the best song "Yun hi Chala Chal" Has been Left out of the Dubbed movie since the makers felt it was slackin' the pace....
Now what to make of that???

cud mean 2 thing:

1) they cudnt compose a tamil equivalent for that song in time.

or

2) audience in tamil nadu cannot sit thru a 3 and half hours of a slow film.

by **ycr007** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 6:52 pm

CtrlAltDel wrote:cud mean 2 thing:???
1) they cudnt compose a tamil equivalent for that song in time.

Now if A.R Rahman can compose ten songs then what diff. does another one make

CtrlAltDel wrote:2) audience in tamil nadu cannot sit thru a 3 and half hours of a slow film.

Then why to skip the best song of the lot?

MAybe there were no good Lyrix writers to do justice to the original

lyrics?? Or Maybe Kher refused to sing in Tamil :wink:

by **Bimbette** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:21 am

Sorry, am bringing this one up after it has long gone past its prime.

Just saw the movie again, today. Yeah the first version didn't have the 'ram leela song' and 'the old character dying'. And ironically there were 3 power cuts while we were watching the movie!!

Just wanted to say 'thank God for film makers like A Gowariker'. I had friends tell me it was a 'documentary' and I went 'for once a film maker has tried to send out a message(s) through his film, I do hope its a hit.'

Have had enough of crap that a lot of others from the Bollywood fraternity dish out.

Can someone please tell me whether Swades is a commercial hit? Thanks in advance. :-)

by **3 T'z** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:27 am

i dont suppose it is.. jst saw in news 2day tht it isint even makin 25% of collection in the metro's

by **ycr007** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:44 am

Bimbette wrote:Can someone please tell me whether Swades is a commercial hit? Thanks in advance.

Swades - 3rd week Collections:

Mumbai - 44,68,756

Ahmedabad - 1,39,270

Jamnagar - 56,060

Bhavnagar - 21,320 [9 sh.]

Pune - 12,12,367

Nasik - 1,78,099

Delhi - 10,24,914

Noida - 4,64,768

Kaushambi - 1,80,695

Gurgaon - 3,36,428

Kanpur - 11,898

Lucknow - 1,81,981

Agra - 40,500

Allahabad - 30,740

Kolkata - 9,69,958

Nagpur - 1,40,619

Akola - 65,662

Raipur - 43,286

Yavatmal - 18,110

Bhopal - 19,000 [2nd]

Bangalore - 8,14,396

Chennai - 7,55,346

(Average per print: 1,47,029)

Swades - 1st week Collections

Mumbai - 1,79,43,046 - Prints:45 (Incl. Dist. Thane)

Ahmedabad - 27,06,213

Rajkot - 2,29,187

Jamnagar - 2,86,000

Bhavnagar - 3,12,055

Pune - 44,39,487

Delhi - 92,68,632

Noida - 9,50,471

Kaushambi - 5,16,785

Gurgaon - 15,13,365

Ghaziabad - 6,50,581

Kanpur - 5,01,595 [6 dy.]

Lucknow - 9,18,766

Agra - 2,51,750

Meerut - 1,70,056

Bareilly - 67,421

Moradabad - 52,000

Dehradun - 2,50,042

Bulandshehar - 50,000

Kolkata - 34,80,792

Akola - 1,83,235

Raipur - 1,46,166

Yavatmal - 74,526

Durg - 1,60,318

Aurangabad - 2,18,910

Bangalore - 11,38,887

Chennai - 19,60,966

(Average per print: 3,90,655)

The opening ranged from 30%-50% at several screens; at some places it was slightly better [evening/night shows], at places lower. The film had not been liked, it looked more like a documentary, the masses – who make or break a film – were dissatisfied, the film lacked in entertainment value, the songs only added to the boredom...

by **akhilis2cool** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:30 am

It wasnt promoted properly.

today advertising is the key to success.

movies like tauba tauba......do well only b'coz of the promotion.....

swades ofcourse doesnt come under ^ that category. but it still needed to b promoted in abetter.....the adds that are being aired now shd. have been aired before the release of the film.

by **lizard king** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:40 am

hey is Swades worth watching? Cos Me and a couple of my friends from work are planning to go watch it this week. let me know.

by **lizard king** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:42 am

hey is Swades worth watching? Cos Me and a couple of my friends from work are planning to go watch it this week. let me know.

by **CtrlAltDel** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:49 am

its good...but dont expect an edge of the seat entertainer

Local theatres chopping last 20 Mins of Swades

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