Friday,
June
23,
2006
New
Delhi
(UNI):
The
first
Indian
superhero
hit
cinema
screens
tomorrow!
The
much
awaited
Krrish,
sequel
of
the
sci-fi
film
Koi
Mil
Gaya,
opens
at
theatres
across
the
world
with
a
record
number
of
750
prints,
250
of
them
in
the
overseas
alone.
Trade
sources
said
it
is
for
the
first
time
that
a
film
is
being
released
with
such
a
large
number
of
prints.
The
release
of
Krrish,
which
features
the
Bollywood
heartthrob
Hrithik
Roshan
as
''a
human
being
with
superhuman
qualities,
with
750
prints
is
a
record
for
the
Mumbai
film
industry
as
no
film
had
such
a
saturated
release
before
this.
Of
the
750
prints,
250
are
being
released
by
Adlabs,
the
overseas
distributors
of
the
film,
in
various
foreign
markets
alone.
Also,
around
60-70
prints
of
the
Tamil
and
Telugu
dubbed
versions
of
Krrish
will
open
simultaneously
with
the
Hindi
prints.
Trade
analysts
say
the
release
of
the
film
with
such
a
large
number
of
prints
is
a
move
aimed
at
cashing
in
on
the
huge
curiosity
levels
for
the
film
both
in
India
and
overseas.
The
tremendous
buzz
around
the
film
is
evident
from
the
huge
rush
for
advance
bookings
for
the
film
in
several
parts
of
India.
The
huge
excitement
for
the
film
led
exhibitors
to
open
advance
bookings
almost
a
week
to
ten
days
before
its
release.
The
Wave
cinemas
in
Ghaziabad
and
some
others
multiplexes
opened
advance
bookings
on
Saturday
(June
17)
instead
of
Monday,
as
is
the
norm.
Both
the
PVR
mutiplexes
and
Wave
cinemas
reported
heavy
rush
for
advance
bookings.
The
same
was
the
case
in
the
multiplexes
in
Mumbai,
where
the
rush
for
advance
bookings
is
even
greater
than
Kunal
kohli's
Aamir
Khan
Kajol-starrer
Fanaa,
which
opened
on
May
26
to
a
stupendous
response.
Trade
sources
said
that
given
the
huge
craze
for
Krrish,
the
film
could
well
rewrite
box
office
history
in
India.
''
Given
the
tremendous
curiosity
that
has
been
preceding
the
release
of
Krrish,
the
film
could
well
turn
out
to
be
the
next
superhit
of
the
year,''analysts
said.
In
fact,
they
feel
that
Krrish
could
far
surpass
box
office
collections
of
Rang
De
Basanti,
Fanaa
and
Phir
Hera
Pheri.
Even
before
its
release,
there
has
been
a
tremendous
buzz
around
Krrish.
The
buzz
around
Krish
is
evident
from
the
fact
that
no
filmmaker
has
released
his
film
today
or
even
next
week,
perhaps
to
avoid
a
competition
with
the
'superhero'
film.
The
only
big
release
in
the
coming
four
weeks
is
Madhur
Bhandarkar's
Corporate,
starring
Bipasha
Basu
and
Kay
Kay
Menon
in
the
lead
roles,
which
releases
on
July
7,
two
weeks
after
Krrish.
The
brilliant
promos
and
trailers
of
the
film,
coupled
with
the
trade
reports
of
the
film's
extensive
use
of
'Hollywoodesque'
special
affects
promising
to
put
India
on
the
world
map
as
a
country
capable
of
matching
the
best
of
Hollywood,
seems
to
have
generated
huge
curiosity
for
the
film
which
explains
the
fact
that
Krrish
is
perhaps
the
first
Hindi
film
in
recent
times
to
have
been
dubbed
in
Tamil
and
Telugu'.
In
fact,
keeping
in
view
the
huge
curiosity
level
for
the
film
in
the
South
East
Asian
countries,
the
producers
have
been
considering
dubbing
the
film
in
Chinese
language
as
well.
The
film
boasts
of
''never-before-seen''
special
effects
which
have
been
done
by
international
special
effects
experts
Mark
Kolbe
and
Craig
Mumma
from
the
United
States,
who
had
also
done
the
special
effects
for
Koi
Mil
Gaya.
''Krrish
is
a
landmark
film
in
that
for
the
first
time
audiences
in
India
will
get
to
see
in
an
Indian
film
the
kind
of
special
effects
only
seen
in
Hollywood
films,''
says
Shashank
Jare
of
Filmcraft
India
limited,
the
film's
producer.
Elaborating
on
the
special
effects
that
will
be
seen
in
the
film,
Jare
said
''In
Krrish
Hrithik
will
be
seen
flying
in
the
air,
climbing
atop
huge
buildings
or
performing
several
breathtaking
stunts
similar
to
those
done
by,
say,
Spiderman,
Superman
or
Batman.
No
wonder
then,
a
huge
proportion
of
the
Rs
50
crore
cost
of
the
film
has
been
spent
on
special
effects.
Given
the
huge
rush
for
advance
bookings
for
the
film,
trade
analysts
feel
the
film
will
be
able
to
recover
its
cost
and
even
rake
in
much
more
money.
Perhaps
considering
the
huge
stake
involved
in
Krrish,
the
producer
Rakesh
Roshan
has
made
special
arrangements
to
prevent
any
piracy
of
his
film.
Roshan
met
Mumbai
DCP
Mr
Aparanti
last
week
to
discuss
ways
to
prevent
piracy
of
Krrish.