<i>Krrish</i> creates records down south
Features
oi-Staff
By Super Admin
Friday,
September
01,
2006
New
Delhi
(UNI):
Interest
in
Bollywood's
first
superhero
in
Rakesh
Roshan's
Krrish
may
have
waned
among
cinegoers
in
North
and
Western
India,
considered
the
traditional
strongholds
of
Hindi
films,
but
the
film
continues
to
evoke
strong
interest
from
audiences
in
South
India,
a
commendable
achievement
considering
that
audiences
in
these
areas
are
normally
believed
to
give
a
'Thumbs
Up'
to
only
Hollywood
and
Tamil
and
Telugu
films.
While
the
film,
after
the
initial
craze,
is
now
on
its
way
to
exhausting
its
run
in
cinemas
in
North,
West
and
Central
India,
Hrithik's
superhero
role
in
the
film
continues
to
pull
crowds
in
various
parts
of
South
India.
Infact,
Krrish
recently
created
a
record
of
sorts
by
becoming
the
first
ever
Hindi
film
to
run
for
eight
weeks
in
Thiruvananthapuram,
the
capital
of
Kerala.
What
is
more,
the
film
has
netted
handsome
returns
from
the
state,
which
is
known
for
giving
a
lukewarm
response
to
Hindi
films.
In
many
other
parts
of
South
India
too,
Krrish
continues
to
create
theatre
records.
For
example,
in
Hyderabad,
the
movie
collected
nearly
Rs
six
lakh
from
just
three
cinema
halls
where
it
was
being
screened
in
its
eighth
week.
The
remarkable
box
office
show
by
Krrish
is
evident
from
the
fact
that
in
contrast
to
the
earnings
of
the
movie
collections
of
films
like
Killer
and
corporate,
which
were
being
screened
in
their
fourth
week
and
sixth
week
respectively,
barely
touched
a
few
thousand
rupees.
In
Bangalore,
the
capital
of
Karnataka,
the
collections
of
Krrish
were
nearly
Rs
three
lakh
in
the
eighth
week
of
its
run
which
compared
favourably
with
that
of
the
Hollywood
blockbuster
Pirates
of
the
Carribbean:Dead
Man's
Chest
which
was
being
screened
in
just
its
fourth
week.
Further,
Krrishs
collections
were
also
on
par
with
those
for
South
Indian
language
films
like
the
Kannada
film
Manini
(in
its
opening
week),
Malayalam
film
Kirti
Chakra
(also
running
in
its
opening
week).
In
some
cases,
the
collections
of
the
Bollywood
superhero
film
surpassed
that
of
South
Indian
language
films
like
the
Telugu
film
Cyanide,
being
screened
in
its
sixth
week
and
Telugu
film
Godavari,
being
screened
in
its
third
week.
The
buoyancy
in
collections
of
Krrish
continued
in
the
ninth
week
of
its
run
in
Bangalore.
The
film's
collections
of
nearly
Rs
2
lakh
in
the
ninth
week
were
comparable
to
the
Hollywood
films
Click,
in
its
opening
week,
and
Pirates
of
the
carribbean:
Dead
man's
Chest,
running
in
its
fifth
week
as
also
the
Kannada
film
Mohini,
running
in
its
second
week.
The
figures
seem
all
the
more
amazing
since
they
pertain
to
those
for
the
original
Hindi
version
of
Krrish,
and
not
the
Telugu
and
Tamil
dubbed
versions
of
the
film,
which
were
released
simultaneously
with
the
original
Hindi
version.
In
Chennai
too,
the
original
Hindi
version
of
the
movie
has
completed
nine
weeks
of
its
run.
The
fact
that
collections
for
Krrish
in
South
Indian
cinema
halls
in
the
eighth
week
were
far
more
than
its
earnings
in
North
Indian
centres
like
Uttar
Pradesh,
Rajasthan
and
Central
Indian
centres
like
Bhopal
shows
that
audiences
in
South
India
have
fallen
in
love
with
Hrithik's
superhero
persona
in
the
film.
Also
remarkable
were
collections
of
the
dubbed
Telugu
version
of
'Krrish',
which
was
released
in
South
India
along
with
the
original
Hindi
version.
Infact,
the
Telugu
version
of
Krrish
has
just
completed
nine
weeks
of
its
run
in
several
cinema
halls
in
Guntur
in
Andhra
Pradesh
and
continues
to
give
Hollywood
blockbusters
and
Telugu
films
a
run
for
their
money.
Trade
sources
said
that
even
in
the
ninth
week
of
its
run,
the
Tamil
and
Telugu
dubbed
versions
of
the
film
are
going
quite
strong.
Krrish,
which
opened
to
record
breaking
collections
when
it
released
across
the
world
in
June,
recently
completd
of
its
run
in
nearly
100
cinema
halls
of
the
country,
a
unique
achievement
for
any
film
in
recent
years.
The
film
is
said
to
have
grossed
over
Rs
150
crores
Worldwide
in
eight
week
of
its
run
and
is
well
on
its
way
to
becoming
the
third
highest
box
office
grosser
in
Bollywood,
after
Sooraj
Barjatya's
Hum
Aapke
Hain
Kaun
and
Anil
Sharma's
Gadar.