The
lion
is
roaring
again.
Though
Mukesh
Bhatt
wasn't
at
his
vociferous
best
in
the
year
gone,
courtesy
a
hat
trick
of
box
office
failures
in
the
form
of
Dhokha
(good
movie),
Awarapan
(excellent)
and
Showbiz
(below
the
mark),
he
is
back
to
being
his
spirited
best.
Not
that
he
was
lying
low
in
the
months
gone
by,
but
one
can
clearly
sense
a
revitalized
Mukesh
Bhatt
when
he
speaks
about
Jannat
which
has
taken
a
smash-hit
opening
all
over
the
country.
"Yes,
that's
true.
Whether
it
is
A,
B
or
C
center,
Jannat
has
fetched
a
bumper
response
all
over.
At
Vishesh
Films,
we
are
proud
to
have
made
a
film
which
boasts
of
content,
style,
messaging
and
mainstream
ingredients
coming
together.
Success
of
Jannat
has
reaffirmed
our
belief
to
tell
a
new
story
with
every
film
of
ours."
Current
season
being
talked
about
most
for
the
ongoing
IPL
matches,
wasn't
it
a
big
gamble
to
arrive
in
the
midst
of
the
tournament
which
is
now
reaching
its
peak?
"And
to
think
about
it,
no
other
movie
was
able
to
make
a
dent
at
the
box
office,
let
alone
being
a
super
success",
Mukesh
Bhatt
talks
about
some
of
the
recent
releases
gone
by
here,
"What
Yash
Raj
Films
-
Akshay
Kumar
(
Tashan
)
and
Amitabh
Bachchan
-
Shahrukh
Khan
(
Bhoothnath
)
couldn't
do,
Vishesh
Films
-
Emraan
Hashmi
(
Jannat
)
has
done.
And
we
are
not
merely
talking
in
thin
air
here;
we
are
talking
about
numbers
that
we
have
received."
Trade
has
also
pegged
the
opening
of
the
film
on
a
similar
scale
as
that
of
Race
and
Welcome,
two
films
which
are
next
only
to
Om
Shanti
Om
in
terms
of
box
office
opening?
"Yes,
I
have
been
informed
about
that.
This
only
makes
Jannat
a
far
bigger
success
since
the
films
which
you
mentioned
were
made
in
the
budget
of
50-60
crores.
Whereas
Jannat
is
merely
a
10
crore
film.
For
a
film
with
such
meager
budget,
the
profit
share
only
gets
far
bigger.
Tell
him
that
music
yet
again
played
a
major
role
in
the
film
taking
a
huge
opening
and
he
is
not
at
all
surprised,
"But
isn't
that
always
been
a
trend
for
Vishesh
Films
right
from
the
days
of
Aashique?
Sadak,
Murder,
Raaz
-
we
can
count
so
many
examples.
Jannat
pretty
much
adds
on
to
the
list
now."
Apparently,
the
film
has
taken
a
very
good
opening
in
overseas
market
as
well.
"Two
days
collections
in
Dubai
are
a
mind-boggling
400,
000
Dirhams;
doesn't
this
tell
the
tale?
Such
is
the
demand
for
the
film
that
the
distributors
there
have
asked
for
6
additional
prints
to
be
sent
there",
Mukesh
Bhatt
is
clearly
not
trying
to
hide
his
excitement
here.
"We
did
have
support
from
the
industry
for
Jannat
all
this
while
and
moreover
we
were
also
supremely
confident
about
our
product.
We
knew
what
we
are
talking
about.
At
least
we
are
not
making
brain
dead
movies
just
like
some
of
the
recent
Yash
Raj
productions
have
been",
he
concludes.
Story first published: Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 15:00 [IST]