Welcome Collections In Pakistan


Tuesday 12th February 2008 19.00 IST

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Welcome opened to great collections across Pakistan and the craze of the film is such that it may have an upward trend as collections improve in week two as there is more awareness of the release.



All the following collections are from single screen theatres as there are only two multiplexes in the country Cinepax in Rawalpindi and Cineplex in Karachi.



The following figures are for the first three days with each cinema showing three shows daily




Lahore

Metropole-2,15,190 (Goal collected 2 lakhs here in week one with early release)

DHA-3,24,500
Sozo-1,44,950
Plaza-1,56,450

Total-8,41,090 from 4 cinemas



Karachi

Collections not available yet but Cineplex was sold out on Saturday and Sunday while Nishat also saw full houses on Sunday



Faisalabad

Taj Mahal-2,33,200



Rawalpindi

Cinepax-1,13,400
PAF-57,355

Total-1,70,755 from 2 cinemas



Gujranwala
Prince-1,25,970
Zinco Palace-80,730

Total-2,06,700 from 2 cinemas



Multan

Dreamland-1,09,560
Rex-95,500

Total-2,05,060 from 2 cinemas


(Figures in PKR)

shahrukh khan said:

they could have shown taare zameen par or chak de india

chak de india in pakistan, are you crazy?

Welcome Creates Waves in Pakistan


Saturday 9th February 2008 9.00 IST

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Welcome opened in Pakistan yesterday (8th Feb) to an overwhelming response. Even though pirated DVD's and VCD's have been available all over Pakistan for the last seven weeks the theatres showed a great turn out.



Cities like Multan, Gujranwala and Faisalabad had excellent collections on day one.



If Pakistan was to became an open territory for hindi films it would be bigger than all the Indian territories except for Mumbai, Delhi/UP and Punjab.

well it had an excellent slot on feb 29th with no big films coming out except josha akbar 1 week before but has failed to create any hype.
it would have been excellent date with no major oppersition

Pakistan lifts bans on Bollywood films
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By Businessofcinema.com Team

8 February 2008, 08:08 PM
MUMBAI: The Pakistan government has given the green signal for the Akshay Kumar starrer Welcome to screen in the country's theatres. This thus ends the 43 year old ban on screening of Indian films in the country.

The film's release in Pakistan theatres comes after a Pakistan Senate standing committee on culture had recommended to the government to allow screening of Indian films under a proper censorship policy last month. The ban on Bollywood movies was imposed in 1965 after the India-Pakistan war.

In the past some films like Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story, Mughal-e-Azam and Awarapan have also been screened in Pakistan. However, these have been on-off cases.

Some other recent Indian movies that are being screened in Pakistan are Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal and Gangster.

afridi_hasnat said:

charizmatic said:

i dont think its out, cineplx is still showing it.

No it isnt...i called them and they told me!

what did they say.

MR NICE said:

Considering the limited release and the current situation the country is facing the film has done well and made some money for Omar Khan.

So what was the budget of Zibakhana ? 50 Lakhs maximum.

10 laks.

i am expecting it to make alot of money from dvd release is well.

well if shoaib monsoor and syed noor can make them in pakistan why not fazil.

i agree with mr nice, javeid fazil is just not that same person from the 70s/80s, most of his films were copied in india and it was shocking to see his comeback film medka copied from indian film karzz and totaly indianized.
hes lost his touch.

so he has not learnt his lesson from medlka and is going back to india.

geo was off air wasnt it.

well geo has just started its promotion and its trailors hav started coming on aag saying its playing in cinepax pindi, cineplex khr and sozo lhr.

syed noor and saima have split up and noor is back with his first wife now,

also there is a new film in the making by the guys who made early days and other hit telefilms, its a youth based film with a mix of american pie and fast and furious, its there first feature film and is to be release in december.

also anyone know what happened to mo ranas film he was directing. called jung or was it lahore.

can someone upload the trailor and promos

i think they should wait till after elections, sitatution isnt right to release a big film now, it could flop even if its great.

also do you have any update on zimbakhana

did you make it up?

i agree with mr.nice, and i only blame javaid fazil for messing it up,

well i expect everything to get ok now as bibis son will go into elections and sweep them and everything will become normal

probably after moharrum.

paki lion said:

yoyo said:

paki lion said:

Because Yash Chopra doesn't choose a fat lady as herione plus he is far ahead then Syed Noor. Syed noor is where Yash Chopra was in the '70.

Do u think Syed Noor can make movies like koi mil gaya or Don with all these special effects? I dont think so...

koi mil gaya that was totaly copy of ET anyone can make that you dnt even need talent for it. LOL
which planet do you live on. LOL

I am not talking about copies otherwise u can also say majajan is not a unique story! I am talking about the ability to make such movies and i dont thin syed noor can do that...u name me one movies where there is special effect?

majajan was surly more unqiue then any yash chopra film to come out.
you dnt need know abilities to copy a film, even i could have made kmg, it was trash, syed noor can make that in his sleep.
it was a copy and they completly spoiled it.

i have allready told you that, there is availble facuilites in pakistan for special effects, what dnt you understand about that. if there was he would obviously use them

Duh why dont u get it? because it was a dead industry thats why it became a hit, if the industry was alive and with full competitions it would definetly bomb at the box office...    

how illogical is that, a film is a hit in a dead industry because it is extraordinary.

why do you think films like medlag, godfather, lp, tbjnj are flops, DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
according to you if any film with a big budget and good colour releases in a dead industry it will be hit think again dude
chooriyan and mwh release with outdated facilities at a time when the industry was completly dead and NO ONE WAS INTERESTED IN GOING TO CINEMAS, yet it emerged a blockbuster which no indian movie could have done,

Exactly thats what i mean, syed noor is still not there where yash chopra is now!

again a illogical comment, pakistan is not there yet, not noor, once pakistan can the facilities he would obviously make special fx films.

How do u know? u are just against India, thats why u are saying this! How come yash chopra made several hits during '70, '80, '90 wich is liked by a lots of peoples. Like I said u before, u are just praising Syed noor too much only because according to u Mehndi Walay Haath, Chooriyan was " good " movies.

See, now u are saying urself, with no technology and outdated cameras. do u call this a proffesional director? Every director in India, whenever a new camera is out, they immediately buy it, wherease u cant say this about syed noor! Syed noor is still behind, what was so special about Larki Punjaban, Majajan, Choorian, nothing special and thats what the problem is with the Pakistani Audience, we immediately get excited whenever a movie comes out with good print, like good print is only things what counts.. If u thnink Syed Noor is better then Yash Chopra, then i am better actor then Amitabh Bachan.

why would i be against india dude find an other excuse cos it doesnt work,
chooriyan and mwh are still the 2 biggest hits to be made in pakistan, so dude get your facts right its not only me who likes them, the whole nation does.

dude, state of the art facilities are the gov. priorities, not syed noor, syed noor is a director who makes not films, its gov. job to provide him with the facilities, unfortunatly he is in the most neglected industry in pakistan, how do you expect him to use latest facilities, if syed noor had all facilities availble like yash chopra, he would be way ahead of him.
and if yash chopra was in pakistan he would be no different he would also be making films on out dated facilities, but who wants to watch dtph or vz on outdated facilities, definatly not me.

i allready mentioned above, that films with good prints and high expectations have floped badly in the past so you are wrong, even pakistans first dts film cholo ishq larein came with good print but floped badly/ and chooriyan and mwh was no where near good print, yet it emerged blockbuster.
this itself tells you that noor is an amazing director and had those films released with latest facilities they would break records even in india.

paki lion said:

Because Yash Chopra doesn't choose a fat lady as herione plus he is far ahead then Syed Noor. Syed noor is where Yash Chopra was in the '70.

Do u think Syed Noor can make movies like koi mil gaya or Don with all these special effects? I dont think so...

koi mil gaya that was totaly copy of ET anyone can make that you dnt even need talent for it. LOL
which planet do you live on. LOL

paki lion said:

yoyo said:

well theirs chooriyan and mehndi waley haat is well.

the thing about them is that they came at a time when the film industry was totaly dead and still managed to be blockbusters, even jhoomer is being praised by the critics.

Pff..u are always mentioning mehndi waley haath, chooriyan, those are old movies now! Grow up and look ahead. Those movies offcourse worked, because the film industry was dead, nothing else!

syed noor is easily the most talented and best director we have in lollywood as he has stayed alive and made good films in a dead and buried industry, in which even some of talented directors like yash chopra would have never survived, if lollywood was in a much better position im sure he would be one of the greats or even if he was in bollywood he will be on par with the biggest directors.

And you are saying this, coz syed noor made "great"movies with this fat lady saima, like chooriyan? well u know yash chopra made the biggest blockbuster movie "Dilwale Dulhania le Jaayenge", its still running for more then 10 years and a lots of hits movies during the seventies. It doesn't means, u should always appreciate his every movies, like you do with syed noor movies! U appreciate every syed noor movies, no matter how bad the movie is, u still give thumbs up to his every movies, because he made "good"movies in the past.. I am sorry to say, but syed noor is still nowhere,he doesn't use special effects, FX visual effects, so on technical front syed noor is still behind.

he made such a great film like majajan totaly in pakistan with pakistans outdated facilities and at a time when all our directors are sucking up to india, he refuses to use an indian for support.

Like I said, u give thumbs up to every syed noor movie, do u think the movie is that great? Release this movie in India, then u will see the response. Wake up and be realistic!

well someone mentioned hes in the 70s but chooriyan and mehndi waley haat came in the 90s, and majajan just last year but people always bring out excuses.

and no one is talking about his fat lady saima, we are talking about the content of the film and the talent of the director.
as for ddlj it was crap boy meets girl film, maybe it can run for 10 years in india but films like that dnt even run for 10 days in usa, and it wasnt even made by yash chopra but aditya chopra.

films like chooriyan, mwh and majajan was something new which released in a dead industry and took it by storm,had they released in india with big actors it would have been enourmous hits.

as for special effects and visual effects, then how can he use them when their arnt any in pakistan, DUHHH, exactly what i have pointed out that he has made superb films with no techonoly and outdated cameras. something which yash chopra could have never done, he always had the best facilities and best talents to work in his films, which syed noor has never had.
so tell me who is being relistic and not.

well theirs chooriyan and mehndi waley haat is well.

the thing about them is that they came at a time when the film industry was totaly dead and still managed to be blockbusters, even jhoomer is being praised by the critics.

syed noor is easily the most talented and best director we have in lollywood as he has stayed alive and made good films in a dead and buried industry, in which even some of talented directors like yash chopra would have never survived, if lollywood was in a much better position im sure he would be one of the greats or even if he was in bollywood he will be on par with the biggest directors.

he made such a great film like majajan totaly in pakistan with pakistans outdated facilities and at a time when all our directors are sucking up to india, he refuses to use an indian for support.

i was very impressed with the quality of prints they showed, even qayamat looked in good quality and geo impressed by showing good qualtiy version of salakhein after they showed a discusting print of ktsk

im not happy that they are releasing it without any promortion, and it has a very small release with only 3 cinemas

charizmatic said:

syed noor and sangeeta can never make a gud films they both still living in 70's.

majajan wasnt good

looks like your living in the 70's

i agree, with afridi, it was producers fault.

jhoomer is easily the best film after kkl this year, its got praises in the media, only the promotion let it down, if geo or ary released it instead of ms of godfather then it would have been a smash*t.

geo is propaganda, i wish it never comes back and they all burn in hell

its been quite a while now that zara was back in the project and she suits paros role much more, but reema should be given meeras role shes suits chandmuki to the T.

this is bad news, i was expecting something great from Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar

his interview was in jung instep few days ago, he said he has to many ideas but now film for now as hes busy taking kkl worldwide, and will be dubbing it in pther languages.