Om Shanti Om has not got success in Kashmir
Om Shanti Om may be one of the biggest blockbusters this year, but the Shah Rukh Khan – Deepika Padukone starrer has failed to rake in the moolah in Kashmir, with the only functional cinema hall in the valley screening it for just one week.
It is not the lack of interest in Hindi films or the absence of a fan-following for ‘King Khan’ which is behind the film not making waves, but just that people in Kashmir fear that a simple trip to the cinemas could very well cost them their lives — as was the case with four persons who were killed in a grenade attack on Regal cinema in 1998.
‘OSO‘ was shown less than 10 times at Neelam cinema in the week it was released and managed a meagre Rs 38,000 from ticket sales.
The cinema owners, who obviously don’t run a very profitable business, persist with their trade, depending heavily on government subsidies.
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