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VICTORY performed poorly at the box office

A Movie Watcher — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:42:09 +0000

VICTORY has performed poorly at the box office. So much so that at certain centers, the shows had to be canceled. Sad, but true that VICTORY has turned out to be one the lowest openers in last many months gone by.

There wasn’t much buzz about the film to begin with and somehow as the film got close to the release, the interest level only continued to go down. Promotion was weak, promos uneven and marketing uninspiring. Though the film got mixed reviews (Harman saw some positive words coming his way though) with some of them being encouraging, it didn’t translate into box office collections. At around 20% odd collections (better at single screens though); the film is looking at very low collections (~4 crores) at the end of first week.

Harman Baweja still has all the right reasons to be elated though.

After garnering mixed response for his performance in his debut film LOVE STORY 2050, he has proven to be victorious at least in one department, that too the most crucial one, in his second release VICTORY i.e. ‘acting’! Though the film may have taken a slow start at the box office, audience, industry folks as well critics have given a Thumbs Up to his portrayal of Vijay Singh Shekhawat, a simpleton who rises to be a superstar cricketer, only to see a fall and then rise from ‘ashes to glory’. Since he has films with Anees Bazmee (IT’S MY LIFE), Ashutosh Gowariker (WHAT’S YOUR RASHEE) and Mani Rathnam (yet untitled) coming up in next one year, he has his future secure for sure.

Amrita Rao die-hard foodie

A Movie Watcher — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:11:38 +0000

Meanwhile, faraway from home and Bollywood, Amrita Rao is shooting in Australia with Harman Baweja and Gulshan Grover for her forthcoming film Victory.

And being a self confessed die-hard foodie that she is, before her departure, she was heard asking her friends about where she should eat in Sydney.

“What food one gets over there,” she was overheard asking her friends. How about taking tips from the Indian cricket team, especially Yuvraj Singh? Maybe, he can take her to some place, what say?

Mike Hussey and Jason Gillespie in a Bollywood film ‘Victory’

A Movie Watcher — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:02:58 +0000

After winning over India with a pop tune, the fast bowler will be joined by fellow cricketers Mike Hussey and Jason Gillespie, as well as former Test captain Allan Border, in a Bollywood movie about cricket.

The film, titled Victory, will begin production in Australia in January, with shooting during the India-Australia Test series.

“I am excited to be making my Bollywood debut in Victory and I’m hopeful that playing the role of a cricketer will come naturally to me,” says Lee, 31, who earlier this year released You’re The One For Me, a duet with singer and Bollywood star Asha Bhosle.

Victory’s producers have cast as many as 25 well-known local and international cricketers.

“They are all playing themselves,” producer Anupam Sharma says.

With Australia as the backdrop and our cricketers as stars, Sharma expects Victory to find a big audience here when it is released at the end of next year.