“Kahaani” has continued to collect and now the worldwide
collections are near to 70 cr which is just too good for a 8 cr film
(almost 800% return). Film has also collected decent amount in overseas
market.
Success of “Kahaani” has proved yet again that content is
the real king and no matter what marketing tactic you apply for a poor
film it won’t work. Now it remained to be seen at what mark “Kahaani”
finishes its lifetime business. At the moment 60 cr domestic nett looks
possible.
Below are the collections of the film –
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Domestic Collections
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1st Week
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22.75 cr
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2nd Week
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19.05 cr
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3rd Week
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08.70 cr
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4th Week
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04.75 cr
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Total Domestic Collections
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55.25 cr nett
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Total Overseas Collections
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12.20 cr nett
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Total Worldwide Collections
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67.45 cr nett
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Director: Sujoy Ghosh
Producer: Sujoy Ghosh, Kushal Gadda
Music: Vishal-Shekhar, Rabindranath Tagore
Main Cast: Vidya Balan, Parambrato Chattopadhyay, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Saswata Chattopadhyay... more
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Banner: Pen India Pvt. Ltd, Boundscript Motion Pictures, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Release: Mar ,09, 2012
Website: http://www.kahaanithefilm.com/Story Line of KAHAANI:
Vidya Bagchi [Vidya Balan] arrives in Kolkata from London to find her
missing husband. Seven month pregnant and alone in a festive city, she
begins a relentless search for her husband. With nothing to rely on,
except fragments from her memories about him, all clues seem to reach a
dead end when everyone tries to convince Vidya that her husband does not
exist. She slowly realizes that nothing is what it seems. In a city
soaked in lies, Vidya is determined to unravel the truth about her
husband -- for herself and her unborn child, even at the cost her own
life.
A woman on her own is the biggest challenge in the life of a lady and if she is pregnant also then nothing to say. It takes too much of courage to search for your missing husband in a totally strange city. Vidya Balan frames that woman with excessive skill and puts a landmark performance for the movie. If anyone asks about the central character of the movie then it's obviously "BIDYA.... errr VIDYA BAGCHI" and Vidya had to keep justice to that responsibility. She has been already named "Female SRK", then none has nothin' to say about her performance. Forget the skin show and sex-appeal of her from "The Dirty Picture", here comes Vidya Bagchi, the woman with guts that many male protagonists lack. Her confidence, her strong mentality, her commanding character, her vulnerability, her fury - everything makes her the 'Hero' of this movie. Way to go!
Director Sujoy Ghosh has a very innovative mind and uninhibited genuineness in his direction which has been shown in his last films like 'Jhankaar Beats', 'Home Delivery'. KAHAANI is a challenging movie as it portraits the journey of a pregnant mother searching for her husband.
A woman on her own is the biggest challenge in the life of a lady and if she is pregnant also then nothing to say. It takes too much of courage to search for your missing husband in a totally strange city. Vidya Balan frames that woman with excessive skill and puts a landmark performance for the movie. If anyone asks about the central character of the movie then it's obviously "BIDYA.... errr VIDYA BAGCHI" and Vidya had to keep justice to that responsibility. She has been already named "Female SRK", then none has nothin' to say about her performance. Forget the skin show and sex-appeal of her from "The Dirty Picture", here comes Vidya Bagchi, the woman with guts that many male protagonists lack. Her confidence, her strong mentality, her commanding character, her vulnerability, her fury - everything makes her the 'Hero' of this movie. Way to go!
Director Sujoy Ghosh has a very innovative mind and uninhibited genuineness in his direction which has been shown in his last films like 'Jhankaar Beats', 'Home Delivery'. KAHAANI is a challenging movie as it portraits the journey of a pregnant mother searching for her husband.
The concept sounds like dramatic but
Sujoy skillfully handles the script and amalgamates it in a thriller
format. He has shown nothing to glorify Kolkata at all but somehow
Kolkata is 'dark', 'dreary' and 'mysterious' in his movie. It's very
realistic.
Other roles show much hope and most of them are from Kolkata and never have been seen in other Bolly flicks. Parambrata Chatterjee (Inspector Rana) is a talented performer and you know it if you have seen many Bengali films of him. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is perfect. Dhritiman Chatterjee is still in a good shape as he is a very experienced actor. Saswata Chatterjee was awesome. I like him very much as an actor and yet he proves that he is still the star if given a Hindi picture. Hats off to him. Indraneil Sengupta was fine his hort and challenging role. Kharaj Mukherjee was superfine. Amulya Ganguly was splendid. Others like Kamalika Banerjee, Phalguni Chatterjee are fine.
Vishal-Shekhar's music is top notch. Every track is good especially "Ekla Cholo Re" and "Kahaani". Lyrics by Vishal Dadlani, Anvita Datt, Sandeep Shirodhkar work fine. Cinematography by Setu in capturing a totally different Kolkata is arresting. Costumes by Sabyasachi Mukherjee & Suchishmita Dasgupta is damn good. Editing by Namrata Rao is interesting.
On the whole, what people thought about KAHAANI was absolutely right that yes, KAHAANI is EXPLOSIVE. The different shades of a city and a pregnant mother stuck in between her husband's existence and her mental conflict, KAHAANI a story of Kolkata in a different angle.
Other roles show much hope and most of them are from Kolkata and never have been seen in other Bolly flicks. Parambrata Chatterjee (Inspector Rana) is a talented performer and you know it if you have seen many Bengali films of him. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is perfect. Dhritiman Chatterjee is still in a good shape as he is a very experienced actor. Saswata Chatterjee was awesome. I like him very much as an actor and yet he proves that he is still the star if given a Hindi picture. Hats off to him. Indraneil Sengupta was fine his hort and challenging role. Kharaj Mukherjee was superfine. Amulya Ganguly was splendid. Others like Kamalika Banerjee, Phalguni Chatterjee are fine.
Vishal-Shekhar's music is top notch. Every track is good especially "Ekla Cholo Re" and "Kahaani". Lyrics by Vishal Dadlani, Anvita Datt, Sandeep Shirodhkar work fine. Cinematography by Setu in capturing a totally different Kolkata is arresting. Costumes by Sabyasachi Mukherjee & Suchishmita Dasgupta is damn good. Editing by Namrata Rao is interesting.
On the whole, what people thought about KAHAANI was absolutely right that yes, KAHAANI is EXPLOSIVE. The different shades of a city and a pregnant mother stuck in between her husband's existence and her mental conflict, KAHAANI a story of Kolkata in a different angle.
