Raees more Kaabil?

Raees and Kaabil’s box office clash has driven a massive wedge between Bollywood movie buffs. Die-hard fans of Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan now champion their heroes across social media. While Raees has emerged a clear winner with skyrocketing box office collections, rumours of Kaabil’s alleged box office manipulation spread like wildfire. Social media has been abuzz with trolls and memes trending ‘Hrithik Roshan Calculator’. Take a sneak peek at the trending tweets and get a glimpse at what Puneites opine.

https://twitter.com/imrajveer19/status/826719225624543232

Aastha Singhal: 28, NGO volunteer 

I happened to watch both movies and found Raees more enjoyable. Kaabil had a lot of factual inaccuracies. For instance, Hrithik, who plays a blind man, was using the light of a candle. He wore an analog watch and fought as if he’d been trained in Mixed Martial Arts! I have a visually impaired friend, so found it insulting, especially the scene where he pointed toward something in the distance to his blind girlfriend. Did he really expect her to see!?

Chirag Aggarwal: 29, Entrepreneur

From what I hear, Filmkraft Productions as well as Red Chillies Entertainment is being accused of hiking their box office collections. But, it would be wrong for the general public to comment on alleged manipulation. The real question we need to ask ourselves is why box office collections define the success of a movie in an intensely creative field like cinema that showcases diverse storylines.

Himani Akhari: 23, PG student

I think it’s unfair of SRK fans to bash Kaabil just because the releases clashed. The two movies couldn’t be more dissimilar! Kaabil is a romance-thriller whereas Raees belongs to the crime drama genre. This itself erodes the basis of the comparison.

Aditi Balsaver