Apart from changing political dynamics of a country, elections also impact examination schedules and even film releases, they can change everything’s schedule. “Accident or conspiracy: Godhara,” a movie based on the backdrop of the Gujarat riots, got postponed until August. As the movie and its topic could evoke riots amidst these election days.
Elections are a critical period where the fate of the country is being decided for the next 5 years. Even makers hesitate to come up with their movies as most of the focus of people is on the voting results. Hence, if you notice, very few big-budget movies are in the lineup this month. And it’s a great advantage for small-budget movies, which always have to fight for screens. This is a golden period for such cinema as they are not facing much competition. “Shrikant,” a beautiful biopic that released yesterday with minimal promotion, witnessed significant footfall.
Numbers are expected to go even higher if the word-of-mouth publicity works, and the movie will face not much competition as there is no big release in the upcoming few weeks. The next big Hindi movie in theaters is going to be “Baby John” starring Varun Dhawan, releasing on May 31, 2024.
Till then, movies like “Emergency,” “Mr. & Mrs. Mahi,” and “Bhaiya Ji” have enough chances to attract as many audiences as they can. Next month, in June, we have “Chandu Champion,” which might be an audience puller at the box office considering the surprise factor of Kartik Aryan.
Not just recent movies, but those which have spent quite a few weeks in theaters, are also running successfully due to the lack of big-budget movies. “Madgaon Express” is running close to its 50th day, and movies like “Maidan” are still running in theaters.