Proving all trolls wrong, Shah Rukh Khan is back to ruling box offices again. The hashtags for Boycott Pathaan and Boycott Bollywood trended for a long time and the Boycott campaign was thought to be one of the major things that could pull the film back. There was much controversy regarding Deepika’s outfit and the songs of the film and similar trivial and useless things, but the propaganda of the haters did not work out.
The performances of the film are top-notch and there are enough surprise elements and twists to keep audiences engaged. Shah Rukh Khan is back to rule the hearts of audiences. A record number of tickets were pre-booked and Pathaan has collected huge amounts on the very first day of its theatrical release. Theaters are having to keep extra shows for the high demand of the movie and the high excitement of the fans.
The magic of the King Khan is making huge profits for single screen theaters, lots of cinema halls that were closed during the lockdown period opened again with the screenings of Pathaan. Fans are happy because it seems like the bad days of Bollywood are over and it has been long since a Bollywood film had seen such positive responses from the public and such a craze all over India. It is the single screens that made Shah Rukh into a superstar, and he is paying them back with huge profits even in this time of multiplexes.
We can like art films and hope for big wins for them, but it is the commercial cinema that saves the industries and that is more connected to the masses. We now know, if there is great content, nothing can stop a movie. Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Pathaan’ is the perfect comeback that could happen to SRK and fans are celebrating their favourite superstar’s return to the big screens crazily.