2022 has opened on an encouraging note for Indian cinema. The first quarter of the year has already seen monster hits KGF Chapter 2, RRR, The Kashmir Files, Beast, Gangubai Kathiawadi, among others.
Now, several buzzy films are lined up for release in the coming months of April end, May, June and July. In the plethora of films slated to release in theatres soon, how do we know which ones have the most buzz, and which don’t?
The answer is in the number of ‘Interests’ each film has garnered on ticket-booking platform ‘BookMyShow’. The most popular films generate the most ‘Interests’, which helps us understand which are the most buzzing movies coming up in Indian cinema.
A quick analysis of BookMyShow Interests gives us breathtaking facts. The most astonishing is the massive interests generated by ‘Vikram‘ – an astounding 2 million+! Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupati and Fahadh Faasil’s upcoming crime drama is easily the pick of the lot.
Hollywood and Marvel film ‘Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness‘ has beaten every other Indian film hollow, with the exception of Vikram. It has zoomed ahead of Indian films, to rake in an impressive number of Interests.
Not so surprisingly, Bollywood again lags behind English and other Indian language films in strategic buzz. Would you believe it – there’s just one Hindi film in the entire list – Heropanti 2, at a lowly #9! Jayeshbhai Jordaar, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, and even this week’s release, Runway 34 are way behind Kollywood and Tollywood films.
Here is the full list of the top ten buzziest films releasing in Indian theatres in the next three months, as per BookMyShow interests –
10. Major – 23.6 K Interests
Release Date: May 27
9. Heropanti 2 – 27.4 K Interests
Release Date – April 29
8. Top Gun Maverick – 28.3 K Interests
Release Date – May 27
7. Vikrant Rona – 33.4 K Interests
Release Date: July 28
6. Thor: Love And Thunder – 46.6 Interests
Release Date: July 8
5. Kaathu Vaakula Rendu Kaadhal – 50.6 K Interests
Release Date – April 28
4. Acharya – 142.7 K Interests
Release Date – April 29
3. Sarkaru Vaari Paata – 186.9 K Interests
Release Date – May 12
2. Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness – 384 K Interests
Release Date – May 6
1. Vikram – 2015.1 K Interests
Release Date: June 3