Expectations vs reality: Bollywood films that fell flat in 2017

Big names extravagant budgets picturesque locales and brilliant promotions and yet insufficient box office collections The Year 2017 has been a mixed bag for stars like Shah Rukh Khan Salman Khan Kangana Ranaut and Ranbir Kapoor While hopes were pinned high on some of their films they fell flat in front of the audience who had expected much more than what they gotA still from TubelightIndustry experts like Girish Johar and Vinod Mirani have described 2017 as a very disappointing and bad year as the Hindi film industry was rattled by failures And amidst that came films like Toilet Ek Prem Katha Golmaal Again and Fukrey Returns which received a good responseIANS has compiled a mix of films that came with high expectations but failed to strike a chord with the audiencegtgt Jagga Jasoos A musical drama starring Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif the film had been in production for over three years It was finally released in 2017 The film met with a lukewarm response at the box office as it collected a mere Rs 5416 crore The brouhaha over the films collection even led to Ranbirs father Rishi Kapoor lashing out at director Anurag Basu calling him a monkey and saying that he indulged too much in the filmgtgt Tubelight After a string of blockbusters including Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Sultan Salman Khan failed to light up the box office with Tubelight set against the 1962 SinoIndian war The expectations from the film were high due to the pairing of Salman and director Kabir Khan who have in the past given hits like Ek Tha Tiger and Bajrangi BhaijaanThe Dabangg star had reportedly promised to return money to the distributors for the loss and later trade analyst Komal Nahta confirmed on Twitter that the actor will refund approximately Rs 35 croregtgt Bhoomi Ever since actor Sanjay Dutt was released after serving his jail term for illegal possession of arms in a case related to the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts all eyes were set for his comeback film helmed by Omung Kumar Though the film ran high on emotions it failed to impress his fansgtgt Jab Harry Met Sejal Great destinations lots of travel and a very strong storyline this is what one expects from an Imtiaz Ali film Featuring superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma the film which was criticised for its incoherent storyline didnt mint the expected moolah Shah Rukh too reportedly gave refunds to the movies distributorsgtgt Rangoon Directed by National Award winner Vishal Bhardwaj the film had an ensemble cast of Kangana Ranaut Saif Ali Khan and Shahid Kapoor Despite garnering good reviews the film was a disaster at the box office as it only collected Rs 2068 crore After facing a setback with the failure of the period drama Kangana who tasted success with films like Queen said that people have a tendency to encash on someone elses failure and will give a discount after the box office debaclegtgt Sarkar 3 The third installment of the popular Sarkar franchise saw some of the soughtafter names like Amitabh Bachchan Manoj Bajpayee and Jackie Shroff coming together but the film reportedly made less than Rs 20 crore at the box officegtgt Ok Jaanu Released in January the audience was looking forward to the offering by Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor who were teaming up again after they created magic with Aashiqui 2 A remake of Mani Ratnams Tamil film O Kadhal Kanmani it only raked in Rs 2364 crore in India and comparisons with the original didnt work in its favor eitherCatch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip hereDownload the new midday Android and iOS apps to get updates on all the latest and trending stories on the goExcept for the headline this story has not been edited by midday online This story is published from a syndicated feed