LOL, excuses won't do much. Baaji is not performing upto mark. It made just 90 lac in
today's devalued PKR, control for inflation, and Baji's performance is significantly subpar than even Sherdill (which was a badly made movie too but okay...)
Yes, I criticized JPNA
after it had already made 60 crore. Even
then I told you that this 'short cut to make quick bucks' won't be a successful method for the expansion of Pakistani industry. JPNA was one of the first
masala movie....I told you back then that masala type bollywood copies will make some good money in the short term, but long term---they'll fade away and nothing will happen for our industry.
And that's exactly what happened. Its almost f*cking 2020 (!) and Pakistan film industry is still meager, irrelevant, and restricted to the same old limits. No progress made towards making Pak film industry an household product in Pakistan (and hopefully then abroad). For example, when WAAR came out---it was the talk of the town. It made decent money but that's irrelevant. What's relevant is that people were
talking about it. Families went to watch the movie. I saw so many dumb "inspiring" posts on social media posted by people after they had just watched WAAR. That could have been the moment Pakistan was looking for. Making decent, relevant, and good movies. Improve, improve, and improve further----Slowly, movies in Pakistan would start to become a worthy product for the middle classes and beyond.
But no, what happened? Oh yeah, useless masala type movies that nobody gives a sh*t about---has no
impact on the course of our film industry. Bollywood chaap masaala, quick money for producers, and onto the next one.
Result: Pakistani movies still make $54k on opening nights in a market of more than 220 million people with majority population being under 30.
What an absolute disaster
It'll be 2025, and Pakistani masala movies will
STILL be making $55k for opening (adjusted for inflation)---and you'd still be here complaining about ayen bayen shayen not realizing that Pakistani film industry isn't
differentiating itself from the bigger player (Bollywood) to create an organic
demand in the market (Like Pakistani drama industry did when Star Plus was dominating. Look what happened
).
Its basic brand marketing and business development. But what would Pakistanis know about it? Lol...