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<ul><li>Amar Kaushik’s Bala starring Ayushman Khurrana has earned ₹24.50 crore in the first two days of its release. </li><li>However, the collections of day two were slightly lower than estimated owing to the Ayodhya verdict which shut down several cities in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. </li><li>Bala is expected to make over ₹40 crore on weekends. </li><li>Abhishek Pathak's Ujda Chaman minted ₹2.23 crore on the day of its release. </li></ul>Amar Kaushik’s Bala starring Ayushman Khurrana has earned ₹24.50 crore in the first two days of its release. It is expected to make over ₹40 crore in the opening weekend despite people staying indoors in many parts of the country <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/slideshows/see-how-india-tried-to-keep-calm-ahead-of-the-historic-supreme-court-verdict-in-the-ayodhya-case/slidelist/71979316.cms">due to the sensitive Supreme Court verdict </a>in the Ayodhya dispute. <div type="twitter" handle="taran_adarsh" handlename="taran adarsh" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1440352704/profile_pic_taran_normal.jpg" favoritecount="8766" retweetcount="508" status="#Bala hits the ball out of the park on Day 2... Superb growth... Day 3 should help *weekend total* cross ₹ 40 cr ma… https://t.co/v9HOQwgnIh" createdat="1573364292000" id="1193402455519707136"></div>

 The film received <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/bala/movie-review/71958951.cms">rave reviews</a> and<a href="https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=5604"> collected ₹10.15 crore on day one</a>. However, the collections of day two were slightly lower than estimated owing to the Ayodhya verdict which shut down several cities in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, <a href="https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=5604">according to Box office India. </a> With no big releases in Indian theatres this week, film analysts are expecting Bala to perform well on weekdays too. The satirical drama starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Yami Gautam and Bhumi Pednekar is a story of Bala, a young man suffering from premature baldness. Controversy helps Bala Ayushmann's first look from "Bala" that was released in August caused anticipation among the audience. A month later, trailer of Abhishek Pathak's "Ujda Chaman" came out and it seemed to have the same story line, triggering charges of plagiarism. Comparisons <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/bollywood-is-going-bald-this-year-with-at-least-three-movies-on-the-same-topic/articleshow/71612443.cms">between "Bala" and "Ujda Chaman" </a>could not be avoided. However, Ujda Chaman starring Sunny Singh turned out to be a mediocre film. It <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/bala/movie-review/71958951.cms">minted ₹2.23 </a>crore on the day of its release. Apart from the same plot, the look of two actors and dialogues are too similar to miss. Strangely both the films hit the theatres within a gap of 6 days. Ujda Chaman was released on 1 November. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/bollywood-is-going-bald-this-year-with-at-least-three-movies-on-the-same-topic/articleshow/71612443.cms">Bollywood is going bald this year with at least three movies on the same topic </a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/akshay-kumars-housefull-4-movie-box-office-collection/articleshow/71800413.cms">Akshay Kumar’s Housefull 4 beats bad reviews to make ₹80 crore in 4 days</a>

Ayushmann Khurrana’s Bala nears ₹40 crore in three days⁠ despite shutdowns for Ayodhya verdict — over thrice the collections of ‘Ujda Chaman’ in the opening weekend

"Bala" was initially a critique on the industrial exploitation of the Ganga river with the protagonist sporting the iconic hairstyle of superstar Salman Khan from "Tere Naam" before he goes bald, reveals writer Niren Bhatt. But he was in "two minds" about the plot idea and it was after he met director Amar Kaushik, that made the Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer what it is today: about a person coming to terms with his looks. With <keyword id="6354535" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="ayushmann-khurrana">Ayushmann Khurrana</keyword> as a young man struggling with receding hairline, <keyword id="6356250" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="yami-gautam">Yami Gautam</keyword> as a small-town TikTok star and <keyword id="2069863" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bhumi-Pednekar">Bhumi Pednekar</keyword> as a girl fighting prejudices against dark skin, "Bala" opened to rave reviews and fantastic box office numbers last week. Niren, whose credits include National Award-winning Marathi feature "Ventilator" and Rajkummar Rao's "Made in China", said he is overwhelmed with the response to "Bala". "This is such a good high. My phone hasn't stopped ringing, people are writing to me. This is a wonderful feeling," he said. The film's journey began when Dinesh Vijan's Maddock Films was developing Pavel Bhattacharjee's original idea about a man in Banaras, who finds out that a company dumping waste in Ganga was responsible for his balding and decides to start a campaign against it. "I wasn't too kicked about it (original idea) and was still in two minds. Then Amar came on board as a creative producer. When we sat together, he started telling me his experiences as he started losing hair in his early 20s." Conversations between the two centered around the latter opening up about the "everyday disappointments" a man with receding hairline goes through, ranging from waking up and checking the pillow for fallen hair or watch strands of hair go down the drain during shower. "It became about the complex you feel when you step out, this lack of confidence which seeps in because of balding. I knew this is the story. It's a common problem. It's not a city-specific problem, it's a global thing." Niren, who has written the film's story, screenplay and dialogues, said the process started last October and went on till May this year, with round-the-clock revisions during the shoot. The idea further evolved into a film about self-love, than just a story about a bald man. "We thought, the film shouldn't only be about balding. Beneath this, it's about self image and loving oneself. From there we thought we will have two love stories, somewhere you'll feel he might go with Yami or Bhumi but finally the love story is with himself." "Bala" is also loaded with <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> references, acting as both, a hat-tip to its cultural impact and its critique for normalising stereotypes. It was important for Niren, who feels he had to call out romanticising of everything wrong in mainstream films. This also seeped in how the character of Bala was shaped. "We wanted him to be a mimicry artiste. The whole arc was, he mimics someone else and in the end starts doing stand-up where he's playing himself. One becomes a mimicry artiste if you're a film buff. When we started writing, we had two options- either he can do Salman or Shah Rukh Khan, whatever the actor is comfortable with. "Salman, because we wanted him to be like Radhe from Tere Naam with that iconic hairstyle. But Ayushmann was more comfortable with Shah Rukh so we went with that, then he does mimicry of Ranbir Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Amitabh Bachchan. So, Bollywood was always there." JUR RB/RDS RB RB RB

Ayushmann's Bala script changed from a Ganga pollution story to that of a bald man's struggles

<ul><li>There are at least four movies which are completely focused on the problem of baldness or hair loss. </li><li>The first movie to focus on baldness in 2019 was Gone Kesh starring Shwetha Tripath </li><li><keyword id="2823" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Akshay-Kumar">Akshay Kumar</keyword> also went bald in his latest song Shaitaan ka sala bala for the movie Housefull 4 </li></ul>Looks like Bollywood has developed a liking for a strange trend— baldness. There are at least three movies this year, the storyline where the protagonist suffers from hair loss. So much so, makers of one of the films--Ujda Chaman staring Sunny Singh of Sony ki Tittu ki Sweety fame-- filed a legal case against the makers of Ayushman Khurana’s Bala. The trailers of both the films promises the same story of a single man’s losing fight with — premature baldness. Amidst the melee, yet another movie with the same story line released, drawing little attention. Gone Kesh starring Shwetha Tripathi also tells the story of a young girl Enakshi who wants to get married but unable to because of her a medical condition called alopecia — an autoimmune disorder that often results in hair loss. The film was released in March this year and reportedly earned ₹1.3 crores on the day of release. But the real fight is between Bala and Ujda Chaman. Apart from the same plot, the look of two actors and dialogues are too similar to miss. Strangely both the films will hit the theatres within a gap of 24 hours. Bala will release on November 7 — a week before its original schedule — while Ujda Chaman will hit the theatres a day later, on November 8. Ujda Chaman’s director Abhisekh Pathak claims his film is an official remake of <keyword id="4293900" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="ondu-motteya-kathe">Ondu Motteya Kathe</keyword> a 2017 Kannada movie. Bala’s director Amar Kaushik however stands strong on the originality of his film. "I am away from all of this. I am doing a film, I am also getting to know that this film ('Bala') is kind of similar. Initially you feel like 'why and how is this happening?' but then you feel it's ok. He's playing his part, I am playing mine. We both are actors doing our jobs. I love him and I'm a fan of his acting," said Sunny Singh, the actor of Ujda Chaman. As if this drama isn’t enough, <keyword id="188" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="Diwali">Diwali</keyword> release Housefull 4 also shows Akshay Kumar sporting a bald look. And the movie has enough bald jokes as well. Looks like Bollywood is obsessed with the bald and the beautiful. (With inputs from PTI)

Bollywood is going bald this year with at least three movies on the same topic

<ul><li>Ayushmann Khurrana has been listed as one of the top 100 Influential People in the world by TIME today. </li><li>With his rising popularity and influential power, the actor seems to be on a winning streak in the advertising world. </li><li>He has bagged marquee brands like KitKat, Peter England, The Man Company, Bajaj Allianz, to name a few, in the past few months amid a global pandemic. </li><li>We speak to experts to find out what are some of the qualities that make him influential in the brandverse. </li></ul>Ayushmann Khurrana, the only Indian actor to be featured on TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World list, is also becoming India’s favourite brand endorser. Even during the on-going pandemic -- when brands have tightened their purse strings -- Ayushmann has managed to grab more attention from brands and bag endorsement deals from marquee brands such as JSW India, Nestle, Toyota, Bajaj Allianz, Sprite, The Man Company, UNICEF, to name a few. Despite not having done a single blockbuster movie this year, apart from Shubh Mangal Zyada Savdhan and the virtually-released Gulabo Sitabo, Ayushmann is on a winning streak in the branding world. 2020 is turning out to be a tipping point for his career as a brand endorser. Ayushmann has around 25 brands in his kitty and in Duff &amp; Phelps’ report released in 2019, Khurrana was a new entrant at rank 10 with a brand value of $40.3 million. In the times when everyone is talking about nepotism in Bollywood, associating with Ayushmann also seems like a safe and perfect bet for an Indian brand. He is the boy-next-door from Chandigarh who has made it on his own in the industry. After his first appearance in MTV Roadies Season 2, Ayushmann found his ticket to Bollywood as Shoojit Sircar offered him a leading role in Vicky Donor. Since the beginning of his career, Ayushmann has been very picky with his choice of movies. He has made a conscious effort to increase representation of different kinds of Indians in his movies by playing a homosexual man in Shubh Mangal Zyada Savdhan, someone who suffers from erectile dysfunction in Shubh Mangal Saavdhan and a bald guy in Bala. He is also known for movies like Article 15, Dum Laga Ke Haisha, Dream Girl and Badhaai Ho that have started a conversation around different social issues. It is his choice of films that Vani Gupta Dandia, Founder of CherryPeachPlum Growth Partners - a marketing-led business consultancy thinks makes him the ideal fit for all challenger brands. She said, “AK is an actor who comes across as someone with a very, very strong personality. He's chosen to do films which stood out for the stands they took, for the very 'difficult to speak about' subjects in society. The most appealing thing about Ayushmann Khurrana is that while he has chosen to do very offbeat films he still has a very mainstream appeal. His brand endorsements have also been in line with the offbeat actor he comes across as.” On what qualities does he stand for and which brands should he choose, Vani Gupta Dandia added, “Brands that are looking for halo values like intelligence, substance vs frivolous mass appeal, gumption to stand up for difficult causes, choose v/s be chosen, and strong-mindedness - are best suited for a tie-up with him. He must be careful to stay true to who he is and not fall into the trap of the typical bolly 'dance- around-the-trees' mould. His appeal is in being a 'deliberate' and intelligent actor. Not the mainstream hero. He should carefully nurture this positioning and associate with causes and brands that fortify his own imagery in the consumers’ mind.” Karthik Srinivasan, Independent Brand Consultant and Social Media Expert, calls Ayushmann the Amol Palekar of our times - a true 'everyman', but with extra panache. He explained, “Given his smart choice of film scripts where he plays 'everyman' without the extraordinary stunts that define our films' heroism, and convincingly pulls off seemingly 'normal' roles, and given the enormous success he has garnered in such narratives, he fits perfectly for any brand that wants a relatable super-celebrity.” Talking about what makes Ayushmann brands’ favourite, Harish Bijoor, Brand Guru &amp; Founder, Harish Bijoor Consults Inc. said, “He is not the big-boots star of Bollywood. Neither is he a peripheral actor, many of whom come, survive and leave. He is someone in-between. And that's the beauty of his success today. As an actor, he is a method actor of repute. He has under his belt a series of hits that few can boast. In many ways, he is the small-budget star who takes the entire ecosystem of the film that is made to success. Today, viewers of Hindi cinema are bored to death by the big stars and the bigness they represent. In many ways, this is a David versus Goliath liking that comes to the fore. The big star is just too big, unapproachable and just too far away physically and metaphorically. The smaller star is that much closer, and that much more to emote with as a persona. This is Ayushman's touchstone of success.” Ayushmann also bagged a deal with Bajaj Allianz Life this month. On why the brand chose him as its face, Chandramohan Mehra, Chief Marketing Officer, Bajaj Allianz Life, said, "Ayushmann outscores his new age peers on the attributes of relatability and likeability, across consumer profiles. Also, in context of his rise on back of the smart, unconventional and consistent choices he has made, his marketability has enhanced. He is seen as a role model and hugely talented across profiles of age, gender and income groups." Ayushmann can act, sing and dance. He also writes poetry. His versatility and boy-next-door image make him brands’ sweetheart. N. Chandramouli, CEO, TRA said, “Ayushmann Khurrana is one of the multi-talented, multi-faceted actors who has a range of successes behind him in the movies. Without controversies, he is a stable bet for any brand. He has been considerably active in social media during the lockdown and combined with his earlier successes, this has increased his social media presence and salience. Ayushmann is versatile and he can endorse a range of categories, right from footwear to ice-creams, menswear to colas. His affable persona, boy-next-door looks gives him a wide range to choose from. Cost is a key driver for brands when choosing between endorsers, and his costs being lesser than superstar fees, makes him amenable to be the pick of brands, too.” Lately, we have seen endorsers who are more than a model but less than a nepotism-breed superstar like Vicky Kaushal and Ayushmann, get popular in the brandverse. With this, the definition of ‘superstar’ is also changing. Explaining what is driving this change in the industry, Srinivasan said, “Ayushmann is a bonafide superstar, by star value and films' success alone. As for the industry trend of more than a model, but less than a superstar, it could be mirroring the interest in tier-2 and tier-3 social media stars so that brands can tap into small user circles who are their followers. Similarly, given that mainstream, theater-led cinema was the only criteria to bill someone as a superstar at one point, there are now many other media platforms for someone to be called a budget-superstar or a different kind of superstar. Many actors have become big only by doing OTT shows, and many on TV alone. So there's a better range for that phrase 'superstar' now.”

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