The unprecedented & the unusually phenomenal success of Salman Khan, Aditya Chopra & Ali Abbass’ Sultan is absolutely unthinkable & unimaginable.
Sultan’s 1st ever crowning glory in the Box Office turnstiles success arena was when it had crossed the 100 crore mark at the Box Office turnstiles in the 1st 3 days itself of its opening, coinciding with the Ramzan Eid festival. A feat which we don’t think has ever been achieved so far & so fast by any other Bollywood films. And not only these Sultan is still going strong in the Indian as well as the Global Cinema halls running in its 3rd consecutive week.
That apart Sultan’s total earnings in the last count has been estimated to have already crossed almost 300 crores at the Box Office turnstiles. Not only these Sultan seems to have done extremely well both in the Multiplex Cinemas as well as the Single theatres all over India.
The 1st ever reason for Sultan’s runaway success at the Box Office turnstiles was that it was an unrivalled solo release of that particular week. And this was followed by an unopposed open 5 days holiday weekend. So much so that even the English and other regional language movies filmmakers had backed out & stalled the release of their movies as they did not at all wish to compete in any manner whatsoever with Salman Khan’s Sultan.
Moreover Sultan also got the highest Muslim patronage, who thronged the cinema halls in leaps & bounds in their full on festive mood of celebrating their choicest & their favourite Ramzan Eid festival. Of course millions of Salman Khan fans too have contributed in making Sultan the greatest hit that it rightly & truly deserved.
By the way a few of the trade pundits from trade magazines, including your favourite trade magazine Film & TV Trade Preview, had already predicted a huge, huge success for Aditya Chopra, director Ali Abbas Jafar & super star Salman Khan’s Sultan.
Interestingly speaking and now coming to think of it, the grand Box Office turnstiles succcess of Sultan, of course also goes to, 1st & foremost to Sultan Salman Khan who has really, really worked very hard on his character of wrestler Sultan Ali Khan that too both in the Indian akhada as well as the Western styled Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) ring. He had also undergone an intense & gruelling session that too stretching himself beyond the limits of imagination. Hats off to him!
The others who have contributed to Sultan’s unlimited Box Office turnstiles success is producer Aditya Chopra, who has left no stone unturned to present Sultan as Yash Raj Films most lavish production ever, director Ali Abbas Jafar’s impeccably flawless direction, music composer duo Vishal Dadlani & Shekhar Ravjiani’s (Vishal – Shekar) soulful, melodious & foot tapping music (“Baby Ko Bass Pasand Hai”, “Jag Ghoomeya”, “Bulleya”, “Tuk Tuk”, “440 Volt” et al), cinematographer Artur Zurawski, action choreographer Larnell Stovall, editor Rameshwar S. Bhagat and above all other behind the scenes technical team too.
And how can one overlook Anushka Sharma’s solid act as a woman wrestler, Randeep Hooda’s terrific act as a martial arts expert, Amit Sadh’s perfect act as a business tycoon and above all Anant Vidhaat Sharma’s excellent portrayal of Salman Khan’s “Best Friend” Gobind who becomes Sultan’s support system throughout the movie.
One can go on & on speculating about the reasons of Sultan’s super success at the Box Office turnstiles. So much so that even reams & reams of papier du mache would be in suffice to describe its total impact at the Indian as well as the Global Box Office turnstiles.
To round it off we can only say that Sultan has indeed proved to be a penultimate supertainment and Salman Khan can now safely be termed as Bollywood’s Box Office Badshah.
