Salman Khan’s two and a half decade’s Bollywoodian journey has been very chequered and eventful one. When he had made his debut with Biwi ho Toh Aisi he was very raw. But then film after film his growth as an actor and later on even as a star has been phenomenal. So much so that 25 years later he has been gifted by an unbelievable, unimaginable & unthinkable star power which is all due to his millions of global fans. A power that has enabled him to fulfil his wishes of keeping himself cherishable in his fans good books.
And then as a return gift, Salman Khan brewed up a formula to work in films only based on his own terms & conditions and one of the condition was that he will sign on the dotted line of a film’s contract only when a producer allows him to plan the release of his film coinciding with the Ramzan Eid festival which would be a beautiful return gift for all his global fans in general and as a special return gift for all his Muslim brethren in particular.
And Salman Khan’s return gift process started with the release of his Prabhudheva directed film namely Wanted which was released exactly on 18th Sept, 2009 coinciding with Ramzan Eid festival of that particular year and of course Wanted was declared as super duper hit garnering a Box Office collection amounting to the tune of Rupees 61 crores. And Salman Khan believes that it was all because of his fans blessings & unconditional love for him.
And since then all of Salman Khan’s films which were released coinciding with Ramzan Eid festival proved too be runaway hits always notching up 100 crore mark, barring once when Salman Khan’s loss proved to be Shah Rukh Khan’s gain. So Salman Khan miss the boat in that particular year’s Ramzan Eid festival and in that particular Ramzan Eid festival it was Shah Rukh Khan’s film Chennai Express which had won the race at the box office turnstiles.
Since that particular year’s mishap Salman Khan has always been meticulously planning his Ramzan Eid releases. So as of now even before the release of Yash Raj Films Sultan, Salman Khan has already gone ahead and announced the release of his forthcoming films namely Partner 2 & Kabir Khan’s next film on Eid 2017, perhaps he will have 2 releases in 2017 in Ramzan Eid week itself. Then again 2 of his films may release in 2017 namely Mahesh Manjrekar’s Next & Raj Kumar Santoshi’s Next. That apart Dabangg 3, No Entry Mein Entry & Shuddhi which may release in 2018 thereby literally forming a hat trick of Ramzan Eid releases. As all this films too will coincide with the Ramzan Eid festival of the respective years of 2017 & 2018.
Well! Releasing one film during each Ramzan Eid festival, like Wanted, Ready, Kick, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo et al may have proved to be a cake walk for Salman Khan but will he succeed in recreating the magic of releasing 2 or 3 films simultaneously on Ramzan Eid festival falling in those particular years? Now that entirely remains to be seen.
And coming to his latest Ramzan Eid release namely Yash Raj Films Sultan. No doubt he has really worked hard on his role of a wrestler as is evident in the promos. Or when one had visited him on the sets of Sultan during its making.
As per Salman Khan’s own honest confession, “I have really worked hard on my role as a wrestler in Sultan. Frankly speaking I have never undergone so much of intense & gruelling training session for any of my role in my entire career. I was feeling really very exhausted everytime I used to finish my extensive training session and subsequently shooting for the same film. Once again I could pass through this test all because of my fans blessings & die hard love for me.”
Be that as it may be one really hopes Sultan works wonders for him at the Box Office turnstiles.
