MUMBAI : Kartik Aaryan starrer Shehzada which was released on 17th Feb 2023 has failed to make a mark at the box office on its first weekend. The film has collected Rs. 20 crores in three days which is quite disappointing. Kartik and Kriti promoted the film very well, but still, the movie couldn’t get audiences to the theatres. We have tried to analyze what went wrong with Shehzada.
Remake factor
There was a time when remakes were doing very well at the box office. However, due to the pandemic, Hindi moviegoers have also started watching content in regional languages. Shehzada is a remake of Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo. The Telugu movie received a great response at the box office, and even when it was released on OTT, it trended very well. Also, the unofficial Hindi dubbed version is available on YouTube.
No good songs
One of the highlights of Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo was its songs. Buttabomma and Ramuloo Ramulaa are still remembered by audiences even after three years of the film’s release. In Shehzada, a chartbuster song was missing, and the makers recreated Character Dheela, but maybe recreating Buttabomma would have done wonders for the film.
Boardroom scene not there in the remake
Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo was an average film, but some moments took the movie a notch higher. One of the scenes that had become the talk of the town was when in a boardroom Allu Arjun’s character dances to old songs. It would have been great to watch Kartik doing that.
The half-baked female lead character
In South films, it usually happens that heroines are not given much scope, but in Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, Pooja Hegde had a decent role. However, in Shehzada, in the second half, they forget about Kriti’s character. She has just one scene and a song post-interval.
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