The condition of this film was such that the audience never looked at the film’s poster outside theatres itself. Can you name this film?
Bollywood is known for making large-scale films with a massive budget comprising two or three lead actors. But what if we say that Bollywood had also made a film with 30 leading actors of Bollywood? Yes, you read that right. A film was released in 2007 comprising 30 actors and had almost six stories running parallel, and seven songs. This romantic drama film had a massive budget that was being made in crores. Unfortunately, this large-scale film bombed at the box office and never attracted the masses. The film also featured Salman Khan, the makers suffered a huge loss because of heroism. The condition of the film was such that the audience never looked at the film’s poster outside the theatres itself.
We are talking about the film released in 2007. This three and a half hour long film and it’s none other than Salaam-e-Ishq. The film featured a dozen superstars like Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, John Abraham, Vidya Balan, Sohail Khan, Isha Koppikar, Govinda, Ayesha Takia, and Akshaye Khanna.
The makers thought that the audience would love this film a lot but after watching this three-and-a-half-hour-long film, the actors regretted doing Salaam-e-Ishq. The was made for Rs 43 crore, and it managed to only Rs 22 crore at the box office in India. There was a craze for the film among the audience due to popular stars, but when it was released it did not live up to the expectations of the audience. Which eventually declared the downfall of this film.
Salaam-e-Ishq is a remake of this Hollywood film
Salaam-e-Ishq was a remake of the 2003 Hollywood film ‘Love Actually’. Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Govinda, Akshay Khanna, Ayesha Takia, Sohail Khan, Isha Koppikar, John Abraham, Vidya Balan, and South African actress Shannon Esra along with 30 other stars played pivotal characters in this romantic drama.
Here’s why Salaam-e-Ishq flopped
Salaam-e-Ishq revolved around six love stories and all of them run parallel to each other. Also, all the six stories were interconnected. Firstly, the audience found the story complicated, and secondly, by the time they connected to one story, the film would move on to the next story. As a result, the audience did not like the film. People got bored watching this three-and-a-half-hour-long film and the climax was predictable, due to which this film could not even recover half of its budget at the box office.
