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Bollywood’s Bebo i.e. Kareena Kapoor Khan is one of the few actresses of Hindi cinema who has strongly maintained her star power and relevance at the box office even after marriage and motherhood. While questions start being raised about the career of actresses in the industry after a certain age, Kareena has reinvented herself in the last decade from commercial cinema to content-driven and women-centric films. If we analyze the data, out of his 8 major theatrical films released during the last 10 years, 5 were successful at the ticket window, while only 3 proved to be a failure. Amidst this strong success rate of more than 60%, now the eyes of cinema lovers and trade pundits are on his much talked about upcoming film. ‘Daayra’ But have survived.
If we look at Kareena Kapoor’s cinematic journey in the last decade, she has perfectly balanced commercial masala films as well as serious and offbeat characters:
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Big Hit and Blockbuster Movies (5 Successful Movies):
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Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015): This film with Salman Khan proved to be an all-time blockbuster and created new earning records in the country and abroad.
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Udta Punjab (2016): Kareena’s performance in the serious role of Dr. Preet Sahni was highly appreciated by the critics and the film was a semi-hit.
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Veere Di Wedding (2018): This was Kareena’s comeback film after the birth of Taimur. Without any major male superstar, this four-girlfriend drama achieved the status of superhit by earning over ₹80 crore at the domestic box office.
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Good News (2019): The comedy drama starring Akshay Kumar, Diljit Dosanjh and Kiara Advani became a super-duper hit, entering the ₹200 crore club.
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Crew (Crew – 2024): This female-heist comedy starring Tabu and Kriti Sanon proved that the audience is a fan of Kareena’s comedy timing and screen presence by collecting a gross of more than ₹150 crore worldwide at the box office.
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Movies that faltered at the box office (3 flops):
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Ki and Ka (2016): Despite its different concept, this film with Arjun Kapoor remained below average (flop/average) at the box office.
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Angrezi Medium (2020): Unfortunately, this last film of Irrfan Khan was released in March 2020 at the same time when theaters started closing due to the Covid-19 pandemic, due to which it could not perform at the box office.
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Laal Singh Chaddha (2022): This much-awaited film with Aamir Khan failed to attract the audience to the theaters due to the big budget and nationwide boycott trend and proved to be a big flop at the box office.
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Apart from this, Kareena proved her acting prowess in OTT and serious cinema with films like Sujoy Ghosh’s ‘Jaane Jaan’ (2023) and Hansal Mehta’s ‘The Buckingham Murders’ (2024).
Kareena Kapoor’s next much awaited film ‘Daira’ to be directed by National Award winning director Meghna Gulzar Making it. Meghna has previously given very tight, sensitive and commercially successful films like ‘Raazi’, ‘Talvar’ and ‘Sam Bahadur’. ‘Daira’ is said to be a hard-hitting investigative and social crime drama, which is based on real background and legal complications.
Talented actor with Kareena in the film Ayushmann Khurrana There is talk of joining the lead role. This new on-screen pairing of Ayushmann and Kareena will be a refreshing attraction for the audience as both the actors are known for content based cinema.
Trade analysts are quite positive about the success of the film ‘Daira’, there are many strong reasons behind this:
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Meghna Gulzar’s craft: The biggest feature of Meghna’s films is that she presents serious and sensitive subjects in a very interesting and engaging style.
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Kareena’s mature acting: After ‘Jaane Jaan’ and ‘The Buckingham Murders’, Kareena has proved that she can play intense and de-glam characters with full gusto. Her character in ‘Daira’ is said to be very strong emotionally and mentally.
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Budget and Recovery Model: The film will not be a VFX-heavy or high-budget project. With balanced costs and a major portion already recovered from digital, satellite and music rights, the chances of the film being table-profitable are very high.
If the story and screenplay of the film manages to leave an impact like ‘Raazi’, then ‘Daira’ can increase Kareena Kapoor’s box office success ratio from 60% to closer to 70%. Bebo’s fans and cinema lovers are now just waiting for the official announcement and release date of this powerful crime drama.