2019 has been a mixed bag for Bollywood so far. This year seems to be a bad year for some big-budget movies that did not perform well at the box-office. On one hand, there have been some super-hits like Kabir Singh, Uri: The Surgical Strike, Gully Boy and many more. But, on the other, there have also been some movies that flopped in 2019. From ‘Kalank’ to ‘Student Of The Year’, here’s the list of Bollywood’s biggest flops in the business.
List of Bollywood’s Biggest Flop Of 2019
Kalank
Kalank is a period drama film directed by Abhishek Varman and produced by Karan Johar, Sajid Nadiadwala, and Fox Star Studios. The movie stars Madhuri Dixit, Sonakshi Sinha, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Sanjay Dutt. The reviews upon release were mostly negative and that didn’t help the cause either. Some people called it a rip-off of Sanjay Leela Bhansali movie, while some even said that Karan Johar is trying to copy Bhansali. Kalank is one of the biggest Hindi flop movies of 2019.
COST: Rs 150 crore.
COLLECTIONS: Rs 81 crore.
RELEASE DATE: 17 April 2019.
Student Of The Year 2
Student of the Year 2 is a teen film written by Arshad Sayed and directed by Punit Malhotra. It was produced by Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta under the banner Dharma Productions, and was distributed by Fox Star Studios. SOTY2 is a sequel to the 2012 film Student of the Year, it stars Tiger Shroff, Tara Sutaria and Ananya Panday. SOTY2 didn’t go well and people on the social media trolled the director for calling it a hit. In fact, many criticized the film and called it a big flop.
COST: Rs 80 crores.
COLLECTIONS: Rs 70.66 crores.
RELEASE DATE: 10 May 2019.
Pal Pal Dil Ke Pass
Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas is a romantic film directed by Sunny Deol and produced by Sunny Sounds Pvt Ltd and Zee Studios. Karan Deol and Sahher Bambba were cast for the lead roles. The movie can be called as one of the expensive flop movies of the year.
COST: 60 crores.
COLLECTIONS: 10.03 crores.
RELEASE DATE: 20 September 2019.
Jabariya Jodi
Jabariya Jodi is an action comedy film starring Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra. The movie is co-produced by Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor, and Shailesh R Singh and directed by Prashant Singh. Jabariya Jodi is one of the biggest Bollywood flop movies of 2019.
COST: 21 crores.
COLLECTIONS: 16.33 crores.
RELEASE DATE: 9 August 2019.
Khandaani Shafakhana
Khandaani Shafakhana is a comedy-drama film directed by debutant director Shilpi Dasgupta, and starring Sonakshi Sinha and Badshah. The supporting cast includes Varun Sharma and Annu Kapoor.
COST: 26 crores.
COLLECTIONS: 3.98 crores.
RELEASE DATE: 2 August 2019
India’s Most Wanted
India’s Most Wanted is an action thriller film directed by Raj Kumar Gupta, and starring Arjun Kapoor. The action-thriller movie struggled to survive at the box-office but failed.
COST: 37 crores.
COLLECTIONS: 15.42 crores.
RELEASE DATE: 24 May 2019
Notebook
Notebook is a romantic drama film produced by Salman Khan under Salman Khan Films and directed by Nitin Kakkar. It stars Zaheer Iqbal and Pranutan Bahl in the lead roles. The film is a remake of the 2014 Thai film Teacher’s Diary.
COST: 15 crores.
COLLECTIONS: 3.15 crores.
RELEASE DATE: 29 March 2019.
Judgmentall Hai Kya
Judgementall Hai Kya is a black comedy film directed by Prakash Kovelamudi, with a screenplay by Kanika Dhillon starring Rajkummar Rao and Kangana Ranaut and produced by Ekta Kapoor. The movie was good content-wise but due to Kangana’s controversy, the movie suffered a lot. Judgementall Hai Kya is one of the biggest Hindi flop movies of 2019.
COST: 35 Crores.
COLLECTIONS: 32.25 Crores.
RELEASE DATE: 26 July 2019.
Why Cheat India
Why Cheat India is a crime drama film written and directed by Soumik Sen. It features Emraan Hashmi and Shreya Dhanwanthary in the lead roles. Emraan Hashmi’s film received mixed reviews from critics.`
COST: 20 crores.
COLLECTIONS: 8.50 crores.
RELEASE DATE: 18 January 2019.
Sonchiriya
Sonchiriya is an action film, co-written and directed by Abhishek Chaubey and starring Sushant Singh Rajput, Bhumi Pednekar, Manoj Bajpayee, Ranvir Shorey and Ashutosh Rana. This multi-starrer movie was a disaster at the box-office
COST: 30 crores.
COLLECTIONS: 7.80 crores.
RELEASE DATE: 1 March 2019.
The Zoya Factor
The Zoya Factor is a romantic comedy film directed by Abhishek Sharma and produced by Fox Star Studios, Pooja Shetty and Aarrti Shetty. Starring Sonam Kapoor and Dulquer Salmaan. The film is a light adaptation of Anuja Chauhan’s 2008 novel of the same name. The promotions were carried out with zeal and fervor but it tanked at the box office.
COST: 30 crores.
COLLECTIONS: 4.91 crores.
RELEASE DATE: 19 September 2019.
Laal Kaptaan
Laal Kaptaan is an epic action drama film, written and directed by Navdeep Singh. The dialogues are written by Sudip Sharma. The film is produced by Eros International and Producer Aanand L Rai’s Colour Yellow Productions and features Saif Ali Khan in the lead. The audience was not impressed with the narrative and the storyline of the film, thus it failed. Lal Kaptaan is one of the biggest flop Bollywood movies we witnessed this year.
COST: 40 crores.
COLLECTIONS: 2.36 crores.
RELEASE DATE: 18 October 2019.
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