Coolie No.1 to Clash With 83 For Christmas

 The  most foolhardy  decision that the Coolie No 1 team has taken is to  postpone  their release  from Diwali to Christmas.

As  one trade analyst who  wishes  to remain anonymous  says, “They  probably thought they were  buying time by moving from Diwali  to Christmas. Instead they are now  biding their  time  waiting for the  competition to bite their product in its ass.”

Indeed  Coolie No 1  will now  find itself in  a hot soup when 83  the  cricket film about  India’s 1983 World Cup victory with Ranveer Singh  in  the lead   as Kapil Dev, hits  theatres simultaneously.

 83 clearly has  an edge.  Not just the  lead pair, but the entire cast of  83 is far more  impressive.  Plus it’s a sports film and hence automatically a public favourite even before release. On the other hand, Coolie No  1  is   a remake  of  a mediocre  film uplifted  by  Govinda’s presence.

Given a  choice  the  audience will hardly pick a remake of a poor film over  an  original cricket film starring the  most popular star-couple  of  Bollywood Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone.