How did Hrithik Roshan beat Shahrukh Khan at his game?

Last Updated: 11.51 AM IST 09.22.2011

There is a lot of buzz about RA.One being a profitable venture even before its theatrical release, but the Roshans have managed to outdo this feat

Everyone in B-town acknowledges and appreciates the marketing genius of King Khan. For his upcoming super-ambitious home production, RA.One, SRK has charted a strategy that has ensured that his film makes money from all possible sources. He has tied up with a fast food chain, there is merchandise that will be sold; the music of the film is already a whammy of sorts, thanks to Akon’s ‘Chammak challo’ song. Shahrukh has been telling everyone that RA.One will be a benchmark as far as superhero films in Bollywood are concerned. What really surprised us about that ambitious statement is that Krrish 3 has already broken all records in its selling price, reportedly an astronomical Rs37 crore for just the satellite rights, with Rakesh Roshan selling each territory to different distributors (not selling the film outright to one corporate house) and making a pile in the bargain. All this, even before the shooting of the film has begun. This is a first for Bollywood and puts Hrithik Roshan way ahead of the Badshah of Bollywood. The Roshans get brownie points for their superhero film because they will be shooting it in 2D which will be later converted to 3D; RA.One was shot uni-dimensionally and will be converted to 3D, which is nowhere close to the real deal. For now, we are excitedly waiting for Diwali, when RA.One will finally hit the big screen. Will it live up to all the hype? We wonder….

Click here to watch RA.One trailer

Click here to watch the ‘Chammak challo’ song

First Published: 11.51 AM IST 09.22.2011

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  • Ishan

    Posted at 9:09 PM on September 27, 2011  

    Bhosadi k pranit itna bata dun hrithik se jyada sundar mera lund hai samjha beta baap se jyada nahin bolte.

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  • Pranit

    Posted at 7:24 PM on September 27, 2011  

    Srk ko videsh me sab pehchante hai to wo waha jaye yar,ye india hai aur indians sabse uper hai,tu kya videshi hai kya

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  • Pranit

    Posted at 7:20 PM on September 27, 2011  

    Abe ishan fat gayi kya….ab kucch mila nahi to salman ka sahara le raha hai kya,,agar hrithik tujhe handsom nahi lagta to tu kaisa hoga ye sochne ki jarurat nahi

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  • Ishan

    Posted at 7:08 PM on September 27, 2011  

    Mujhe pata hai tum srk haters bhi ra.one dekhne jaoge aur tumhe film pasand aayegi, phir dekh k kahoge…”kya yar bakwas film thi” par ismein tumhari galti nahin hai SRK hai hi itna popular ki sab jalte hain.

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  • Ishan

    Posted at 6:51 PM on September 27, 2011  

    Handsome aur hrithik? Achha joke hai usse kahin jyada smart salman khan, ranbir kapoor, imran khan, emran hashmi & SRK hain..

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  • Ishan

    Posted at 4:40 PM on September 27, 2011  

    Nahin deepak main logon ko dhyan dila raha hun ki SRK aaj jahan hai wahan pahuchne mein hrithik ko salon lag jayenge.. Aaj bhi jab main kisi videshi se SRK k baare mein poochta hun wo kahte hain ” ya i have seen his movies he is a good actor” when askd about hrithik ” who is he ?”

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    • prasad

      Posted at 5:13 PM on September 27, 2011  

      shayad ishan bhai tu kisi african se poocha hoga isliye vise bataya kyoki africans ko arican jaise admi pasand ayega aur unke hi movies chelte he. hansome and smart admi ko pasand nahi karega.

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    • deepak

      Posted at 6:59 PM on September 27, 2011  

      Ishan bhai srk ko sirf videshi hi jaan sakte hai kyunki wo videshi hi hai aur hrithik asli indian hai

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  • idrees

    Posted at 1:17 PM on September 27, 2011  

    hrithik srk ka juti ka braber bi nai hia.srk is srk.laken salman ka mukabila man kuch nai hai.

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    • deepak

      Posted at 3:56 PM on September 27, 2011  

      Ishan bhai aaj srk or hrithik ke beech me comparision kar rhe hai aap jabki hrithik kab aaya hai aur srk kab fir bhi dono ke beech me comparision ho rha hai matlab jo srk 20 saal me kar paya wo hrithik ne 10 saal me hi kar liya

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  • Ram

    Posted at 11:51 AM on September 27, 2011  

    Recently Oxford Dictionary Introduced New Meaning Of Two Words
    i.e
    King = Shah Rukh khan …
    &
    Unique=RaOne

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    • shareef

      Posted at 1:40 PM on September 27, 2011  

      ram that is not king, read well and add fu to king.

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      • shareef

        Posted at 1:44 PM on September 27, 2011  

        and king is salman.

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    • srk

      Posted at 9:45 PM on September 27, 2011  

      Ram Tere gand me bomb,

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  • Mohammed

    Posted at 9:21 AM on September 27, 2011  

    Yeh shishir kuan paagal lag raha hai. Srk film industry mein 1992 aaya hai aur hrithik 1998 mein.

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  • Mohammed

    Posted at 9:16 AM on September 27, 2011  

    Pranit aur shahul bhai hrithik ki flop list dekhana srk se jyada hai. Hrithik ke char picture hit hai, wo bhi papa ke teen aur ek dhoom2 isme juniar bachan aur uday chopra hai. Solp mein ek bhi hit nahi.

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    • shahul

      Posted at 2:18 PM on September 28, 2011  

      mohammed to ap dono ka flop list batavo.

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  • Ishan

    Posted at 8:28 AM on September 27, 2011  

    Hrithik k baap ne film banai to chal nikla, SRK jaisa struggle karta to gaand phat jaati… TUM GAANDUON KITNA BHI BHONK LO IS DIWALI RA.ONE KA ROCKET TUMHARI GAAND K PAAR HOGA…

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  • Ishan

    Posted at 8:14 AM on September 27, 2011  

    Jab hrithik ande mein se nikala bhi nahin tha, tab se SRK is line mein superstar hai..

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  • Ishan

    Posted at 8:01 AM on September 27, 2011  

    Is Diwali Ra.one Blockbuster hogi aur tum SRK haters ki Gaand Jalegi…

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  • Ishan

    Posted at 7:52 AM on September 27, 2011  

    Hrithik ki Agneepath Flop hai, Bahut badi flop hai

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  • Ishan

    Posted at 7:44 AM on September 27, 2011  

    Oye Sach kah raha hun to gand jal rahi hai wo haklata hai kuch bhi karta hai, par Superstar hai, Hrithik ko ek Janm aur lena padega us jaisa banne k liye, Aur Twitter k bare mein pata ho to wahan pe SRK aur hrithik k fan check kar lena pata chal jayega kiske fan jyada hai..

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  • Pranit

    Posted at 11:28 PM on September 26, 2011  

    Ye ishan itna srk srk kyu kar raha hai yar,koi relation mai hai kya….awards,remake aur ye wo paka raha hai.srk k overceas mai fan hai to waha jaye yar yaha pe kyu ruka hai,ddlj ki baat hai to tujhe bata du,ek hi show chalu tha,aadhi public hoti thi,wo bhi nahi isko picture chalna nahi rakhna kehte hai.flop ki baat hai srk ki flop list HR se jyada hi hai,sirf wahi baar baar romantic haklana k….k …kiran,raone me to wo makdee lag raha hai

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  • Ishan

    Posted at 8:10 PM on September 26, 2011  

    SRK is a overseas star and has a huge fan following Worldwide, which nobody have.

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  • Ishan

    Posted at 8:00 PM on September 26, 2011  

    Acting ki baat rahi to SRK is king of romance DDLJ aaj 15 saal se mumbai k maratha mandir mein chal rahi hai, Hrithik ki koi aisi movie hai?

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  • deepak

    Posted at 7:54 PM on September 26, 2011  

    acting ki baat ho rhi hai ishan bhai hit ya flop ki nhi aur waise bhi udaan ek no. movie thi magar flop ho gyi

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  • Ishan

    Posted at 5:47 PM on September 26, 2011  

    Aur gujaarish bahut badi flop thi

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    • shahul

      Posted at 10:29 PM on September 26, 2011  

      srk ka flop list malum he ya nahi apko.

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  • Ishan

    Posted at 5:46 PM on September 26, 2011  

    Hrithik to khud sala copycat hai krissh hollywood film paycheck ki copy thi aaj jake kharid k lana paycheck ki dvd. SRK is the best u will know after ra.one

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  • Pranit

    Posted at 4:45 PM on September 26, 2011  

    Ra one dabang ka record bhi tod de na to srk ko salute…..uske liye salman jaise fans chahiye bhai…..aur srk itna hi original hai to krrish k baad raone nahi aati..copycat…..sirf papa k vajah se kuch nahi hota,acting bhi chahiye…guzarish dekhna fir bolna…HR n salman both r good bt not srk

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  • Ishan

    Posted at 11:51 PM on September 25, 2011  

    SRK has won 12 filmfare awards & hrithik has only 6

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    • shishir

      Posted at 1:52 PM on September 26, 2011  

      Sharukh is in industry for 20 yrs and Hrithik for 10 . What kind of logic is that he have won more filmfare awards ??? If you have to compare them compare them in last decade when both of them where in race and when Hrithik has won most number of filmfare awards than anyone else.

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  • Ishan

    Posted at 3:35 PM on September 25, 2011  

    Nobody I Mean Nobody can Beat SRK. Ra.one will break all records made by 3 idiots, Bodyguard, Dabangg..

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    • shahul

      Posted at 5:09 PM on September 25, 2011  

      Mohammed bhai to ap hrithik ko acting sikhayega ap thoda sallu bhai aur hrithik ka awards deklo usaka papa acting & dancing nahi kar rehe he.

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  • Mohammed

    Posted at 12:42 PM on September 25, 2011  

    Shahul bhai sallu bhai ko aap jaa ke batana aur jane se pehle ambulence lekar jana. Hrithik ko kehna thoda acting karle kab tak baap ka ungli pakad kar chalega.

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    • babbig

      Posted at 3:27 PM on September 25, 2011  

      hrithik is the biggest because he is the best.why couldnt rajendra k,manoj k,devanand, make their sons big stars .

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      • shahmamood

        Posted at 3:20 AM on September 27, 2011  

        no one can beat king khan
        he is the best and he is going to be best for ever
        and ra one will beat all 2011 movies

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        • fuad

          Posted at 3:23 AM on September 27, 2011  

          shahrukh khan is the best ever
          ra one is going to a good movie
          maybe krrish 3 will be the second

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