Hollywood star Tom Cruise recently turned 60. This star has maintained his position as one of the biggest superstars in Hollywood for the past 30 years. At the beginning of his career, he gave one after another commercially successful movies. But over the past 15 years, its dominance at the box office has seen a slight decline. Apart from the ‘Mission: Impossible’ series, his other movies released during this period failed at the box office. The Marvel Cinematic Universe and other franchises are trying to hold on to their past.
Finally, after a long wait, Tom Cruise has once again managed to show his power at the box office. The star’s latest release ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ managed to do great business at the box office. Not only this, the movie has managed to bring back the earlier nostalgia and excitement on the theater screens. It brings together the best elements of a cult classic for a contemporary audience. After all, the movie stars a 59-year-old actor.
On the other hand, the movie ‘Vikram’ starring the legendary actor of Tamil cinema Kamal Haasan has taken the box office by storm. The starters release after four years has emerged as the highest-grossing Tamil film of all time. Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, the film grossed over Rs 400 crore at the worldwide box office. ‘Vikram’ has touched this milestone as the second Tamil movie. And ‘Vikram’ has entered the record book as the highest-grossing film at the Tamil Nadu box office, surpassing the earnings of ‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’.
Not only that, with Kamal Haasan’s ‘Vikram’, filmmaker Lokesh Kanagaraj has officially launched his cinematic universe. Following the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Lokesh’s Cinematic Universe is going to be joined by ‘Kaithi’ and Thalapathy Vijay’s new movie. All in all, the success of the ‘Vikram’ movie which started the journey of a great universe will benefit the upcoming movies at the box office as well.
There is a logical reason for the box office success of Tom Cruise and Kamal Haasan’s recent movies. One of the main reasons for the success of the movie ‘Vikram’ is that Kamal Haasan played the role of a man of his real age in the movie. The same applies to Tom Cruise’s ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ movie. Instead of a dashing hero in his 30s or 40s, Tom Cruise appears on screen as someone his age.
After Tom Cruise and Kamal Haasan, Bollywood king Shah Rukh Khan is walking the same path. Shah Rukh Khan starrer movies in recent years have been hugely appreciated at the box office. After taking a voluntary break from movies, Shah Rukh Khan is waiting for a historic comeback. After the failure of ‘Zero’, ‘Fan’ or ‘Jab Harry met Sejal’, the films in Shah Rukh Khan’s pipeline are indicating that.
Shah Rukh Khan currently has three movies under production. The movies are ‘Pathaan’, ‘Jawan’ and ‘Dunki’. Meanwhile, the movie ‘Pathaan’ is being produced as part of Yash Raj Films’ Spy Universe, where he will be seen in the role of a RAW agent. The movie also stars Deepika Padukone and John Abraham along with Shah Rukh Khan. Apart from this, Salman Khan will appear in a guest role in the movie. Salman Khan will be seen in the role of ‘Tiger’ in the movie.
After the movie ‘Pathaan’, the Pan-India film ‘Jawan’ starring Shah Rukh Khan is going to be released. The movie is being directed by popular Tamil director Atlee Kumar. The Mass action movie will see Salman Khan in a role that no one has ever thought of. The Bollywood king is playing a double role in the movie and Nayanthara, the lady superstar of South cinema, is opposite him. Besides, more Pan-India stars are acting in the movie.
After that, one of the most desired movies of Bollywood is going to be released in December of next year. Shah Rukh Khan in the movie directed by Rajkumar Hirani. The name of this movie is ‘Dunki’ which is the dream of Bollywood movie fans. Taapsee Pannu stars opposite Shah Rukh Khan in the film about illegal immigration to Canada. The movie is going to be made with the combination of comedy and emotion inherent in Rajkumar Hirani’s movies.
Shah Rukh Khan is appearing in his real age in each of these upcoming movies. There is no romance like ‘Zero’ with younger heroines or experimentation like ‘Fan’. Shah Rukh Khan is not reducing his age on screen but is working on the screenplay of a character that suits his age. Already the first look teaser and announcement video of the movie has created a stir among the fans. The expectations of the trade experts about the movies are already high.
Back to the story of Tom Cruise and Kamal Haasan. The casting of these two stars and the subsequent box-office success greatly bolstered expectations of Shah Rukh Khan’s historic comeback. Apart from this, Shah Rukh Khan’s movies are the most expected for the recent box office success of Bollywood movies and for changing the fortunes of Bollywood. Bollywood will return to its form once the movies of Bollywood king are released. Everyone is hoping that the lost glory of Bollywood will be returned by the hands of the ‘King of Bollywood’.
