Colossal Duds after hyping them is a long known Bollywood tradition !

So am sure the Aamir or Amitabh fan in you might have come out of the shock of the fact Thugs Of Hindostan, the most anticipated movie of the year has turned out to be a dud. Fact of the matter remains that delivering duds after huge hype is a long maintained tradition at Bollywood you might remember some, you might forget some. However here are some of those movies which had a lot riding on them and they came a cropper on the box office. No they were not ahead of their times movies which later grew to become cult. They were and are plain pure duds. Here are some of those moments of Bollywood history when all had seem lost for those involved.

Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja – This one was forever in the making. Announced right after the super hit almost decade defining Mr.India in 1987, Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja was released after one hyped up story in the media after the other. In fact to use a famous line of today the nation wanted to see the movie as soon as yesterday. There were signs that not all was well Shekhar Kapoor the original director left mid way leaving it in the hands of his assistant Satish Kaushik. There was a mad amount spent on great sets ,costumes and cinematography. The music was the first signal the songs when released did not create any fire. The movie was extremely crucial for Sridevi whose crown was almost lost to Madhuri the new challenger on the block. This movie was a headache inducer with even Anupam Kher the villain hamming away to glory. Jackie Shroff was the only dignified thing in this one. Made at a the then King’s treasure budget of Rs.10 crores this one left many crying. As a college friend popularly branded it for me this one was – “Rupaye ki Rani Charane ka Raja !”

Trimurti – This one had created huge controversy. Sanjay Dutt’s connect with the terror world forced the then numero uno maker Subhash Ghai to replace Dutt with Anil Kapoor, an error for which Dutt never forgave Ghai till he worked in Ek aur Ek Gyarah. Trimurti had probably the biggest frenzy for it. It was the coming together of Subhash Ghai with Mukul S Anand the tech whiz kid of 1990s, the man who brought Hollywood feel to Indian Cinema. This movie was also coming together of SRK the then challenger to the established Kings of Bollywood. Trimurti turned out to be a jigsaw of well shot scenes and Anil Kapoor’s Sikander was the only good thing about it. The movie is also remembered for reducing the theater icon Mohan Agashe to a peacock meets and orangutan called Kooka.

Mela – The only good thing this one did is that Akshay Kumar got a wife for himself. As any trivia hungry bollywood buff would know is that Twinkle Khanna had told a pursuing Akshay that is Mela does not work she will marry him. It bombed and how. This one was a remake of Karwan with shades of Sholay in it. Twinkle Khanna was the principle character in this one and her Roopa remains the benchmark of loud overacting for a female star in Bollywood till date. Even Rakhi’s mere Karan Arjun aayenge appears like a dignified Bachchan compared to this one. Add an action choreographer called Mahender Verma as the principle Villain and Aamir Khan in his most hyper avtar ever.  This one was a festival of overacting .

Main Prem Ki Deewani Hoon -  This one was the fourth attempt of Sooraj Barjatya. He was the man who could do nothing wrong, someone who had redefined a genre in Bollywood. Someone who brought families back to theaters. This one was his collaboration with Hrithik Roshan the new crush of every Bollywood watching female , a new comer who was then hailed as the first legit threat to SRK. The movie had an animated parrot, a high bp suffering heroine in Kareena and Hrithik’s first and only over acting role till date. This competition of hyper activity crashed and probably caused such a dent in Barjatya’s reputation that it took him a good three years to recover till another marriage video called Vivah saved him.