Ever heard of a Bollywood love story that is only for adults? Well, here is Kabir Singh for you. While it seemed to have got a rather harsh treatment from the Censor Board to have been meted with an 'adults only' certificate (strictly talking from the genre perspective), it is also a bit understandable since expletives, substance abuse and sex runs right through the three hour playing time for the film.
It is quite apparent that the makers were quite sure of the story that they wanted to narrate and what they were bringing on screen. Even if it meant that the narrative of a love story was peppered with content that was not quite suitable for those under-18 years of age, they were not willing to compromise.
In a way, it made sense as well since the flavor of the film has been kept intact. In fact it is rather surprising that despite the A certificate, there were at least 5-6 places in the film when the expletives were muted. In fact the sign of the middle finger was blurred as well, which makes one wonder why such action was necessary when the film had already been deemed rights just for adults. Moreover, it isn't as if expletives or other aforementioned references were not there for the rest of the film.
The Top-5 in the list of adult films doing well have varied across genres though. Shootout at Wadala was a Sanjay Gupta film (again with Ekta Kapoor as the producer) and an action-drama entertainer set in the underworld. A multi-starrer, it was followed by another similar film Satyameva Jayate which was directed by Milap Zaveri (who also wrote Satyameva Jayate).
Veere Di Wedding (another film co-produced by Ekta Kapoor) was an ensemble starrer which stays on to be only all-female driven film to feature amongst the top A-rated films to make a cut. An entertainer, it too took a holds-no-bar approach when it came to references to sex and what women need, hence finding quit some resonance amidst the fairer sex.
The film which surprised one and all though was Grand Masti which is the only adults-only film till date in the 100 crore club. Also written by Milap Zaveri, it was directed by Indra Kumar, who continued his 'adult' antics with the trio of Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi and Aftab Shivdasani.
However, the wait for a new A-rated film to find a place in the 100 crore club should now end with Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani-starrer which has been helmed expertly by director Sandeep Reddy Vanga. He made a name for himself with his Telugu film Arjun Reddy and now is set to make it real big with the Hindi remake Kabir Singh,which should go past the century mark in a jiffy.
That should also establish loud and clear that there is an audience out there which is happy to catch an 'adults only' film in hordes, provided there is good all-round entertainment in store.
Top-10 opening days of A-rated films
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Kabir Singh - Rs 20.20 crore
Satyameva Jayate - Rs 20.52 crore
Grand Masti - Rs 12.50 crore
Veere Di Wedding - Rs 10.70 crore
Shootout at Wadala - Rs 10.10 crore
Raaz 3 - Rs 10.25 crore
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