After a series of crippling debacles, Fox Star Studios is back in business with two back-to-back successes.
Sooraj Barjatya’s ‘Prem Rattan Dhan Payo’ and Ram Madhvani’s ‘Neerja’ followed an unending list of flops, beginning with ‘Ekk Deewana Tha’ and ‘London Paris New York’ in 2012. In 2013, Fox Star delivered two costly super-duds ‘Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola’ and ‘Bullett Raja’. In 2014, ‘Hawa Hawaii’, ‘Citylights’, ‘Humshakals’ and even ‘Bang Bang’ (which was wrongly touted as a hit) proved huge loss-making ventures for Fox Star.
2015 was perhaps the worst year for Fox Star with two of the biggest flops of the decade ‘Bombay Velvet’ and ‘Shaandaar’ threatening to close the studio down, until ‘Prem Rattan Dhan Payo’ at the end of 2015 revived Fox Star’s fortunes.
Now, 2016 has started for Fox Star with another hit ‘Neerja’. Coincidentally, both of Fox Star’s successes star Sonam Kapoor.
So, is Sonam lucky for Fox Star?
Laughs Neerja’s co-producer Atul Kasbekar, “I hope they think Sonam is lucky for them and back a big film with her in the lead every year.”
