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2. The 50 lakh MG concept would apply only for theatres
in major cities like Chennai, Madurai, Kovai, Trichy,
Salem and Nellai. Has the movie been sold for same
amount to theatres located in places like Karur, Pollachi,
Pazhani etc and the other rural areas of TN? We guess
the rate is only according to area and projecting
it as a Tamilnadu wise problem is again a media stunt.
3.What was the Ticket rates for first 2 weeks? Is
any theatre following rules implemented by Govt of
Tamil Nadu? People who saw the movie on 20th day paid
a Ticket price of min 100. The first 5 days Ticket
prices were 150,200 in many places whereas according
to Govt norms it should be 50,75 even for an AC theatre.
Few theatres outside Chennai has A/C only in its name.
With ticket prices min of 100 till 20th day and reasonable
crowd flow as confirmed by those who visit theatres,
how could an owner face loss?
4. Just a Small calculation. Let’s take a Theatre
capacity of around 1000. And a Vijay movie for first
10 days will have minimum 80% Crowd on an average.
With theatre ticket prices at a min of 100 and Daily
4 shows, movie sold for 50lakhs. Let keep per Show
800 seats gets filled. Per day 3200 seats (Includes
all 4 shows). For 10 days, 10*3200 seats= 32,000*100
ticket cost= 32,00,000.With having 60% average occupancy
for next 10 days, with same calculation a theatre
would get 24 lakhs back. This itself amounts to 56
lakhs returns roughly with minimum assumed values.
Then where comes the claim of money? It looks more
like an intentional act to degrade Vijay’s fame
in Industry.
4. There is also a point mentioned by theatre owners
that Kamal, Rajini, Mani Ratnam and T.R. compensated
them. Let us know one thing. Did Kamal compensate
for Aalavandhan or Anbe Sivam loss? He did only for
Mumbai express which was his own Production. Did Rajni
compensate for Kuselan loss? He did only for Baba
which was his Own production. Its ages since Mani
Ratnam or TR worked in a project for another producer.
So its clear that everyone had compensated only for
their own Production. If Vijay has been asked compensation
for Aathi its fair. Claiming loss for other movies
which wasn’t his own Production is heights of
stupidity. If they are really failures, why would
someone be willing to invest 50 lakhs on Sura after
5 failures?
5. Even after Sun pics themselves said Vettaikaran
is their highest grosser, how can these people call
that as a flop? If Vijay movies are been called continuous
Failures, then what about most of the heroes who give
a hit once in a blue moon and still rated as top heroes
on par with Vijay? And calling al movies after Aathi
as flops, which includes Pokkiri is he most ridiculous
thing ever heard recently. And their most unrealistic
claim that Sun Pictures cannot be responsible for
this highlights their only motive behind all these.
How can a distributor selling at a high price be responsible
for their loss?!
6. The theatre owners must have forgotten that Vijay
is the only hero in current generation who delivered
16 mega hits and several super hits to reach his 50th
movie. The same complaining owners have looted lakhs
and lakhs when Vijay delivered series of hits by setting
high ticket fares, selling tickets in black on their
own and providing poor facilities at high ticket rates.
Vijay is indeed the most profitable hero than any
others in current generation and this was also said
only by their fellow Theatre owners and also Producers
and Distributors. All these media stunt looks clearly
like a drama to create a negative image in the minds
of people by keeping ahead false claims and provoking
statements. Before pleading on basis of humanity they
should have some gratitude for the person who has
laid them Golden eggs when everyone else were delivering
duds. When in future a time comes and Vijay delivers
hits, let us see what these humanitarians speak about
him and at least lets see if they have a heart to
thank him for their profits!
TO THE MEDIA:
The fourth estate called Media is a powerful tool
in a democratic country. We respect their power to
either construct or destruct with the power of their
words. But are they doing justice to the articles
they write? Definitely not always. Especially almost
never when it comes to what they write about Vijay.
Those who are their eye candies get hailed every other
day and if they are biased about someone, we are sure
to see double standards in their articles on them.
The hatred or bias which media has been showing of
late towards Vijay is really shocking and this article
poses a few questions to them on this:
1. Many websites wrote that Vijay will be banned following
the recent uproar about Sura from few theatre owners.
Anyone with commonsense knows banning an actor directly
lies within powers of Nadigar Sangam or Producers
council and not Theatre owners who are empowered to
issue red cards to an actor’s films and not
bans. This itself is a clear example of their attitude
towards Vijay and what they really expect to happen.
We wonder if they can write with same cruelty about
any other hero in similar situation.
2. Every now and then we see articles criticizing
Vijay to the lowest levels of even abusing published
in websites and few magazines using unparliamentarily
language. Aren’t journalists required to have
some amount of professional ethics and maintain some
levels of discipline when writing about celebrities?
3. Every Vijay movie is degraded with the tagline
of “Only for Vijay fans” or by giving
the lowest possible star rating with all negatives
highlighted. Similar type of films from their eye
candy actors or those who are influential will come
with a totally different tone from same reviewers,
and the star rating would be unbelievably high, not
worthy of its value. And the review will definitely
have a line which says all negatives are overcome
by the performance of so and so actor. They can instead
term themselves as fan sites of particular actors
which would be more justified on their part.
4. When Sun Pictures, the distributors of Vettaikaaran
themselves declared it as their biggest collection
grosser, these media still try to project it as a
flop. When Vijay movies that have been super hits
were termed as just average, average movies are termed
as flops and washouts by these media. Why cant they
maintain the same scale of box office analysis for
their eye candy actors or influential actors?
5. Of late, there has been a new trend to write letters
and requisitions for Vijay claiming it as from the
point of view of a fan which are nothing but injecting
negatives in the form of sugar coated words when his
movies are not received well. Why can’t there
be articles from the same fans’ point of view
when Vijay delivers super hits, and that time, we
can see only “average” and “nothing
new” kind of reports which has no meaning when
most fans like a film.
6. Why can the media offer free advice for actors
who claim themselves as family entertainers yet act
in bedroom and exposing scenes, actors who does one
movie every two years and yet every time come up with
similar story of one song millionaire concepts and
many others who commit blunders in the name of movies
which neither benefits fans nor the people in business?
Why do they have to turn their fake attention to Vijay
when he has already planned for the change wanted
from him?
7. As for Vijay, we have to notice the first and foremost
thing that he has avoided any protest that’s
against Media in the past as he feels a gratitude
that they are ones who strengthen his position to
what he is today. Other actors who attend these protests
and speak abusive things on the press and media just
because they were handed over the mike, as still treated
as favorites by media.
8. Vijay is always an easily approachable media friendly
hero who has readily agreed for many interviews to
even those magazines in the past even when he was
hurt by their comments on him and his films. A recent
example is his interview to Kumudham in spite of their
worst review for Vettaikaaran.
9. If Vijay doing commercial movies is a sin as projected
by media, why can’t they offer some guidance
to actors who have been acting in similar kind of
stories for past 18 odd years or those who miserably
fail to deliver bankable movies in a consistent manner
and doesn’t even speak openly to media?
10. The festival editions, special editions of magazines
will feature an interview of Vijay. They put up series
about him to boost up their sales. Yet when it comes
to writing about him, it is in the most inhuman way
which readily buildup a negative impression in the
minds of the readers. And even when their articles
are least related to Vijay they use his face on posters
to draw attention. Is Vijay a commodity to boost up
their sales and then thrown away when they don’t
need him?
This article is not intended to ask media to support
or come up with articles that always shower praises
on Vijay. We want to condemn their worst attitude
towards Vijay and being unmindful of the fan power
he has. Its high time they stop spreading rumors and
publish writings degrading him and his films. They
should try to do justice to their profession in whatever
they do. Least, they need to posses some humanitarian
traits and give respect for everyone’s feelings.
By Orkut Vijay Fans
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