'Bol Bachchan' among Top 20 films in North America

New York: Indian comedy adventure 'Bol Bachchan' starring Ajay Devgn and Abhishek Bachchan scored a terrific opening in North America generating the best debut this summer for any Bollywood film.

Released by Fox International Productions, Rohit Shetty's comic hit grossed $562,000 in its first three days beating the opening of Akshay Kumar's 'Rowdy Rathore' by a remarkable 47 percent despite playing in fewer theatres, according to Boxofficeguru.com.

It also debuted bigger than 'Teri Meri Kahaani' starring Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. In addition, 'Bol Bachchan' more than tripled the opening weekend of the last Rohit Shetty-Ajay Devgn project 'Singham' which released in July of last summer.

Set to release on July 6, 2012, 'Bol Bachchan' is an upcoming Bollywood romance comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty.
The film stars Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Asin Thottumkal, and Prachi Desai in lead roles.
The film 'Bol Bachchan' is produced by Dhillin Mehta and Ajay Devgan. It is written by Sajid-Farhad.
Rohit Shetty and Ajay Devgn have worked before in the Bollywood blockbuster 'Golmaal' franchise and the 2011 hit 'Singham'.
'Bol Bachchan' is said to be inspired by the 1979 comic flick, 'Golmaal (1979)' directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
Just like Amol Palekar does in 'Golmaal (1979)', the plot revolves around a single person faking two identities.
The plot starts with Abbas Ali (Abhishek Bachchan) and his sister Sania (Asin) who lose a legal case about an ancestral property. Their well wisher Shastri Chacha invites them to his village and offers to help.
At the village Ranakpur, Shastri Chacha work with the tough Prithviraj Raghuvanshi (Ajay Devgn).
At Ranakpur, Abbas Ali (Abhishek Bachchan) is confronted with a situation where he has to save a child’s life who is trapped inside the village’s ancestral temple. Abbas breaks open the temple lock.
Abbas Ali’s friend Prithviraj (Ajay Devgn) finds out that the village people would retaliate if they were to find out that a muslim entered the temple. In order to cover up the incident, Prithviraj comes up with a lie.
What follows is a series of lies to cover up one lie. Abbas Ali has to resort to faking two identities, one with a moustache and one without, just like in the 1979 comedy 'Golmaal'.
Prachi Desai plays the role of Prithviraj’s (Ajay Devgn) sister and also Abbas Ali’s (Abhishek Bachchan) love interest while Sania (Asin) is paired up with Prithviraj (Ajay Devgn).
This film is expected to turn things around for Abhishek Bachchan%u2019s career, who hasn%u2019t got a single hit since 'Dostana'.
%u2026And Ajay Devgn is all set to entertain the audience with his 'Singham'-style one liners.
In fact, it believed that the story 'Bol Bachchan' is a combination of 'Singham' and 'Golmaal (1979)'.
Director Rohit Shetty fulfilled his promise to actor Krushna Abhishek from the 'Jubilee Comedy Circus' show, of giving him a role in 'Bol Bachchan'.
Not to miss, director Rohit Shetty adds his signature touch of action stunts with flying cars and jumping men. Ajay Devgn too, rides a solid bike with his entourage following him.
There sound-track of 'Bol Bachchan' is going to have four songs, out of which three songs are composed by Himesh Reshammiya and one by Ajay-Atul.
Overall the music of the film is catchy, but the title track steals the show as 69-year-old actor Amitabh Bachchan recreates the magic of the song 'My name is Anthony Gonsalves' as he pops out of an egg.

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Released by Fox International Productions, Rohit Shetty\'s comic hit grossed $562,000 in its first three days.

The Hollywood Reporter remarked that Abhishek Bachchan gives 'one of his best performances to date' and that the film is filled with 'engaging performances and ever-spiraling hysteria.'

'Bol Bachchan' landed in the Top 20 at the North American box office and also scored a huge number one opening in India.