Malayalam superstar Prithviraj Sukumaran thinks Shah Rukh Khan starrer Pathaan may turn saviour for Bollywood amidst dull 2022: ‘There will be one big hit’

To say the year 2022 has been a mess for Bollywood would be an understatement. While few South films did well pan-India, the Hindi films faced major competition in terms of box-office films. Hindi films failed to generate the kind of business they expected with few exceptions like Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, The Kashmir Files, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Drishyam 2, and Brahmastra. But, Malayalam superstar Prithviraj Sukumaran thinks that it is just a phase and Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan can turn saviour for Bollywood, next year.

During Film Companion's roundtable with Kamal Haasan, SS Rajamouli, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Swapna Dutt and Lokesh Kanagaraj, Sukumaran stated, “There have been times not too long ago when we’ve set down the table & thought, ‘How are they doing it? How is Hindi cinema cracking this? How are they able to open up such huge overseas markets?’ And that was not too long ago. I am not talking about the medieval ages. So, this I truly believe is a phase. There will be one big hit, maybe it’s Pathaan.”

The filmmaker-actor is aware of some of the films on floors currently and how one of them could eventually change the game. “It could just be one big film followed by another big film and the whole narrative will change,” Prithiviraj added.

Pathaan is part of Aditya Chopra’s ambitious spy universe and has the biggest superstars of the country Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham in it. The film is set to release on January 25, 2023, in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

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