Saiyaara
has
emerged
as
a
blockbuster,
and
it’s
time
to
welcome
the
two
newcomers,
Ahaan
Panday
and
Aneet
Padda,
to
Bollywood.
When
it
comes
to
debutants
making
an
impact
on
the
box
office,
Kaho
Naa…
Pyaar
Hai
tops
the
list,
as
Hrithik
Roshan
and
Ameesha
Patel
became
overnight
stars.
In
the
last
25
years,
no
film
has
come
close
to
that
hysteria,
but
Saiyaara
may
come
close.
Joginder
Tuteja
looks
at
how
Bollywood
debuts
have
opened
recently.
Saiyaara
Opening
box
office
collection:
Rs
22
crore
(Rs
220
million)
Ahaan
Panday
and
Aneet
Padda
have
made
an
instant
connect
with
audiences
in
their
debut
film.
Their
chemistry
sizzled,
and
the
hype
around
the
film
has
become
so
huge
that
it
took
a
phenomenal
opening
of
of
Rs
22
crore
(Rs
220
million).
This
is
the
biggest
start
ever
for
a
newcomer
movie.
Dhadak
Opening
box
office
collection:
Rs
8.71
crore
(Rs
87.1
million)
Before
Saiyaara,
Dhadak
held
the
record
for
the
biggest
opening
since
Kaho
Naa…
Pyaar
Hai.
After
Student
Of
The
Year,
Karan
Johar
ensured
a
good
launchpad
for
newcomers
Ishaan
Khatter
and
Janhvi
Kapoor.
The
film
opened
well
and
was
a
good
success.
Student
Of
The
Year
Opening
box
office
collection:
Rs
7.48
crore
(Rs
74.8
million)
The
flashiest
launchpad
for
newcomers,
Varun
Dhawan,
Sidharth
Malhotra
and
Alia
Bhatt
came
together
for
this
Karan
Johar
directorial
and
became
stars.
Hero
Opening
box
office
collection:
Rs
6.85
crore
(Rs
68.5
million)
Sooraj
Pancholi
and
Athiya
Shetty
were
launched
by
Salman
Khan
in
the
remake
of
Jackie
Shroff’s
Hero,
directed
by
Nikkhil
Advani.
The
film
was
a
masala
entertainer
and
took
a
good
start,
but
it
could
not
sustain
after
the
opening
weekend
and
folded
up
soon.
Heropanti
Opening
box
office
collection:
Rs
6.63
crore
(Rs
66.3
million)
Sajid
Nadiadwala
launched
Tiger
Shroff
and
Kriti
Sanon
with
Heropanti,
a
love
story
drama
with
good
music
and
a
lot
of
action.
The
film
started
well
and
kept
up
the
momentum
to
emerge
as
a
Rs
50
crore
(Rs
500
million)
hit.
Azaad
Opening
box
office
collection:
1.50
crore
(Rs
15
million)
Surprisingly,
there
have
been
only
a
handful
of
newcomer
hits.
Aaman
Devgn
and
Rasha
Thadani
were
launched
earlier
this
year
in
Abhishek
Kapoor’s
Azaad,
produced
by
Ajay
Devgn.
The
film
failed
to
take
any
sort
of
start.
Pal
Pal
Dil
Ke
Paas
Opening
box
office
collection:
Rs
1.15
crore
(Rs
11.5
million)
Sunny
Deol
launched
elder
son
Karan
Deol
with
Pal
Pal
Dil
Ke
Paas,
which
also
featured
debutante
Sahher
Bamba.
The
film
didn’t
ignite
any
excitement
and
so
there
were
no
takers
when
it
hit
the
screens.
Ishq
Vishk
Rebound
Opening
box
office
collection:
Rs
1
crore
(Rs
10
million)
Rohit
Saraf,
Pashmina
Roshan
and
Jibraan
Khan
came
together
for
Ishq
Vishk
Rebound.
It
could
have
worked
well
for
teenagers
but
that
did
not
happen.
Despite
good
songs,
there
weren’t
many
takers.
Laapataa
Ladies
Opening
box
office
collection:
Rs
75
lakh
The
only
film
on
this
list
which
started
really
low
but
eventually
managed
to
have
respectable
collections
on
the
basis
of
positive
word-of-mouth,
Laapataa
Ladies
starred
Pratibha
Ranta,
Nitanshi
Goel
and
Sparsh
Shrivastava.
Genius
Opening
box
office
collection:
Rs
65
lakh
Utkarsh
Sharma,
child
actor
from
Gadar:
Ek
Prem
Katha,
was
launched
as
a
leading
man
by
his
father
Anil
Sharma
in
Genius.
The
film
also
marked
the
debut
of
Ishita
Chauhan.
Songs
from
the
film
are
popular
till
date
but
the
film,
despite
being
promoted
well,
went
unnoticed.
Utkarsh
went
on
to
star
in
the
blockbuster
Gadar
2
and
made
a
good
impression.
