10 Movies That Defied The Myth Of Films Flopping During IPL!

When the extravagant money pouring cricketing league IPL got introduced in 2008, the film industry found itself on the back foot. Big league producers decided to not release their products during the tournaments and the box office was severely dented. While you still won’t find audiences queueing up at ticket counters during this period between April and May, there are some films that came out with flying colors despite taking on this high voltage cricketing tournament.

As we went through films that decided to fight this silent box office phase, we dug out 10 of those big enterprises that defied this myth of films flopping during IPL:

Jannat – 2008

Call it a cricketing fever but Emraan Hashmi’s Jannat was the first film that gave encouragement to makers to shy away from releasing their films during IPL. The film was a sleeper hit despite releasing during the inaugural season of IPL.

Housefull – 2010

The first of Housefull franchise movie, this Sajid Khan directorial is one of the few big releases to have come out during the IPL. In 2010, this Akshay Kumar led comedy wasn’t just a success, it was a big big hit.

Pyaar Ka Punchnama – 2011

The unexpected hit of 2011 was released just before the semifinals of the tournament were to be played. The film cashing in on the word of mouth picked up bigtime became a success.

Vicky Donor – 2012

The Shoojit Sircar directorial had a lot to do with its eccentric content, but the film just didn’t bother about the period it was releasing in.

Housefull 2 - 2012

Taking over from the same successful lines of Housefull, the sequel also came out in April right after IPL had started and collected more than 100 crores. It was as if it didn’t give any hoots to what the IPL myth is believed to be.

Heropanti – 2014

With a film with newcomers and not a very high budget, while Heropanti did not have too much to lose, but its success once again proved how Sajid Nadiadwala as producer was becoming a pro at taking on the IPL.

2 States – 2014

Once again, a film with two young stars goes on to rake more than 100 crores at box office and you don’t even realize it released right at the peak of IPL. The film was a huge success and it’s needless to guess Sajid Nadiadwala was once again the producer.

Baaghi – 2016

We kid you not but this action romance starring Tiger Shroff was once again produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. The producer had perhaps cracked the idea of earning success by taking on the challenges. With 5 successful films during IPL, Sajid is easily the king at breaking this myth of IPL being the box office doomsday.

Tanu Weds Manu Returns - 2015

The Kangana-Madhavan starrer loved movie from 2015 was released right before the playoffs of IPL were being played. As it turned out, the extremely positive word of mouth translated into huge numbers and this film became one of the biggest hits of the year.

Piku – 2015

Another big ticket release during IPL 2015 was this Deepika Padukone, Big B and Irrfan Khan starrer project that ended up being a huge success. The film was released in May when the IPL is in its final stages and didn’t care much about its buzz.

There you have it! If anything this theory proves is that all audiences care for is entertainment. If cinematic content is rich enough to take on an entertaining T20 match, why shy away from taking on cricket!