Looks like "Bachna Ae..." has pipped "God Tussi..."

According to press reports and industry trade figures, it looks like Bachna Ae Haseenon has beated God Tussi great Ho in the two horse race. The collections of th Yashraj banner movie indicate it has got a good initial and has the potential to become a bumper hit in the coming weeks. Unless the collections drop and other movies eat into its share.

At least God Tussi doesn't seem to be posing any danger in that respect. It has collections of 50% - 60% and in some centers 80% while Bachna has 80-90% and higher in some metro areas. So trade pundits are proclaiming it as the first decent hit Yashraj has had for some time now- after a string of debilitating losses like Tashan, Tara Rum Pum, Thoda Pyaar... and Laaga Chunari mein Daag. Whewwwwwwwww......that what uncle Yash must have said. And planted a fat kiss on Siddharth Anand's smiling mug. Its not everyday that one gets to trump a star like Salman.

And the movie must aslo be a huge relief to new turk on the block, Ranbir Kapoor who had a disastrous start with Saawariya. It must feel greta to get a hit under his belt finally after all that hype. And a prud day for his parents, Rishi and Neetu. Likewise Bipasha Basu adds one more hit to her tally and Deepika cements her place in Bollywood. Also a huge relief for the very sexy Minissha Lamba, who has had a bad run at the BO so far.

Ranbir’s next big hope - Bachna Ae Haseeno

Ranbir Kapoor who started out on the wrong note with Saawariya, has a chance to make amends with his next release - Bachna Ae Haseeno – a Yash Raj Productions movie. Everything seems to be going good for him – big banner, songs climbing up the charts already, not one, not two but three drop dead gorgeous actresses opposite him, great look and locations of the movie clips so far. Only worry could be the recent track record of Yash Raj. They have been found embarrassingly lacking in script sense and choice of stars.

Check out their turkeys this year – Tashan, Thoda Pyaar, Thoda Magic. Not serious enough, lets glance at last years result – Tara Rum Pum Pum, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag , Aaja Nachle, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. That’s six flops compared to one hit. Only shining light was Chak De India. So Ranbir better make sure he makes all the trips to the religious places his father and uncles used to make as it seemed to work for them.

He does have three gorgeous excuses to blame if the movie fails - Minissha Lamba, Deepika Padukone, Bipasha Basu. And though I feel he doesn’t have hero material looks (too dopey, long face), he does seem to be charming and has a calm and mature head on his shoulders. I saw him on a TV Reality dance show and he carried himself admirably. And most important he spoke Hindi well- something that some fancy-schmancy Mumbai stars cannot do too well. Get the message, Hrithik, Fardeen, Tushar Kapoor???