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Theatres are empty as there are no more Bollywood releases for a while. With Class 10 and 12 board exams on and cricket snapping up audiences, most cinema theatres will be screening old films, Oscar-winning productions and even matches for a month.
As a result, filmmakers and distributors have decided to cut short big releases, lowering the competition for Tanu Weds Manu' and '7 Khoon Maaf' which are already running in the halls. Things will get back to square one as movies like Game and F.A.L.T.U are all set to release on the 1st of April as the Cricket World Cup will come to an end.
Well this is an undeniable truth that Bollywood has always been very fond of Cricket(ers). Cricket World Cup 2011 has already kick-started, and our B town celebs are leaving no stones unturned in supporting them wholeheartedly. B town's musical trio of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy had been chosen to compose the official song of Cricket World Cup 2011 and they have come up with a very nice tub-thumping song called "De Ghumaake" which is crooned by Shankar Mahadevan himself. Shankar admits that being chosen for composing the music for a global event as humongous as the Cricket World Cup 2011, is the best thing that has happened to their trio and they have given their best to live up to the expectations of the masses. He says instead of composing a peppy dance number or an anthem which is quite typical when it comes to sports, they have chosen to be a little different by composing a song that is colloquial and has a street feel to it. The song is catchy, contemporary and has been recorded in Hindi, Bangla and Sinhalese. In the meanwhile, a leading radio station has has launched a cricket anthem in favor of India which is sung by Kailash Kher and Shaan. B town celebs are not only involved in Cricket this World Cup, but it has been going on since time immemorial. The tryst of the cricketers with tinsel town has been proved right time and again. Some of the very popular examples are Kapil Dev's roaring fling for Sarika, Ravi Shastri's affair with Amrita Singh, Sharmila Tagore and Tiger Pataudi's marriage, Azhar and Sangeeta's crackling chemistry, Yuvi's heartbreak because of Deepika, Geeta Basra and Bhajji's secret love story and the recently blooming love between Ishant Sharma and Sameera Reddi. Moreover, now we have the King Khan of Bollywood and effervescent Preity as owners of two different IPL Cricket teams respectively. So, be it the affairs between the cricketers and the actresses or the way Indian Cinema has been capturing and portraying cricket over the years, everything makes one thing very crystal clear, and that is Bollywood's hardcore obsession with Cricket!
The board exams in March-April keep students and their families away. The Cricket World Cup that began Feb 19 will be on till April 2. But one's end will give a start to another. After Bollywood deals with the world cup it has to deal with the Indian Premier League which kick starts on the 8th of April. Can Bollywood survive or compete in the cricket loving nation we call India?
