Shah Rukh Khan Offered Rs 5,000 For Jab Harry Met Sejal Title

The Story in Brief

Shah Rukh Khan once offered Rs 5,000 for a film title, with Ranbir Kapoor coming to the rescue, NDTV reports. The incident is linked to Jab Harry Met Sejal, whose unusual promotional campaign drew attention despite the film’s poor box-office performance.

The source does not provide further details about the title or explain how Kapoor helped. It does, however, frame the episode as part of the film’s distinctive publicity effort. The film featured Khan and was remembered more for its campaign than for its theatrical result.

The Indian Opinion

The easy story is that a quirky publicity stunt can make a weak film a success. Jab Harry Met Sejal shows the limit of that thinking: attention may keep a campaign in public conversation, but it cannot change the box-office result. The Rs 5,000 anecdote is amusing, yet the clearer measure is the film’s actual theatrical performance, not the number of headlines its promotion generated.

Source: ndtv.com

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