<p> Jayantilal Gada's "Mahabharat" with a starry list of voiceover artists like Amitabh Bachchan, Vidya Balan and Ajay Devgn couldn't grab much attention as viewers are more interested in watching Aamir Khan starrer "Dhoom: 3".<br /><br /></p>.<p>Released on about 150 screens Friday, the Amaan Khan directorial is said to be India's most expensive animated film. <br /><br />Made on a budget of Rs.50 crore, minimal promotion was done for the 125-minute film, which is an outcome of seven years of hard work; the official statement says that the movie has collected Rs.1.5 crore in three days.<br /><br />"The movie is not upto the mark. There are no concrete box office collection figures," Rajesh Thadani of Multimedia Combines told IANS.<br /><br />Trade analyst Komal Nahta also shared the same opinion and said: "The movie has performed very poorly."<br /><br />Trade pundits are not expecting anything positive for the animated film as all eyes are still on "Dhoom: 3", which released Dec 20.<br /><br />"'Dhoom: 3' is doing very well. In 10 days, it has minted Rs.211 crore in India," said Thadani.<br />Seeing the performance of the animated film on the popular epic, it seems like animation movies are yet to be accepted by Indian audiences.<br /></p>
<p> Jayantilal Gada's "Mahabharat" with a starry list of voiceover artists like Amitabh Bachchan, Vidya Balan and Ajay Devgn couldn't grab much attention as viewers are more interested in watching Aamir Khan starrer "Dhoom: 3".<br /><br /></p>.<p>Released on about 150 screens Friday, the Amaan Khan directorial is said to be India's most expensive animated film. <br /><br />Made on a budget of Rs.50 crore, minimal promotion was done for the 125-minute film, which is an outcome of seven years of hard work; the official statement says that the movie has collected Rs.1.5 crore in three days.<br /><br />"The movie is not upto the mark. There are no concrete box office collection figures," Rajesh Thadani of Multimedia Combines told IANS.<br /><br />Trade analyst Komal Nahta also shared the same opinion and said: "The movie has performed very poorly."<br /><br />Trade pundits are not expecting anything positive for the animated film as all eyes are still on "Dhoom: 3", which released Dec 20.<br /><br />"'Dhoom: 3' is doing very well. In 10 days, it has minted Rs.211 crore in India," said Thadani.<br />Seeing the performance of the animated film on the popular epic, it seems like animation movies are yet to be accepted by Indian audiences.<br /></p>