Sunit Jangir

Sunit Jangir

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As a Senior Editor at Sacnilk, Sunit Jangir leads our coverage on Indian cinema, box office analytics, and global entertainment trends. Passionate about Cricket, Sunit Jangir is an avid sports lover. He finds inspiration in other people's life stories and try to absorb them. Though introvert by nature, he doesn't feel shy when the topic is cinema and sports, particularly cricket.

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Yash-fronted 'KGF 3' To Go On Floors In The Second Half of 2024 After 'Salaar 2'
991 days ago
Bollywood

Yash-fronted 'KGF 3' To Go On Floors In The Second Half of 2024 After 'Salaar 2'

Bengaluru, September 29 - Director Prashanth Neel and superstar Prabhas team up for the first time for the action drama "Salaar" which has been confirmed to be released in two parts. Produced by Hombale Films, the first part of the movie is titled "Salaar Part 1 - Ceasefire" and it has been announced to release on December 22, 2023, clashing with superstar Shah Rukh Khan and director Rajkumar Hirani's highly-awaited "Dunki". ## The second part of "Salaar" will most likely be released by the end of 2024, and most of the shoot for the same has reportedly been completed with the first part. Now, according to reports, after "Salaar 2", Prashanth Neel and Hombale Films will move to the third instalment of the mega-blockbuster "KGF" franchise, starring superstar Yash.## "KGF 3" was confirmed in the climax of "KGF: Chapter 2" and the makers separately also confirmed the development for the same. It is said that the shooting of "KGF 3" will commence in October 2024 and it will be a prequel to "KGF 2" and will mainly focus on the timeline between 1978 and 1981 as revealed in the climax of the second instalment.## The second instalment was released in 2022 and grossed over 1200 crores at the worldwide box office. Meanwhile, before the next film in the series, Yash will do Malayalam director Geethu Mohandas' film and the shooting for the same is expected to commence later this year.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Fukrey 3 and The Vaccine War Opening Day Early Estimates
992 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: Fukrey 3 and The Vaccine War Opening Day Early Estimates

Mumbai, September 28 - Director Mrigdeep Singh Lamba's "Fukrey 3" has taken the franchise's best opening at the domestic box office. The comic caper manages to surpass the opening of "Fukrey Returns" which scored 8.10 crores net. ## "Fukrey 3" released some expectations, mainly due to the strong franchise recall value. It started on a decent note in the morning shows and witnessed some growth as the day progressed as it scored an estimated around 8.50 crores net and might go towards 9 crores. ## The three national chains (PVR, INOX, and Cinepolis) have contributed over 50% to the opening day collection of "Fukrey 3". The mass centres are not that strong though they should come in the picture over the weekend as the movie is carrying decent word of mouth. ## The second release of the day, Vivek Agnihotri's "The Vaccine War" has a low start as it scored around 1.50 crores net on opening day. The buzz for the movie died down in the last few days after generating awareness a few weeks back. ## Agnihotri's last film "The Kashmir Files" was a massive blockbuster but here, the opening of "The Vaccine War" is not even half of TKF which minted 3.55 crores net. The opening of TKF was itself not big but it went on to score over 250 crore net after managing to connect with sentiments of the audiences. Here, the WOM for TVW is decent but it is unlikely to repeat the success of TKF.## Meanwhile, Shah Rukh Khan's mega-blockbuster "Jawan" scored a very good jump today and collected around 5.50 crores net in all versions. The Hindi net collection is around 5.25 crores for a total of around 525 crores net which makes it the highest Hindi net grosser of all time (depending on the actuals). ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Gadar 2' Surpasses 'Pathaan' To Become The Highest Net Grosser In Hindi
992 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Gadar 2' Surpasses 'Pathaan' To Become The Highest Net Grosser In Hindi

Mumbai, September 28 - Sunny Deol-fronted period action drama film Gadar 2: The Katha Continues has crossed the lifetime net collection of Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan and becomes the highest net-grossing film ever in the Hindi language, according to producer Zee Studios. ## Directed by Anil Sharma, the mega-blockbuster sequel to 2001's "Gadar: Ek Prem Kathaan" has scored 524.75 crores net collection so far in 48 days, crossing "Pathaan" which scored 524.53 crores net in Hindi earlier this year. The SRK-fronted movie had overall scored 543 crores net which includes approximately 17.50 crores net of Tamil and Telugu versions.## "Gadar 2", however, won't remain the highest-grossing Hindi movie for more than two days as Shah Rukh Khan's latest blockbuster "Jawan" is likely to top both the movies either today or tomorrow to claim the number 1 spot in Hindi. It is already the highest net-grossing Bollywood movie of all time 576 crores net in all versions so far.## Produced by Anil Sharma with Zee Studios, G2 has emerged as one of the biggest all-time blockbusters with a worldwide collection of 685 crores, including 65.50 crores overseas collection against a budget of just around 70 crores. It has shattered many box office records including becoming the highest-grossing film of the entire primary cast as well as for director Anil Sharma. It is also the second fastest movie ever to top 500 crores net in Hindi (24 days).## The movie stars Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel and Utkarsh Sharma, who reprise their roles from the previous film. Simrat Kaur made her Bollywood debut with this movie alongside Manish Wadhwa and Gaurav Chopra as the new addition to the cast. In the film, Tara Singh (Deol) returns to Pakistan in order to rescue his imprisoned son before the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. ## Stay tuned...

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Shah Rukh Khan and Rajkumar Hirani's 'Dunki' To Release A Day Early In International Markets
994 days ago
Bollywood

Shah Rukh Khan and Rajkumar Hirani's 'Dunki' To Release A Day Early In International Markets

Mumbai, September 26 - The first-time collaboration of two of the most powerful forces of Indian cinema, superstar Shah Rukh Khan and director Rajkumar Hirani for a comedy-drama Dunki, is creating a lot of buzz among the audiences as well as the trade. ## "Dunki", which is based on illegal immigration, is currently in the post-production work as it is scheduled to be released on December 22 in the domestic market. Meanwhile, according to Pinkvilla, the movie will be hitting cinemas a day early in the international markets according to a well-planned statrgy by the makers.## It is said that the makers are proceeding with the full-fledged release on December 21 in the entire international markets to get the benefit of the extended Christmas holiday period. The idea is to maximize word of mouth and get the audience excited for the conventional weekend from Friday to Sunday. Yash Raj Films will distribute the movie in overseas markets.## The report further revealed that "Dunki" has been confirmed for Christmas release. The test screening of the movie has already taken place and it met with overwhelming responses. Meanwhile, superstar Prabhas and director Prashanth Neel's "Salaar Part 1: Ceasefire" is also releasing on December 22nd and the official announcement for the same is expected to be made on September 29th.## "Dunki" is produced by Red Chillies Entertainment with Jio Studios and Rajkumar Hirani Films. Apart from SRK, the movie also stars Taapsee Pannu, Dia Mirza, and Boman Irani in prominent roles.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Gadar 2' and 'Jawan' In Close Race To Top 'Pathaan' First To Become Biggest Hindi Net Grosser of All-Time
994 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Gadar 2' and 'Jawan' In Close Race To Top 'Pathaan' First To Become Biggest Hindi Net Grosser of All-Time

Mumbai, September 26 - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's spy action thriller Pathaan, which is currently the highest net-grossing movie ever in Hindi, will soon be topped by the next two biggest grossers, Gadar 2: The Katha Continues and Jawan. But the question remains which movie to topple "Pathaan" first to become the biggest Hindi grosser of all time? ## Shah Rukh Khan's "Jawan", which has so far scored approximately 520+ crores net in 21 days, will eventually become the biggest Hindi grosser by a very good margin, but at the moment, it is in a close race with "Gadar 2", which has scored approximately 524.30 crores net in 48 days, to outgross "Pathaan" first.## The Sunny Deol-fronted period action drama film has slowed down since the release of "Jawan" but it is still carrying enough fuel to come out on top. However, it won't be a long laugh for the movie as the SRK-starrer will cross it eventually, but it might still enjoy the moment of being the biggest Hindi net-grosser for at least one day. ## Interestingly, the Hindi cinema could have a moment to remember as both "Gadar 2" and "Jawan" are showing a trend of topping "Pathaan" (524.50+ crores) on the same day. If both movies do not show major drops from their current day-wise trending, they will cross "Pathaan", either on September 28 or 29.## Whatever happens next is something Bollywood is not bothering about as the industry couldn't have asked for a bigger revival than witnessing three films topping 500 crores and more in the same year and it could still have a couple of more movies in the coveted box office club. ## Stay tuned...

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Alia Bhatt's Film With Vasan Bala Gets Official Title and Release Date
994 days ago
Bollywood

Alia Bhatt's Film With Vasan Bala Gets Official Title and Release Date

Mumbai, September 26 - Bollywood's lady superstar Alia Bhatt has joined hands with "Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota" director Vasan Bala for the first time. The movie is produced by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions with Alia's Eternal Sunshine Productions. ## On Tuesday (September 26), the makers officially announced the movie with the first look title motion poster. The movie, which is touted to be an action-thriller, has been titled Jigra. The motion poster begins with a quote by GK Chesterton flashing on the screen, which reads, "The paradox of courage is that one must be a little careless of life in order to keep it".## The motion poster shows Alia Bhatt with a bag on her shoulder as she is standing in the streets. A voice-over by Alia is played in the background with the actress ensuring to protect what seems to be her younger sibling. This looks like a completely different film than Alia has done so far in her career.## "Jigra" will be released during the Gandhi Jayanti weekend 2024, on September 27.## Presenting #Jigra, directed by the extremely talented @vasan_bala and produced by @dharmamovies & @EternalSunProd . From debuting in a Dharma production to now producing a film with them, in many ways, it feels like coming full circle from where I started. pic.twitter.com/ZB18lMvxSe— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) September 26, 2023 ## The shoot of "Jigra" has reportedly commenced and it will be Alia's next release. The actress was recently seen in "Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani" which minted over 340 crores at the worldwide box office. After Vasan Bala's film, Alia will move on to "Baiju Bawra" with Sanjay Leela Bhansali, followed by the female-led YRF Spy Universe Film. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Jawan Becomes The Highest-Grossing Indian Movie In Gulf Countries
994 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: Jawan Becomes The Highest-Grossing Indian Movie In Gulf Countries

Mumbai, September 26 - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan becomes the first Indian actor to have two films in the 1000 crores club at the worldwide box office as his latest mega-blockbuster Jawan achieved this milestone in the record time for a Bollywood title.## Directed by Atlee Kumar, "Jawan" has broken many records in its run so far, and one of the biggest of them is being the highest-grossing Indian movie of all time in the GCC Countries. It has outgrossed SRK's own movie "Pathaan", which was released earlier this year, to become the number 1 Indian title in the Gulf.## "Jawan" has scored $14.15+ million so far in 19 days, crossing "Pathaan's" $14.10 million lifetime collection. SS Rajamouli's "Baahubali 2 The Conclusion" is the third Highest-grossing Indian movie in the Gulf with $10.30 million, followed by Salman Khan's "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" and Aamir Khan's "Dangal" at number 4 and 5 with $9.45 million and $8.80 million, respectively.## Meanwhile, "Jawan" is nearing crossing "RRR" to become the highest-grossing Indian film at the North American box office. It has grossed $13.90 million through 3rd weekend in the US, just $1.2 million short of SS Rajamouli's directorial movie which scored $15.10 million last year.## The action thriller film, produced by Red Chillies Entertainment, has earned 1010+ crores at the worldwide box office in 19 days. In India, the movie has minted $680 crores gross while overseas collection is over 331 crores. It is currently the second highest-grossing Indian movie of 2023 but will become the highest-grossing of the year this weekend by crossing "Pathaan" (1055+ crores).## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Jawan Tops Fastest 500 Crores Net In Hindi; Becomes Fastest Bollywood Movie To Surpass 1000 Crores Worldwide
996 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: Jawan Tops Fastest 500 Crores Net In Hindi; Becomes Fastest Bollywood Movie To Surpass 1000 Crores Worldwide

Mumbai, September 24 - Superstar Shah Rukh Khan's all-time blockbuster Jawan has become the fastest movie ever to top 500 crores net collection in the Hindi language. It has beaten the record of Sunny Deol's Gadar 2: The Katha Continues which took 24 days to reach the milestone a few weeks ago.## "Jawan", directed by Atlee Kumar, hit the landmark box office figure today, on its 18th day. It also becomes only the third outright Bollywood movie, and 4th overall to hit 500 crores net collection in Hindi. All three Bollywood movies to reach this figure were released in 2023 only, and this includes SRK's "Pathaan" and "Gadar 2". SS Rajamouli's "Baahubali 2" was the first and only non-Bollywood movie to top 500 crores net in the Hindi language.## Meanwhile, in another box office milestone, "Jawan" has topped 1000 crores gross worldwide on its 18th day, becoming the fastest Bollywood movie ever to do the same. It has beaten SRK's personal record with "Pathaan" (27 days) to hit the milestone of 1000 crores worldwide gross collection.## "Jawan" is the 3rd Bollywood movie 6th overall India film to cross 1000 crores globally. The other two Bollywood movies are Aamir Khan's "Dangal" (2070 crores) and SRK's "Pathaan" (1055 crores). The latest blockbuster is likely to beat "Pathaan" to become the second biggest Bollywood grosser of all-time and the biggest Indian movie of 2023.## Stay tuned...

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Director Atlee Gets Big Offers After The Historic Success of 'Jawan'
996 days ago
Bollywood

Director Atlee Gets Big Offers After The Historic Success of 'Jawan'

Mumbai, September 24 - Tamil director Atlee Kumar is on cloud nine with the once-in-a-lifetime success of the action thriller Jawan, starring superstar Shah Rukh Khan. With this movie, Atlee has also become the first Tamil director to deliver a 1000-crore grosser and this huge success is making noise outside India as well.## During a recent interview with Film Companion, Atlee revealed that he got calls from Hollywood and even a few offers to work there if he wished to. The filmmaker said that one of the scenes in the movie, where Shah Rukh Khan's Vikram Rathore lighting a cigar with the sparks generated during an action-packed scene, has attracted the attention of Hollywood artists.## "People who worked on our film were from Hollywood. Action director Spiro Razatos worked with us. So, Spiro and other great directors and technicians from Hollywood were at the same screening of Jawan. And Spiro said I have done action in this film. So, they asked who had done that scene where SRK was engulfed in flames. He said, 'It was the director's vision and he executed it".## He added that, "They immediately connected with me and told me, 'If you want to work in Hollywood, let us know', so it isn't a taste which is very desi. It is something superheroic and it has a very basic rhythm. I thought this idea only works for us but it is working globally".## Meanwhile, Atlee is in talks with Telugu superstar Allu Arjun for a Pan India movie. The duo recently met in Mumbai to discuss the potential collaboration. Apart from this, the blockbuster filmmaker also wishes to direct a movie featuring Shah Rukh Khan and Thalapathy Vijay together as well as another solo movie with the latter.## Stay tuned...

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SRK vs SRK: 'Jawan' Tops 'Pathaan' To Become The Highest Net-Grossing Bollywood Movie of All-Time At The Domestic Box Office
997 days ago
Bollywood

SRK vs SRK: 'Jawan' Tops 'Pathaan' To Become The Highest Net-Grossing Bollywood Movie of All-Time At The Domestic Box Office

Mumbai, September 23 - In January this year, superstar Shah Rukh Khan made his comeback to the big screen with Yash Raj Films' spy action thriller Pathaan. Directed by Siddharth Anand, the movie went on to shatter all the existing box office records for a Bollywood movie and became the biggest net grosser of all time with 543 crores domestically in all versions.## After "Pathaan" scripted the historic comeback of the country's beloved superstar, 7 months later, SRK's Jawan is turning out to be an even bigger blockbuster at the box office. In an epic moment for the actor, "Jawan" will cross the lifetime net collection of "Pathaan" by the end of today, which is just the 17th day of its run.## The Atlee Kumar's directorial movie scored over 533.50 crores net in all versions in 16 days, and the trend suggests that it is heading for another 12+ crores net collection today/third Saturday which will take its total net collection to over 545 crores. This will make it the biggest Bollywood net-grosser of all time at the domestic box office.## The Hindi collection of "Jawan" currently stands at 480.50+ crores net in 16 days, and by the third Sunday (18 days), it will top 500 crores net and will become the only 4th movie ever to do so. "Pathaan" is currently the biggest Hindi net scorer with 524.50 crores, followed by "Gadar 2" with 522 crores and "Baahubali 2" with 511 crores. "Jawan" will surpass them all by the end of the third week and will become the new number Hindi grosser as well.## Produced by Red Chillies Entertainment, "Jawan" will cross the 1000 crores gross mark at the worldwide box office by the 3rd Sunday or Monday, and after that, it will be a matter of time before it beats "Pathaan" (1055+ crores) to become the biggest Indian grosser of 2023.## Stay tuned...

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Dil Raju Grabs All Language Telugu States Rights Of Ranbir Kapoor and Sandeep Reddy Vanga's 'Animal'
997 days ago
Bollywood

Dil Raju Grabs All Language Telugu States Rights Of Ranbir Kapoor and Sandeep Reddy Vanga's 'Animal'

Hyderabad, September 23 - One of the leading Telugu film producers and distributors, Dil Raju has bought the all languages distribution rights of the upcoming Bollywood biggie Animal for entire Telugu states. ## Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor and director Sandeep Reddy Vanga have teamed up for the first time for this gangster drama film. Produced by T-Series with Bhadrakali Pictures, and Cine1 Studios, "Animal" is having massive anticipation among the audiences and the combo of Ranbir and Reddy Vanga is making the trade enthusiastic about its box office prospects.## Dil Raju, who has produced and distributed some of the big budgeted films in the past, reportedly saw some rushes of "Animal" and left super impressed. The producer also believed in having a lot of confidence in the director and without wasting the opportunity, Raju bought the rights for entire Telugu states (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana). ## "Animal" reportedly revolves around a troubled father-son relationship, which is set in the backdrop of extreme bloodshed in the underworld. Ranbir plays the role of son while Anil Kapoor plays his father. It has Rashmika Mandanna as the female lead alongside Bobby Deol, and Triptii Dimri among others.## The movie is scheduled to release on December 1, 2023, in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada, languages.## Stay tuned...

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Shah Rukh Khan Scripts History; Becomes The First Indian Actor To Score 2000 Crores At The Worldwide Box Office In A Single Year
997 days ago
Bollywood

Shah Rukh Khan Scripts History; Becomes The First Indian Actor To Score 2000 Crores At The Worldwide Box Office In A Single Year

Mumbai, September 23 - The 2023 has completely been owned by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan who is re-writing box office history for Indian cinema. The superstar has two releases so far this year and both have turned out be to mega-blockbusters and are currently the biggest Indian grosser of 2023.## In a rare box office feat, Shah Rukh Khan has become the first Indian actor ever to top 2000 crores gross collection worldwide in a single year, after his current blockbuster "Jawan" is nearing 1000 crores globally. Previously, superstar Prabhas had the biggest single-year record with SS Rajamouli's Baahubali 2" which grossed approximately 1700 crores in 2017 (excluding the China collection as it was released in 2018 there).## Shah Rukh Khan commenced 2023 with Yash Raj Films' spy action thriller Pathaan which went berserk at the box office and finished its run with 1055+ crores worldwide. Directed by Siddharth Ananand, the movie grossed approximately 658 crores in India and 397 crores overseas. It is currently the highest-grossing Indian movie of 2023, both domestically and worldwide.## The record of "Pathaan" is likely to be beaten by SRK's current sensation, Jawan which is running riot and is fast heading towards 1000 crores worldwide. In its 16 days, the action thriller grossed 945+ crores worldwide, including 640 crores gross alone in India. Directed by Atlee Kumar, "Jawan" is currently the second biggest Indian movie of 2023.## The combined worldwide gross collection of "Pathaan" and "Jawan" stands at 2000+ crores, and it is heading for 2150 crores gross before SRK's next movie "Dunki" arrives on Christmas 2023. ## Stay tuned...

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