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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Rani Mukerji's 'Mardaani 3' In The Early Development: Report
1004 days ago
Bollywood

Rani Mukerji's 'Mardaani 3' In The Early Development: Report

Mumbai, September 16 - Rani Mukerji's "Mardaani" is one of the most loved cop film franchises. The Mardaani series was not only hailed by critics but also successful commercially. The first film in the franchise was released in 2014, followed by the second instalment in 2019. ## Now, according to Mid-Day, the third instalment of Mardaani is in the early development with Rani Mukerji set to return as IPS officer Shivani Shivaji Roy. It is said that the popularity of Rani's character is one of the reasons behind the creators' decision to go ahead with Mardaani 3. ## The report says that Rani Mukerji is closely working with writer-director Gopi Puthran to crack the idea for the next instalment. "Mardaani 3" will take the tale of cop Shivani forward, with Jisshu Sengupta reportedly reprising the role of her husband. ## The shoot of "Mardaani 3" is expected to commence early next year and the team plans to shoot across international locations.## Meanwhile, Rani Mukerji was last seen in the legal drama film "Mrs Chatterjee vs. Norway" which was a box office success. Directed by Ashima Chibber, MCVN is inspired by the real-life story of an Indian couple whose children were taken away by Norwegian authorities in 2011. ## Stay tuned...

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Akshay Kumar To Reunite With Filmmaker Rohit Shetty For Mohit Suri's Next Directorial
1004 days ago
Bollywood

Akshay Kumar To Reunite With Filmmaker Rohit Shetty For Mohit Suri's Next Directorial

Mumbai, September 16 - Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar and blockbuster filmmaker Rohit Shetty will be reuniting for an action thriller film which will be directed by Mohit Suri, according to Pinkvilla. The movie will be a standalone outside Shetty's famous cop universe of which Akshay is also a part as Veer Sooryavanshi. ## The report states that Akshay Kumar has given his nod for the film after being in a discussion for a while now. It is touted to be an edge-of-the-seat action thriller and will feature Akshay in a never-before-seen avatar. Rohit Shetty will produce it under his banner Rohit Shetty Picturez. ## The yet-to-be-titled movie is believed to ride on a strong cast as per the demand of the script. The story narration and paperwork are said to be done and the team is now working on the shooting plans. It is expected to take off in the first quarter of 2024. ## Before Mohit Suri's directorial, Akshay Kumar and Rohit Shetty will be reuniting on the "Singham Again" or "Singham 3" which will feature the actor in an extended role. Led by Ajay Devgn, the third instalment of the blockbuster franchise is officially getting launched today (September 16) and it will be released in August 2024.## "Singham 3" boasts of a solid cast as apart from Ajay Devgn in the title role and Akshay Kumar as Veer Sooryavanshi, it will also star Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Tiger Shroff in the key role while Arjun Kapoor will play the main antagonist role along with Jackie Shroff.## Akshay Kumar, meanwhile, is gearing up for the release of "Mission Raniganj" which is scheduled to hit cinemas on October 5, 2023.## Stay tuned...

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Rohit Shetty and Ajay Devgn's 'Singham Again' To Be Officially Launched On September 16?
1004 days ago
Bollywood

Rohit Shetty and Ajay Devgn's 'Singham Again' To Be Officially Launched On September 16?

Mumbai, September 16 - The third instalment of director Rohit Shetty's biggest cop franchise "Singham" starring Ajay Devgn has been in development and it is touted to be the biggest film in Shetty's cop universe which also includes Akshay Kumar's "Sooryavanshi" and Ranveer Singh's "Simmba".## "Singham Again" or "Singham 3" was officially announced earlier this year and now, according to Bollywood Hungama, the movie is formally getting launched today, on September 16 with the mahurat shot.## It is said that director Shetty is keen on starting work on Singham 3 and has locked September 16 to launch the movie. The movie launch event will reportedly be held in Yash Raj Films Studio in Mumbai and Shetty will attend it along with Ajay Devgn, Deepika Padukone, and Ranveer Singh. ## The movie will be mounted on a huge scale with a massive star cast on board it. Apart from Ajay Devgn in the title role, "Singham 3" will have extended cameo appearances in Akshay Kumar's Sooryavanshi and Ranveer Singh's Simmba. Deepika Padukone also marks her entry into the cop universe and will be introduced by Lady Singham. The reports say that Arjun Kapoor has been roped in to play the main antagonist in the movie.## The regular shoot of "Singham Again" is expected to commence by the end of this month or in October. The makers have already locked the Independence Day 2024 weekend release for the movie and if the release date stays, it will clash with Allu Arjun's Pan India movie "Pushpa 2 - The Rule".## Stay tuned...

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Shah Rukh Khan Re-Confirms 'Dunki' Release Date Amid Postponement Rumours
1005 days ago
Bollywood

Shah Rukh Khan Re-Confirms 'Dunki' Release Date Amid Postponement Rumours

Mumbai, September 15 - Director Rajkumar Hirani and superstar Shah Rukh Khan's maiden collaboration, comedy drama Dunki has been re-confirmed to release in cinemas on Christmas this year. There have been rumours about the postponement but those have been put to rest by King Khan himself.## On Friday (September 15), Shah Rukh Khan along with the team of his latest blockbuster "Jawan" held a press meet post the mega success of the movie. During the event, SRK himself confirmed that his comedy-drama film "Dunki" will be hitting cinemas on Christmas this year as scheduled.## "We started on January 26, Republic Day (with Pathaan), then on Janmashtami we released Jawan, now New Year and Christmas are round the corner, we will release Dunki", SRK said. ## #WATCH | During the post-success event of Film Jawan in Mumbai, Superstar Shah Rukh Khan says, "We started on January 26, Republic Day (with Pathaan), then on Janmashtami we released Jawan, now New Year and Christmas are round the corner, we will release 'Dunki'..." pic.twitter.com/madJwwc25h— ANI (@ANI) September 15, 2023 ## Produced by SRK's Red Chillies Entertainment with Rajkumar Hirani, "Dunki" is based on the rampant use of an illegal backdoor route called 'Donkey Flight' by Indians to immigrate to countries like Canada and the USA. It also stars Taapsee Pannu, Boman Irani, Satish Shah and Vicky Kaushal in key roles.## Stay tuned...

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Superstar Shah Rukh Khan Creates A New Record At The North American Box Office
1005 days ago
Bollywood

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan Creates A New Record At The North American Box Office

Mumbai, September 15 - It's more glory to Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan as he is about to script history at the North American box office.## After the all-time blockbuster success of "Pathaan", superstar Shah Rukh Khan is witnessing the same phenomenon with his latest blockbuster "Jawan". Directed by Atlee Kumar, the action thriller movie is running riot at the box office, be it domestically or overseas.## "Jawan", on its second Friday (today), will cross the $10 million mark at the US box office. This will make Shah Rukh Khan the only Indian actor to have two films to hit the $10 million mark in this region in the same year. Earlier, the actor's "Pathaan" did the same and grossed $17.25 million in its full run. Currently, the movie stands at $9.7 million through Thursday.## There have been only seven Indian films to cross the double-digit million-dollar mark in North America, and five of them are Bollywood movies. "Jawan" will become the 6th Bollywood and 8th overall Indian movie to achieve this box office milestone.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Jawan Crosses Gadar 2 And Tops 700 Crores Worldwide
1005 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: Jawan Crosses Gadar 2 And Tops 700 Crores Worldwide

Mumbai, September 15 - The record-breaking spree of mega-blockbuster Jawan continued on its 8th day at the global box office. The movie scored another 36.50+ crores gross worldwide on its second Thursday, which soared its total cume to 696.50 crores, making it the second highest-grossing Indian movie of the year.## Directed by Atlee Kumar, "Jawan" topped the "Gadar 2's" 676 crores gross collection as the second biggest Indian movie of 2023. The Sunny Deol-fronted movie, however, is still running in theatres but it is in no way going to catch the current top two grosser.## Domestically, "Jawan" has minted 469 crores gross collection (390 crores net) through the second Thursday while overseas collection reached approximately 227.50 crores. It is currently the second highest-grossing Indian movie overseas of 2023, behind "Pathaan" which scored approx. 397 crores while its worldwide gross stands at 1055+ crores. ## "Jawan" has topped 700 crores gross in the first shows on the second Friday and becomes the fastest Bollywood movie ever to achieve this milestone in terms of time taken. "Pathaan" has also taken 9 days to win this box office mark. With this, "Jawan" has become the 10th Indian and 6th Bollywood movie to top 700 crores worldwide.## Produced by Red Chillies Entertainment, the overseas collection of "Jawan" is hugely benefitted from North America where it is nearing the $10 million mark. In the first 8-day extended week, the movie has minted approximately $9.75 million there and is currently the biggest market for the movie. "Pathaan" has grossed $17.25 million final collection in North America, and "Jawan" will be eyeing to get near this mark in its final run.## Stay tuned...

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Yash Raj Films Locks OTT Platform For Its Thriller Series 'The Railway Men' and Film 'Maharaj'
1005 days ago
Bollywood

Yash Raj Films Locks OTT Platform For Its Thriller Series 'The Railway Men' and Film 'Maharaj'

Mumbai, September 15 - One of the leading Bollywood production houses, Yash Raj Films has had a super successful 2023 year, be it at the box office or the streamer. The studio is now gearing up for its next phase of theatrical tentpole as well as streaming titles.## It is known to everyone that YRF is working on a four-part thriller web series, titled "The Railway Men". It is about a tribute to the unsung heroes of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, during which, a cloud of toxic gas escaped from an American pesticide plant, in 1984, in the central Indian city of Bhopal. It killed and injured thousands of people. ## YRF has now partnered with the leading streaming platform Netflix to bring the series to the screens. The studio has joined hands with the OTT giant to set up a multi-year creative partnership. "The Railway Men", starring R. Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Divyenndu Sharma, and emerging talent Babil Khan, is the first production from YRF Entertainment, the studio's streaming production arm.## Apart from "The Railway Men", YRF has also partnered with Netflix for its feature film "Maharaj", starring Junaid Khan, the son of Aamir Khan, and also stars Jaideep Ahlawat, Sharvari Wagh, and Shalini Pandey. "Maharaj" will be the first direct-to-digital feature film of Aditya Chopra-headed YRF.## Set in the 1800s, the film "Maharaj" is a David vs. Goliath story about how a regular man, a journalist by profession, takes on a powerful role model of society, hailed by many as a messiah for the masses. The fearless reporter uncovers a series of incidents that shake the very foundation of society.## The release dates of both the aforementioned titled will be revealed soon.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Independence Day 2023 Week's 'Gadar 2', 'Jailer', and 'OMG 2' Combine Cross 1000+ Crores India Net Collection
1005 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: Independence Day 2023 Week's 'Gadar 2', 'Jailer', and 'OMG 2' Combine Cross 1000+ Crores India Net Collection

Mumbai, September 15 - Independence Day 2023 proved to be a historic week for the Indian box office which saw three Indian blockbusters joining hands to score huge collections. Thanks to the mammoth response to Sunny Deol-fronted Gadar 2, Rajinikanth-starrer Jailer, and Akshay Kumar's OMG 2, August 2023 has already become the biggest single month net collection scorer of all-time at the Indian box office.## The box office juggernaut of the aforementioned three films continued ever after August, as all three films have now combined generated over 1000+ crores net collection. This is only the second time that Indian movies have topped 1000+ crores net collection after being released in the same weekend. Earlier, SS Rajamouli's magnum opus "Baahubali 2" did the same in 2017.## Gadar 2## The sequel to the all-time blockbuster "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha", Gadar 2 has turned out to be a monstrous blockbuster and is only the 3rd movie ever to top 500 crores net in Hindi, and only the second outright Bollywood movie to do so. In its 5 weeks of run so far, the movie has scored 517.28 crores and is still in the race to top "Pathaan" (524+ crores) to become the biggest Hindi movie ever domestically in terms of net collection. Worldwide, G2 has grossed approximately 676 crores so far.## Jailer## Superstar Rajinikanth's action drama, which was released on August 10, has had an unprecedented run so far. In 36 days so far, Jailer has minted 343.75 crores net in all versions, emerging as the second biggest Tamil movie ever, behind Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar's "2.0" which scored approx. 407 crores net. At the worldwide box office, Jailer has crossed the 600 crores gross mark, again the second highest-grossing after "2.0" (744 crores).## OMG 2## The social comedy-drama film, which is a sequel to "OMG" (2012) scored a timely success for superstar Akshay Kumar who was going through a lean phase. In its 5th week, the movie crossed 150 crores net box office mark, becoming the 5th Bollywood movie of the year to do so. Worldwide, it has generated 220 crores gross in 5 weeks.## All three aforementioned films have almost completed their runs at the box office, but not before doing the unthinkable.##

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Box Office: Jawan Second Thursday Early Estimates
1006 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: Jawan Second Thursday Early Estimates

Mumbai, September 14 - Shah Rukh Khan's mega-blockbuster Jawan has a fantastic extended first week at the domestic box office. The movie has already beaten SRK's own blockbuster Pathaan to score the biggest first week ever for a Bollywood as well as a Hindi movie.## The action thriller, on its second Thursday, scored an estimated 18 crores net collection in Hindi which takes its total cume to around 345 crores in 8 days. Additionally, it minted an estimated 1.50 crores in Tamil and Telugu versions for all India 19.50 crores second Thursday.## Jawan witnessed a drop of around 15% today which is a good hold as overall collections are huge. The total all-India net collection is over 387 crores in the extended 8-day week and tomorrow, on its second Friday, Jawan will hit the 400 crores mark in all versions.## There is no competition for Jawan in the second weekend which should help it to score 75+ crores net. It will be looking to top 500 crores net by the end of the second week in all versions, while in Hindi, Jawan should be able to hit this mark in the third week.## Meanwhile, with today's collection (second Thursday), Jawan also has crossed 2 crores footfalls in all versions, including approximately 1.70 crores in Hindi alone. It becomes the second back-to-back movie of SRK to hit 2 crore footfalls and 3rd Bollywood movie of the year to do so.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Jawan' Tops 'Pathaan' To Score Biggest First Week of All-Time In Hindi
1006 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Jawan' Tops 'Pathaan' To Score Biggest First Week of All-Time In Hindi

Mumbai, September 14 - Director Atlee Kumar's action thriller, Jawan starring superstar Shah Rukh Khan has set a new first week (7 days) record at the domestic box office. The movie has beaten the record of SRK's own movie "Pathaan" to score the biggest first week of all time for a Bollywood movie.## "Jawan", which is produced by SRK's Red Chillies Entertainment, scored a fantastic 327.88 crores net collection in Hindi in the first week, surpassing "Pathaan's" 318.50 crores net collection. The 8-day extended first week of "Jawan" is looking to be around 346 crores net while "Pathaan" had scored 336 crores in as many days.## "Jawan" and "Pathaan" are the only two films to top 300 crores net collection in the first week in Hindi. There have been 9 films to hit 200 crores net first-week collection and four of them have come in the last two years, including three in 2023 which are also the top 3 first-week grosser. ## The top 5 first week (7 days) net scorer movies in Hindi are as follows - ## 1. Jawan - 327.88 Cr## 2. Pathaan - 318.50 Cr## 3. Gadar 2 - 284.63 Cr## 4. KGF 2 - 255.05 Cr## 5. Baahubali 2 - 247.00 Cr## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Jawan First Wednesday Early Estimates
1007 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: Jawan First Wednesday Early Estimates

Mumbai, September 13 - Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan continues to score big collections during the weekdays even after a monstrous opening weekend. The collection remains over 20 crores net in Hindi which is a fantastic hold, in its bid to become the 3rd Bollywood movie to top 500 crores lifetime Hindi net.## The day-wise trending of Jawan is better than SRK's last blockbuster Pathaan as collections on the first Monday and Tuesday are higher than the later one. On its first Wednesday, Jawan scored an estimated 21.50 crore net, which takes the total Hindi collection to around 327 crores in 7 days.## The drop today is around 10% from Tuesday which is fantastic as the collection yesterday was itself a huge one of 24 crores. Additionally, Jawan scored an estimated 1.50 crores net in the Tamil and Telugu versions today, for all India 23 crores net collection first Tuesday/7th day.## The total collection of Jawan is around 368 crores with today's collection and the 8-day extended first week is looking at around 387 crores net. The second weekend will be crucial for the movie as far as its long run is concerned. However, with not much competition ahead, it is expected to do well and the trend indicates it will become the 3rd Bollywood movie ever to enter 500 crores net and even go on to become the biggest grosser ever.## Stay tuned...

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Female Lead Finalizes To Star Alongside Tiger Shroff In 'Rambo' Hindi Adaptation
1007 days ago
Bollywood

Female Lead Finalizes To Star Alongside Tiger Shroff In 'Rambo' Hindi Adaptation

Mumbai, September 13 - Filmmaker Siddharth Anand has been working on the Hindi remake of Hollywood classic Rambo for a very long time. Tiger Shroff was announced to headline this high-octane actioner back in 2017, but even after 6 years, the official production is yet to commence.## In a piece of good news, it was reported last year that the production of the movie will commence by the end of 2024, and the same was later confirmed by Siddharth Anand, who will produce it under his banner Marflix. Now, according to the latest reports, the makers have finalized the female lead to star alongside Tiger Shroff in the movie.## According to Pinkvilla, the "Rambo" remake, which will be directed by Rohit Dhawan, will have Janhvi Kapoor to play the female lead role. This marks Janhvi and Tiger's maiden film together after coming close to sharing screen space in the past. The character details of Janhvi's role have been kept under wraps for now but her role is believed to be crucial to the storyline.## It is said that Tiger will undergo rigorous training under the guidance of international experts and he will be trained in weaponry and guerrilla warfare to prepare for his role as the last surviving member of an elite covert unit of the Indian Armed Forces who returns home to discover a war waging in his own land. ## The shoot of the "Rambo" adaptation will commence by December this year or January 2024 after both Tiger and Janhvi finish their current commitments. The actress is currently shooting for her pan India movie "Devara" with superstar Jr. NTR under the direction of Siva Koratala. Tiger, on the other hand, is working on director Jagan Shakti's action thriller alongside Sara Ali Khan. ## Stay tuned...

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