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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Box Office: Ayan Mukerji's 'Brahmastra' Becomes The Highest-Grossing Bollywood Movie of 2022
1368 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: Ayan Mukerji's 'Brahmastra' Becomes The Highest-Grossing Bollywood Movie of 2022

Mumbai, September 18 - Director Ayan Mukerji's fantasy action adventure feature, Brahmastra Part One: Shiva is all set to topple Vivek Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files to become the highest-grossing Bollywood movie during the entire covid-19 pandemic. ## The big screen entertainer takes just 10 days, including the second Sunday, to outshine TKF's lifetime worldwide total of 341 crores gross. TKF, however, will most probably remain the biggest blockbuster of 2022 knowing the fact that it generated massive profit for the makers against a very low budget of the movie. ## Nonetheless, "Brahmastra" has emerged as a hit at the box office despite the mixed reviews from critics. The movie is having a very good second weekend with an estimated 43-45 crores net. This will take the entire 10 days net collection to approx. 217 crores while the gross collection will be at 255 crores.## Including an estimated 95 crores from overseas markets, "Brahmastra's" total worldwide collection is looking to score around 350 crores after the second weekend (10 days). ## "Brahmastra" may go down to become the highest-grossing Bollywood movie of 2022 unless "Vikram Vedha", "Ram Setu" and "Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan" do something miraculous. ## It is not that the upcoming movie can't have a blockbuster run at the box office. Akshay Kumar's "Ram Setu" particularly has the potential to do wonders if it gets positive reviews. VV and KKBKKJ too can surprise but it will be an uphill task for all three movies to topple "Brahmastra" which is not done yet and very much on track to finish over 400 crores worldwide. ## Stay tuned...

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Ranbir Kapoor And Alia Bhatt React To The Rumours of Them Doing A Rom-Com Film Together
1368 days ago
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Ranbir Kapoor And Alia Bhatt React To The Rumours of Them Doing A Rom-Com Film Together

Mumbai, September 17 - Bollywood stars Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt are enjoying the success of their maiden film together Brahmastra Part One: Shiva, which is doing well at the box office.## Meanwhile, there are rumors that the real-life couple will be reuniting for a romantic-comedy film soon. It was reported that they have been approached for their next film together, details, however, were not disclosed. Now, Ranbir and Alia have reacted to those rumors and said that their next will be Brahmastra Part 2: Dev only. ## "Alia and me have a real-life comedy going on. So I don't know we need to do a film together", Ranbir jokingly said.## Alia added, "Yes, I have heard there is some rumor that we are doing a rom-com together. But our next film together will be part 2 of Brahmastra. Ayan is so protective of me and Ranbir together that I don't if he will let us do anything apart from Brahmastra films. But like Ranbir said, our life is only a rom-com so there you go". ## The actress, however, didn't refute the probability of doing a film with Ranbir outside the "Brahmastra" trilogy and said that if something interesting comes up, they will definitely give it a thought. ## Stay tuned...

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Hindi Film Industry To Be Remembered As Before 'Adipurush' And After 'Adipurush', Says Sonal Chauhan
1368 days ago
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Hindi Film Industry To Be Remembered As Before 'Adipurush' And After 'Adipurush', Says Sonal Chauhan

Hyderabad, September 17 - Actress Sonal Chauhan will soon be seen opposite Nagarjuna Akkineni in the Telugu action thriller film The Ghost. It is scheduled to release on October 5th on the occasion of Dussehra.## After "The Ghost", Sonal Chauhan will be starring in the biggest film of her career Adipurush, fronted by superstar Prabhas. The movie is already one of the most anticipated Pan-India biggies. It is based on the epic Ramayana in which Prabhas is playing the role of Lord Rama. ## During the promotion of "The Ghost", Sonal Chauhan shared her excitement about doing this magnum opus and sharing screen space with Prabhas. She said in a recent interview that when makers approached her to do a role in the film, she couldn't say no because of Prabhas as she feels it is an honor to work with him. ## Meanwhile, the "Jannat" actress has showered some high praise on the movie and said that the Hindi film industry will be remembered as "before Adipurush and after Adipurush". She added that "being a part of Adipurush is like being a part of the history. It is a phenomenon and going to be a historical film".## "Adipurush" is directed by Om Raut and produced by T-Series and Retrophiles. Shot simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu languages, the film also stars Kriti Sanon as Janaki and Saif Ali Khan as Lankesh. Made on a budget of ₹500 crores (US$63 million), Adipurush is one of the most expensive Indian films ever made.## The movie is scheduled to release on January 12, 2023, in multiple languages.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Brahmastra Races Past 300 Crores Globally
1369 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: Brahmastra Races Past 300 Crores Globally

Mumbai, September 17 - Dharma Productions' Brahmastra Part One: Shiva has stormed past 300 crores at the global box office and it took just 8 days to reach the milestone. ## The Ayan Mukerji-directed fantasy action adventure film has had a record-breaking opening weekend with 214 crores worldwide. The movie outperformed negativity and scored well over the weekdays to ensure a very good first week at the box office with 290.14 crores globally for all languages. ## It was important for the movie to perform well on the second weekend, and (not so) surprisingly, it witnessed a jump of around 13% on the second Friday (normally films holds or decline going into the weekend) and this helped the movie to go past 300 crores worldwide.## "Brahmastra" has become only the second Bollywood film after "The Kashmir Files" to go past 300 crores since Ajay Devgn's "Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior" in January 2020. Overall, "Brahmastra" is the 35th Bollywood film of all time to reach this box office milestone (with inflation), and 3rd for Ranbir Kapoor. ## Produced by Dharma Productions, Starlight Pictures, and Prime Focus in association with Star Studios, the movie stars Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Mouni Roy, and Nagarjuna Akkineni along with Shah Rukh Khan in key roles.## Stay tuned...

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Director Ali Abbas Zafar Shares His Plans To Work With Salman Khan Again
1369 days ago
Bollywood

Director Ali Abbas Zafar Shares His Plans To Work With Salman Khan Again

Mumbai, September 16 - Director Ali Abbas Zafar has worked with Bollywood superstar Salman Khan in three blockbuster films that include "Sultan" (2016), "Tiger Zinda Hai" (2017), and "Bharat" (2019). The maverick filmmaker is now working on plans to collaborate with the superstar again. ## Ali Abbas Zafar was supposed to direct "Tiger 3", which is scheduled to release on April 21, 2023, however, due to his prior commitments, he couldn't direct the movie and it was Maneesh Sharma, who grabbed this mega movie. However, Abbas Zafar said he is working on a different script and will soon share it with Salman Khan. ## "Salman sir and I will come together to do a big-budget quintessential Indian entertainer. I want to do a big action film with him. It is something I am working on and I will share (the script) with him soon", the filmmaker said in an interview with PTI.## Zafar may not have been able to direct the third part of the much-awaited action-thriller "Tiger" franchise, but he is looking forward to the movie, backed by Yash Raj Films. ## "Adi (producer Aditya Chopra) is like an elder brother. When the third part of 'Tiger' was happening I had some engagements that I was committed to. Our timelines couldn’t match. But I think Maneesh, who is taking the franchise forward, will do justice to it.## "Kabir Khan, me, and now Maneesh, all of us brought our individuality to the films we made. I am looking forward to 'Tiger 3'. I think it will be very entertaining. I am happy", he added.## Meanwhile, Ali Abbas Zafar's latest directorial, "Jogi", starring Diljit Dosanjh, is currently premiering on Netflix. It is based on 1984's anti-Sikh riots. The filmmaker also has Shahid Kapoor's untitled action thriller film that is currently in pre-production work. He will also start Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff's "Bade Miyan Chote Miyan" in January 2023. ## Stay tuned...

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Ayushmann Khurrana Officially Announces 'Dream Girl 2' With Star Cast And Release Date
1369 days ago
Bollywood

Ayushmann Khurrana Officially Announces 'Dream Girl 2' With Star Cast And Release Date

Mumbai, September 16 - Aysuhmann Khurrana-fronted social comedy-drama film Dream Girl was a big hit in 2019, and now, the sequel of the movie is coming to entertain the audiences. On Friday (Sept. 16), the actor announced Dream Girl 2 along with the star cast and release date. ## Ayushmann announced the film by sharing a hilarious video. In the video, the actor is seen planning with his friends to get back his popular character 'Pooja' to Mathura where the second part of the film is set. The video has a fun take on Bollywood's current state where most of the films are not working. ## Along with the film's announcement, the makers also revealed the star cast which includes Ananya Panday in the female lead role, along with actors like Annu Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Vijay Raaz, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani, Manoj Joshi, Seema Pahwa, Manjot Singh and Abhishek Banerjee in key roles. The film will hit theaters on 29th June 2023. ## Dream Girl phir se aa rahi hai! Meet Pooja on 29th June 2023 ki Eid par@writerraj @ananyapandayy @EktaaRKapoor #ShobhaKapoor @balajimotionpic @annukapoor_ #GovardhanAsrani @SirPareshRawal #SeemaPahwa @actormanojjoshi #RajpalYadav #VijayRaaz @nowitsabhi @OyeManjot #BhaviniSheth pic.twitter.com/VNBjF60jIH— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) September 16, 2022 ## This is the first time Ayushmann and Ananya will be seen sharing the screen space in the film. The first instalment of the film starred Nushratt Bharuccha opposite Ayushmann. The movie is loaded with humour just like the first part. The entire team is taking extra efforts to ensure that the script does justice to the legacy of the first part. ## Raaj Shaandilyaa returns to direct the film, produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under the banner of Balaji Motion Pictures. The shoot has already begun.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Brahmastra' Scored The Biggest Opening Week of Pandemic Era For A Bollywood Film
1369 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Brahmastra' Scored The Biggest Opening Week of Pandemic Era For A Bollywood Film

Mumbai, September 16 - Director Ayan Mukerji's passion project Brahmastra Part One: Shiva has brought some joy to the Hindi film industry and scored the biggest opening week at the box office during the pandemic era for a Bollywood movie. ## The fantasy action adventure film took the flying start and scored 124.49 crores net collection in the opening weekend for all languages. The movie witnessed a drop over the weekdays but still managed to put up a decent hold knowing the fact that it got mixed reviews, and minted 48.93 crores net from Monday to Thursday, pushing the total net collection to 173.22 crores in the first week. ## "Brahmastra" is only the second Bollywood movie during the covid-19 pandemic to score 100+ crore in the opening week. The Hindi language collection of the movie is 156.4 crores net after the first week. Akshay Kumar's Sooryavanshi was the last film to reach this milestone and scored 120.66 crores net in November 2021. ## Overall, "Brahmastra" is the 18th highest 1st-week collection film of all time in the Hindi language while it currently stands at 39th spot among the all-time biggest Hindi grosser at the domestic box office. The movie is likely to reach the 33rd position among the all-time Hindi grosser after the end of the second week. Meanwhile, at the worldwide box office, it has collected 290.15 crores so far and will cross the 300 crores mark today and will become only the second Bollywood film after "The Kashmir Files" to achieve the feat since Ajay Devgn's "Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior". ## Produced by Dharma Productions, Starlight Pictures, and Prime Focus in association with Star Studios, the movie stars Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Mouni Roy, and Nagarjuna Akkineni along with Shah Rukh Khan in key roles. The film follows Shiva, a DJ, who discovers that he is the agnyastra, a celestial weapon in human form, holding the power of fire within him. He attempts to prevent the strongest of the astras, the Brahmāstra, from falling into the hands of dark forces that are connected to his past.## Stay tuned...

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Ajay Devgn, Sidharth Malhotra, And Rakul Preet Singh's 'Thank God' Gets Banned In Kuwait
1369 days ago
Bollywood

Ajay Devgn, Sidharth Malhotra, And Rakul Preet Singh's 'Thank God' Gets Banned In Kuwait

Mumbai, September 16 - Bollywood fantasy comedy film, Thank God, has been the talk of the town lately after the release of its trailer. The trailer of the movie didn't go well with some people as a UP-based lawyer had filed a legal suit against the makers of the film for hurting religious sentiments. ## Now, according to the latest reports, the movie has been banned in Kuwait over religious grounds. It is said that the movie was not passed by the Censor Board as they have decided to stop the release of the film in the city. ## While there have been no official comments on the exact reason for the ban, it is being speculated that the satirical comedy on religious views in the movie has made the Censor Board take the harsh decision. The film portrays Ajay Devgn as the modern-day Chitragupt, it is a social comedy that showcases him in a funny avatar.## Directed by Indra Kumar, "Thank God" features Sidharth Malhotra, Rakul Preet Singh, and Ajay Devgn in the key roles. Nora Fatehi also plays a cameo in the movie as an 'apsara'. The comedy-drama is slated for release on 25 October. It is produced by T-Series and Maruti International. ## Meanwhile, apart from "Thank God", the Kuwait censor board has green-lit the releases of all other movies including the Dulquer Salmaan, Sunny Deol, and Shreya Dhanwanthary starrer "Chup", Amitabh Bachchan and Rashmika Mandanna's "Goodbye", R Madhavan's "Dhoka: Round D Corner", and Tamil movie "Sinam". ## Stay tuned...

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Samantha Ruth Prabhu To Play Princess Opposite Ayushmann Khurrana's Vampire In Producer Dinesh Vijan's Horror-Comedy
1370 days ago
Bollywood

Samantha Ruth Prabhu To Play Princess Opposite Ayushmann Khurrana's Vampire In Producer Dinesh Vijan's Horror-Comedy

Mumbai, September 15 - South Indian sensation, Samantha Ruth Prabhu is all set to headline her maiden Bollywood movie and will star alongside Ayushmann Khurrana. The movie will be produced by Dinesh Vijan under his banner Maddock Films, the official announcement, however, is due but expected to be made soon. ## Now, according to peepingmoon.com, the movie will be a horror comedy in Vijan's proposed Horror-Comedy Cinematic Universe. Samantha will reportedly play the role of princess opposite Ayushmann, who will play a vampire in the film, which is said to be a unique, intriguing horror story that has an ample dose of humor and suspense. ## The report further said that the upcoming movie will be directed by Amar Kaushik from the script written by his regular collaborator, Niren Bhatt. Kaushik previously directed Maddock's "Stree", which was the first film in the studio's horror-comedy universe, and the upcoming "Bhediya". ## The shoot of Ayushmann and Samantha's film will kickstart next year. The pre-production work on the film will begin after the release of Varun Dhawan-Kriti Sanon-starrer monster comedy, Bhediya, which releases in cinemas on November 25 this year. ## Meanwhile, Ayushmann is currently shooting for "Dream Girl 2", while he is also gearing up for the release of "Doctor G" in October. Samantha, on the other hand, is shooting for her Telugu movie "Kushi", co-starring Vijay Deverakonda. ## Stay tuned...

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Firoz Nadiadwala's 'Mahabharat' To Be Released In 20 Languages Worldwide
1370 days ago
Bollywood

Firoz Nadiadwala's 'Mahabharat' To Be Released In 20 Languages Worldwide

Mumbai, September 15 - A couple of days, it was reported that producer Firoz Nadiadwala has been working on bringing epic Mahabharta to the big screen. The report claimed that he is looking to cast some of the biggest names in Bollywood cinema and is planning to take it on floors by 2024. ## Now, according to the latest reports, the producer is indeed working on this epic project and it will be released in 20 languages worldwide as he wants to make Indian cinema's first Pan world movie. According to Pinkvilla, "the core star-cast of the film will comprise of Indian actors but the technical team will boast of international names". ## The report has claimed that one of the insiders has seen the pre-production aspects of Nidiawala's film and claims that this would be the biggest Indian film to date. "The screenplay has been devised as per multiple technical facets based on their role. Every department will have a script as per their responsibility". ## As reported earlier, it will be shot in 5D with an estimated budget of Rs 700 crore. "Mahabharat will go on floors by 2024 and hit the big screen by December 2025. While it will be high on VFX, the stunts will do done with real weapons and set up", claims the report. ## Stay tuned...

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Ajay Devgn's 'NY Cinemas' Opens 4-Screen Multiplex In Ahmedabad, Gujarat
1370 days ago
Bollywood

Ajay Devgn's 'NY Cinemas' Opens 4-Screen Multiplex In Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Ahmedabad, September 15 - Bollywood superstar Ajay Devgn's venture NY Cinemas is expanding and has opened a 4-screen multiplex in Ahmedabad of Gujrat state. ## The NY Cinemas multiplex, located at Aamrakunj at Motera Road, Ahmedabad, will soon be operational for the audience. The multiplex is spread over 25000 sq ft and houses 4 Auditoriums, an action-filled filmy Lounge, with a Live Kitchen & a Mocktail Bar. ## The NY Cinemas offers many firsts to the city, such as a 320-seater Dolby ATMOS screen, a classical luxurious auditorium with all reclining seats housing 75 of them and all four screens can play 3D movies. ## NY Cinemas has already made its presence in Gujarat at Bhuj, Surendranagar, and now in Ahmedabad, and will soon open in Anand, Surat & Rajkot also.## AJAY DEVGN'S NY CINEMAS ON EXPANSION SPREE: OPENS 4-SCREEN MULTIPLEX IN AHMEDABAD...⭐ Located at #Aamrakunj at #MoteraRoad in #Ahmedabad.⭐ 4 screens. Can play #3D movies.⭐ #NYCinemas will shortly open in #Anand, #Surat and #Rajkot. pic.twitter.com/d9dA8zGhfh— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 15, 2022 ## Stay tuned...

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Diljit Dosanjh Opens Up On The 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots
1371 days ago
Bollywood

Diljit Dosanjh Opens Up On The 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots

Mumbai, September 14 - Punjabi and Bollywood actor, Diljit Dosanjh is gearing up for the release of director Ali Abbas Zafar's Jogi, which is set against the background of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that happened across the country following the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984.## While promoting the film, Dosanjh spoke about India's one of the darkest chapters of history and said that it shouldn't be called a riot and should be termed genocide. In an interview with PTI, while talking about his upcoming film "Jogi", Diljit Dosanjh shared how he feels about the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. ## He said, "We should not call it riots, the right word is genocide. When there is a two-sided fight between people, then it is a riot. According to me, it should be called genocide. It is not that it happened to one or a few people. I know it happened collectively, with all of us".## "If I talk about some incidents, it will be personal. We are talking about it collectively in the film. I have been hearing about it since I was born and we are still living with it. We all have heard a lot of stories and we couldn't believe something like this can happen in life. But, anything can happen", he added.## The "Good Newwz" actor further said that even though cinema is all about entertainment, films like "Jogi" based on true facts should also be made which has been part of the dark history of India. "This is not a new story. This film (Jogi) is also talking about the same things that we have grown up listening to. Whatever has happened is there for everyone to see", he added.## "Jogi" is scheduled to premiere on Netflix on September 16. It is billed as a thrilling and emotional journey of the fighting spirit of three friends, played by Diljit, Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, and Hiten Tejwani.## Stay tuned...

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