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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Vicky Kaushal, Ammy Virk & Triptii Dimri Team Up For Dharma Productions' Next
1238 days ago
Bollywood

Vicky Kaushal, Ammy Virk & Triptii Dimri Team Up For Dharma Productions' Next

Mumbai, February 3 - Filmmaker Karan Johar's Dharam Productions in association with Amazon Prime Video and Leo Media Collective has announced a new film, featuring Vicky Kaushal, Triptii Dimri, and Ammy Virk in the leading roles.## Directed by Anand Tiwari of "Maja Ma" fame, the yet-untitled film has been confirmed to hit big screens on August 25, 2023. The details about the project have been kept under wraps for now but will be revealed soon. ## "Bringing together the three powerhouses of talent - Vicky Kaushal, Ammy Virk, and Triptii Dimri led by the deft vision of director Anand Tiwari. Look out for the blast coming your way as this film makes its way to the theatres this August 25!", Dharma Productions announced on Twitter.## Presented by Prime Video in association with Dharma Productions and Leo Media Collective, the upcoming movie marks the first collaboration of the lead trio. ## Bringing together the three powerhouses of talent - Vicky Kaushal, Ammy Virk and Triptii Dimri led by the deft vision of director Anand Tiwari. Look out for the blast coming your way as this film makes its way to the theatres this August 25! 🤩🍿 pic.twitter.com/6f2a9uXiGV— Dharma Productions (@DharmaMovies) February 3, 2023 ## Stay tuned...

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Thalapathy 67 Gets Titled As Leo; Release Date Confirmed In Multiple Languages
1238 days ago
Kollywood

Thalapathy 67 Gets Titled As Leo; Release Date Confirmed In Multiple Languages

Chennai, February 3 - Director Lokesh Kanagaraj's most hyped film with Thalapathy Vijay gets its title. The most in-demand duo of Thalapathy and Lokesh is coming together for the second time after delivering blockbuster in the form of "Master" in 2021. ## Originally announced as "Thalapathy 67", the makers have now locked the title of film as Leo. The title was announced through a promo teaser, however, the video doesn't give any hints about whether the film is a part of Lokesh's much talked about LCU (Lokesh Cinematic Universe).## The promo video of "Leo" is buzzing with Anirudh's rocking BGM. It shows Thalapathy Vijay making chocolate and simultaneously forging a sword, only to dip the sword in the chocolate while waiting for an entourage of villains. The promo promises yet another massy avatar of Vijay and this time, he is looking more deadly than ever. ## Produced by Seven Screen Studio, "Leo" reunites Thalapathy Vijay with actress Trisha Krishnan after 14 years. The movie also stars Sanjay Dutt, Priya Anand, Gautham Menen, and Arjun Sarja, among others in prominent roles. ## "Thalapathy 67" aka "Leo" will be released on October 19, 2023, in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada, languages. ## ## Stay tuned...

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Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' Completes Record-Breaking First Week At The Box Office
1238 days ago
Bollywood

Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' Completes Record-Breaking First Week At The Box Office

Mumbai, February 3 - Yash Raj Films' biggest bet has turned out to be the biggest blockbuster as Shah Rukh Khan-fronted "Pathaan" has concluded the extended opening week at the box office on a historic note. ## Siddharth Anand's directorial broke all the opening week records for a Bollywood movie and has set new benchmarks for the upcoming films to climb. "Pathaan", after becoming the biggest Bollywood opener of all time with 57 crores net, concludes a 9-day week with 364.15 crores net, including 351 crores in Hindi alone. ## Also starring John Abraham, and Deepika Padukone, "Pathaan" has beaten "KGF: Chapter 2" (268.63 crores) to score the biggest ever first week for a Hindi film. As far as the like-for-like record, "Pathaan" is still miles ahead of "KGF 2" which minted 280.18 crores net in the first 9 days. ## For an outright Bollywood movie, Salman Khan's "Sultan" was previously the biggest opening week grosser with 229.16 crores net in its 9-day week. Interestingly, "Pathaan" has already crossed the lifetime collection of "Sultan" (300.12 crores) in just 6 days. ## At the overseas box office, "Pathaan" has grossed approx. 260 crores in 9 days, for a total worldwide cume of approx. 697 crores in as many days. It has topped 700 crores gross as I type this and becomes the 5th Bollywood and 9th Indian film to achieve the feat. By the end of the second weekend, "Pathaan" will become the 4th biggest Bollywood and 7th biggest Indian grosser of all time. ## If excluding China, "Pathaan" is already the second Biggest Bollywood grosser of all-time after "Dangal" and is likely to become the biggest by the end of the second weekend. ## Stay tuned...

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Blockbuster 'Pathaan' Becomes Highest-Grossing Indian Film At The UK Box Office
1238 days ago
Bollywood

Blockbuster 'Pathaan' Becomes Highest-Grossing Indian Film At The UK Box Office

London, February 3 - Superstar Shah Rukh Khan's blockbuster "Pathaan" has become the highest-grossing Indian film at the United Kingdom box office. The spy action thriller has beaten the previous record held by "Dhoom 3" for 10 years. ## Aamir Khan-fronted "Dhoom 3" grossed £2.71 million at the UK box office and was the biggest Indian movie there. Now, the Shah Rukh Khan-fronted blockbuster "Pathaan" has crossed that mark in just 9 days to become the new box office king in the country for an Indian film. It currently has grossed £2.8 million.## Salman Khan's "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" is the 3rd biggest Indian film in the UK with £2.66 million, followed by Shah Rukh Khan's "My Name is Khan" at number 4 with £2.62 million, and "Dangal" at 5 with £2.56 million.## The total overseas collection of "Pathaan" is close to $32 million after 9 days. It has become the highest-grossing Bollywood movie internationally, excluding China. At the worldwide box office, "Pathaan" has grossed approx. 700 crores in 9 days, and is expected to finish its run around 1000 crores.## Stay tuned...

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Thalapathy 67 Non-Theatrical Rights Get Sold In Whopping Price
1238 days ago
Kollywood

Thalapathy 67 Non-Theatrical Rights Get Sold In Whopping Price

Chennai, February 3 - Thalapathy Vijay's second collaboration with blockbuster director Lokesh Kanagaraj, "Thalapathy 67" is getting hot in the trade even though there is no release date set yet. T67's non-theatrical rights have already been sold and prices are believed to be the highest ever in Tamil cinema. ## Produced by Seven Screen Studio, "Thalapathy 67" is the most-hyped Tamil movie ever and there is genuine excitement among moviegoers for this film. Netflix, one of the leading OTT platforms, has bought the post-theatrical streaming rights of the movie, and if reports are to be believed, the streamer has paid a whopping price of 150 crores for the same. ## Thalapathy Vijay's latest blockbuster "Varisu" was sold in approx. 60 crores to Amazon Prime Video, and now, Netflix has paid 2.5X for the superstar's upcoming movie. Sun TV has bought the satellite rights of T67 for approx. 80 crores. The channel also has TV rights to "Varisu" which it bought in approx. 50 crores. ## Sony Music has been announced as the Music Partner of T67 and the price for the same is said to be approx. 16 crores. The non-theatrical rights of the movie are close to 250 crores. The theatrical biz is expected to be skyrocketed and it could be around 150-200 crores. ## T67 is said to be a part of director Lokesh's cinematic universe, which also included "Kaithi" and "Vikram". The makers will launch the title promo of the movie today (Feb. 3). It also stars Trisha Krishnan as the female lead along with Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Sarja, Priya Anand, and Gautham Menen, among others in key roles. ## Stay tuned...

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Sidharth Malhotra and Rashmika Mandanna's 'Mission Majnu' Garners 19+ Million Viewing Hours
1239 days ago
Bollywood

Sidharth Malhotra and Rashmika Mandanna's 'Mission Majnu' Garners 19+ Million Viewing Hours

Mumbai, February 2 - Actors Sidharth Malhotra and Rashmika Mandanna-fronted spy thriller "Mission Majnu" is proving to be a successful venture for Netflix which acquired the digital-to-streaming rights of it. ## Directed by Shantanu Bagchi, "Mission Majnu" was released on January 20 and debuted at number 2 on Netflix with 8.94 million viewing hours in the first three days. The movie remained in the top 5 for the second consecutive week with 10.34 million streaming hours (Jan. 23 - Jan. 29).## "Mission Majnu", produced by RSVP Movies and Guilty By Association Media LLP, has so far garnered 19.28 million viewing hours in the first 10 days, which is a good number for the direct-OTT release film. ## Starring Sidharth Malhotra as Amandeep Ajitpal Singh IPS (Aman)/Tariq Hussain, a RAW agent, the film takes place before and during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The movie got good reviews from critics and OTT audiences. ## Stay tuned...

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Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' Becomes Biggest Domestic Scorer In YRF's Spy Universe
1239 days ago
Bollywood

Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' Becomes Biggest Domestic Scorer In YRF's Spy Universe

Mumbai, February 2 - Superstar Shah Rukh Khan's "Pathaan" is showing no sign of fatigue as it is recording blockbuster collections at the box office. The Siddharth Anand's directed flick scored a mammoth opening weekend and carried that momentum into weekdays. ## Also starring John Abraham and Deepika Padukone, "Pathaan" has completed 8 days at the box office, scoring 348.50 crores net in all languages, including 336 crores net in the Hindi language alone. It has now become (as I type this) the biggest domestic scorer in Yash Raj Films' spy universe, beating Salman Khan's "Tiger Zinda Hai". ## "Tiger Zinda Hai" (2017), directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, has earned approx. 339 crores net in Hindi. "Pathaan" has crossed that mark in just 9 days, and it will cross the 350 crores mark by the end of the day. As far as the gross collection is concerned, "TZH" is still ahead with approx. 433 crores as "Pathaan" will be around 420 crores gross in 9 days.## Siddharth Anand's "War" (2019), starring Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff is the third biggest-grosser movie in the spy universe with approx. 303 crores net while Salman's "Ek Tha Tiger" (2012) scored approx. 199 crores. At the worldwide box office, "Pathaan" is miles ahead rest of the aforementioned films as the collection will be close to 700 crore gross in 9 days. "TZH" is the second biggest with 558 crores gross while "War" grossed 471 crores and "ETT" minted 320 crores gross worldwide. ## "Pathaan" is very much on track to become the first film in YRF's ambitious universe to gross 1000 crores worldwide or reach close to that mark. ## Stay tuned...

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Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt's 'Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani' Shifts Release Date
1239 days ago
Bollywood

Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt's 'Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani' Shifts Release Date

Mumbai, February 2 - Filmmaker Karan Johar's directorial comeback movie Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani won't be released in April 2023 as the makers have postponed the release by three months. ## Starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt in the leading roles, the romantic family drama was supposed to release on April 28, but will now be hitting theaters worldwide on July 28, 2023. It has also averted the clash with Mani Ratnam's "PS-2" which is releasing on April 28 in multiple languages. ## Dharma Productions took to Twitter to announce the new release date with the title poster. "Rocky aur Rani ke parivaar ho rahe hai taiyyaar, aur dekhiye yeh anokhi kahani of pyaar! Bringing back the magic, the love & larger-than-life entertainment - #RockyAurRaniKiPremKahani in cinemas, 28th July 2023!". ## Rocky aur Rani ke parivaar ho rahe hai taiyyaar, aur dekhiye yeh anokhi kahani of pyaar!Bringing back the magic, the love & larger-than-life entertainment - #RockyAurRaniKiPremKahani in cinemas, 28th July 2023!🍿#RRKPK pic.twitter.com/nC644FbIKe— Dharma Productions (@DharmaMovies) February 2, 2023 ## RRKPK was originally announced for February 10, 2023, release but due to the delay in post-production, the makers postponed the release to April 2023, before shifting it to July 28. It marks Karan Johar's first directorial since "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" (2016). ## The movie is produced by Dharma Productions in association with Viacom18 Studios. It also stars Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, and Shabana Azmi, among others in prominent roles. ## Stay tuned...

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Prabhas's 'Project K' With Nag Ashwin To Be Released In Two Parts
1240 days ago
Tollywood

Prabhas's 'Project K' With Nag Ashwin To Be Released In Two Parts

Hyderabad, February 1 - Superstar Prabhas's sci-fi film, tentatively titled "Project K" with director Nag Ashwin is going the "Baahubali" way.## The highest-anticipated film has been in production for a long time now. Also starring Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, and Disha Patani, the movie was supposed to release in 2022 but due to the delay in production, the maker postponed the release until officially announced. ## "Project K" is set in a futuristic world with never before seen visuals around the possibility of a 3rd World War. It is kind of the film that hasn't been touched before in Indian cinema and thus, makers are taking extra care in the making and coming up with the rock-solid output. ## According to Pinkvilla, it has now been revealed that "Project K" will be released in two parts, just like "Baahubali" which is one of the most loved Indian films of all time. The shoot for the first part of "Project K" is said to be wrapped up and filming for the second part is currently going on at a brisk pace. ## "The vision and plot point of Project K is so big that the makers have decided to make it a 2-part film. While the first part will establish the world and conflict of this magnum opus, the entire drama will unfold in the second half, much like what happened in the Bahubali Franchise. Project K is envisioned as the biggest film of Indian Cinema with a conflict like never before", Pinkvilla reports quoting a source close to the development. ## The first part of the film is expected to release in April 2024. It is already in the post-production stage with VFX artists working on the footage. The second part will also be completed before the release of the first part as makers are eyeing to release both parts in a short interval of less than a year.## The movie is produced by Vyjayanthi Movies and it is the biggest movie ever for the studio. ## Stay tuned...

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Thalapathy 67: Entire Primary Starcast Locked For Thalapathy Vijay's Next With Lokesh Kanagaraj
1240 days ago
Kollywood

Thalapathy 67: Entire Primary Starcast Locked For Thalapathy Vijay's Next With Lokesh Kanagaraj

Chennai, February 1 - Thalapathy Vijay's second collaboration with director Lokesh Kanagaraj has roped in a superlative star cast. Tentatively titled "Thalapathy 67", it is easily the most hyped Kollywood movie of the year and it gets bigger with some of the highly talented actors coming on board it. ## Seven Screen Studio, the production house of the film, has been announcing the cast since yesterday and the makers have locked in primary characters. While Thalapathy Vijay plays the lead role, Sanjay Dutt was the first to announce to play one of the prominent roles. ## Sanjay Dutt marks his Tamil debut with "Thalapathy 67" and also his first association with Vijay and Kanagaraj. "When I heard the one-liner of Thalapathy 67, I knew in that exact moment I had to be a part of this film and I'm thrilled to start this journey", Dutt said. ## The second actor to announce is Priya Anand who plays one of the female leads. Dance choreographer Sandy also joins the cast along with Mysskin, Mansoor Ali Khan, and Mathew Thomas. Gautham Menon, one of the top names in South Indian cinema, is also a part of the ensemble, and so is action king Arjun Sarja. ## The last one to confirm onboard is the leading lady of the film Tisha Krishan who reunites with Thalapathy Vijay after 14 years. Vijay and Trisha are one of the most loved on-screen pairs in South Indian cinema and they are finally teaming up for what could be the biggest film in Tamil cinema history. ## There are rumors that one of the top Tamil actors, Vikram will also be a part of the film, however, the makers haven't confirmed his participation yet. ## Produced by S. S. Lalit Kumar and Jagadish Palanisamy under the banner of Seven Screen Studio, "Thalapathy 67" was officially announced yesterday, January 30. The filming, however, has already started on January 2, 2023, and is going on at a brisk pace. The film's music is composed by Anirudh Ravichander, with cinematography handled by Manoj Paramahamsa, editing by Philomin Raj, and production design supervised by N. Sathees Kumar.## Stay tuned...

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Producer Siddharth Anand Gives Update On Tiger Shroff's 'Rambo' Remake
1240 days ago
Bollywood

Producer Siddharth Anand Gives Update On Tiger Shroff's 'Rambo' Remake

Mumbai, February 1 - Director Siddharth Anand, fresh from the historic blockbuster "Pathaan", has resumed the filming of "Fighter" starring Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone. The aerial action thriller is scheduled to release on January 25, 2024, exactly one year after "Pathaan". ## Siddharth Anand is also the producer of "Fighter" with Viacom18 Studios distributing this highly-anticipated film. The filmmaker currently has no other film as far as the direction is concerned, however, he has the Hindi remake rights to the Hollywood actioner "Rambo". ## The filmmaker bought the remake rights from Millennium Films and announced the film many moons back with Tiger Shroff playing the titular role. The movie, however, couldn't take off due to the delay in pre-production and the covid-19 pandemic. ## During an interview with Deadline, the "Bang Bang" director revealed that pre-production on "Rambo" is going at a brisk pace and the shoot for the same will start at the end of this year after Tiger Shroff wraps up his current commitments. The movie will be mounted on a big budget and scale. ## Tiger is currently shooting for Ali Abbas Zafar's "Bade Miyan Chote Miyan", co-starring Akshay Kumar. It is slated for Christmas 2023 release. The "War" actor also has "Ganapath" ready to release and is in discussion for a few other films. ## Stay tuned...

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Director Siddharth Anand Teases The Future of YRF's Spy Universe
1240 days ago
Bollywood

Director Siddharth Anand Teases The Future of YRF's Spy Universe

Mumbai, February 1 - Director Siddharth Anand is on cloud nine after delivering the biggest blockbuster of his career, "Pathaan", starring India's biggest superstar Shah Rukh Khan. The movie has become a runway blockbuster with a worldwide gross collection of close to 650 crores in just 7 days. ## "Pathaan", also starring John Abraham and Deepika Padukone is part of Yash Raj Films' ambitious spy universe, which also included Salman Khan's "Tiger" franchise and "War" starring Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff. Siddharth Anand is the creator of "War" and "Pathaan". ## The next film in the spy universe is Salman Khan's "Tiger 3", which is slated for Diwali 2023 release. Maneesh Sharma's directorial will also have a cameo of SRK as Pathaan, much like Salman's Tiger in the latest blockbuster. There hasn't been any other film announced yet in spy universe after "Tiger 3", but Anand teases there might be some spin-offs as well as sequels next. ## "There's a plethora of possibilities out there that we can do in terms of overlaps, creation of new characters and spin-offs", Anand said. "I'm sure Adi [Chopra] has some plans. And in time, he'll unveil them". ## The blockbuster filmmaker recently hinted at the sequel to "Pathaan" and "War" during the media interaction after "Pathaan's" historic blockbuster. Siddharth is currently busy with "Fighter" with Hrithik and Deepika. He is also in discussion with Prabhas which might start next year. ## Stay tuned...

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