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: Allu Arjun's Maiden Pan-India Film 'Pushpa - The Rise' Strikes Gold In Hindi
1648 days ago
Tollywood

Box Office: Allu Arjun's Maiden Pan-India Film 'Pushpa - The Rise' Strikes Gold In Hindi

Mumbai, December 18 - Allu Arjun's maiden Pan-India film, "Pushpa - The Rise" found a large appreciation among the Hindi audience. Against all odds, the Sukumar-directed opened to a very nice Rs. 3 crores net in Hindi on the first day (Friday). ## The opening day's Hindi collection speaks about the fan-following of Allu Arjun among the Hindi audience. The box office numbers become even larger knowing the fact that it had a limited release in North, plus, it was up against a monster like "Spider-Man: No Way Home", which grabbed most of the multiplex screens. That's not all, the makers hardly promote the film in Hindi. ## "Pushpa - The Rise" takes a bigger start than most of the Bollywood films, released during the covid-19 pandemic. More importantly, the action thriller has become the second biggest Pan-India launch of a South Indian actor in the Hindi dubbed version. Prabhas' maiden Pan-India film, "Baahubali - The Beginning", netted Rs. 5.15 crores on the first day while Kannada superstar Yash's "KGF" took the opening of Rs. 2.10 crores. ## Produced by Mythri Movie Makers, and Muttamsetty Media, "Pushpa - The Rise" overall takes the biggest opening in India during the pandemic, grossing over Rs. 50 crores in all languages. Also starring Rashmika Mandanna as the female lead among others, the movie largely opened to positive responses from every corner of the country. ## Stay tuned...

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Raashii Khanna, Disha Patani Join Sidharth Malhotra For Ariel Actioner 'Yodha'
1648 days ago
Bollywood

Raashii Khanna, Disha Patani Join Sidharth Malhotra For Ariel Actioner 'Yodha'

Mumbai, December 18 - Man in form, actor Sidharth Malhotra was recently announced to lead filmmaker Karan Johar's first-ever action franchise film "Yodha" under his Dharma Productions. The ariel action thriller is being directed by Sagar Ambre & Pushkar Ojha, who earlier worked as assistant directors on "War", "Kick", among others. ## There were some reports claiming that South sensation, Raashii Khanna, and Disha Patani would be playing the female lead roles, and now, confirming the same, the makers have officially brought both actresses on board. "Yodha" will be Raashii Khanna's second Hindi film after "Madras Cafe" (2013).## "Bringing her exquisite charm and innocence to the screens, welcoming Raashii Khanna to the #Yodha family! Ready for take off, landing to your hearts on 11th November, 2022", tweeted Dharma Productions. ## Bringing her exquisite charm and innocence to the screens, welcoming Raashii Khanna to the #Yodha family! Ready for take off, landing to your hearts on 11th November, 2022.________________@karanjohar @apoorvamehta18 #ShashankKhaitan @SidMalhotra @DishPatani @RaashiiKhanna_ pic.twitter.com/ggZSx0jiqu— Dharma Productions (@DharmaMovies) December 18, 2021 ## Announcing Disha Patani on board, the Studio said, "Here to cause much turbulence in many hearts - Disha Patani joins the #Yodha family! Landing in theatres near you on 11th November, 2022". ## Here to cause much turbulence in many hearts - Disha Patani joins the #Yodha family!Landing in theatres near you on 11th November, 2022.________________@karanjohar @apoorvamehta18 #ShashankKhaitan @SidMalhotra @DishPatani #SagarAmbre #PushkarOjha pic.twitter.com/YyIXOwlu3w— Dharma Productions (@DharmaMovies) December 18, 2021 ## "Yodha" is based on a plane hijack. Interestingly, it is the same film that was supposed to star Shahid Kapoor alongside Disha Patani. However, due to some issues, Shahid backed out of the project, making way for Malhotra, who is basking on the blockbuster success of "Sherhshaah".## The movie will be produced by Hiroo Johar, Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, and Shashank Khaitan. It will release on 11 November 2022 in theaters worldwide. ## Stay tuned...

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Spider-Man: No Way Home Shatters Records With 3rd Biggest All-Time North America Box Office Launch
1648 days ago
Hollywood

Spider-Man: No Way Home Shatters Records With 3rd Biggest All-Time North America Box Office Launch

Los Angeles, December 17 - "Spider-Man: No Way Home" shattered records at the domestic (North America) box office, launching to a colossal $50 million from Thursday pre-shows. This is the 3rd biggest preview launch ever for a Hollywood movie at the domestic BO, behind only "Avengers Endgame" ($60M), and Star Wars - The Force Awakens ($57M). ## For a film released during the covid-19 pandemic, the Tom Holland-fronted beats the previous biggest domestic preview grosser, "Black Widow" ($13.2M) by a long margin. The opening weekend of "No Way Home" is currently heading for a legendary $200M-$225M, as per the local trades.## According to trade expert Gitesh Pandya, 10% of "Spider-Man: No Way Home" Thursday gross in North America came from IMAX screens - $5.1M. Overseas for IMAX, it was the number 1 opening day box office all-time in Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Panama, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Greece & Egypt. And 2nd all-time in India.## The Hollywood box office is continuously rising with each passing film, despite the rise in covid cases and the emergence of a new and troubling Omicron variant. If projections hold, "No Way Home" will be the first pandemic-era movie to cross $100 million in a single weekend in North America. Only one other film, Sony's comic book sequel "Venom: Let There Be Carnage", has come close to hitting that benchmark, with initial revenues at a still-impressive $90 million domestically.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Allu Arjun's 'Pushpa - The Rise' Set For The Biggest Opening During Covid-19 Pandemic
1648 days ago
Tollywood

Box Office: Allu Arjun's 'Pushpa - The Rise' Set For The Biggest Opening During Covid-19 Pandemic

Hyderabad, December 17 - Telugu superstar Allu Arjun's first Pan-India release, "Pushpa - The Rise" is all set to become the biggest box office grosser during the covid-19 pandemic in India. Released over 3000 screens, "Pushpa" netted an estimated Rs. 55 crore gross on the first day (Friday) for all languages. ## Directed by Sukumar, "Pushpa - The Rise" crossed Pawan Kalyan's Telugu hit "Vakeel Saab's" Rs. 46.50 crores. It also becomes the first Indian film to gross over Rs. 50 crores during the health crisis on the first day. Though the large share of 1st day's collection came through the Telugu version, the Hindi and Tamil versions contributed an estimated Rs. 5-7 crore gross. The Kannada and Malayalam versions couldn't release due to some issues. ## "Pushpa - The Rise", for the Hindi version, grossed an estimated Rs. 2.40 crores despite the limited release due to the "Spider-Man: No Way Home" and other Hindi releases. As compared to the other Hindi dubbed releases, "Pushpa" currently stands (according to early estimates) at number three after "Baahubali - The Beginning" (6.50 crores), and "KGF" (2.65 crores). ## Produced by Mythri Movie Makers, and Muttamsetty Media, "Pushpa - The Rise" was one of the biggest releases of the year in India, and it totally lived up to the expectations. The movie opened to rave reviews from every part of the country with appreciation towards Allu Arjun's performance. ## "Pushpa" is a two-part release and the 2nd part, titled "Pushpa - The Rule", will release in summer 2022. It stars Rashmika Mandanna as the female lead alongside Fahadh Faasil (in Telugu debut), Dhananjay, Rao Ramesh, Sunil Varma, and Anasuya Bharadwaj in prominent roles. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Stands Rock Solid On First Friday
1648 days ago
Hollywood

Box Office: 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Stands Rock Solid On First Friday

Mumbai, December 17 - Tom Holland's "Spider-Man: No Way Home" has had the second-biggest opening in India during the covid-19 pandemic era, netted a massive Rs. 32.67 crores ($4.30M) on Thursday (December 16). Despite being a working day, the superhero movie was all over from East to West, North to South, registering the biggest ever day 1 for Sony Pictures in India. ## The Jon Watts-directed released against no significant challenge at the box office. With the release of Allu Arjun's keenly awaited "Pushpa - The Rise" on Friday, "No Way Home" faced tough competition, especially in the South. However, despite the "Pushpa - The Rise" juggernaut, the Marvel/Sony/Columbia movie remained rock solid on the first Friday, grossing an estimated Rs. 20.50 crores ($2.70M), for a 2-day estimated total of Rs. 53.17 crore ($8.88M). ## The 3rd and last film in MCU's Home Coming trilogy, "No Way Home" is heading towards a legendary 4-day opening weekend total of Rs. 110 crores ($14.46M) gross. That will put "Spider-Man: No Way Home" to the first positive in India during the pandemic, and is likely to remain on that positive by the end of 2021. ## Meanwhile, at the global box office, "No Way Home" is equally strong. It had the strongest start in Korea since "Avengers: Endgame's" $8.2M, grossing $5.3M on Wednesday (Dec. 15). Among the other territories, it opened to the best Wednesday launch ever in the UK with $10.1M. In Mexico, where it also debuted on Wednesday, "No Way Home" grossed a mighty $9M, topping "Avengers: Endgame", for the biggest-ever opening day in the market.## "No Way Home" stars an ensemble cast including Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man alongside Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Marisa Tomei, J. B. Smoove, Benedict Wong, Jamie Foxx, Alfred Molina, Willem Dafoe, Thomas Haden Church, and Rhys Ifans, among others.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Marvel's 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Explodes To A Massive Opening Day In India
1649 days ago
Hollywood

Box Office: Marvel's 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Explodes To A Massive Opening Day In India

Mumbai, December 16 - Marvel Studios once again proved why it is such a huge movie brand in India. The studio's latest superhero movie in association with Sony/Colombia Pictures, "Spider-Man: No Way Home" is off to a thundering an estimated Rs. 40.00 crores gross on an opening day in India across languages.## Released on a non-holiday (Thursday), the Tom Holland-fronted scored the 3rd biggest box office total in India since the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic, only behind Telugu movie "Vakeel Saab" (Rs. 46.50 cr.), and Tamil blockbuster "Master" (Rs. 40.40 cr). It may cross Master day 1 when the final number comes and take the second spot. ## The large share of the opening day's collection came through the English version, followed by Hindi. In Hindi, "No Way Home" scored in the range of Rs. 7-8 crores, making it the second-best opening after Akshay Kumar's blockbuster "Sooryavanshi's" Rs. 26.29 crores net, in 2021. ## Among the Hollywood movies in India, the Jon Watts-directed falls at the second rank, only after Marvel's own flick, "Avengers: Endgame" (2019), which opened to a massive Rs. 53.60 crores net over 2845 screens. "No Way Home", however, has had the widest release ever for a Hollywood movie in India, releasing over 3264+ screens. "Avengers: Infinity War" (2018), which was released on 2000+ screens, had netted Rs. 31.30 crores on the first day. ## Despite the all-time high ticket rates across multiplex chains, "No Way Home" saw a large number of Indians stepping into theaters. The 3rd MCU Spider-Man movie opened to a highly positive response worldwide, and India was no different. ## Stay tuned...

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'Pushpa - The Rise' Overtakes 'Vakeel Saab' To Become Top-Grossing Telugu Movie Of 2021 In Advance Sales In Hyderabad
1649 days ago
Tollywood

'Pushpa - The Rise' Overtakes 'Vakeel Saab' To Become Top-Grossing Telugu Movie Of 2021 In Advance Sales In Hyderabad

Hyderabad, December 16 - Icon Star Allu Arjun's "Pushpa - The Rise" nicely poised to take one of the biggest openings at the India box office. The advance booking for this action thriller, which is slated for December 17 release, is going at a brisk pace and has already crossed Rs. 14 crores for the first day. ## Directed by Sukumar, "Pushpa - The Rise" has become the top-grossing Telugu movie in advance sales of 2021min Telugu's biggest market, Hyderabad. It has so far grossed Rs. 5.34 crores in advance sales and overtakes Pawan Kalyan's "Vakeel Saab", which had generated Rs. 5.08 crores in Hyderabad. The Allu Arjun-fronted could easily cross Rs. 7 crores in advance booking as there are still some hours left before the movie officially arrives in theaters. ## It will be released in five languages, including Hindi. Allu Arjun recently revealed that "Pushpa" was the most challenging film for him to shoot and he has put in a lot of hard work. The trailer of the film was very well received by the audience, and there is a positive buzz around this film. ## "Pushpa" will be a two-part release, produced by Mythri Movie Makers, and Muttamsetty Media. It stars Rashmika Mandanna as the female lead alongside Fahadh Faasil (in his Telugu debut), Dhananjay, Sunil, Anasuya Bharadwaj, among others in key roles. ## Check out top highest-grossing Telugu films of 2021 in advance booking - ## 1. Pushpa - The Rise - Rs. 5.34 Cr.**## 2. Vakeel Saab - Rs. 5.08 Cr.## 3. Akhanda - Rs. 2.17 Cr.## 4. Love Story - Rs. 2.05 Cr.## 5. Jathi Ratnalu - Rs. 1.76 Cr.## Stay tuned...

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Thalapathy Vijay's Next With 'Master' Director Lokesh Kanagaraj To Roll Out By End of 2022
1650 days ago
Kollywood

Thalapathy Vijay's Next With 'Master' Director Lokesh Kanagaraj To Roll Out By End of 2022

Chennai, December 16 - Thalapathy Vijay, who scored a box office blockbuster in the form of "Master" with director Lokesh Kanagaraj, will be reuniting with the filmmaker of his next, tentatively titled #Thalapathy67. ## The Tamil superstar recently completed the shoot of "Beast" under the direction of Nelson Dilipkumar for Sun Pictures' production. The movie is currently in the pre-production stage and will be released in summer 2022. Pooja Hegde plays the female lead opposite Vijay in this action thriller. ## Meanwhile, before Lokesh Kanahraj's next, Vijay will be teaming up with Maharshi director Vamshi Paidipally for Tamil-Telugu bilingual movie. The makers recently made the announcement of the film that will be produced by Dil Raju. The rest of the cast and crew will be announced soon. ## Interestingly, Vijay is one of the actors who only finalizes his next film after completing the current one. However, for a change, he has confirmed his next two films. Though his film with Lokesh is yet to be announced officially, it is said the movie will start rolling out by November 2022, once Vijay wraps up Vamshi's film. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Global Roll Out Opens To A Dominating Note
1650 days ago
Hollywood

Box Office: 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Global Roll Out Opens To A Dominating Note

Mumbai, December 16 - Tom Holland's "Spider-Man: No Way Home" has begun its box office journey to a dominating note. Eyeing to end the current year as the top-grossing film at the worldwide box office, "No Way Home" debuted on December 15 in some of the international markets ahead of domestic (North America) release on December 17. ## The Marvel/Sony/Colombia pic, directed by Jon Watts, has had the strongest start in Korea since "Avengers: Endgame's" $8.2M, grossing $5.3M on Wednesday (Dec. 15). It beat Disney's "Frozen 2's" $4.2M and dominated an impressive 96.9% of the total market share over there on an opening day. The opening day's footfalls were approx. 636K there, which is the biggest for a Spider-Man movie, 11% over as compared to 2019's pre-pandemic Spider-Man: Far From Home. ## The movie scored the best Wednesday launch ever in the UK with £7.63M ($10.1M). That debut topped the $6.6M first day of James Bond's "No Time To Die" which bowed on September 30. In Mexico, where it also debuted on Wednesday, "No Way Home" grossed a mighty $9M, topping "Avengers: Endgame", for the biggest-ever opening day in the market.## In Russia, the movie opened to $3.6M on an opening day, followed by $3.3M in Italy. In France, it widely outscored other titles during the first Paris screenings. Meanwhile, the superhero movie has a blockbuster debut in India on December 16 (Thursday), grossing an estimated Rs. 38.50 crores ($5.05M) on the first day.## Stay tuned...

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Spider-Man: No Way Home Gets The Widest Release Ever For A Hollywood Movie In India
1650 days ago
Hollywood

Spider-Man: No Way Home Gets The Widest Release Ever For A Hollywood Movie In India

Mumbai, December 16 - Tom Holland's "Spider-Man: No Way Home" has taken the worldwide box office by storm. In India, the superhero movie has been poised to take the biggest start during the covid-19 pandemic, and it is currently tracing to earn over Rs. 35 crores on an opening day, Thursday, December 16.## The Marvel/Sony/Colombia film released over 3264 screens in India across 4 languages. It is the widest ever release for a Hollywood movie in the country, surpassing Marvel Studios' own film "Avengers: Endgame" (2019), which was released on 2845 screens. That's not all, with highly positive response all-around, more screens for "Spider-Man: No Way Home" are being added across multiplex chains. ## Directed by John Watts, "Spider-Man: No Way Home" grossed Rs. 22.50 crores as advance booking sales for the first day, which is the biggest since "Endgame". There was a surreal craze for this film in India and it has totally justified the hype around it. ## The 3rd and last film in the Home Coming trilogy, "No Way Home" is currently tracing to earn over $350 million worldwide in the opening weekend, including $200 million (+/-) at the domestic box office (North America) alone. It is also set for the biggest opening and most likely to become the first $1 billion grosser at the worldwide box office during the health crisis. ## "No Way Home" stars an ensemble cast including Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man alongside Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Marisa Tomei, J. B. Smoove, Benedict Wong, Jamie Foxx, Alfred Molina, Willem Dafoe, Thomas Haden Church, and Rhys Ifans, among others.## Stay tuned...

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A Sequel To Nushrratt Bharuccha's Critically Acclaimed 'Chhorii' Announced
1650 days ago
Bollywood

A Sequel To Nushrratt Bharuccha's Critically Acclaimed 'Chhorii' Announced

Mumbai, December 16 - Bhushan Kumar's T-Series in association with Abundantia Entertainment, Crypt TV, and A Pshych Film has announced the sequel to the critically acclaimed horror-thriller film "Chhorii", starring Nushrratt Bharuccha in the lead role. ## Based on Marathi hit film film "Lapachhapi" (2017), the Hindi version received wide appreciation from critics and audiences alike, especially to Nushrratt Bharuccha who stole the show as a pregnant woman. Vishal Furia will be returning to helm the sequel. He has also written the script with Vishal Kapoor. ## Fear will return with #Chhorii2.It is amazing to team up once again with @Abundantia_Ent @Psychscares @CryptTv to take the Chhorii franchise forward.@Nushrratt @FuriaVishal @Vikramix @ShikhaaSharma03 @NotJackDavis pic.twitter.com/Q2J63oyZu9— T-Series (@TSeries) December 16, 2021 ## The shoot of "Chhorii 2" will commence sometime in the next year and it will be released in 2023. However, it is not yet confirmed whether it will be a theatrical release or a direct-to-digital release on Amazon Prime Video. It will be produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Vikram Malhotra, Jack Davis, Shikhaa Sharma, and Shiv Chanana.## Stay tuned...

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Ishaan Khatter, Mrunal Thakur's War Drama 'Pippa' To Debut In Theaters In December 2022
1650 days ago
Bollywood

Ishaan Khatter, Mrunal Thakur's War Drama 'Pippa' To Debut In Theaters In December 2022

Mumbai, December 16 - Ishaan Khatter-fronted war drama film, "Pippa" is all set to debut in theaters on December 9, 2022, the makers announced on Thursday. Directed by "Airlift" fame Raja Krishna Menon, the movie features Mrunal Thakur as the female lead alongside Priyanshu Painyuli and Soni Razdan in prominent roles.## Bankrolled by Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur, "Pippa" is billed as a heroic tank battle film that underscores the bravery of Brigadier Balram Singh Mehta (Khatter), a veteran of the 45th Cavalry tank squadron, who, along with his siblings, fought on the eastern front during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.## The release date was announced on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1971 Indo-Pak war on Thursday (December 16). "On the 50th anniversary of #VijayDiwas, we salute the bravery of the Indian soldiers who fought to liberate Bangladesh #1971 #PIPPA releasing in cinemas on 9th Dec 2022", wrote RSVP Movies on Twitter.## On the 50th anniversary of #VijayDiwas, we salute the bravery of the Indian soldiers who fought to liberate Bangladesh #1971#PIPPA releasing in cinemas on 9th Dec 2022#IshaanKhatter @RajaMenon @priyanshu29 @mrunal0801 @Soni_Razdan @RonnieScrewvala #SiddharthRoyKapur @arrahman pic.twitter.com/Lw5SX4mO2Y— RSVP (@RSVPMovies) December 16, 2021 ## The film is based on Brigadier Mehta's book "The Burning Chaffees" while the title of the film is taken from the Russian amphibious war tank called the PT-76, popularly known as "Pippa". The shoot of the film is currently underway across Amritsar, West Bengal, Ahmednagar, and Mumbai.## Stay tuned...

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