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Box Office: Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan's '72 Hoorain' Scores A Low Opening Weekend Bollywood
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Box Office: Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan's '72 Hoorain' Scores A Low Opening Weekend

Mumbai, July 10 - National-award winning filmmaker Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan's latest film "72 Hoorain" has had a low opening weekend at the box office as the movie could score approx. 1.25 crores net in three days. ## Starring Pavan Malhotra and Ameer Bashir in lead roles, "72 Hoorain" was hit by controversy even before its release as a section accused the makers of hurting religious sentiments through the movie. CBFC granted the movie 'A' certificate. ## Unlike "The Kerala Story", this kind of controversy failed to hype up "72 Hoorain" as the movie almost went unnoticed at the box office in the opening weekend. It took a low start and netted just 35 lacs, before scoring approx. 45 lacs each on Saturday and Sunday. ## Produced by Gulab Singh Tanwar, Ashoke Pandit, Kiran Dagar, and Anirudh Tanwar, the movie is unlikely to make a miraculous turnaround going forward as word of mouth is almost negligible due to extremely low footfalls in the first three days.## Stay tuned...

FWICE Felicitate Rohit Shetty And Celebrate Sooryavanshi Success At A Special Function Bollywood
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FWICE Felicitate Rohit Shetty And Celebrate Sooryavanshi Success At A Special Function

Mumbai, November 13 - The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) has expressed its gratitude towards filmmaker Rohit Shetty for helping the cine workers during the covid-19 crisis and also celebrated the blockbuster success of Shetty's "Sooryavanshi" at a special function in Mumbai on Friday (November 12). ## BN Tiwari, president of FWICE said, "Rohit was the first one to come out and donate money for the technicians and workers of the film industry. It was only after that, the others came forward to help the workers, whose bank account balance became decent enough to allow them to survive these tough times".## Rohit Shetty said that he was one of the cine workers and added, "We have worked together and will continue to work together in the future". Rohit was on a first-name basis with all junior artists, dancers, and technicians, who were present at the celebration and felicitation function.## Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit who moderated the felicitation function praised Shetty for waiting so long to release his "Sooryavanshi" in theaters, which was supposed to release in March 2020, before the covid-19 trapped the entire nation. "Rohit's Sooryavanshi has chased Corona away. It is obvious from the crowds of audiences that have come out and watched his film, after nearly two years", said Pandit.## "It is Rohit's conviction, patience, and talent that has paid off and 'Sooryavanshi' has crossed the Rs 150 crore mark. The success of his film has brought smiles to the worker's faces, as there is hope for them that we will surely be back to the old days very soon", he added. ## Actor Anupam Kher, who was invited to felicitate Rohit Shetty, said, "Rohit Shetty's name has gone down in the history of cinema, but as a good human being and it will take a while for someone else to go beyond what he has done". Kher who is known to be witty added, "Next time, it may be my chance to be felicitated because I am getting a feeling that I may be part of Rohit's next film".## The veteran actor also took to social media and shared a slow-motion video with Shetty and wrote, "It was wonderful to felicitate the one & only #RohitShetty on behalf of the workers & various associations of our film industry for the success of #Sooryavanshi. How could I not make a slow mo video with the king of entertainment. Thank you @ashokepandit for the opportunity!".## It was wonderful to felicitate the one & only #RohitShetty on behalf of the workers & various associations of our film industry for the success of #Sooryavanshi. How could I not make a slow mo video with the king of entertainment. Thank you @ashokepandit for the opportunity!🙏🌺 pic.twitter.com/NJQO87coxT— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) November 12, 2021 ## "Sooryavanshi", which stars Akshay Kumar in the title role along with Ajay Devgn, Ranveer Singh, and Katrina Kaif, was released on November 5 and took a great start at the box office. It earned a massive Rs. 120 crores in the opening week and looking strong to reach the 200 crores mark. ## Stay tuned...

Filmmaker & IFDTA President, Ashoke Pandit Demands FIR Against Swara Bhaskar For Inciting Communal Violence Bollywood
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Filmmaker & IFDTA President, Ashoke Pandit Demands FIR Against Swara Bhaskar For Inciting Communal Violence

Mumbai, June 16, 2021: Filmmaker and the president of the Indian Film & Television Directors' Association (IFTDA) on Wednesday (June 16) took to social media and demanded an FIR against Bollywood actress, Swara Bhaskar for "inciting communal violence". ## Ashoke Pandit's reaction came after Swara's tweeted on a viral video in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, in which a man was thrashed and his beard was chopped off. "RW & Sanghis vomiting on my timeline 'coz Ghaziabad police named 3 Muslims. Jackasses the prime accused is literally a Pravesh Gujjar. The man is on camera forcing the old man to chant #JaiShriRam Yes it is a desecration of my God and my religion and I’m ashamed.. as shud you be", Swara tweeted. ## However, according to the Ghaziabad police, there is no communal angle in the incident. The FIR, registered against the accused, informed that Ghaziabad police have arrested the three accused who had trashed the elderly victim. ## Ghaziabad Police on Tuesday also filed FIR against nine entities, who without checking the fact, started giving communal colour to the incident on Twitter and caught spreading messages to disrupt the peace and bring differences between the religious communities. Among the nine entities - Twitter and Twitter Communications India Pvt are also included, who did nothing to prevent the video from getting viral. ## After knowing the truth, Ashoke Pandit lashed out at Swara and asked Ghaziabad police to file an FIR against the "Rasbhari" actress as well. "..@ghaziabadpolice An FIR should be filed against this urban naxal #SwaraBhasker also who is a compulsive liar and an expert in inciting communal violence", Pandit said in a tweet. ## ..@ghaziabadpolice An FIR should be filed against this urban naxal #SwaraBhasker also who is a compulsive liar and an expert in inciting communal violence. pic.twitter.com/TU99CgVqoa— Ashoke Pandit (@ashokepandit) June 16, 2021 ## Stay tuned...