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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Chiranjeevi And Salman Khan Felicitate Kamal Haasan For Spectacular Success of 'Vikram'
1459 days ago
Kollywood

Chiranjeevi And Salman Khan Felicitate Kamal Haasan For Spectacular Success of 'Vikram'

Hyderabad, June 12 - It has been a surreal last week for legendary actor, and producer Kamal Haasan, thanks to the mega-blockbuster success of his action thriller film "Vikram". The word-of-mouth sensation will be crossing the 300 crores gross mark today (June 12), reaching the milestone in just 10 days. It is already the biggest Tamil blockbuster of 2022 and is on its way to becoming the second biggest of all time. ## Kamal Haasan and director Lokesh were in Hyderabad yesterday (June 11) where they participate in the success meet of the film. After the event, the duo visited megastar Chiranjeevi where they were felicitated by Telugu superstar Salman Khan, who is currently in Hyderabad for the shooting of his film "Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali". ## Chiranjeevi took to Twitter and shared pictures. "Absolute joy, celebrating & honouring my dearest old friend @ikamalhaasan for the spectacular success of #Vikram along with my dearest Sallu Bhai @BeingSalmanKhan @Dir_Lokesh & team at my home last night. What an intense & thrilling film it is!! Kudos My friend!! More Power to you!", Chiranjeevi wrote. ## Absolute joy,celebrating & honouring my dearest old friend @ikamalhaasan for the spectacular success of #Vikram along with my dearest Sallu Bhai @BeingSalmanKhan @Dir_Lokesh & team at my home last night.What an intense & thrilling film it is!!Kudos My friend!! More Power to you! pic.twitter.com/0ovPFK20r4— Chiranjeevi Konidela (@KChiruTweets) June 12, 2022 ## On the work front, Chiranjeevi and Salman Khan will be seen sharing screen space for the first time in the upcoming Telugu movie "Godfather", which is the remake of Malayalam blockbuster "Lucifer". Salman marks his Telugu debut with this movie. ## Stay tuned...

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Rashmika Mandanna Opens Up On Her Role In Thalapathy 66
1460 days ago
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Rashmika Mandanna Opens Up On Her Role In Thalapathy 66

Chennai, June 11 - Kannada beauty Rashmika Mandanna has truly come a long way in just a short span of her career. She is currently one of the busiest actresses in the country who has been working across different languages.## Rashmika is also a part of Thalapathy Vijay's upcoming Tamil-Telugu bilingual movie, tentatively titled "Thalapathy 66". The "Pushpa" actress is playing the female lead opposite Thalapathy and this has always been her dream to act with the superstar. ## The 26-year-old actress, during a recent interview with Filmfare, opened up about her role in the movie and said, "The character I am playing in the film is fiercely headstrong. She is someone who stands up for herself and is supportive and protective of her people". She added that Thalapathy 66 is a film for families, which she always wanted to do".## Rashmika has always been a huge fan of Thalapathy Vijay. When the movie was officially launched, Rashmika was caught on camera adoring the superstar. ## When asked whether she is really a big fan of "Master" actor, she said, "Recently, I went to my best friend's wedding and I was surrounded by the girl who I've known literally since I was 12 and all we were talking about was how we'd get our dads to get us Vijay Sir's film CDs and how we'd all watch and dance watching him and things... so I've always, always adored Sir and finally getting to work with Sir makes me very happy". ## Thalapathy 66 is being directed by Vamshi Paidipally and produced by Dil Raju. The movie is scheduled to release on Pongal 2023 in Tamil and Telugu. ## Stay tuned...

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Director Lokesh Kanagaraj To Explore Dilli's Background Story In Kaithi 2
1461 days ago
Kollywood

Director Lokesh Kanagaraj To Explore Dilli's Background Story In Kaithi 2

Chennai, June 10 - Director Lokesh Kanagaraj is in the top form as he has delivered another blockbuster in the form of "Vikram", fronted by Kamal Haasan. Lokesh has directed only 4 films till now and all of them have been huge box office hits. ## Meanwhile, the talented filmmaker is creating his own cinematic universe and "Vikram" is the second film in that. It continues from Karthi's "Kaithi" which made Lokesh an overnight sensation. The director is now working on the sequel to 2019's film and it will be his next film in his unofficial LCU (Lokesh Cinematic Universe). ## During the recent Twitter session with fans, director Lokesh gave hints about Arjun Das's character, and now, he has revealed basic plot details of the movie. "Kaithi 2" will mainly focus on Karthi's character 'Dilli' and will showcase his background story. ## Lokesh Kanagaraj, during the success meet of "Vikram", revealed that Dilli is a Kabbadi player and won many cups while he was in jail. In the original movie, Dilli carried a bag with him and Lokesh revealed that there were cups in his bags which he won while playing Kabbadi in jail. As he didn't explore the aforementioned things in the first part, he will mainly focus on Dilli's background story and Kabbadi. ## There is no shooting timeline set yet for "Kaithi 2". Lokesh will next focus on Thalapathy Vijay's film which is expected to begin later this year. After completing "Thalapathy 67", only then he will begin post-production of "Kaithi 2", which is expected to go on floors by the second half of 2023. ## Stay tuned...

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Blockbuster 'Vikram' Hits 100 Crores In Tamil Nadu, And 250 Crores At The Worldwide Box Office In Flat First Week
1461 days ago
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Blockbuster 'Vikram' Hits 100 Crores In Tamil Nadu, And 250 Crores At The Worldwide Box Office In Flat First Week

Chennai, June 10 - Legendary Kamal Haasan's Vikram is simply unstoppable at the box office as it crossed a massive 250 crores worldwide in a flat first week. The action thriller, written and directed by brilliant Lokesh Kanagaraj, has become the 4th highest-grossing Indian movie of 2022. ## "Vikram" was expected to become a box office success, however, the makers wouldn't have thought this sort of response, both domestically and overseas box office. After the first week, the movie stands at 251.50 crores gross worldwide, including 168.5 crores at the domestic box office. ## Produced by Raaj Kamal Films International, "Vikram" has also topped 100 crores gross in Tamil Nadu state alone in just 7 days. It has become the 4th movie of 2022, after "Valimai", "Beast", and "KGF Chapter 2", to reach 100 crores in Tamil Nadu. For Kamal Haasan, "Vikram" is the biggest grosser, both in Tamil Nadu and worldwide. ## "Vikram" is the second film in Lokesh Kanagaraj's Cinematic Universe. The film continues from Kaithi (2019) and follows a black-ops squad led by Amar tracking down masked vigilantes, while he learns of a drug syndicate group called Vetti Vagaiyara, led by Sandhanam, who wants the missing drugs to be delivered to his cold-blooded boss Rolex. ## Kamal Haasan plays the title role alongside Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil in prominent roles. Suriya makes a cameo appearance as Rolex and he will play one of the leads in the sequel to "Vikram", which has officially been announced by Kamal Haasan himself. ## Stay tuned...

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Lokesh Kanagaraj Confirms The Sequel To Karthi's 'Kaithi'
1462 days ago
Kollywood

Lokesh Kanagaraj Confirms The Sequel To Karthi's 'Kaithi'

Chennai, June 8 - Director Lokesh Kanagaraj has become the talk of the town after delivering another blockbuster in the form of Kamal Haasan-fronted "Vikram". The director is creating his own cinematic universe called 'Lokesh Cinematic Universe', and "Vikram" is the second film in it.## The first film in LCU was Karthi's "Kathi" (2019), which became a huge hit and made Kanagaraj an overnight sensation. "Vikram" continues from "Kaithi" and follows a black-ops squad led by Amar tracking down masked vigilantes, while he learns of a drug syndicate group called Vetti Vagaiyara, led by Sandhanam, who wants the missing drugs to be delivered to his cold-blooded boss Rolex. ## The next film in the series will be "Kaithi 2" and the director has himself confirmed the movie in a recent Twitter session with fans. During an #AskDirLokesh Twitter session, one user asked how did Arjun Das' character (named Anbudoss "Anbu") alive after he was presumed dead in "Kaithi". ## Responding to the user, Lokesh said that he wasn't dead in the movie as only his jew was broken. Confirming "Kathi 2", the director said that the complete story will be explained in the next movie. ## Only Anbu's jaw was broken by Napoleon in #kaithi, hence the stitch mark in #Vikram.. this will be explained further in #kaithi2 #AskDirLokesh https://t.co/I3GGlWfyJ1— Lokesh Kanagaraj (@Dir_Lokesh) June 8, 2022 ## There is no timeline yet set for "Kaithi 2". The producer of the film, SR Prabhu also confirmed the movie last year. With Lokesh will next be focussing on Thalapathy Vijay's next film from year-end, it is fair to say that "Kaithi 2" will only go on floors by the second half of 2023. ## Stay tuned...

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Thalaivar 169: Shivarajkumar Officially Joins Rajinikanth's Next With Director Nelson
1463 days ago
Kollywood

Thalaivar 169: Shivarajkumar Officially Joins Rajinikanth's Next With Director Nelson

Chennai, June 8 - Director Nelson Dilipkumar is pulling off a serious casting for superstar Rajnikanth's upcoming film, which is tentatively titled Thalaivar 169. ## It was recently reported that Kannada star Shivarajkumar was approached to play an important role in the movie and now, he has himself confirmed the same. According to Cinema Express, Shivanna said that he loved the script and is excited to join Thalaivaa. ## "It's a great opportunity for anybody to act along with Rajinikanth, and I'm glad that this project has made it possible for me. He knows me from my childhood, and I share a special bond with him. Irrespective of the role, I'm glad to be part of this film. I'm sure fans will love to watch Rajini Sir and me together on the silver screen", he said. ## The actor further said that the shooting will begin in August and his portion with Rajnikanth will be shot in September either in Bengaluru or Mysore. Apart from Shivarajkumar, the movie reportedly has Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as the female lead along with Ramya Krishna and Priyanka Arulmohan. Anirudh will be scoring the music. ## Stay tuned...

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Kamal Haasan's Mega Blockbuster 'Vikram' Shoot To Massive 200 Crores Worldwide In 4 Days
1463 days ago
Kollywood

Kamal Haasan's Mega Blockbuster 'Vikram' Shoot To Massive 200 Crores Worldwide In 4 Days

Chennai, June 7 - Legendary Kamal Haasan's Vikram has become a rage at the box office and it is not going to stop anytime soon. ## The Lokesh Kanagaraj-directed top-rated movie has shot to a massive 200 crores gross at the worldwide box office in just 4 days as the final overseas numbers came higher than the estimated. It has grossed 71 crores at the international box office which is the highest for a Tamil movie in 2022. ## Produced by Raaj Kamal Films International, "Vikram" has been performing extraordinary well at the domestic box office too and has grossed 129.3 crores in 4 days, for a worldwide cume of 200.3 crores gross. It has already become the highest-grossing film of Kamal Haasan's career. Today, it will cross Thalapathy Vijay's "Beast" to become the biggest Tamil grosser of the year. ## The film also stars Vijay Sethupathu, and Fahadh Faasil in the leading roles while Suriya plays a crowd-pleasing cameo role as Rolex. The film continues from Kaithi (2019) and follows a black-ops squad led by Amar tracking down masked vigilantes, while he learns of a drug syndicate group called Vetti Vagaiyara, led by Sandhanam, who wants the missing drugs to be delivered to his cold-blooded boss Rolex. ## The story of "Vikram" will continue in the sequel which has officially been announced by Kamal Haasan. Suriya will play the one of the leads in the movie.## Stay tuned...

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Thalaivar 169: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan To Reunite With Rajinikanth In Director Nelson's Next
1463 days ago
Kollywood

Thalaivar 169: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan To Reunite With Rajinikanth In Director Nelson's Next

Chennai, June 7 - Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan returns to Tamil cinema after more than a decade with Mani Ratnam's upcoming magnum opus "Ponniyin Selvan". The movie is scheduled to release on 30 September 2022 worldwide. ## Now, as per the latest reports, the "Enthiran" actress has been roped in to play the female lead opposite superstar Rajinikanth. Tentatively titled "Thalaivar 169", the movie will be directed by Nelson Dilipkumar. The commercial entertainer will be produced on a massive scale by Sun Pictures.## Rajnikanth and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan had previously teamed up for director Shankar's "Enthiran" which became a massive hit. While the makers are yet to confirm her participation, the upcoming movie will mark Aishwarya's second film with Thalaivaa. ## "Thalaivar 169" was announced earlier this year in February with a promo. The movie is said to be a typical Nelson Dilipkumar film that's high on content with ample quirky elements in the screenplay. The latest sensation Anirudh is on-board to compose the music for the film. Ramya Krishna and Priyanka Arul Mohan are also reportedly playing crucial roles. ## The regular shooting of "Thalaivar 169" is expected to begin from July/August this year. ## Stay tuned...

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Kamal Haasan's Blockbuster 'Vikram' Ends Opening Weekend With Over 150 Crores Worldwide
1465 days ago
Kollywood

Kamal Haasan's Blockbuster 'Vikram' Ends Opening Weekend With Over 150 Crores Worldwide

Chennai, June 4 - Tamil blockbuster Vikram is running riot at the box office and wrapped up the opening weekend on high, grossing over 170 crores worldwide in just three days. The film opened to superlative responses from the audience and also won critical acclaim with flying colors. ## The Lokesh Kanagaraj-directed movie is a total firecracker at the Tamil Nadu box office. After taking the 3rd biggest opening in 2022, the movie concluded the opening weekend with Kamal Haasan's career-best 67.10 crores gross in Tamil Nadu state. The Sunday collection of the movie is more than the opening day at the TN box office, which is the rarest achievement for a top-tier Tamil movie. ## There is a crazy demand among the moviegoers at the ticket window for the "Vikram" movie. Looking at the response, the movie might reach 100 crores gross at the TN box office in the opening week itself. The movie has also topped all-Indian domestic 100 crores gross in just three days, currently stands at 110.8 crores. ## While "Vikram" is ruling the Tamil Nadu box office like a boss, it has also become the highest-grossing Tamil movie of 2022 at the Kerala box office. In the first three days, it grossed 15.2 crores, beating Thalapathy Vijay's "Beast" (10.63 crores) to become the top Tamil movie in the state. It is also Kamal Haasan's biggest grosser in Kerala. ## Apart from the aforementioned areas, "Vikram" has reported 12.30 crores gross in Karnataka, 12.10 crores in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and 4.10 crores in the Rest of India in the opening weekend. At the overseas box office, "Vikram" scored 64.2 crores in the first three days. At the USA box office, it has become Kamal Haasan's biggest grosser ever and also the biggest Tamil movie during the covid-19 pandemic with a reported gross collection of $1.75 million. The total worldwide collection of "Vikram" now stands at 175 crores.## Stay tuned...

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Vikram And Major Open Big At The USA Box Office
1465 days ago
Kollywood

Vikram And Major Open Big At The USA Box Office

Los Angeles, June 5 - North America is turning into a huge box office market and leading the overseas chart for the Indian movies. After KGF Chapter 2 and RRR registered huge numbers over there, the latest domestic blockbusters, Vikram and Major opened big on the opening weekend in the USA. ## Kamal Haasan-fronted top-reviewed action thriller "Vikram" opened this weekend and scored $1.75 million, including Thursday previews. The movie opened at number 9 this weekend, above "Crimes of the Future". The Lokesh Kanagaraj-directed has been released in 450 theaters and made $1889 per theater, as per Hollywood trade analysts Gitesh Pandya.## On the other hand, Adivi Sesh-starrer biographical action drama "Major" opened at number 12 at the USA box office this weekend. It collected $900K, including Thursday previews. Released by Weekend Cinema, the movie debuted in 360 theaters, making $1736 per theater. It has already become Adivi Sesh's biggest grosser in the USA and will cross $1 million soon. ## Meanwhile, "Vikram" is going berserk at the box office, grossing over 140 crores worldwide. This includes an estimated 107 crores domestically and approx. 35 crores overseas. "Major" on the other hand, scored 24.5 crores gross in the first two days. The movie looks to make 35+ crores in the opening weekend, which is already a blockbuster result for the makers. ## Stay tuned...

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Kamal Haasan's 'Vikram' Tops 100 Crores Worldwide In Two Days
1466 days ago
Kollywood

Kamal Haasan's 'Vikram' Tops 100 Crores Worldwide In Two Days

Chennai, June 5 - Raaj Kamal Films International's production, Vikram is putting up a sensational show at the box office not only domestically but overseas also. The Kamal Haasan-fronted movie was expected to score big but it has exceeded those expectations by a big margin by collecting 100 crores worldwide gross in just two days. ## Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, "Vikram" took the second-biggest opening for a Tamil movie in 2022 with 37.5 crores gross at the domestic box office. It grossed 23.10 crores in Tamil Nadu alone, which is the 3rd biggest in 2022. With super positive word of mouth, the action thriller put up one of the strongest holds on the second day, grossing 33.6 crores for a total of 71.1 crores domestic gross. ## "Vikram" dropped a little over 10% on the second day (Saturday), which is probably the lowest dip ever for a top-tier Tamil movie. Usually, South Indian films tend to take a huge drop on the second day which was not the case with "Vikram" which remained almost unbreakable. In Tamil Nadu, it did gross a fantastic 20.10 crores on Saturday, boosting the total gross to 43.30 crores in the home state. ## Meanwhile, the overseas box office collection of "Vikram" is also phenomenal with 32 crores gross in two days. In the USA, the movie has grossed $1.3 million (10.08 crores) so far. The total worldwide gross of the movie now stands at 103.10 crores, which is the fastest ever for a Kamal Haasan movie. ## "Vikram" was released in Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu languages. While Tamil collections are extraordinary, the movie has done very well in Telugu states by grossing 7.5 crores in two days. The Hindi version has underperformed and has collected only 60 lakh net.## Vikram was one of the highly-anticipated Tamil movies that mark director Lokesh's first collaboration with Kamal Haasan. Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil have played prominent roles while Surya feature in a cameo role as Rolex. Written by Lokesh Kanagaraj, the music of the film is composed by Anirudh Ravichander while national award-winning cinematographer, Girish Gangadharan has cranked the camera.## Stay tuned...

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Samantha Ruth Prabhu To Reunite With Thalapathy Vijay For Director Lokesh Kanagaraj's Film?
1467 days ago
Kollywood

Samantha Ruth Prabhu To Reunite With Thalapathy Vijay For Director Lokesh Kanagaraj's Film?

Chennai, June 4 - Director Lokesh Kanagaraj is in the top form with back-to-back success in the form of "Master" and "Vikram". Kamal Haasan's "Vikram" is currently playing in theaters and it has taken a huge opening in Tamil Nadu weekend box office projections are looking highly promising as well. ## Lokesh will now be heading to the post-production of his next film which is with Thalapathy Vijay. It will be their second film together after "Master", and as promised by the director himself, "Thalapathy 67" will be a 100%, commercial entertainer. The shooting for the same is expected to kick-start by the end of this year after Thalapathy completes his currently on the floor, "Thalapathy 66" with director Vamshi. ## Now, according to the latest reports, Samantha Rukh Prabhu has been approached to play the female lead opposite Thalapathy Vijay. Samantha has already acted alongside Vijay in films like, "Theri", "Mersal", and "Kaththi". The actress has reportedly agreed to play the role and the official announcement will be made in due course. ## Samantha, on the other hand, was recently seen along with Vijay Sethupathi and Nayanathara in "Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal", which was a big box office hit. The actress is currently shooting for the Telugu movie, "Kushi" with Vijay Deverakonda. Directed by Shiva Nirvana, the movie is scheduled to release on October 23 this year. She also has a couple of more films in her kitty. ## Meanwhile, Thalapathy Vijay's film with Vamshi will be released on Pongal 2023. It is a Tamil-Telugu bilingual movie, produced by Dil Raju. Rashmika Mandanna is playing the female lead. ## Stay tuned...

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