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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Akshay Kumar's Film With Director Sudha Kongara Gets Official Title and Release Date
851 days ago
Bollywood

Akshay Kumar's Film With Director Sudha Kongara Gets Official Title and Release Date

Mumbai, February 13 - Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar has teamed up with Tamil director Sudha Kongara for the remake of Soorarai Pottru. The movie has been in production since 2022 and was supposed to be released in February this year but was postponed. ## There have been rumours that the movie was titled Start Up, but now, the makers have announced the official title. Produced by Abundantia Entertainment and 2D Entertainment, the film is titled Sarfira, and it also stars Radhika Madan as the female lead alongside Paresh Rawal and Seema Biswas. ## The title of the movie was unveiled on February 13 with the first look glimpse. The makers have locked a July 12, 2024, release date for the same, 3 months after Akshay's upcoming hugely-awaited Bade Miyan Chote Miyan with director Ali Abbas Zafar. ## The music of Sarfira is scored by National Award winner GV Prakash Kumar. Suriya, who headlined Soorarai Pottru, is playing a cameo role in its Hindi remake. The movie will clash with John Abraham's recently announced action drama Vedaa. ## Dream so Big, they call you Crazy! #Sarfira releasing only in cinemas on 12th July, 2024. #MaarUdi pic.twitter.com/9NHKqQN4e3— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) February 13, 2024 ## Stay tuned...

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Official Title of Marvel Studios 'Deadpool 3' Revealed
852 days ago
Hollywood

Official Title of Marvel Studios 'Deadpool 3' Revealed

Mumbai, February 12 - Marvel Studios' highly-awaited superhero movie and the third Deadpool instalment has officially been titled Deadpool & Wolverine, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in the title roles, respectively. ## The title and first teaser/trailer of Deadpool 3 was unveiled during The Super Bowl, the annual league championship game of the National Football League of the United States. The trailer revealed how Deadpool gets the taste of a multiverse saga and that he needs a little help from his friends to survive. ## Deadpool & Wolverine is a first-of-its-kind film for Marvel Studios. It will be its first R-rated movie and the franchise's official entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It will also be the studio's first movie to star a character that originally appeared in movies made by 20th Century Fox. ## Huge Jackman, who has been a part of Marvel's X-Men film series, marks his MCU debut with the upcoming movie. The actor comes out of retirement as Wolverine to feature in the film, directed by Shawn Levy. The movie also stars Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Matthew Macfadyen, and Karan Soni in key roles.## Deadpool & Wolverine will be released on July 26, 2024, and in India, it will be released in English, Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil. ## ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Fighter Nears 200 Crore Net After Decent Third Weekend
853 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: Fighter Nears 200 Crore Net After Decent Third Weekend

Mumbai, February 11 - Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan and director Siddharth Anand's aerial action thriller Fighter has a decent third weekend at the domestic box office, taking a step closer to the 200 crores net collection mark. ## Also starring Deepika Padukone and Anil Kapoor, Fighter minted approximately 9.40 crores net in its third weekend, pushing the total collection to around 197 crores in 18 days. The movie will enter the 200 crores club by Tuesday or Wednesday to become the first Indian film of 2024 to do so. ## Fighter is also heading towards 350 crores gross at the worldwide box office. After 3rd weekend, the movie stands at approximately 332 crores gross globally, including 236.50 crores in India alone. It is performing well overseas and has so far collected around 95 crores. ## Produced by Viacom18 Studios and Marflix, Fighter is currently Hrithik Roshan's 4th and Deepika Padukone's 6th highest-grossing film at the worldwide box office. It will finish in the top 3 movies of Hrithik and likely in the top 5 films of Deepika. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Blockbuster 'Hanuman' Hits 50 Crore Net In Hindi
853 days ago
Tollywood

Box Office: Blockbuster 'Hanuman' Hits 50 Crore Net In Hindi

Mumbai, February 11 - Director Prasanth Varma's superhero movie Hanuman has unlocked a box office achievement as it has crossed 50 crores net in the dubbed Hindi version while worldwide, it is heading towards 300 crores gross mark. ## Starring Teja Sajja in the lead role, Hanuman had a limited release to begin with as it started with approximately 2.10 crores net in Hindi. However, with super positive word of mouth, the movie started gaining momentum and now on its 30th day, it has topped 50 crores net mark. ## Hanuman is the 11th South Indian and 7th Telugu film to hit 50 crores net collection in Hindi. The total net collection of the film currently stands at approximately 194.50 crores, including a little over 50 crores in Hindi alone.## The film is also heading towards hitting 300 crores gross at the worldwide box office, however, it may fall short of the target. It has so far grossed approximately 285.25 crores in 30 days and is likely to score another 5-7 crores gross to finish over 290 crores mark. ## Hanuman, as reported earlier, is the highest-grossing Telugu movie ever to release in the month of January, beating superstar Allu Arjun's Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (269 crores). For 2024, it is currently the second biggest Indian grosser after Hrithik Roshan's Fighter which has so far grossed around 325 crores in 17 days. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya' Crossed 'Jersey' To Become Shahid Kapoor's Biggest Worldwide Grosser Post-Pandemic
853 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya' Crossed 'Jersey' To Become Shahid Kapoor's Biggest Worldwide Grosser Post-Pandemic

Mumbai, February 11 - Maddock Films' romantic-comedy Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya, starring Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon in the leading roles, is turning out to be a good outing at the box office. ## Directed by debutante Amit Joshi and Aradhana Sah, the impossible love story opened to decent numbers on the opening day, grossing approximately 13.50 crores worldwide, including 8 crores gross (6.70 crores net) in India alone. The film's opening was on the expected lines after sort of advances it scored. ## The movie witnessed a good jump of around 40% on its second for approximately 19 crores worldwide, including around 11.50 crores gross (9.65 crores net) domestically. The total worldwide collection of TBMAUJ stands at 32.50 crores, including 19.50 crores in India in 2 days, making it Shahid Kapoor's biggest grosser post the COVID-19 pandemic. ## Shahid Kapoor's last theatrical release, "Jersey" minted around 31 crores gross in its lifetime run and TBMAUJ has beaten it in just two days. At the end of the film's opening weekend, it is expected to emerge Shahid's 10th biggest and Kriti Sanon's 9th worldwide grosser. ## Produced by Maddock Films, the movie depicts the love story between a human and a robot. It also stars Dharmendra, Dimple Kapadia, and Rakesh Bedi, among others in key roles. ## Stay tuned...

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Prabhas' 'Salaar' Hindi OTT Platform and Release Date Revealed
855 days ago
Tollywood

Prabhas' 'Salaar' Hindi OTT Platform and Release Date Revealed

Mumbai, February 9 - Pan India superstar Prabhas' action drama film Salaar: Part 1 - Ceasefire has officially revealed its digital partner for the Hindi version. The movie, directed by Prashanth Neel, is already streaming on Netflix in the South Indian languages. ## Since the film's Netflix release in South Indian versions, there have been enquiries about the streaming date of the Hindi version. Hombale Films, on Friday (February 9), officially revealed that Salaar Hindi will be coming on Disney Plus Hotstar on February 16. ## Unlike South Indian versions, the Hindi version of Salaar will be streaming after 8 weeks of theatrical release, and this is one of the major reasons Netflix is not the OTT partner of the film for Hindi. The movie is expected to bring good viewership for Hotstar. ## Netflix was hoping for a break-out success with Salaar in South Indian languages but the response so far has been underwhelming with just 3.5 million views in two weeks.## Meanwhile, Salaar: Ceasefire" grossed approximately 618 crores at the worldwide box office, making it the highest-grossing South Indian film of 2023. In India, it scored around 488 crores gross, including approximately 183 crores in the Hindi version.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Fighter Has A Decent Second Week Domestically
855 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: Fighter Has A Decent Second Week Domestically

Mumbai, February 8 - Hrithik Roshan's Fighter scored a decent second week at the domestic box office with around 40.50+ crores net. The Siddharth Anand's directorial aerial action thriller is heading towards finishing over 200 crores net collection, which at one stage, looked very difficult.## After the good but underwhelming first week of 146.50 crores net, Fighter needed a turnaround to stay afloat and managed to do that with a timely jump over the second weekend in which the movie minted approximately 28.75 crores net.## The movie had another drop on its second Monday which was expected but just like the first week, it didn't drop drastically and stayed steady during the weekdays. The total net collection of Fighter after 15 days is approximately 187.40 crores and it will look to go past the 200 crores mark in the third week. ## At the overseas box office, Fighter is putting up a good show and has grossed an estimated 90 crores so far, for worldwide around 315 crores in two weeks (15 days). The film is heading towards finishing over 350 crores gross which will be a decent result. ## Stay tuned...

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Disney's 'Zootopia 2' and 'Moana 2' Set Release Dates
856 days ago
Hollywood

Disney's 'Zootopia 2' and 'Moana 2' Set Release Dates

Los Angeles, February 8 - Disney has officially confirmed the sequel to his 2016 animated musical fantasy adventure film Moana in a surprising turn of events. It is said that Moana 2 was originally planned as a TV series but became a feature film because Disney CEO Bob Iger was impressed with the footage.## Ahead of Disney's first quarter of fiscal 2024 earnings report, the studio unveiled the first look teaser and also set a November 27, 2024, release date. According to Disney (via Variety), "Moana 2" will take audiences on an "expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui and a brand-new crew of unlikely seafarers". ## The original "Moana", released on November 23, 2016, became a success for Disney, generating more than $680 million at the worldwide box office. ## Disney's Zootopia 2 has also confirmed its release date. The sequel to the studio's $1 billion-plus animated buddy cop action comedy film will debut in worldwide theatres on November 26, 2025. The original movie, released in 2016, also won the Oscar for Best Animated Film. ## Meanwhile, the studio has also confirmed that "Toy Story 5" and "Frozen 3" will be released in 2016, however, the exact release dates are not revealed yet. Apart from this, the recently announced Star Wars movie "Mandalorian and Grogu" will also be coming in 2026. ## Stay tuned...

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Ranbir Kapoor's 'Animal' Breaks Viewership Record For An Indian Movie On Netflix
857 days ago
Bollywood

Ranbir Kapoor's 'Animal' Breaks Viewership Record For An Indian Movie On Netflix

Mumbai, February 7 - Director Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal starring Ranbir Kapoor has broken a viewership record on Netflix. The action drama film scored the highest viewership for an Indian movie (direct or indirect) on the streamer in the first 10 days. ## Animal, which premiered on Netflix on January 26, has so far scored 39.3 million viewing hours from 11.7 million views in the first 10 days which is the highest ever for an Indian title. Previously, Yami Gautam-starrer Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga (direct release) was the most-watched Indian title on Netflix in the first 10 days with 29 million hours. ## Among the post-theatrical Netflix releases, SS Rajamouli's mega-hit RRR was previously the number-one watched movie at the same time with 25.5 million viewing hours, a number Animal has beaten by a long margin. It scored 20.8 million viewing hours in the opening weekend, followed by 18.5 million in the second week (January 29 - February 4). ## Animal is trending in the top 10 list in 17 countries, including number-one in India, Sri Lanka, UAE, Maldives, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Mauritius. Other countries where the movie is trending are Australia, New Zealand, and Trinidad and Tobago, among others. ## Produced by Bhushan Kumar, Pranay Reddy Vanga, Krishan Kumar and Murad Khetani under T-Series, Bhadrakali Pictures and Cine1 Studios, the movie stars Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Rashmika Mandanna, and Triptii Dimri in key roles. It is about Ranvijay Singh, a violent man, who learns about an assassination attempt on his estranged father and sets out on a path of revenge and destruction. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Fighter Tops 300 Crore Gross Worldwide
858 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: Fighter Tops 300 Crore Gross Worldwide

Mumbai, February 6 - Director Siddharth Anand's aerial action thriller Fighter has topped 300 crores gross collection at the worldwide box office, becoming the first Indian movie of 2024 to achieve the feat. ## Starring Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone, and Anil Kapoor in the lead roles, the movie crossed the triple century box office mark on its 12th day as the total collection now stands at around 300+ crores gross, including 214+ crores gross at the domestic box office and around 86 crores overseas business.## Fighter has become the fourth 300 crores worldwide grosser for both Hrithik and Sid Anand while 7th for Deepika Padukone. The movie had minted approximately 249 crores gross in the extended opening week which was underwhelming given the positive word of mouth. ## At once, it looked like a goner but struck back in the second weekend to remain in the race to become a box office success. It is now in a better position to cross 200 crores net collection mark (currently at 178.50 crores approx.) in India and also has a shot at 350 crores gross worldwide. ## Produced under Viacom18 Studios and Marflix Pictures, Fighter features Hrithik, Deepika, and Anil Kapoor as Air Force pilots alongside Karan Singh Grover, Akshay Oberoi, Rishabh Sawhney, and Sanjeeda Sheikh in key roles. ## Stay tuned...

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Shahid Kapoor Sets Up Three Films After 'Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya'
860 days ago
Bollywood

Shahid Kapoor Sets Up Three Films After 'Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya'

Mumbai, February 4 - Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor is gearing up for the release of romantic-comedy Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya, directed by Amit Joshi and Aradhana Sah. Billed as an impossible love story, the movie has Kriti Sanon as the female lead and it is scheduled to release on February 9. ## After TBMAUJ, Shahid Kapoor will be seen in Malayalam director Rosshan Andrrews' cop action thriller Deva. Produced by Roy Kapur Films in association with Zee Studios, Deva is said to be the official remake of the Malayalam movie Mumbai Police. Shahid plays a police officer while Pooja Hegde is the female lead. It will be hitting theatres on October 11 this year. ## Besides the confirmed TBMAUJ and Deva, the Kabir Singh star has reportedly locked two more films. It is said that Shahid will be headlining Pooja Entertainment's epic film based on Mahabharata. The actor will be playing the role of great warrior Ashwatthama who was the son of Guru Dronacharya and had received the boon of immortality from Lord Shiva himself. ## The yet-to-be-announced film will reportedly be directed by Kannada filmmaker Sachin Ravi, known for directing Rakshit Shetty's action adventure, Avane Srimannarayana (2019). The movie is expected to start filming in August this year for a grand 2025 release in multiple languages. ## According to the latest reports, Shahid is also in advanced talks with the OMG 2 director Amit Rai for a historical action drama film based on the life of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. It will be produced by Ashwin Varde under his banner Wakaoo Films and a top studio is expected to come on board for the same. The shoot timeline is not known yet.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Hanuman Emerges Biggest Telugu Sankranthi Grosser of All-Time
861 days ago
Tollywood

Box Office: Hanuman Emerges Biggest Telugu Sankranthi Grosser of All-Time

Hyderabad, February 3 - Directed Prasanth Varma's superhero movie Hanuman has created a record for a Telugu title. It has become the highest-grossing Telugu movie ever to release during the Sankranthi festival weekend. ## Starring Teja Sajja, Hanuman was released on January 12 and with glowing word of mouth, the film beats all other films released around it and eventually becomes the biggest Telugu grosser ever to debut during the particular festival. ## Hanuman has grossed around 270 crores at the worldwide box office as I type this, and has beaten superstar Allu Arjun's Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo which scored approximately 269 crores worldwide in 2020 to emerge the biggest Sankranthi blockbuster of all-time. ## Unlike Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, Hanuman was released in multiple languages and apart from Telugu, the film is getting good dividends from Hindi. The movie has so far grossed approximately 215 crores at the domestic box office, including around 55 crores gross in the dubbed Hindi version. Overseas, it has minted a huge around 55 crores. ## Hanuman is still in the race to top 300 crores gross at the worldwide box office which will make it the first-ever Telugu film released in January month to achieve the milestone.## Stay tuned...

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