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: 'Jawan' Dethrones 'Gadar 2' To Become the Biggest Net-Grosser Movie of All-Time In Hindi
989 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Jawan' Dethrones 'Gadar 2' To Become the Biggest Net-Grosser Movie of All-Time In Hindi

Mumbai, September 29 - A day after Sunny Deol-fronted Gadar 2: The Katha Continues crossed the lifetime Hindi biz of Shah Rukh Khan's "Pathaan" to emerge the biggest grosser of all-time, SRK's latest blockbuster Jawan has surpassed both them to become the new number one movie ever in the Hindi version.## "Jawan", on its 22nd day, scored 5.81 crores net collection which pushed the total Hindi net collection of the movie to 525.50 crores, making it the biggest movie in Hindi. "Gadar 2" has scored 524.80 crores while "Pathaan" minted 524.53 crores net earlier this year.## Shah Rukh Khan, for the second time in a year, claimed the title of the highest-grosser of all time. Earlier, his "Pathaan" became the biggest movie in Hindi by surpassing SS Rajamouli's "Baahubali 2 The Conclusion" which scored 511 crores net in 2017. ## Directed by Atlee Kumar, "Jawan" will also become the highest-grossing Indian movie of 2023 at the worldwide box office. It has so far grossed 1040 crores in 22 days and by tomorrow/4th Saturday, it will dethrone "Pathaan" (1055+ crores) to emerge the biggest Indian grosser of the year.## Stay tuned...

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Yash-fronted 'KGF 3' To Go On Floors In The Second Half of 2024 After 'Salaar 2'
989 days ago
Bollywood

Yash-fronted 'KGF 3' To Go On Floors In The Second Half of 2024 After 'Salaar 2'

Bengaluru, September 29 - Director Prashanth Neel and superstar Prabhas team up for the first time for the action drama "Salaar" which has been confirmed to be released in two parts. Produced by Hombale Films, the first part of the movie is titled "Salaar Part 1 - Ceasefire" and it has been announced to release on December 22, 2023, clashing with superstar Shah Rukh Khan and director Rajkumar Hirani's highly-awaited "Dunki". ## The second part of "Salaar" will most likely be released by the end of 2024, and most of the shoot for the same has reportedly been completed with the first part. Now, according to reports, after "Salaar 2", Prashanth Neel and Hombale Films will move to the third instalment of the mega-blockbuster "KGF" franchise, starring superstar Yash.## "KGF 3" was confirmed in the climax of "KGF: Chapter 2" and the makers separately also confirmed the development for the same. It is said that the shooting of "KGF 3" will commence in October 2024 and it will be a prequel to "KGF 2" and will mainly focus on the timeline between 1978 and 1981 as revealed in the climax of the second instalment.## The second instalment was released in 2022 and grossed over 1200 crores at the worldwide box office. Meanwhile, before the next film in the series, Yash will do Malayalam director Geethu Mohandas' film and the shooting for the same is expected to commence later this year.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Skanda' Scored Biggest Opening For Actor Ram Pothineni
989 days ago
Tollywood

Box Office: 'Skanda' Scored Biggest Opening For Actor Ram Pothineni

Hyderabad, September 29 - Telugu star Ram Pothineni and director Boyapati Sreenu's maiden collaboration Skanda has had a very good start at the domestic as well as the worldwide box office. The movie eventually scored the biggest opening for the actor, beating the previous record-holder "iSmart Shankar". ## The action drama film scored 14.50 crores gross on domestic opening day, including 13.50 crores gross in two Telugu states (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana). The AP-TG share collection of the movie is 8.62 crores, which is the highest for Ram Pothineni. "iSmart Shankar" had approximately 7.70 crores AP-TG share collection.## The AP-TG opening of "Skanda" is the 4th biggest among tier-2 Telugu actors, after "Dasara", "Kushi", and "Liger". Overseas, "Skanda" grossed approximately 2 crores for 16.50 crores worldwide on opening day. "iSmart Shankar" was the previous biggest worldwide opener for the actor with approximately 13 crores gross collection.## The movie has decent audience word of mouth while critics' reviews are mixed. The weekend will be crucial for the movie as it needs to gross around 75 crores worldwide to break even and emerge as a box office hit. On a positive note, director Boyapati Sreenu and actor Ram Pothineni have a good command over the mass audiences and they love the film.## Produced by Srinivasaa Chitturi under Srinivasaa Silver Screen in collaboration with Zee Studios, "Skanda" features Ram Pothineni alongside Sreeleela, Saiee Manjrekar, and Prince Cecil in prominent roles.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Fukrey 3 and The Vaccine War Opening Day Early Estimates
990 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: Fukrey 3 and The Vaccine War Opening Day Early Estimates

Mumbai, September 28 - Director Mrigdeep Singh Lamba's "Fukrey 3" has taken the franchise's best opening at the domestic box office. The comic caper manages to surpass the opening of "Fukrey Returns" which scored 8.10 crores net. ## "Fukrey 3" released some expectations, mainly due to the strong franchise recall value. It started on a decent note in the morning shows and witnessed some growth as the day progressed as it scored an estimated around 8.50 crores net and might go towards 9 crores. ## The three national chains (PVR, INOX, and Cinepolis) have contributed over 50% to the opening day collection of "Fukrey 3". The mass centres are not that strong though they should come in the picture over the weekend as the movie is carrying decent word of mouth. ## The second release of the day, Vivek Agnihotri's "The Vaccine War" has a low start as it scored around 1.50 crores net on opening day. The buzz for the movie died down in the last few days after generating awareness a few weeks back. ## Agnihotri's last film "The Kashmir Files" was a massive blockbuster but here, the opening of "The Vaccine War" is not even half of TKF which minted 3.55 crores net. The opening of TKF was itself not big but it went on to score over 250 crore net after managing to connect with sentiments of the audiences. Here, the WOM for TVW is decent but it is unlikely to repeat the success of TKF.## Meanwhile, Shah Rukh Khan's mega-blockbuster "Jawan" scored a very good jump today and collected around 5.50 crores net in all versions. The Hindi net collection is around 5.25 crores for a total of around 525 crores net which makes it the highest Hindi net grosser of all time (depending on the actuals). ## Stay tuned...

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Jr. NTR's 'Devara' Post-Theatrical Streaming And Audio Rights Locked
990 days ago
Tollywood

Jr. NTR's 'Devara' Post-Theatrical Streaming And Audio Rights Locked

Hyderabad, September 28 - Telugu superstar Jr. NTR and director Koratala Siva reunited for an action-adventure movie, titled Devara. The film is currently in production and is touted to be one of the most expensive Telugu movies ever. ## "Devara", a Pan India movie, is scheduled to release in theatres worldwide in April 2024. Meanwhile, the makers have already locked the post-theatrical streaming rights as well as the audio rights. According to the reports, the digital rights of the movie have been grabbed by Netflix in all languages.## Netflix has reportedly paid a whopping 90 crore to acquire the streaming rights in all languages. It is one of the biggest post-theatrical streaming deals for a Telugu movie. The music rights of the movie have been acquired by T-Series while satellite rights are yet to be locked.## Produced by Sudhakar Mikkilineni and Kosaraju Harikrishna under the banners Yuvasudha Arts and N. T. R. Arts, the film stars Jr. NTR and Janhvi Kapoor (Telugu debut) in the lead roles with Saif Ali Khan as the main antagonist. Anirudh Ravichander is composing the soundtrack.## Stay tuned...

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Nandamuri Balakrishna's 'Bhagavanth Kesari' Release Date Re-Confirmed With A New BTS Video
990 days ago
Tollywood

Nandamuri Balakrishna's 'Bhagavanth Kesari' Release Date Re-Confirmed With A New BTS Video

Hyderabad, September 28 - Veteran Telugu superstar Nandamuri Balakrishna's action drama film Bhagavanth Kesari has been re-confirmed to release in theatres worldwide on October 19, 2023. The movie is written and directed by Anil Ravipudi and produced by Shine Screens. ## The fans were worried about the movie's release date as there has been no update from the makers for quite some now. The rumours started making noise that "Bhagavanth Kesari" might get postponed as the shoot was still not completed but now, the makers have put all the rumours to rest with a new behind the scene video.## On Thursday, the makers shared a BTS video on Twitter/X with the announcement that the shoot has been wrapped up and the movie is getting ready to release in cinemas across the globe on October 19, confirming the clash with Thalapathy Vijay's "Leo" and Ravi Teja's "Tiger Nageswara Rao".## The BTS video footage shows the shooting journey of the film that kickstarted on December 8, 2022. The movie has Sreeleel and Kajal Aggarwal as the female leads with Arjun Rampal playing the lead antagonist. S Thaman has scored the music.## Director Anil Ravipudi wrote on X, "Started the memorable shoot journey of Bhagavanth Kesari on December 8th,2022 and wrapped it after an intense & joyful 8 Months of shoot. Grateful to the legend himself Nandamuri Balakrishna garu and my entire team for the humongous support on the sets always. I'm sure this Dussehra is going to be a remarkable one for all of us. OCTOBER 19th, Theatres lo Kaluddham".## Started the memorable shoot journey of #BhagavanthKesari on December 8th,2022 and wrapped it after an intense & joyful 8 Months of shoot 🤗Grateful to the legend himself #NandamuriBalakrishna garu and my entire team for the humongous support on the sets always 🙏🏻I’m sure this… pic.twitter.com/wGF6iKPRWc— Anil Ravipudi (@AnilRavipudi) September 28, 2023 ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Gadar 2' Surpasses 'Pathaan' To Become The Highest Net Grosser In Hindi
990 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Gadar 2' Surpasses 'Pathaan' To Become The Highest Net Grosser In Hindi

Mumbai, September 28 - Sunny Deol-fronted period action drama film Gadar 2: The Katha Continues has crossed the lifetime net collection of Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan and becomes the highest net-grossing film ever in the Hindi language, according to producer Zee Studios. ## Directed by Anil Sharma, the mega-blockbuster sequel to 2001's "Gadar: Ek Prem Kathaan" has scored 524.75 crores net collection so far in 48 days, crossing "Pathaan" which scored 524.53 crores net in Hindi earlier this year. The SRK-fronted movie had overall scored 543 crores net which includes approximately 17.50 crores net of Tamil and Telugu versions.## "Gadar 2", however, won't remain the highest-grossing Hindi movie for more than two days as Shah Rukh Khan's latest blockbuster "Jawan" is likely to top both the movies either today or tomorrow to claim the number 1 spot in Hindi. It is already the highest net-grossing Bollywood movie of all time 576 crores net in all versions so far.## Produced by Anil Sharma with Zee Studios, G2 has emerged as one of the biggest all-time blockbusters with a worldwide collection of 685 crores, including 65.50 crores overseas collection against a budget of just around 70 crores. It has shattered many box office records including becoming the highest-grossing film of the entire primary cast as well as for director Anil Sharma. It is also the second fastest movie ever to top 500 crores net in Hindi (24 days).## The movie stars Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel and Utkarsh Sharma, who reprise their roles from the previous film. Simrat Kaur made her Bollywood debut with this movie alongside Manish Wadhwa and Gaurav Chopra as the new addition to the cast. In the film, Tara Singh (Deol) returns to Pakistan in order to rescue his imprisoned son before the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. ## Stay tuned...

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Thalapathy Vijay's 'Leo' Advance Booking Status In The USA and The UK
990 days ago
Kollywood

Thalapathy Vijay's 'Leo' Advance Booking Status In The USA and The UK

Los Angeles, September 28 - Thalapathy Vijay and director Lokesh Kanagraj's second collaboration, Leo is off to an excellent start in the advance booking in the USA and the UK along with other overseas territories.## The film has its premiere on October 18 in the USA and for the same, the advance booking has already crossed $100K. It has so far sold approximately 5800 tickets worth $130K (1.10 crores) gross collection. The pre-sales is expected to see a further jump as more and more shows are being added. ## The United Kingdom was the first to open the advance booking of "Leo" and it has been trending really well since then. Ahimsa Entertainment, which is the UK distributor of the movie, shared that the film has so far sold 30K+ tickets for all days. The opening day advance ticket sold count is around 21K and it is likely to emerge as the biggest Indian opener in the UK.## "Leo" is currently the second-biggest opening-day grosser Tamil movie, behind "Ponniyin Selvan Part - 1" in the UK and it will be the biggest in the next few days in the advance sales only. The Tamil version is leading pre-sales of the movie, followed by the Telugu and Hindi versions.## The movie is a gangster action drama, written and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj and produced by Lalit Kumar and Jagadish Palanisamy under the banner of Seven Screen Studio. It stars Thalapathy Vijay in the title role alongside Sanjay Dutt and Trisha in the main roles while the supporting cast includes Gautam Vasudev Menon, Arjun, Mysskin, Mansoor Ali Khan and Priya Anand. Anirudh Ravichander has scored the music of the film that is scheduled to release on October 19 in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada, languages in the regular as well as IMAX format.## Stay tuned...

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Ram Pothineni's 'Skanda' Worldwide Theatrical Business Details Locked
991 days ago
Tollywood

Ram Pothineni's 'Skanda' Worldwide Theatrical Business Details Locked

Hyderabad, September 27 - Telugu star Ram Pothineni's maiden pan India film Skanda with mass director Boyapati Sreenu is getting ready to release this Thursday, September 28. The actor-director duo is collaborating for the first time and this mass combo is generating a very good buzz among the audiences.## The worldwide pre-release theatrical business of "Skanda" has been locked at approximately 46 crores which is all-time record for Ram Pothineni, according to T2BLive. The previous biggest theatrical business for the actor was 38 crores for "The Warrior", though it failed to emerge as a box office hit.## The Telugu states (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) theatrical business "Skanda" has been locked at approximately 41 crores, including 13 crores for the Nizam area, 8.50 crores for the Ceeded area and approximately 19.50 crores for the Andhra region. The rest of India business is locked at 3 crores while overseas rights get sold for approximately 2.20 crores.## "Skanda" will need to score 47 crore share collection worldwide to break even, which means the movie will need to earn 75+ crores gross collection to emerge as a clean box office hit. Given the positive word-of-mouth, this shouldn't be a tough ask for the movie to emerge as a hit as both Boyapati Sreenu and Ram Pothineni hold command over the masses. ## The film is produced by Srinivasaa Chitturi under Srinivasaa Silver Screen in collaboration with Zee Studios. It features Ram Pothineni alongside Sreeleela, Saiee Manjrekar and Prince Cecil, among others in key roles.## Stay tuned...

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Netflix Top 10: Kareena Kapoor's 'Jaane Jaan' Makes A Blockbuster Debut With 8+ Million Views
991 days ago
Digital Media

Netflix Top 10: Kareena Kapoor's 'Jaane Jaan' Makes A Blockbuster Debut With 8+ Million Views

Mumbai, September 27 - Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor's digital debut Jaane Jaan has had a blockbuster start on Netflix. Directed by Sujoy Ghosh, the mystery thriller movie emerged as the most-watched non-English film title worldwide during the week of September 18-24 on Netflix.## "Jaane Jaan" had the biggest opening weekend viewership for an Indian movie on Netflix with 18.8 million viewing hours from 8.1 million views in the first three days. It was also the second most Netflix movie (English and Non-English) during the same week, behind "Love at First Sight" (23 million viewing hours).## Produced under the banner 12th Street Entertainment and Northern Lights Films in association with Kross Pictures and Balaji Motion Pictures, "Jaane Jaan" is an adaptation of the 2005 Japanese novel The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino. It stars Kareena Kapoor as a single mother involved in a murder, alongside Jaideep Ahlawat and Vijay Varma.## The second most-watched Indian movie worldwide during the week of September 18-24 was megastar Chiranjeevi's "Bholaa Shankar". The Hindi version of the movie debuted at number 8 in the non-English category with 2.3 million viewing hours from 900K views while other versions also scored 2.3 million viewing hours. The total viewership of the movie has reached 6.9 million viewing hours from 2.7 million views.## Stay tuned...

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Shah Rukh Khan and Rajkumar Hirani's 'Dunki' To Release A Day Early In International Markets
992 days ago
Bollywood

Shah Rukh Khan and Rajkumar Hirani's 'Dunki' To Release A Day Early In International Markets

Mumbai, September 26 - The first-time collaboration of two of the most powerful forces of Indian cinema, superstar Shah Rukh Khan and director Rajkumar Hirani for a comedy-drama Dunki, is creating a lot of buzz among the audiences as well as the trade. ## "Dunki", which is based on illegal immigration, is currently in the post-production work as it is scheduled to be released on December 22 in the domestic market. Meanwhile, according to Pinkvilla, the movie will be hitting cinemas a day early in the international markets according to a well-planned statrgy by the makers.## It is said that the makers are proceeding with the full-fledged release on December 21 in the entire international markets to get the benefit of the extended Christmas holiday period. The idea is to maximize word of mouth and get the audience excited for the conventional weekend from Friday to Sunday. Yash Raj Films will distribute the movie in overseas markets.## The report further revealed that "Dunki" has been confirmed for Christmas release. The test screening of the movie has already taken place and it met with overwhelming responses. Meanwhile, superstar Prabhas and director Prashanth Neel's "Salaar Part 1: Ceasefire" is also releasing on December 22nd and the official announcement for the same is expected to be made on September 29th.## "Dunki" is produced by Red Chillies Entertainment with Jio Studios and Rajkumar Hirani Films. Apart from SRK, the movie also stars Taapsee Pannu, Dia Mirza, and Boman Irani in prominent roles.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Gadar 2' and 'Jawan' In Close Race To Top 'Pathaan' First To Become Biggest Hindi Net Grosser of All-Time
992 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Gadar 2' and 'Jawan' In Close Race To Top 'Pathaan' First To Become Biggest Hindi Net Grosser of All-Time

Mumbai, September 26 - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's spy action thriller Pathaan, which is currently the highest net-grossing movie ever in Hindi, will soon be topped by the next two biggest grossers, Gadar 2: The Katha Continues and Jawan. But the question remains which movie to topple "Pathaan" first to become the biggest Hindi grosser of all time? ## Shah Rukh Khan's "Jawan", which has so far scored approximately 520+ crores net in 21 days, will eventually become the biggest Hindi grosser by a very good margin, but at the moment, it is in a close race with "Gadar 2", which has scored approximately 524.30 crores net in 48 days, to outgross "Pathaan" first.## The Sunny Deol-fronted period action drama film has slowed down since the release of "Jawan" but it is still carrying enough fuel to come out on top. However, it won't be a long laugh for the movie as the SRK-starrer will cross it eventually, but it might still enjoy the moment of being the biggest Hindi net-grosser for at least one day. ## Interestingly, the Hindi cinema could have a moment to remember as both "Gadar 2" and "Jawan" are showing a trend of topping "Pathaan" (524.50+ crores) on the same day. If both movies do not show major drops from their current day-wise trending, they will cross "Pathaan", either on September 28 or 29.## Whatever happens next is something Bollywood is not bothering about as the industry couldn't have asked for a bigger revival than witnessing three films topping 500 crores and more in the same year and it could still have a couple of more movies in the coveted box office club. ## Stay tuned...

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