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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Siddharth Anand Promises Hrithik Roshan's 'Fighter' Will Blow Audiences' Minds
1282 days ago
Bollywood

Siddharth Anand Promises Hrithik Roshan's 'Fighter' Will Blow Audiences' Minds

Mumbai, February 4 - The combination of director Siddharth Anand and superstar Hrithik Roshan has always caught the attention of cinema lovers. The duo has worked together in "Bang Bang" and "War" which became big hits, and now, they are teaming up for the third time for "Fighter". ## Director Siddharth Anand has just delivered the biggest blockbuster of his career, "Pathaan" starring superstar Shah Rukh Khan, along with John Abraham and Deepika Padukone. After setting certain benchmarks with "Pathaan", Siddharth is pumped up to take things a notch higher with "Fighter" which he believes will blow the minds of audiences. ## During a recent interview with Pinkvilla, Siddharth said that "Fighter" is one of its kind film in Indian cinema, something that hasn't been attempted before. "I am so happy that after Pathaan, my next is Fighter", he said.## "We have gone on a different level. The audience has not seen something like this before in India at all. It is something we have not attempted before. It's just impossible to make a film like this at the cost at which we are making it. It's not possible. Certain things we are exploring are really special. I can't talk about it as I want the people to see it when we launch the teaser. Hopefully, it will just blow their mind", the blockbuster filmmaker added.## "Fighter" reunites Siddharth with Deepika as well after "Pathaan" while it is the first time that Hrithik and Deepika share screen space together. The shoot of the movie is going on at a brisk pace as the movie is slated for January 25, 2024, release. It also stars Anil Kapoor in a prominent role.## Stay tuned...

Kriti Sanon Says 'Adipurush' Is More Than Just A Film
1282 days ago
Bollywood

Kriti Sanon Says 'Adipurush' Is More Than Just A Film

Mumbai, February 4 - Actress Kriti Sanon is busy with the promotion of the family action drama film "Shehazada", co-starring Kartik Aaryan. The movie is scheduled to release on February 17 in theaters worldwide. ## After "Shehzada", Kriti will next be seen in the epic "Adipurush" which is based on Ramayana. The movie has been in the news for various reasons which led makers to postpone the release from January to June 2023. Kriti has played the role of Sita while Prabhas will be seen as Lord Ram. ## "Ramayana" has been a part of Indian culture and is beloved by every Indian around the globe. Kriti, during a recent media interaction, asserted the same thing saying that "Adipurush" is more than just a film and she hopes the movie gets love from audiences.## "It is a film that the entire team is extremely proud of. I hope and pray that people will also equally be proud of it. It is something that is so important to all of us. It is just not a film for us, it is way more than that. I hope it gets its due. I have a feeling it will", Kriti said. ## "Adipurush" is directed by Om Raut, whose last directorial, "Tanhaji" was a huge blockbuster. Produced by T-Series and Retrophiles, the movie also stars Saif Ali Khan as Raavan and Sunny Singh as Laxman. It is slated for June 16 release in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada languages, also in 3D.## Stay tuned...

Vicky Kaushal, Ammy Virk & Triptii Dimri Team Up For Dharma Productions' Next
1283 days ago
Bollywood

Vicky Kaushal, Ammy Virk & Triptii Dimri Team Up For Dharma Productions' Next

Mumbai, February 3 - Filmmaker Karan Johar's Dharam Productions in association with Amazon Prime Video and Leo Media Collective has announced a new film, featuring Vicky Kaushal, Triptii Dimri, and Ammy Virk in the leading roles.## Directed by Anand Tiwari of "Maja Ma" fame, the yet-untitled film has been confirmed to hit big screens on August 25, 2023. The details about the project have been kept under wraps for now but will be revealed soon. ## "Bringing together the three powerhouses of talent - Vicky Kaushal, Ammy Virk, and Triptii Dimri led by the deft vision of director Anand Tiwari. Look out for the blast coming your way as this film makes its way to the theatres this August 25!", Dharma Productions announced on Twitter.## Presented by Prime Video in association with Dharma Productions and Leo Media Collective, the upcoming movie marks the first collaboration of the lead trio. ## Bringing together the three powerhouses of talent - Vicky Kaushal, Ammy Virk and Triptii Dimri led by the deft vision of director Anand Tiwari. Look out for the blast coming your way as this film makes its way to the theatres this August 25! 🤩🍿 pic.twitter.com/6f2a9uXiGV— Dharma Productions (@DharmaMovies) February 3, 2023 ## Stay tuned...

Thalapathy 67 Gets Titled As Leo; Release Date Confirmed In Multiple Languages
1283 days ago
Kollywood

Thalapathy 67 Gets Titled As Leo; Release Date Confirmed In Multiple Languages

Chennai, February 3 - Director Lokesh Kanagaraj's most hyped film with Thalapathy Vijay gets its title. The most in-demand duo of Thalapathy and Lokesh is coming together for the second time after delivering blockbuster in the form of "Master" in 2021. ## Originally announced as "Thalapathy 67", the makers have now locked the title of film as Leo. The title was announced through a promo teaser, however, the video doesn't give any hints about whether the film is a part of Lokesh's much talked about LCU (Lokesh Cinematic Universe).## The promo video of "Leo" is buzzing with Anirudh's rocking BGM. It shows Thalapathy Vijay making chocolate and simultaneously forging a sword, only to dip the sword in the chocolate while waiting for an entourage of villains. The promo promises yet another massy avatar of Vijay and this time, he is looking more deadly than ever. ## Produced by Seven Screen Studio, "Leo" reunites Thalapathy Vijay with actress Trisha Krishnan after 14 years. The movie also stars Sanjay Dutt, Priya Anand, Gautham Menen, and Arjun Sarja, among others in prominent roles. ## "Thalapathy 67" aka "Leo" will be released on October 19, 2023, in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada, languages. ## ## Stay tuned...

Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' Completes Record-Breaking First Week At The Box Office
1283 days ago
Bollywood

Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' Completes Record-Breaking First Week At The Box Office

Mumbai, February 3 - Yash Raj Films' biggest bet has turned out to be the biggest blockbuster as Shah Rukh Khan-fronted "Pathaan" has concluded the extended opening week at the box office on a historic note. ## Siddharth Anand's directorial broke all the opening week records for a Bollywood movie and has set new benchmarks for the upcoming films to climb. "Pathaan", after becoming the biggest Bollywood opener of all time with 57 crores net, concludes a 9-day week with 364.15 crores net, including 351 crores in Hindi alone. ## Also starring John Abraham, and Deepika Padukone, "Pathaan" has beaten "KGF: Chapter 2" (268.63 crores) to score the biggest ever first week for a Hindi film. As far as the like-for-like record, "Pathaan" is still miles ahead of "KGF 2" which minted 280.18 crores net in the first 9 days. ## For an outright Bollywood movie, Salman Khan's "Sultan" was previously the biggest opening week grosser with 229.16 crores net in its 9-day week. Interestingly, "Pathaan" has already crossed the lifetime collection of "Sultan" (300.12 crores) in just 6 days. ## At the overseas box office, "Pathaan" has grossed approx. 260 crores in 9 days, for a total worldwide cume of approx. 697 crores in as many days. It has topped 700 crores gross as I type this and becomes the 5th Bollywood and 9th Indian film to achieve the feat. By the end of the second weekend, "Pathaan" will become the 4th biggest Bollywood and 7th biggest Indian grosser of all time. ## If excluding China, "Pathaan" is already the second Biggest Bollywood grosser of all-time after "Dangal" and is likely to become the biggest by the end of the second weekend. ## Stay tuned...

Blockbuster 'Pathaan' Becomes Highest-Grossing Indian Film At The UK Box Office
1283 days ago
Bollywood

Blockbuster 'Pathaan' Becomes Highest-Grossing Indian Film At The UK Box Office

London, February 3 - Superstar Shah Rukh Khan's blockbuster "Pathaan" has become the highest-grossing Indian film at the United Kingdom box office. The spy action thriller has beaten the previous record held by "Dhoom 3" for 10 years. ## Aamir Khan-fronted "Dhoom 3" grossed £2.71 million at the UK box office and was the biggest Indian movie there. Now, the Shah Rukh Khan-fronted blockbuster "Pathaan" has crossed that mark in just 9 days to become the new box office king in the country for an Indian film. It currently has grossed £2.8 million.## Salman Khan's "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" is the 3rd biggest Indian film in the UK with £2.66 million, followed by Shah Rukh Khan's "My Name is Khan" at number 4 with £2.62 million, and "Dangal" at 5 with £2.56 million.## The total overseas collection of "Pathaan" is close to $32 million after 9 days. It has become the highest-grossing Bollywood movie internationally, excluding China. At the worldwide box office, "Pathaan" has grossed approx. 700 crores in 9 days, and is expected to finish its run around 1000 crores.## Stay tuned...

Thalapathy 67 Non-Theatrical Rights Get Sold In Whopping Price
1283 days ago
Kollywood

Thalapathy 67 Non-Theatrical Rights Get Sold In Whopping Price

Chennai, February 3 - Thalapathy Vijay's second collaboration with blockbuster director Lokesh Kanagaraj, "Thalapathy 67" is getting hot in the trade even though there is no release date set yet. T67's non-theatrical rights have already been sold and prices are believed to be the highest ever in Tamil cinema. ## Produced by Seven Screen Studio, "Thalapathy 67" is the most-hyped Tamil movie ever and there is genuine excitement among moviegoers for this film. Netflix, one of the leading OTT platforms, has bought the post-theatrical streaming rights of the movie, and if reports are to be believed, the streamer has paid a whopping price of 150 crores for the same. ## Thalapathy Vijay's latest blockbuster "Varisu" was sold in approx. 60 crores to Amazon Prime Video, and now, Netflix has paid 2.5X for the superstar's upcoming movie. Sun TV has bought the satellite rights of T67 for approx. 80 crores. The channel also has TV rights to "Varisu" which it bought in approx. 50 crores. ## Sony Music has been announced as the Music Partner of T67 and the price for the same is said to be approx. 16 crores. The non-theatrical rights of the movie are close to 250 crores. The theatrical biz is expected to be skyrocketed and it could be around 150-200 crores. ## T67 is said to be a part of director Lokesh's cinematic universe, which also included "Kaithi" and "Vikram". The makers will launch the title promo of the movie today (Feb. 3). It also stars Trisha Krishnan as the female lead along with Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Sarja, Priya Anand, and Gautham Menen, among others in key roles. ## Stay tuned...

Sidharth Malhotra and Rashmika Mandanna's 'Mission Majnu' Garners 19+ Million Viewing Hours
1284 days ago
Bollywood

Sidharth Malhotra and Rashmika Mandanna's 'Mission Majnu' Garners 19+ Million Viewing Hours

Mumbai, February 2 - Actors Sidharth Malhotra and Rashmika Mandanna-fronted spy thriller "Mission Majnu" is proving to be a successful venture for Netflix which acquired the digital-to-streaming rights of it. ## Directed by Shantanu Bagchi, "Mission Majnu" was released on January 20 and debuted at number 2 on Netflix with 8.94 million viewing hours in the first three days. The movie remained in the top 5 for the second consecutive week with 10.34 million streaming hours (Jan. 23 - Jan. 29).## "Mission Majnu", produced by RSVP Movies and Guilty By Association Media LLP, has so far garnered 19.28 million viewing hours in the first 10 days, which is a good number for the direct-OTT release film. ## Starring Sidharth Malhotra as Amandeep Ajitpal Singh IPS (Aman)/Tariq Hussain, a RAW agent, the film takes place before and during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The movie got good reviews from critics and OTT audiences. ## Stay tuned...

Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' Becomes Biggest Domestic Scorer In YRF's Spy Universe
1284 days ago
Bollywood

Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' Becomes Biggest Domestic Scorer In YRF's Spy Universe

Mumbai, February 2 - Superstar Shah Rukh Khan's "Pathaan" is showing no sign of fatigue as it is recording blockbuster collections at the box office. The Siddharth Anand's directed flick scored a mammoth opening weekend and carried that momentum into weekdays. ## Also starring John Abraham and Deepika Padukone, "Pathaan" has completed 8 days at the box office, scoring 348.50 crores net in all languages, including 336 crores net in the Hindi language alone. It has now become (as I type this) the biggest domestic scorer in Yash Raj Films' spy universe, beating Salman Khan's "Tiger Zinda Hai". ## "Tiger Zinda Hai" (2017), directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, has earned approx. 339 crores net in Hindi. "Pathaan" has crossed that mark in just 9 days, and it will cross the 350 crores mark by the end of the day. As far as the gross collection is concerned, "TZH" is still ahead with approx. 433 crores as "Pathaan" will be around 420 crores gross in 9 days.## Siddharth Anand's "War" (2019), starring Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff is the third biggest-grosser movie in the spy universe with approx. 303 crores net while Salman's "Ek Tha Tiger" (2012) scored approx. 199 crores. At the worldwide box office, "Pathaan" is miles ahead rest of the aforementioned films as the collection will be close to 700 crore gross in 9 days. "TZH" is the second biggest with 558 crores gross while "War" grossed 471 crores and "ETT" minted 320 crores gross worldwide. ## "Pathaan" is very much on track to become the first film in YRF's ambitious universe to gross 1000 crores worldwide or reach close to that mark. ## Stay tuned...

Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt's 'Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani' Shifts Release Date
1284 days ago
Bollywood

Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt's 'Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani' Shifts Release Date

Mumbai, February 2 - Filmmaker Karan Johar's directorial comeback movie Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani won't be released in April 2023 as the makers have postponed the release by three months. ## Starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt in the leading roles, the romantic family drama was supposed to release on April 28, but will now be hitting theaters worldwide on July 28, 2023. It has also averted the clash with Mani Ratnam's "PS-2" which is releasing on April 28 in multiple languages. ## Dharma Productions took to Twitter to announce the new release date with the title poster. "Rocky aur Rani ke parivaar ho rahe hai taiyyaar, aur dekhiye yeh anokhi kahani of pyaar! Bringing back the magic, the love & larger-than-life entertainment - #RockyAurRaniKiPremKahani in cinemas, 28th July 2023!". ## Rocky aur Rani ke parivaar ho rahe hai taiyyaar, aur dekhiye yeh anokhi kahani of pyaar!Bringing back the magic, the love & larger-than-life entertainment - #RockyAurRaniKiPremKahani in cinemas, 28th July 2023!🍿#RRKPK pic.twitter.com/nC644FbIKe— Dharma Productions (@DharmaMovies) February 2, 2023 ## RRKPK was originally announced for February 10, 2023, release but due to the delay in post-production, the makers postponed the release to April 2023, before shifting it to July 28. It marks Karan Johar's first directorial since "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" (2016). ## The movie is produced by Dharma Productions in association with Viacom18 Studios. It also stars Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, and Shabana Azmi, among others in prominent roles. ## Stay tuned...

Prabhas's 'Project K' With Nag Ashwin To Be Released In Two Parts
1285 days ago
Tollywood

Prabhas's 'Project K' With Nag Ashwin To Be Released In Two Parts

Hyderabad, February 1 - Superstar Prabhas's sci-fi film, tentatively titled "Project K" with director Nag Ashwin is going the "Baahubali" way.## The highest-anticipated film has been in production for a long time now. Also starring Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, and Disha Patani, the movie was supposed to release in 2022 but due to the delay in production, the maker postponed the release until officially announced. ## "Project K" is set in a futuristic world with never before seen visuals around the possibility of a 3rd World War. It is kind of the film that hasn't been touched before in Indian cinema and thus, makers are taking extra care in the making and coming up with the rock-solid output. ## According to Pinkvilla, it has now been revealed that "Project K" will be released in two parts, just like "Baahubali" which is one of the most loved Indian films of all time. The shoot for the first part of "Project K" is said to be wrapped up and filming for the second part is currently going on at a brisk pace. ## "The vision and plot point of Project K is so big that the makers have decided to make it a 2-part film. While the first part will establish the world and conflict of this magnum opus, the entire drama will unfold in the second half, much like what happened in the Bahubali Franchise. Project K is envisioned as the biggest film of Indian Cinema with a conflict like never before", Pinkvilla reports quoting a source close to the development. ## The first part of the film is expected to release in April 2024. It is already in the post-production stage with VFX artists working on the footage. The second part will also be completed before the release of the first part as makers are eyeing to release both parts in a short interval of less than a year.## The movie is produced by Vyjayanthi Movies and it is the biggest movie ever for the studio. ## Stay tuned...

Thalapathy 67: Entire Primary Starcast Locked For Thalapathy Vijay's Next With Lokesh Kanagaraj
1285 days ago
Kollywood

Thalapathy 67: Entire Primary Starcast Locked For Thalapathy Vijay's Next With Lokesh Kanagaraj

Chennai, February 1 - Thalapathy Vijay's second collaboration with director Lokesh Kanagaraj has roped in a superlative star cast. Tentatively titled "Thalapathy 67", it is easily the most hyped Kollywood movie of the year and it gets bigger with some of the highly talented actors coming on board it. ## Seven Screen Studio, the production house of the film, has been announcing the cast since yesterday and the makers have locked in primary characters. While Thalapathy Vijay plays the lead role, Sanjay Dutt was the first to announce to play one of the prominent roles. ## Sanjay Dutt marks his Tamil debut with "Thalapathy 67" and also his first association with Vijay and Kanagaraj. "When I heard the one-liner of Thalapathy 67, I knew in that exact moment I had to be a part of this film and I'm thrilled to start this journey", Dutt said. ## The second actor to announce is Priya Anand who plays one of the female leads. Dance choreographer Sandy also joins the cast along with Mysskin, Mansoor Ali Khan, and Mathew Thomas. Gautham Menon, one of the top names in South Indian cinema, is also a part of the ensemble, and so is action king Arjun Sarja. ## The last one to confirm onboard is the leading lady of the film Tisha Krishan who reunites with Thalapathy Vijay after 14 years. Vijay and Trisha are one of the most loved on-screen pairs in South Indian cinema and they are finally teaming up for what could be the biggest film in Tamil cinema history. ## There are rumors that one of the top Tamil actors, Vikram will also be a part of the film, however, the makers haven't confirmed his participation yet. ## Produced by S. S. Lalit Kumar and Jagadish Palanisamy under the banner of Seven Screen Studio, "Thalapathy 67" was officially announced yesterday, January 30. The filming, however, has already started on January 2, 2023, and is going on at a brisk pace. The film's music is composed by Anirudh Ravichander, with cinematography handled by Manoj Paramahamsa, editing by Philomin Raj, and production design supervised by N. Sathees Kumar.## Stay tuned...