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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The Biopic of Industrialist Ratan Tata Is In The Works?
1304 days ago
Kollywood

The Biopic of Industrialist Ratan Tata Is In The Works?

Chennai, November 22 - National award-winning filmmaker, Sudha Kongara is reportedly working on the biopic of the famous Indian industrialist, Ratan Tata. Tata is one of the renowned industrialists and the former chairman of Tata Sons. ## It is said that Sudha, who came to the limelight with Suriya-starrer "Soorarai Pottru", has been planning to direct Tata's biopic and the research on the same is reportedly in the crucial stage. The film will bring many facets of the life of Tata and will also showcase many incidents around his life that are not available in the public domain.## According to Cinema Express, the casting of the film is also underway with Suriya and Abhishek Bachchan in consideration to play the role of the legendary industrialist. The makers are planning to start the principal photography at the end of 2023.## Sudha's last directorial, "Soorarai Pottru", which is based on the life of Air Deccan founder and retired Captain of the Indian Army GR Gopinath, won critical acclaim and won five awards including Best Feature Film at the 68th National Film Awards. ## Stay tuned...

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Kantara Crosses 400 Crores At The Worldwide Box Office
1304 days ago
Sandalwood

Kantara Crosses 400 Crores At The Worldwide Box Office

Bengaluru, November 22 - Hombale Films has another reason to be proud as its latest sensation, Kantara has crossed 400 crores at the global box office in 53 days. It is the second back-to-back film for the studio to reach this rare box office milestone, after KGF: Chapter 2.## The Rishab Shetty-starrer has grossed a might 358.50 crores (304.10 crores net) in India, making it the third highest-grossing film at the domestic box office in 2022 after "KGF 2" and "RRR". Among the all-time domestic-grosser, "Kantara" is at the 17th number. ## Made with a budget of just 16 crores, "Kantara" has been excellent at the overseas box office as well as it performed much better than expected. It has grossed 43 crores internationally, helping worldwide gross cume to reach 401.50 crores, making it the 5th Indian film of 2022 and 24th of all-time to breach the milestone. ## Originally released in the Kannada language, the film was dubbed in other languages and released in theaters. In Kannada, it has grossed approx. 187 crores, followed by Hindi with approx. 96 crores, Telugu with approx. 50 crores, Malayalam with approx. 16 crores, and Tamil with around 8.50 crores. ## "Kantara" is still playing a decent amount of theaters and is likely to add a few more crores to its worldwide tally. ## Stay tuned...

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James Cameron's 'Avatar: The Way of Water' Shows To Begin At Midnight In India
1304 days ago
Hollywood

James Cameron's 'Avatar: The Way of Water' Shows To Begin At Midnight In India

Mumbai, November 22 - James Cameron's highly-anticipated sci-fi adventure Avatar: The Way of Water is getting ready to release on December 16 in India. There is a huge amount of buzz among the Indian audience for this cinematic masterpiece.## Meanwhile, the advance booking for this blockbuster sequel has been opened in India in premium formats and the makers are going with midnight shows, starting at 12 AM keeping the huge anticipation in mind in select theaters. The advance, as of now, opened only in PVR, and INOX multiplexes in a few cities. ## Disney is said to be releasing the film on its own and it is going with high prices of up to Rs. 2000 per ticket in different formats. The film is scheduled to release in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada languages. ## 'AVATAR' ADVANCE BOOKINGS OPEN IN INDIA TODAY… Advance bookings for the much-awaited #AvatarTheWayOfWater open at *premium formats* TODAY.ALSO, the film will be screened round-the-clock at *select theatres* in #India, with the first show starting 12 am… #Avatar NEW TRAILER… pic.twitter.com/bAGv5nOON6— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) November 22, 2022 ## Stay tuned...

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Nani And Vijay Sethupathi To Join Adivi Sesh In Third Installment of 'Hit' Franchise?
1305 days ago
Tollywood

Nani And Vijay Sethupathi To Join Adivi Sesh In Third Installment of 'Hit' Franchise?

Hyderabad, November 12 - The much-awaited sequel to Vishwak Sen's crime action thriller, "HIT - The First Case" - HIT: The Second Case is getting ready to release in theaters on December 2 with Adivi Sesh replacing Sen in the lead role. ## Directed by Sailesh Kolanu, the first film in the series was a success which led to the foundation for its sequel, and now, the makers to willing to make it a 7-part film franchise with a new protagonist in each film. Nani is the producer of the franchise along with Prashanti Tipirneni. ## According to the latest reports, the third film in the franchise will be a multistarrer. It is said that the preparation for the third part has already begun and it will reportedly feature Nani and Vijay Sethupathi along with Adivi Sesh in key roles. ## Meanwhile, the buzz for "HIT 2" is picking up as the release date is getting nearer. The makers will launch the trailer on November 23rd. The teaser was recently launched which recieved praise but it was removed from YouTube due to some voilent scences. Meenakshi Chaudhary is playing the female lead role.## Stay tuned...

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Superstar Shah Rukh Khan To Be Honored By Saudi Arabia's Red Sea International Film Festival
1305 days ago
Bollywood

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan To Be Honored By Saudi Arabia's Red Sea International Film Festival

Mumbai, November 21 - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is set to be honored by Saudi Arabia's Red Sea International Film Festival with an honorary award. ## The King Khan, who has been ruling the hearts for many years, has won most popular actor accolades three times at the Central European Bollywood Awards. The second edition of Red Sea will be held from December 1 to 10. ## "I am truly honored to receive this award from the Red Sea International Film Festival. It's wonderful to be here among my fans from Saudi and the region who have always been huge supporters of my films. I'm looking forward to celebrating the region's talent and being a part of this exciting film community", Shah Rukh Khan said.## On the work front, SRK will next be seen in director Siddharth Anand's spy action thriller Pathaan, co-starring John Abraham and Deepika Padukone. Produced by Yash Raj Films, the movie is scheduled to release on January 25, 2023, in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu in 2D and 3D.## The superstar also has "Jawaan" with Tamil director Atlee, scheduled to hit on June 2, 2023, and then, the highly-awaited "Dunki" with renowned filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani, hitting worldwide theaters in December 2023.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'The Legend Of Maula Jatt' Becomes First Pakistani Movie To Hit PKR200 Crores Worldwide
1305 days ago
International

Box Office: 'The Legend Of Maula Jatt' Becomes First Pakistani Movie To Hit PKR200 Crores Worldwide

Mumbai, November 21 - The blockbuster Pakistani Punjabi film The Legend of Maula Jatt is on the historic box office run, breaking records amid the political turmoil in the country. ## Directed by Bilal Lashari, TLOMJ has outstormed all the low expectations and becomes the first Pakistani movie ever to reach PKR 200 crores gross at the worldwide box office. It was also the first Pakistani movie to reach 100 crores globally but has managed to extend its run to the next level.## The action-drama film, starring Fawad Khan as the titular character, is already the highest-grossing Pakistani movie, both domestically and overseas. It has grossed approx. PKR 80 crores in Pakistan while the overseas collection is PKR 123 crores to date, for worldwide cume approx. 203 crores, according to local trade analysts.## "The Legend of Maula Jatt" is the adaption of the 1979 cult classic film "Maula Jatt", which was itself a huge blockbuster. Produced by Ammara Hikmat and Asad Jamil Khan under the production banner of Lashari Films and Encyclomedia, the movie tells about a local folk hero named Maula Jatt who takes on his archnemesis and the leader of a brutal clan, Noori Natt.## The movie also stars Hamza Ali Abbasi, Humaima Malik, and Mahira Khan in prominent roles.## Stay tuned...

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Hanuman Teaser: An Ambitious Attempt At India's Original Superhero
1305 days ago
Tollywood

Hanuman Teaser: An Ambitious Attempt At India's Original Superhero

Hyderabad, November 21 - Tollywood filmmaker Prasanth Varma's next HanuMan with actor Teja Sajja is in post-production. The shoot of the movie was done a long time back but due to the heavy VFX, the post-production work is taking a bit longer time than expected.## Meanwhile, as the post-production is happening, the makers released the first teaser of the superhero movie, which is based on the epic character of the epic Ramayana, Lord Hanuman, but the story is based on current times. The teaser gives a brief view into the world created by Varma, and it can be termed an ambitious attempt at India's original superhero.## Made on a relatively lower budget than other VFX-heavy films, the "HanuMan" teaser is nothing short of a visual extravaganza. Though the teaser didn't reveal much about the story, it is full of goosebumps moments with the last shot being the highlight of it where Lord Hanuman resembles Lord Shiva, covered with ice Shivling in the ice cave.## The teaser introduces the characters of the protagonist Teja, Amrita Aiyer, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, and others. The fight scenes have been designed in a way that testifies superhero genre. Overall, the teaser gives the best first impression of the movie. The release date announcement is not made yet. It will release in multiple languages.## ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Black Panther 2 Races Past $500 Million Worldwide
1305 days ago
Hollywood

Box Office: Black Panther 2 Races Past $500 Million Worldwide

Los Angeles, November 21 - Marvel Studios' latest blockbuster Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has crossed the $500 million mark at the global box office at the end of the second weekend.## The superhero movie, directed by Ryan Coogler, was the number one movie at the domestic (North American) box office for the second weekend in a row. It grossed $67.3 million in its second weekend in North America, pushing total domestic cum to $288 million in 10 days.## The drop for "Black Panther 2" was around 63% which is higher than the first Black Panther movie but relatively low as compared to the recent Marvel tentpoles, "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" and "Thor: Love and Thunder" which posted declines in the 67 percent range. ## At the international box office, the sequel grossed $258.3 million after approx. $70 million in the second weekend from 50 markets, pushing total global cume to over half a billion at $546.3 million. As per Deadline, the drop was just 49% overseas on the second weekend which is better than the majority of other MCU titles for the same suite of markets.## Despite the heavy first two weekends at the worldwide box office, "Black Panther 2" is nowhere close to its predecessor as Hollywood analysts are predicting it to be wrapped under $1 billion at around $850 million. "Black Panther" (2018) had grossed a staggering $1.34 billion in its lifetime run and is one of the highest-grossing solo superhero movies of all time.## The Top 10 markets for "Black Panther 2" to date are - US & Canada ($288M), the UK ($27.1M), Mexico ($22.8M), France ($21.6M), Brazil ($14.2M), Korea ($14M), Australia ($12.5M), Germany ($11.1M), Indonesia ($10.1M), and India ($9.5M).## Stay tuned...

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Cristiano Ronaldo Becomes First Person To Hit 500 Million Followers On Instagram
1306 days ago
Social Media

Cristiano Ronaldo Becomes First Person To Hit 500 Million Followers On Instagram

Mumbai, November 20 - Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese footballer has achieved another massive milestone on social media. The star footballer is set to become the first person to hit 500 million followers on Instagram. ## Ronaldo currently has 499.60 million followers (at the time of writing), and is likely to hit the 500 million mark within the next few hours. Argentina's Lionel Messi is the second most followed person on the platform with 372.80 million followers, ahead of American Television Personality / Model / Businesswoman Kylie Jenner who has 372.55 million followers currently. ## Cristiano is the most followed person but not the most followed handle. Instagram's own official handle is number one with 569 million followers. Singer Selena Gomez is the 4th most followed person with 356 million while actor Dwayne Johnson is the 5th with 347 million. ## Check out - Top followed Instagram Handle as of 20th November 2022## Apart from becoming the most followed person, Ronaldo is also likely to have the most liked post in Instagram history as his latest post with Lionel Messi is catching the eyeballs. The post currently had 32.9 million likes in just 22 hours. ## View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) ## Stay tuned...

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Trisha Krishnan To Be The Leading Heroin In Thalapathy 67 And Ajith Kumar's Next?
1306 days ago
Kollywood

Trisha Krishnan To Be The Leading Heroin In Thalapathy 67 And Ajith Kumar's Next?

Chennai, November 20 - Actress Trisha Krishnan returns to the scene after impressing everyone with her performance in Mani Ratnam's recent blockbuster Ponniyin Selvan - 1. She hasn't been doing many films over the last few years but now, it seems she is keen to change the tide.## According to the latest reports, the actress will be reuniting with Thalapathy Vijay in Thalapathy 67. While the official announcement regarding the casting is yet to be made, multiple reliable reports have confirmed that Trisha will be the leading heroin opposite Thalapathy Vijay. The movie will be directed by Lokesh Kangaraj and it will be part of his cinematic universe.## Not only in the "Thalapathy 67", but Trisha is also reportedly in talks to play the female lead in Ajith Kumar's next film that will be directed by Vignesh Shivan. Previously, Ajith Kumar and Trisha have worked together in 3 films with "Yennai Arindhaal" (2015) being their last film together.## Ajith Kumar is currently working on "Thunivu" under the direction of H Vinoth. It is scheduled to release on Pongal 2023, and once he is done with this, Thala Ajith will start his next in the first quarter of 2023. On the other hand, "Thalapathy 67" to0 is expected to go on floors early next year. ## Trisha, on the other hand, has multiple films in the pipeline. She will next be seen in "Sathuranga Vettai 2" with Arvind Swami. She also has the second part to release of "Ponniyin Selvan" along with Mohanlal's big budget flick "Ram: Part 1" and "The Road".## Stay tuned...

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Allu Arvind Hopes For A Possible Collaboration Between Allu Arjun And Bollywood Producer Dinesh Vijan
1307 days ago
Tollywood

Allu Arvind Hopes For A Possible Collaboration Between Allu Arjun And Bollywood Producer Dinesh Vijan

Hyderabad, November 19 - Superstar Allu Arjun's Pushpa - The Rise was a huge hit in Hindi and made him one of the biggest stars in the country. He was already carrying a huge fan following among the Hindi audience and Pushpa was just a glimpse of that. ## Over the last few years before "Pushpa", there have been reports about his debut in Bollywood, however, nothing was made official as Allu Arjun was happy doing Telugu films. Now, Allu's father, Allu Arvind said in a recent interview that producer Dinesh Vijan of Maddock Films had approached him for a movie. ## The veteran Telugu producer said that Vijan always believed that Allu Arjun was a Pan India star even before the release of "Pushpa", and this was the reason he approached him for a direct Hindi film. He went on to say and hints that Vijan may collaborate with Allu Arjun soon for a Pan India movie.## Dinesh Vijan has a good reputation in Bollywood. He has produced quality content over the last few years and set up his own horror-comedy universe. His next production is "Bhediya" starring Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon, scheduled to release on November 25.## Allu Arjun, on the other hand, is currently working on the second part of "Pushpa - The Rule" with director Sukumar. He will next reportedly join hands with SS Rajamouli, which could be his biggest film. ## Stay tuned...

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Drishyam 2 Malayalam - A Big Missed Box Office Opportunity!
1307 days ago
Mollywood

Drishyam 2 Malayalam - A Big Missed Box Office Opportunity!

Mumbai, November 19 - The covid-19 pandemic was a massive hurdle for the Indian film industry to ignore as films over the last two years were forced to take a different route other than the conventional theatrical way. ## While the makers initially had no choice but to opt for direct digital releases of their movies to prevent big losses as theaters were closed, no one can deny that the lack of patience in them not only left exhibitors in the doldrums but also made those filmmakers let the big opportunities to go.## One of the questionable decisions, which was heavily criticized by the Kerala theater association, was skipping the theatrical release of Mohanlal's highly-anticipated suspense thriller "Drishyam 2" as it was sold to Amazon Prime Video for direct release in February 2021.## Skipping the theatrical release of "Drishyam 2" might not be a tough decision for the makers back then as they hardly had an idea what they are going to lose later on. The latest Hindi remake of "Drishyam 2" has done what the original Malayalam movie wasn't even given the opportunity and that is scoring big bucks at the box office.## "Drishyam 2" Malayalam got an excellent response from critics and OTT audiences alike and it would have surely done wonders at the box office had it been released in theaters. The Hindi version, which was released on November 18, surpassed all expectations and took the opening of over 15 crores net with the 3-day opening weekend total finishing above 64 crores net, which is excellent, to say the least.## Very much like Bollywood at present, the Malayalam industry was also undergoing a big slump at the time of the "Drishyam 2" release as most films were skipping theatrical releases. It could have done the same as its remake is doing for Bollywood, giving a major relief. ## While the Malayalam filmmakers were too harsh towards the theatrical options back then, the other industries including Bollywood were also on the same path, leaving the box office biz gasping and on the verge of collapse. There were several Bollywood films, including "Shershaah", "Mimi", and "Dil Bechara", among others, which could have easily held on for theatrical releases but the makers decided against this option.## Stay tuned...

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