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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Kangana Ranaut Transforms Into Former PM Indira Gandhi In The First Look Teaser of Emergency
1436 days ago
Bollywood

Kangana Ranaut Transforms Into Former PM Indira Gandhi In The First Look Teaser of Emergency

Mumbai, July 14 - Bollywood Queen, Kangana Ranaut shared the first look teaser of her upcoming movie Emergency. Kangana plays the role of former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, and the actress transformed herself into this epic role with perfection.## Apart from playing the role of the late former PM, Kangana is also directing and producing the movie under her banner Manikarnika Films Production. In the first look teaser, we see Kangana donning the look of Indira Gandhi, complete with spectacles and her starched cotton saree. ## In the teaser video, Kangana can be seen getting a call from the former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, asking if American President Richard Nixon can address her as 'Ma'am' instead of the usual sir. Kangana, as Indira, takes a beat and says yes, but then turns to the secretary and asks him to inform the US President that everyone in her office refers to her as 'Sir'. The music, which is composed by GV Prakash Kumar, is also impressive. ## The epic story of Independent India’s darkest hour.As we commence shoot, sharing a glimpse of #Emergency#EmergencyFirstLookhttps://t.co/t14SjqyDEb#KanganaRanaut @nishantpitti #AkshtRanaut @writish @gvprakash @manojmuntashir pic.twitter.com/FsD0Hk3ixZ— Manikarnika Films Production (@ManikarnikaFP) July 14, 2022 ## "Emergency", is based on Independent India's one of the biggest and crucial chapters when Emergency was imposed by the former PM. This historical moment is often called the darkest hour of Indian democracy. The Emergency in India was a 21-month period from 1975 to 1977 when PM Indira Gandhi had a state of emergency declared across the country. ## Talking about the movie, the shooting for the movie has already begun. Ritesh Shah, who also wrote Kangana's previous movie, Dhaakad, wrote the screenplay and dialogues of the movie. Kangana's transformation as Indira Gandhi has been done by Oscar-winner David Malinowski. The movie will be released in theaters next year. ## Stay tuned...

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'Top Gun Maverick' Surpasses $600 Million At North America Box Office
1437 days ago
Hollywood

'Top Gun Maverick' Surpasses $600 Million At North America Box Office

Los Angeles, July 13 - Tom Cruise's action thriller Top Gun Maverick has surpassed the milestone of $600 million at the North American box office and becomes the only 12th movie ever to reach there. It took 47 days to get there. ## The Paramount/Skydance movie has also crossed the initial domestic box office run of James Cameron's "Titanic" of $600.78 million as "Top Gun 2" has so far scored $601.92 million. "Titanic", however, remains the highest grossing domestic movie in Paramount Pictures' 110-year history with its re-release grosses putting a total cume at $659.3M, which is also the 7th biggest ever. ## The sequel to 1986's movie, "Top Gun 2" is currently the highest-grossing movie of 2022 in North America and globally. It has grossed over $1.19 billion so far at the worldwide box office. During the covid-19 pandemic, the Cruise-fronted movie is the second biggest domestic and worldwide grosser after Marvel/Sony's "Spider-Man: No Way Home" ($1.89B WW).## In the long run, "Top Gun Maverick" is likely to dethrone "Titanic" entire domestic collection to become the 7th biggest-grosser in Hollywood history. The Hollywood industry trade experts are predicting $670 million plus North America lifetime run. ## "Top Gun: Maverick" is directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Paramount Pictures, Skydance, and Jerry Bruckheimer Films. The movie stars Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm along with Ed Harris and Val Kilmer, among others in prominent roles. ## Stay tuned...

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Kamal Haasan's 'Vikram' Is The Most Popular Indian Film of 2022 Followed By 'KGF: Chapter 2' On IMDb
1437 days ago
Kollywood

Kamal Haasan's 'Vikram' Is The Most Popular Indian Film of 2022 Followed By 'KGF: Chapter 2' On IMDb

Chennai, July 13 - The year 2022 has been great for the Indian film industry where we have seen some of the biggest blockbusters and critically acclaimed movies across languages. IMDb Pro has released the list of the most popular Indian films of 2022 so far. The list includes both theatrical and direct OTT releases. ## Legendary Kamal Haasan's comeback movie Vikram, which stunned the trade pundits with its phenomenal success at the box office, is the most popular film of the year so far. IMDb Fans have given 8.8 Ratings to "Vikram" which is the highest for any Indian film this year. The movie, which also stars Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil, is the highest-grossing Tamil movie of the year and second of all time. It scored over 400 crores worldwide. ## This year's highest-grossing Indian movie at the worldwide box office, KGF: Chapter 2 is the second most popular film with IMDb Ratings of 8.5. The Yash-starrer was the most-anticipated film and performed accordingly and grossed over 1200 crores WW. The Prashanth Neel-directed period action drama is currently the 3rd highest-grossing Indian film of all time. ## Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files, which sent shockwaves to moviegoers and trade experts, is the third most famous film of 2022 with 8.3 Ratings on IMDb. The movie became the center of attraction upon its release in March and was heavily criticized. It is based on one of the darkest chapters of Indian history, the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits during the Kashmir Insurgency in the 1990s. The movie was a huge box office hit with a worldwide gross collection of over 330 crores from a budget of around 20 crores. It is the highest-grossing Bollywood movie since "Tanhaji" in January 2020. ## Chek Out the full list of Most Popular Movies of 2022 So Far## Among the top most popular films of the year, the Malayalam movie, Haridayam is at number 4 with 8.1 Ratings. It was a box office blockbuster and also was critically hailed. SS Rajamouli's epic blockbuster RRR is the fifth on the list with 8 Ratings. The Jr. NTR, Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt, and Ajay Devgn-starrer film is the second highest-grossing Indian film of 2022 with a worldwide gross collection of over 1110 crores.## Meanwhile, Akshay Kumar's Samrat Prithviraj, which was a box office failure, is also among the most popular films of 2022 and is tied with Ajay Devgn-fronted Runway 34 at number eight with the IMDb Ratings of 7.2. Alia Bhatt's box office hit Gangubai Kathiawadi is at number 9 with 7 Ratings. Overall, the list of most popular films of 2022 on IMDb is dominated by Bollywood with 6 movies, followed by 1 each from Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. ## Stay tuned...

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Ryan Gosling Reveals The Marvel Character He Wants To Play In The MCU
1437 days ago
Hollywood

Ryan Gosling Reveals The Marvel Character He Wants To Play In The MCU

Los Angeles, July 13 - Ryan Gosling is one of the respected actors in the Hollywood film industry working today for his roles in films like The Notebook, Drive, and La La Land just to name a few. He is currently shooting for Margot Robbie-fronted "Barbie" as well as busy in the promotional activities of Russo Brothers' "The Gray Man". ## Meanwhile, for the last few weeks, rumors have been making noise regarding Gosling's Marvel debut. The actor has been in-demand to play a comic-book hero and was reportedly considered for the role of the Lone Ranger, Joker in Suicide Squad, and even Doctor Strange in the MCU. While he ended up doing none of them, the latest rumor is about Marvel's movie based on Richard Rider, aka Nova, which is reportedly to make its Marvel debut in the coming years. ## Rumor has it that not only is a project based on the space-faring character set to go into production in 2023 but there's already an actor cast in the leading role - Ryan Gosling. However, the actor has denied such rumours, instead, he has revealed which Marvel character he wants to play. ## Josh Horowitz of MTV News spoke with Gosling and talked about the MCU. The actor finally responded to his Marvel debut rumors suggesting that he has been cast as the MCU's Nova, Richard Rider. But is in not true (as of now). ## "Next week my full chat w/Ryan Gosling for MTV News... But for now, an honest-to-goodness EXCLUSIVE... Ryan and I chatted about the Nova rumors yesterday which he said aren't true. BUT this morning Ryan reached out to me to say there is one superhero he wants to play...GHOST RIDER", Horowitz said in a tweet. ## Next week my full chat w/Ryan Gosling for @MTVNews But for now, an honest to goodness EXCLUSIVE. Ryan and I chatted about the Nova rumors yesterday which he said aren’t true. BUT this morning Ryan reached out to me to say there is one superhero he wants to play...GHOST RIDER pic.twitter.com/1jnC5ht4UY— Josh Horowitz (@joshuahorowitz) July 12, 2022 ## There have already been two movies on Ghost Rider, played by Nicolas Cage in 2007 and 2012. Created by Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich, and Mike Ploog in Marvel Spotlight #5 in 1972, the original Ghost Rider was a stuntman named Johnny Blaze. It will be interesting to see if Gosling gets a chance to play the Cursed Rider. ## Stay tuned...

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Adivi Sesh's 'Major' Scored 8 Million Viewing Hours In Its First Full Week On Netflix
1437 days ago
Digital Media

Adivi Sesh's 'Major' Scored 8 Million Viewing Hours In Its First Full Week On Netflix

Mumbai, July 13 - Adivi Sesh's biographical action drama film Major scored 8 million viewing hours on Netflix in its first full week in Hindi and Telugu languages. The movie was made available on the streamer on July 3 in all three release languages, Hindi, Telugu, and Malayalam. ## The Hindi version of the movie was the most-watched Indian title and second-most overall non-English movie globally on Netflix in the week of July 4 - July 10. It scored 5.99 million viewing hours while the Telugu version, which landed at number 8, grabbed 2 million hours of watch time in the movie's first full week on Netflix. ## Directed by Sashi Kiran Tikka, "Major" was released theatrically on June 3rd in the original Hindi and Telugu along with dubbed Malayalam versions. The film follows the life of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, an army officer who was martyred in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. It also stars Prakash Raj, Sobhita Dhulipala, Saiee Manjrekar, Revathi, Murali Sharma and Anish Kuruvilla. From its theatrical run, the movie grossed approx. 60 crores worldwide and declared as a box office super hit. ## SS Rajamouli's never-ending obsession RRR Hindi version continued to remain one of the choices on Netflix, especially among overseas audiences. The period action drama film scored 2.85 million viewing hours and remained in the top 10 most-watched non-English films worldwide for the 8th consecutive week on Netflix. ## Hindi movie, Operation Romeo, produced by Neeraj Pandey, opened at number 9 with 1.94 million viewing hours on the streamer. On the other hand, Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani, and Tabu-fronted horror-comedy Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 remained in the top 10 for the 4th consecutive week. In its 4th week, the movie scored 1.85 million viewing hours and landed at number 10. The cumulative viewing hours of BB2 have reached 21.70 million on Netflix. ## Stay tuned...

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Will 'Cobra' Prove To Be A Game-Changer For Chiyaan Vikram Like 'Vikram' Proved For Kamal Haasan?
1438 days ago
Kollywood

Will 'Cobra' Prove To Be A Game-Changer For Chiyaan Vikram Like 'Vikram' Proved For Kamal Haasan?

Chennai, July 12 - Tamil star Chiyaan Vikram returns to the big screen with the action thriller film Cobra, which is scheduled to release on August 11, 2022. It will be Vikram's first theatrical release since "Kadaram Kondan", which was released in July 2019. ## Directed by R. Ajay Gnanamuthu, "Cobra" is being seen as a potential winner at the box office, and rightly so, the makers are keeping high hopes for it. Actor, and filmmaker Udhaynidhi Stalin, who will distribute the movie in Tamil Nadu under his banner Red Giant Movies, has called it a game-changing film for Vikram's career. ## At the grand audio launch of Cobra which took place yesterday (July 11), Udhaynidhi Stalin said that Cobra will be as big a box office success as Kamal Haasan's recently released "Vikram". Directed by Lokesh Kangaraj, "Vikram" proved to be the biggest hit in Kamal Haasan's career as it grossed over 400 crores at the worldwide box office. ## "Cobra" is definitely a big movie and is creating genuine hype and buzz for its theatrical release. However, it is too early to compare it with "Vikram", which was a Pan India movie and was promoted well within domestic as well as international markets. It was also boosted with a solid and talented star cast, also featuring Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil along with a rocking cameo of Suriya. ## On the other hand, "Cobra" doesn't have a big name apart from Chiyaan Vikram. Srinidhi Shetty, who is playing the leading lady, though is fresh from mega-blockbuster "KGF: Chapter 2", is still a new face for the Tamil audience. It also stars Irfan Pathan, Miya George, and Roshan Mathew, among others in key roles. ## While asking to repeat "Vikram's: box office success is looking too much for "Cobra", it has the potential to create magic and has a chance to become the biggest grosser in Chiyaan Vikram's career. S. S. Lalit Kumar has produced the movie under his banner Seven Screen Studios.## Stay tuned..

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Gujarati Film 'Fakt Mahilao Maate', Featuring Amitabh Bachchan In Special Guest Role, To Release On August 19
1438 days ago
Bollywood

Gujarati Film 'Fakt Mahilao Maate', Featuring Amitabh Bachchan In Special Guest Role, To Release On August 19

Mumbai, July 12 - Gujarati movie, Fakt Mahilao Maate, which features legendary Amitabh Bachchan in a special guest role for the first time in a Gujarati movie, is all set to release in theaters on August 19, 2022. The movie stars Yash Soni and Deeksha Joshi in the leading roles. ## "Fakt Mahilao Mate" (Only for Women) is produced by Anand Pandit's Anand Pandit Motion Pictures and co-produced by Vishal Shah's Jannock Films. The movie celebrates the spirit of womanhood and delivers a powerful social message. ## Talking about how the film touches upon important issues and also packages them in the form of entertainment, Anand Pandit had earlier said, "I have always believed that women-led stories cannot just talk about important issues but also entertain the masses and break the box-office. When this story came to me, I immediately saw its potential and decided that I would produce it".## 'FAKT MAHILAO MAATE' ARRIVES ON 19 AUG 2022... #Gujarati film #FaktMahilaoMaate - starring #YashSoni - to release on 19 Aug 2022... #AmitabhBachchan - who features in a special guest appearance - is, for the first time, portraying a character in a #Gujarati film. pic.twitter.com/Yrqftu1FEu— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 12, 2022 ## Stay tuned...

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'Dune', 'Passengers', 'Prometheus' Screenwriter Jon Spaihts Heaps Praise On 'RRR'
1438 days ago
Tollywood

'Dune', 'Passengers', 'Prometheus' Screenwriter Jon Spaihts Heaps Praise On 'RRR'

Hyderabad, July 12 - SS Rajamouli's RRR is continuing to win accolades and praises from the Hollywood film industry. The latest to join the list is the screenwriter of critically acclaimed movies like "Dune", "Passengers", "Doctor Strange", and "Prometheus" - Jon Spaihts.## Jon Spaihts took to Twitter to share his feeling after watching "RRR" as he left impressed with this Indian epic blockbuster. "Holy hell, RRR. Has any movie ever packed more movie into a movie? What a ride. Still thinking about it a couple of days later", he wrote. ## Holy hell, RRR. Has any movie ever packed more movie into a movie? What a ride. Still thinking about it a couple days later. pic.twitter.com/XT4YvpEQZn— Jon Spaihts (@jonspaihts) July 10, 2022 ## Earlier in June, "Doctor Strange" screenwriter C.Robert Cargill watched the movie and shared his Review on Twitter. Sharing his reaction to the period drama, Cargill wrote, "Friends came over last night to initiate me into the cult of RRR (Rise, Roar, Revolt) and I'm here to report I am now fully, truly, deeply a member".## He also described RRR as "the craziest, most sincere, weirdest blockbuster I've ever seen". Cargill added that he was quite certain that he was going to watch the movie once again with his partner.## Stay tuned...

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Netflix's 'Stranger Things 4' Sets New Streaming Records
1438 days ago
Digital Media

Netflix's 'Stranger Things 4' Sets New Streaming Records

Los Angeles, July 12 - American science fiction horror drama series, Stranger Things 4 has been a monster hit for Netflix globally. Created by the Duffer Brothers, season 4 of the series was released in two parts with the first part of 7 episodes debuting on May 27 while volume 2 with the remaining two episodes on July 1 this year. ## The 4th season of "Stranger Things" has not only been a big hit but also created new streaming records. It has become only the second Netflix series ever to score 1 billion watching hours, after Korean hit "Squid Game S1". Apart from this, the series also set a few more records, which are as follows - ## 1. Biggest Opening Weekend Ever For Netflix -## "Stranger Things 4", upon its release on May 27, scored 286.79 million hours of viewing time worldwide during its opening weekend. It stormed past the previous record holder, season two of "Bridgerton", which had 193 million viewing hours in the opening weekend. ## 2. Most-Watched English Series on Netflix of All Time - ## "Stranger Things 4" is now the most-watched English language series of all time on Netflix. The series had reached the top spot by outscoring "Bridgerton: Season 2" in just 17 days. "Bridgerton: Season 2" was watched for 656.26 million hours in its first 28 days while "ST4" has already been watched for 1.15 billion hours on Netflix.## 3. First English Series on Netflix To Be Watched For 1 Billion Hours - ## There have been only two series on Netflix, which have been watched for over 1 billion hours. While "Squid Game" scored 1.6 billion viewing hours, "Stranger Things 4" is the second and the only English language show to achieve the feat on the streamer. "Stranger Things 3" is also in the top 5 most-watched English shows with 582.10 million viewing hours. ## 4. All-Time Nielsen Streaming Record For Any Web Series Belongs To ST4 - ## "Stranger Things 4" has set a new weekly streaming record in the USA, according to Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings. According to Nielsen, "Stranger Things" scored 7.2 billion viewing minutes for the week of May 30-June 5, which is the highest weekly total for any streaming title since the advent of weekly rankings almost two years ago. This also includes the numbers of previous seasons, but the majority of viewing hours from S4. ## Stay tuned...

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Lady Superstar Nayanthara Collaborates With Zee Studios For Her 75th Film
1438 days ago
Kollywood

Lady Superstar Nayanthara Collaborates With Zee Studios For Her 75th Film

Chennai, July 12 - Tamil lady superstar, Nayanthara has announced her next film and collaborated with Zee Studios for the same. The actress, who recently got married to filmmaker Vignesh Shivan, makes a grand announcement for her 75th film which will be directed by Nilesh Krishnaa. ## Zee Studios will produce this film in association with Trident Arts and Naad Studios. Satya Raj will also be starring in an important role alongside Nayanthara. The shoot for the movie will be commenced soon. ## Announcing #ladySuperstar75 🥳Zee Studios is excited to collaborate with #Nayanthara for her 75th film! 💃🏻The shoot will begin soon! 🎬#Jai #SathyaRaj @Nilesh_Krishnaa @dineshkrishnanb @tridentartsoffl @Naadstudios pic.twitter.com/nVVCnLek83— Zee Studios (@ZeeStudios_) July 12, 2022 ## Nayanthara, meanwhile, is currently shooting for her Bollywood debut movie "Jawan", in which she has been paired with superstar Shah Rukh Khan. Atlee is directing this mass action entertainer, scheduled to release on June 2, 2023. The actress is also shooting for Chiranjeevi and Salman Khan's "Godfather". ## Apart from the aforementioned films, Nayanthara will also be headlining the Malayalam movie "Gold" along with Prithviraj Sukumaran. Alphonse Puthren, who last directed "Premam" (2015), has directed this upcoming romantic-comedy-drama film, which is slated to hit screens on August 19 this year. ## Stay tuned...

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Director Taika Waititi Says He Would Love To Return To Complete His 'Thor' Trilogy With Chris Hemsworth
1438 days ago
Hollywood

Director Taika Waititi Says He Would Love To Return To Complete His 'Thor' Trilogy With Chris Hemsworth

Los Angeles, July 12 - Director Taika Waititi's second Thor movie - "Thor: Love and Thunder" has been released in theaters. Unlike "Thor: Ragnarok", the 4th installment in this superhero franchise got low ratings from critics and audiences alike.## Thor will return with the 5th installment, but after "Thor: Love and Thunder", the speculations are making noise about who will direct it and will Chris Hemsworth return to play this iconic comic-book superhero. Interestingly, the post-credits card ending "Thor 4" was a surprise for the eight-time Marvel star as it introduces a major MCU superhero. ## Well, in an interview with Insider (via comicbook, Waititi revealed that he would love to return to the director's chair and complete his Thor trilogy only with Hemsworth, who, in one of the recent interviews said that he would play Thor "until someone says get off the stage".## "That was a surprise to me, too. I'm not joking," Waititi told Insider of Marvel confirming Thor's eventual return. "I saw it in the theater and I was like, 'Oh, shit. Really?' Even Chris was like, 'What?' But, of course, he'll be back. He's the best character. I mean, I may be a little biased, but he's the most fun to watch".## "Now, I don't know what would be next. I would definitely do one, but only if Chris did it," Waititi said. "But it would need to be something surprising and unexpected for me to want to do it, like what would be the new take? The battles and all the fighting is fine, but I would want something that feels unexpected when it comes to the story. Like making just a $5 million movie with no fighting at all, just Thor on a road trip. Like [Alexander Payne's 2013 film] Nebraska", he added.## Marvel Studios has not yet announced Thor 5 or when Thor might return. ## Meanwhile, despite the mixed talks among the audiences and being rated one of the lowest MCU movies by critics, "Thor 4" opened to a mighty $303 million worldwide on the opening weekend, making it the biggest opening ever of the franchise. The movie cost a whopping $250 million to make, which makes it the costliest Thor movie ever. ## The movie stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor Odinson, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Taika Waititi as Korg, Russell Crowe as Zeus, Jaimie Alexander as Sif, and Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan, Dave Bautista, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, Vin Diesel, and Bradley Cooper as the Guardians of the Galaxy.## Stay tuned...

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Varun Dhawan Remembers Sidharth Shukla As 'Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania' Completes 8 Years
1439 days ago
Bollywood

Varun Dhawan Remembers Sidharth Shukla As 'Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania' Completes 8 Years

Mumbai, July 11 - Director Shashank Khaitan's romantic-comedy film, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania has completed 8 years since its release in 2014. The movie starred Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt along with Sidharth Shukla in prominent roles.## As the film marks its 8th anniversary, Varun Dhawan celebrates this special film by remembering Sidharth Shukla, who died in September last year due to a heart attack. Sidharth marked his Bollywood debut with this film and it was the only Bollywood film of his career. ## Varun remembered Sidharth for his protective and kind-hearted nature and wrote, "8 years of #humptysharmakidhulania a very special film but today I remember it for the time I got to spend with sid on the film. He was kind hearted, protective, and always passionate about work and friends".## 8 years of #humptysharmakidhulania a very special film but today I remember it for the time I got to spend with sid on the film. He was kind hearted, protective and always passionate about work and friends. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/OxohdX6JPs— VarunKukooDhawan (@Varun_dvn) July 11, 2022 ## "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania" is produced by Hiroo Yash Johar and Karan Johar under the banner of Dharma Productions. It was a big commercial success with a worldwide gross collection of 119.60 crores.## Stay tuned...

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