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247 cr in week one is some number. It has gone ahead of 9 days week one of Sultan’s Eid release by 17-18 cr!
All-India is already 500+ cr nett.
The trending from here onward will give some idea about how well liked the film is. Going by the strong WOM, there seem to be a possibility of doubling this, which will be huge 500 cr nett from Hindi version itself. All India can get to 850 cr nett range too.
Writer-director Vijay Krishna Acharya said, “The role of the girl is pivotal to the film so it was crucial for us to find the perfect fit. Through a rigorous round of auditions and action workshops, we found in Fatima a truly dedicated actor and a gifted performer of action. We are very happy to have found the perfect girl for our film.”
I’m 200% sure that Aamir has big hand in signing of Fatima Sana Sheikh for TOH. Besides the talent and all, it is perfect opportunity to move away from the ‘old’ image of Dangal and ‘show’ the world that he can still act as leading man to a girl played his daughter. This is the little bit of show off side of his nature. Can’t blame him though as he needs to look after his image and long career.
Scoop: No Baahubali 3, says writer Vijayendra Prasad
BySubhash K. Jha
May 5, 2017 – 3:26 pm IST
Scoop No Baahubali 3, says writer Vijayendra Prasad
The internet is littered with hopeful stories suggesting that now when Baahubali 2 – The Conclusion has become the biggest blockbuster of all times, the franchise may be extended into another film. However the film’ writer K Vijayendra Prasad shoots down all possibilities of the Baahubali saga going any further.
“We’ve told whatever story there was to tell. Baahubali was planned as a two-part feature film. We wrote the entire story comprising the two films from before we started shooting. Whatever story there was to tell has already been told,” says the veteran writer who is also the film’s director S S Rajamouli’s father.
Dangal opens to earth shattering response in China.2.15MD done till few mins. back.Total Day 1 cld be 3MD.11-12MD weekend shld be done shattering BB2 NA weekend.
ATP in China for Dangal-4.5$,Assuming day 1 collns to be 3M$,FF for day1 cld be-6.66 Lacs.
ATP for BB2 in NA wld be 16M$ at the least because of non sense rates,Weekend collns-10.138M$,FF-6.33 Lacs.
Dangal china day 1 FF>BB2 whole weekend FF in NA.
Advance of Dangal day 1(0.55M$)>(HNY+MNIK+Fan)LIFETIME.
HNY LT-0.18MD
Fan LT-0.21MD
MNIK LT-0.11MD
BB1 LT(1.1 MD) was crossed in China within few hours.
Jokes aside, this looks like taking out P.K by some distance in China.
Dangal back in the news for the right reasons. The ‘crushed’ headline by BOI is to be expected. It’s basically Bahubali vs. Dangal everywhere. Not a bad thing.
Dangal china day 1 is 2.4M$.China filminsider is predicting 300MYuan(43M$) from china alone due to excellent WOM.35-36M$ wld be crossed after Taiwan run.So,abt 80M$ if prediction comes true.Then there is a release in HK,Japan and korea where we can expect 10M$ more.So, all in all abt 85- 90M$ can be done in overseas by Dangal which means 1050-1100cr WW.
Aamir-YRF combo:
1. Aamir was the original choice of DDLJ? he rejected it
2. Aamir was the original choice for DARR (Sunny’s role) – he rejected it
3. Aamir’s finest (and perhaps the only one) association with YRF was FANAA (in today’s times – it would have raced away to 300 cr) but he goofed with stupid comments on NBA
4. D3 was a crepfest but aamir’s credibility brought the mullah
5. TOH – hope it is good…but VKA as director is a downer
BTW aamir also ha rejected Sooraj Barjatya’s HAHK – what was he smoking???/
But the worst he did was to reject Shanlkar’s Nayak – The real Hero – they are planning a sequel and i hope they take Aamir – Anil K was good but the project required Aamir ….
Well, these things cant be helped. Every star will have these films which he or she had rejected. Overall Aamir has done very well and that matters. His filmography speaks for itself except something like Mela and the like.
Looks like you are smoking something too by including half of the films which didn’t go to Aamir at all. He was not offered DDLJ, HAHK and Nayak. He was removed from Darr, not rejected and it was SRK’s role and not Sunny. He rejected Saajan and Josh but for Chandrachur’s role and Mansoor Khan didn’t give him Max’s role over SRK which he asked.
And frankly glad he didn’t get sucked into the YRF path otherwise that chocolate boy, lover boy image would have stuck permanent. Rejecting Josh was a no brainer. He’s not stupid to play second fiddle to SRK. His path since has justified the near misses.
SRK rejected Munnabhai MBBS, Lagaan, 3 Idiots! & some more iconic movies!! So ultimately what matters is the filmography rather than “first offered kind of deals” which don’t materialize for reasons privy to between the actors & filmmakers involved. It is just a hypothetical presumption especially by fans that had ‘x’ starred instead of ‘y’ in a given film, it would have made exactly the same impact or more both critically & financially as well, which is a pure bunkum notion as actors & stars bring a certain individuality, personal prestige & above all their signature to the projects they work in which constitute as a major reason for the acceptance & success of movies they act in. I can’t see Aamir as Mohan Bhargava of Swades or Kabir Khan of CDI nor could i imagine SRK playing Bhuvan of Lagaan or Rancho in 3 Idiots! in wildest dreams as both of them performed to perfection in their respective roles & made it their own by bringing in nuances & idiosyncracies of their own. This exercise is futile & does not make any sense at all, let us realise this is too late & nonsensical reimagining would yield zilch as a result. So it would be much better if our stars could channelise their energies towards something worthwhile just like Baahubali which requires utmost focus, dedication, patience & perseverance to reach near a vision as grand as Baahubali as realising or matching up to it would be improbable if not impossible!! Baahubali has shown the massive potential of Indian market & it’s up to hindi filmmakers to smell the coffee by basing their stories on Indian themes than aping west.
According to the reports, Dangal minted $1.51 million on the first day at Chinese markets as of 6 PM CST, which is Rs 9.6 crores in INR.
The film now surpassed Aamir Khan’s own ‘PK’ 1st day collection record of $900k, which is Rs 5.7 crores in INR. So it’s a great start for Dangal at the Chinese markets and if it continues to perform well for one to two weeks then there will be no doubt in Dangal emerging as new All-Time highest grossing Indian movie at the Chinese markets.
Dangal Breaks Records In China
Saturday 05 May 2017 18.30 IST
Dangal has scored big in China on day one with collections set to be around $2 million on day one. A few years back PK had done huge business grossing $20 million and that film on day open had grossed under $1 million which means that Dangal has doubled the business though it is reported to be a much wider release than PK. Aamir Khan has built a following in the neighbouring country and there is a market for his films there. It remains to be seen where Dangal goes but on the initial it should beat the numbers of PK.
The only problem with the China market is that Indian producers hardly get a return even if the film is successful. The films are taken outright by Chinese companies and they release and market the films there and the monies paid are well below $1 million. The revenue in Australia with just $2m apprx will be far more for the producers even if China goes on a crazy run. Its basically a token gesture release financially but what it does is allow a star like Aamir Khan to create a fan following which may allow better deals for him films in the future. http://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=2908
It is more a fan building exercise than a financial one. Whatever it earns is real earning whether it goes to the chinese or the producers. That is the capacity of the film to generate money. A dud film cant generate money in the first place. And there is appreciation which is also good for everyone involved.
Its not that only Aamir films are released there. I think Fan, HNY,Bahubali 2 etc. released there but the earnings were less than .5 million dollars.
It was earlier reported by BOI that PK made around 3-3.5 million dollars for the producers out of total 20 million gross. They keep changing figures as per their agenda.
HNY LT-0.18M$
MNIK LT-0.11M$
Fan LT-0.21M$
Combined-0.50M$.
Advance for dangal’s day 1 was 0.55M$.
Sat. is going to shatter all records.Min.4.5M$ shld be done.
And most intresting thing is which no one is reporting is that china has no indian diaspora, all his fans there r local chinese ppl which is the real crossover not like some NRI’s which r made overseas audience.Same is the case with Taiwan where dangal cld end at 5-5.5M$ LT.FF of dangal in china cld cross 1 cr.
“And most intresting thing is which no one is reporting is that china has no indian diaspora, all his fans there r local chinese all his fans there r local chinese ppl ”
If you stress your brain a little, you’ll realize that Indians don’t watch chinese movies.. these are chinese ‘dubbed’ versions of Dangal or PK or whatever. It is not a Hindi movie with Chinese subtiltles as released in US or UK.
@master, my original comment has been edited by mods may be they didn’t want u to read the truth.To say it mildly i know china BO much better than u can in ur LT.As per ur logic any chines movie released with dubbed version in india can attract audience without any face value.I m well aware which movies were dubbed or not may be u were till yesterday not aware.Ur fav HNY was dubbed release as well and it didn’t do even 1/100th of PK in china. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/happy-new-year-shah-rukh-khan-china-release-feb-12/1/417162.html
This is all nonsense from BOI.Aamir has earned 7.8M$ (abt 50cr).BOI doesn’t even have a clue abt china.They earlier gave 2M$ fig,when fig had already crossed 2.25M and final fig. are 2.4M$ with PP of 0.11M$ giving total of 2.51m$.
It’s also lost 2000 screens today as biggest cinema chain in China cancelled their screening. Wanda’s decision seems business related due to issues with Dangal’s distribution company. All it means is it’s a better opening than P.K, more screens but proportionally more collections so definitely set for records that will be hard to beat.
The producers not getting appropriate share is a moot point. Indian films in general dont work in the Chinese market. Fans can speculate that Dangal will do more than PK, but there is no business proof. PK’s success is the reason that Dangal is getting promoted and released in 9000 screens in China. The earnings will be added to the WW gross of the film and help set some records. Dangal is a good film, so it will garner goodwill in the Chinese market for future films of Aamir.
BOI just cant digest Dangal. Even when its has opened so well in China, it has to bring in some negativity.
Shah Rukh Khan’s Tourism Film ‘Be My Guest’ Wins At Riga Festival
The film won the Grand Prix award as well as first prize in the ‘Tourism Destination’ category!
By
Koimoi.com Team –
May 5, 2017
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan starrer #BeMyGuest, a promotional film produced by Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, has won two top awards at the 10th anniversary of the International Tourism Film Festival Tourfilm Riga, held in Riga, Latvia.
The film won the Grand Prix award as well as first prize in the ‘Tourism Destination’ category at the festival held on April 29, said a statement.
Organised by the Riga City Council of Latvia, the event is represented in the prestigious International Committee of the Tourism Film Festivals (CIFFT) and is dedicated to films promoting tourism destinations across the globe.
The film sees Shah Rukh showcasing Dubai’s many attractions, that he considers his home away from home.
As per recent news, Shah Rukh Khan has also been appointed as the brand ambassador of Apple Inc, which is the World’s Most Valued Company in terms of Market Capitalization.
Between the Dangal numbers in China (even if it isn’t a foreign country) and the Baahubali ones in India and elsewhere these are very dark days for BOI..
Satyam, I don’t think we’ll every get the Bollywood back of the 50s thru 70s when over 50% of the films used to be hit and there used to be some set of level. Of course the level of bachhan film was different from Jeetendra but both met their respective levels.
Now more an more, people will save up for those 3 to 4 event film for the year.
You mentioned Dharm-Veer few times recently so I checked it out bits and pieces of it past few days. Eventhou some of it may be little silly, the film as is puts 99% of todays films to shame. In every department, be it acting, songs, story telling, etc…
Dangal china day 1 is 2.4M$.China filminsider is predicting 300MYuan(43M$) from china alone due to excellent WOM.35-36M$ wld be crossed after Taiwan run.So,abt 80M$ if prediction comes true.Then there is a release in HK,Japan and korea where we can expect 10M$ more.So, all in all abt 85- 90M$ can be done in overseas by Dangal which means 1050-1100cr WW.
BB2 prediction by China Filminsider-Same as BB1,ie 1.1M$.
Everyone shd understand china is not indian diaspora where all this nonsense hype wld work.They don’t care for anyone else apart from Aamir.You can do whatever you want,they don’t care.
it’s spamming the forum, you should have seen what it was like before Baahubali2 came out. he/she would spam the forum a lot. just look above, same news posted twice.
BB2 has absolutely rewritten the box office rules. Even if future movies can get past its hindi total, that overall number is next to impossible. Dangal might get to 1000 CR WW but BB2 is the one making all the news right now.
As Baahubali 2 is bulldozing and raging to dust every Bollywood record of all the Khans, whose career spanned for 20 years, in India what is this Dangal China cacophony. Same was being done when SRK films were under performing in India, media was going ga-ga over his foreign numbers. Baahubali 2 is a true blue behemoth monster which is better than any other movie made in last 40 years and it is the biggest and greatest Indian movie ever made in india’s cinematic history.. Period. Accept it. Instead, posting collections of China, Fiji, Togo, Bolivia, Greenland and Antarctica can not bring back Number 1 status to Dangal, PK, Sultan or Bajarangi. Some other true blue behemoth must come to reclaim that status. Until that time just live with the reality that Baahubali 2 is the numero uno Indian film in India and the World for foreseeable future.
And what is this with your favourite cacophony of “razing & bulldozing” as if movies were mere construction sites!! And bigger doesn’t always mean better as by the same yardstick every record breaking movie would naturally be the best surpassing all the past glorious hits of their times?? By your logic, Rajnikanth,Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, Mamooty, Nagarjuna, Pawan Kalyan all of them are just lilliputs infront of tsunami called “Baahubali” as their grossers are nowhere near it despite their megastardom & Prabhas is biggest of them all going by your logic!! Baahubali is the myth buster and trend setter in a sense by becoming the highest hindi grosser of all times from south for the very first time in its hindi version alone where last record holders in hindi were used to be just a miniscule of their regional gross ie Robot netting just 20 Crores while its regional net was around 200 Crores!! Let’s wait & watch how far Prabhas goes as Baahubali’s colossal success is due to Rajamouli’s grand vision & he is the chief architect behind brand Baahubali & its gigantic success & showed us the power of a true blue director through his phenomenal executional & narrating skills in the form of utterly captivaing & engrossing content ensuing in breaking language & regional boundaries. The best of last 40 years is going too far & an overly exaggerational statement to make as all this is a pure subjective choice!!
I think the comment by Srinivas is quite sensible and need not be attacked.
It should be taken in right spirit and corrective action should be appreciated.
Why he is attacking Aamir’s China numbers? That is not sensible. And saying Baahubali 2 is the best movie of all times is simply ridiculous. He is being carried away with its success. No film can be the greatest based on boxoffice success only. Not even Dangal or any other movie.
Is Aamir underperforming in domestic market like SRK.His last 5 commercial movies were ATG.
U must be from another lala land equalising china and other countries u mentioned.Dangal china gross is going to be more than LT OS gross of all movies(inc. BB2) except PK.
Dangal, which opened on May 5, had crossed Rs 20.65 crore by early Saturday (22.16 million Yuan), around four times the earlier high for an Indian film of Rs 5.7 crore set by PK.
Here’s where she made yet another revelation about her conversation with Shah Rukh Khan whilst they were shooting for Baazigar (1993). The film in question was her second film and had her paired up with the actor for the first time. During her interview, Kajol reminisced about how Shah Rukh Khan went on to call her an idiot on the sets of the film and advised her to learn acting professionally.
Deepika Padukone NOT SURE about Padmavati
ByFaridoon Shahryar
May 5, 2017 – 3:22 pm IST
Deepika Padukone NOT SURE about Padmavati news
Deepika Padukone at an event in Mumbai today expressed apprehension about Padmavati. On the one hand she said that the film had a definite release date but then she didn’t sound sure if the controversy involving Karni Sena’s demands will result in the film actually getting made. This is exactly what Deepika had to say:
“Every film has its own sort of journey and if it is meant to happen it will happen. As far as I know Padmavati is definitely scheduled to release in November this year but if life has different plans for us and this film then let’s see. If not Padmavati then maybe some other film.”
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Bahubali 2 (Hindi) Day Eight – Records Continue To Fall
Saturday 06 May 2017 11.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion grossed a huge 20 crore nett as per early estimates on its second Friday which is another record. The film has All TIME RECORDS now from day one to day eight and this looks set to continue for a long time. The total of the film is 265 crore apprx in eight days in Hindi. The previous day eight record was Dangal at 17.84 crore nett.
The film is phenomenal all over but in the Gujarat belt it is just crazy especially Saurashtra which is recording numbers which are just unbelievable. Some theatres in places like Rajkot, Junagadh, Bhuj have seen collections that are more than double of any release before. The film is breaking records in Gujarat by miles and this could take the film to a huge 150 crore nett in Mumbai circuit. It was only in January 2015 that PK went past the 100 crore nett mark in Mumbai and just two and a half years later this film is going towards 150 crore which will be almost 50% more. The collections of Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion in Hindi till date are as follows.
Week One – 2,45,00,00,000 apprx
Week Two – 20,00,00,000 apprx (Friday)
Grand Total – 2,65,00,00,000
The film is now the fifth highest grosser as far as Hindi language films are concerned as it crosses Dhoom 3 (2013) in eight days. It will go past Sultan (2016) and Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) over the weekend and then by the end of the week it will cruise past PK (2014) and may even beat Dangal (2016).
The Hollywood release Guardians Of The Galaxy could not really stand up to Bahubali 2 and grossed around 2 crore nett apprx on its first day.
China day 1 actual is 2.05 M$, slightly less than the estimate of 2.4 M$. But its great for an Indian film. China lifetime can cross 40 M i guess. Another 5 M$ coming from Taiwan. Dangal perhaps will be the first bollywood movie to touch 1000 cr. Baahubali 2 will of course go higher, but Dangal will be the saving grace for Bollywood.
Today looks like a historic day in china.4M$ min.Almost 3M$ already done and still 2.5 hours of prime shows left.It wld crush BB2 Single day Single market OS record of 3.4M set exactly a week ago.
Priyanka further added, “Justice—that is what an entire country demanded five years ago and never let the nation forget. Each voice that joined the battle was strident and clear—the six must be punished. Finally, they will pay. The brutality of such crimes is something I refuse to accept!! That we, as a modern 21st-century society, allow such heinous things to happen to our women never ceases to trouble me. Unfortunately, the past can never be undone. So, we move on and make a promise to ourselves. That when an entire country is unified in wanting something, the action is taken. This awakening, this unified voice to stop such brutal and demoniacal crimes, as our Supreme Court said, is what we must never let go onto mute mode. You will never be forgotten Nirbhaya.”
Other Bollywood celebrities including Rishi Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Dia Mirza and Ranvir Shorey also hailed the Supreme Court’s decision.
Top Second Fridays All Time – Bahubali 2 Second
Saturday 06 May 2017 12.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Bahubali – The Conclusion continued to break more records in Hindi as it recorded the highest ever second Friday collection at around 20 crore nett apprx. If the final collection does not drop a little below this mark then it will be the first time that 20 crore nett will be breached on the second Friday. Till date only 18 films have topped 20 crore nett on day one and this film may be doing it on its second Friday which is incredible. Dangal had grossed a little under 18 crore nett a few months back on its second Friday but this film is 20% higher.
Many of the films below are from that Christmas period which is good for collections while Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion is recording these numbers in May which is not though of as the best period of collections but this film has changed all that and proves if content is good you will collect at any time The top fifteen second Friday collections are as follows..
I never thought Dangal’s record will fall that soon. In fact, I felt it was going to remain unbeaten until Thugs (except if Tubelight was to really over-perform).
But then the record is going to last barely 4-5 months. Times have changed really. Sholay’s record remained untouched for decades. HAHK’s record lasted for 6-7 years. Gadar as well remained on top for 5-6 years. We had 3 Idiots whose record held for 4 years.
But then we saw that Chennai Express lasting only a couple of months on top before several movies zoomed past it.
Dangal’s record is going to be broken by the most unlikeliest of films. A dubbed movie without any big star, releasing during a low period without any holidays. This movie has defied all odds.
If the screen counts are increased and ticket prices are increased to such a high level, even Tubelight can create records exception being Baahubali 2. And there is Tiger Zinda Hai during Christmas. I will not be surprised if one of Sallu’s film getting to 400 crores and above.
U are assuming that people will actually pay higher to see any trash released on holidays. There is something called Demand Elasticity, wherein consumers are willing to pay much higher prices to obtain a better product which is also supplied at higher levels. The Iphone is an example. BB2 has successfully tested the extremes of this elasticity, by increasing price as well as supply (ie screen count).
Highly doubt that a Tubelight can be successful at pushing the limits of Demand Elasticity.
The screen counts are not high for the Hindi version. The south is flooded with Non Hindi prints. The high price and the non release in south kinda balances out…Also the price hike was there only for first weekend. This weekend is normal prices only…
Don’t go by collections.. the drop is coz of price back to normal rates. The movie is still going houseful by far and large, its just the rates are normal prices now. So, its not any alarming drop to worry about!
We are first dubbing the film into Chinese. After studying the Chinese film market and seeing the incredible number of theatres across China, we’ve decided to do a full-scale dubbed version of Baahubali 2. This will be followed by a dubbed Japanese version of our film. Then there would be a Korean and Taiwanese versions.
@aamirsaurabh . Don’t be so sure. 😄 Nothing surprises me anymore. The world has become a connected place and people are beginning to bond beyond divisions. Bahubali 2 has worked throughout India, so why not China.
Of course Aamir’s films have worked for a specific reason, the themes, the characters that he has played — they have resonated with the Chinese people. The student dissatisfaction theme of 3 Idiots, the questioning of religion in PK — it has struck a chord with Chinese youth. Ditto with Dangal — as explained in the HT article ( link given by Sanjana below).
I think 3 Idiots worked in Japan and South Korea too. PK is to release in Japan later this year, I think.
Team Tubelight is planning a publicity tour through China. They already have a Chinese actress as part of cast.
Many of us in India appreciate films from Japan, China, Iran, Turkey, Hungary…any piece of good cinema that we can relate to. At film festivals in our metros, these films get good crowds. I have watched quite a few lovely films , this way.
Baahubali: What powered Bhallaladeva’s revolving blade chariot? A Royal Enfield engine
We now know what intelligent engineering went into making Bhalladeva’s lethal saw-blade chariot for Baahubali.
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Hindustan Times
It was all made possible by an engine from a Royal Enfield.
A week after release of the grand Indian blockbuster Baahubali: The Conclusion, we know almost every detail that excited us, for no personal gain whatsoever: its budget of Rs 250 crore, its post-release rampage at the box-office, that Rana Daggubatti is blind in one eye, and also where Prabhas, the Baahubali, is vacationing these days.
So just when you thought there’s nothing left to know, here’s one more for you.
Do you know what powered Bhallaladeva’s battlefield chariot which had that revolving blade at the front?
It was a Royal Enfield engine, tells Baahubali’s production designer Sabu Cyril.
“Bhallala Deva’s chariot was built around a Royal Enfield engine so that it would get the power and speed it required. We had done the same in the first part as well,” Cyril was quoted as saying by Manorama Online.
“The chariot also had proper car steering and a driver. We had great fun designing and making it,” the 55-year-old designer said.
Cyril was part of both the films and created everything from the Mahismathi kingdom’s walls to the giant elephants and even the thousands of shields used by warriors.
What more? He created Devasena’s palace at an aluminium factory in Hyderabad. “We felt it needed to look feminine and that’s why we chose a white marble palace. It was made on four acres at an aluminium factory in Hyderabad,” he said.
The swords of the soldiers had to look strong like steel but be light and convenient. Cyril had said he used carbon fibre, the material used to make race cars and chopper blades, to make the swords and other arms used in the movie.
Amitabh Bachchan and RGV to show 15 minutes of Sarkar 3 to a select few people
ByBollywood Hungama News Network
May 6, 2017 – 12:27 pm IST
Amitabh Bachchan and RGV to show 15 minutes of Sarkar 3 to a select few people
Ever since the time Ram Gopal Varma announced Sarkar 3, which happens to be the next instalment in the cult ‘Sarkar’ series, the film has been making news for many reasons. Ram Gopal Varma recently took to the social media and termed the film as “SARKAR without BACHCHAN is like DOODH without MILK”.
Recently, Amitabh Bachchan and Ram Gopal Varma have decided to show a fifteen minute showreel called ‘Some Moments From Sarkar 3’ to a select few journalists on Monday. While the main motive behind the maverick filmmaker showing the showreel is not yet known, one thing is for sure that the ‘marketing’ of the film has indeed started on a positive note!
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What is wrong in appreciating the fact that an Indian film and its star are being loved by a neighbouring country? Aamir’s 3 Idiots Dhoom 3 and PK have already done very well in China; the youth have really made a connect with Aamir; he was there with director Nitiah Tiwari, for a week recently, at the invitation of Chinese distributors of Dangal. It was his second visit; a couple of years back Aamir in his fat Dangal avatar , Aamir had visited China along with Hirani, to promote PK. His popularity seems to have increased since then, judging by the pics and videos on FB. Tiny neighbour Taiwan has already accepted Dangal to heart, now China. Why not appreciate the fact that Asia is watching Indian cinema?
Soon it will be the turn of Tubelght and Bahubali 2; for both films, big plans are being made, with reference to China.
Incidentally, the reaction from a section of social media commenters is more like jeering at Hindi cinema and it’s established stars, rather than celebrating Bahubali 2 success. What a pathetic attitude. As if Hindi cinema has not been around for a hundred years, entertained us through the years, continues to do so.
So what makes Sarkar 3 special?
The style of the screenplay is designed to severely overawe the viewer and thematically on the surface, we see something which suggests that there is something else beneath. What ultimately will be there, will still surprise the audience.
“Amitabh Bachchan has far outdone himself in Sarkar 3” – Ram Gopal Varma1
As is being pretty much established with the promo of Sarkar 3, a wounded tiger is the most dangerous. So, how does the character of Subhash Nagre further develop now a decade down the line?
I would rather have the audience watch that process when they see the film.
Coming to the man who makes it all possible, Amitabh Bachchan. How have you worked on ensuring that he is ‘Angrier Than Ever’?
I feel, in the last decade, filmmakers including me, have forgotten what both we and the audience primarily loved Bachchan for, which is about both his power and menacing anger. This is what I have attempted to bring back.
As for Big B himself, how has he outdone himself with this film, more so, since expectations are from him to take it to the next level with the third in the series?
I truly believe that he has far outdone himself and that’s because of the situations he is placed in which are far more complex than the earlier two instalments. The scale and the negative forces in the earlier two films will pale in comparison to those of Sarkar 3 and that will, of course, call for Sarkar to deal with them in a much more ruthless premeditation and in the process, showcase an ultra-savage side of his nature lurking hidden beneath his charming front.
Guess a lot has gone into his characterization.
See, what ultimately has to excel far beyond the earlier two films is the character of ‘Sarkar’. He has to take the viewers on a never before emotionally charged and exhilarating ride. This time, I wanted to create the strongest character ever and that, of course, can happen only when the situations are much stronger than the earlier two films.
In fact, with Sarkar 3, you have also managed to score an enviable record by being the only filmmaker other than Manmohan Desai and Hrishikesh Mukherjee to have made 8 films with him (Sarkar, Sarkar Raj, Sarkar 3, Darna Zaroori Hai, Nishabd, Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, Department, Rann). How do you look at this? Are you being lucky, fortunate, or just the man whose ideas end up exciting Big B most?
This is a question best asked to Mr. Bachchan himself. But, as per me, no one excites me more than him to place in front of my camera!
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He is talking only about Bachchan. Not any other actors. So it must be a star driven vehicle. He is in awe of Bachchan, it seems. The interviewer is also not asking about other actors or their performances.
He has always been in awe of Bachhan to the point where he made RGV ki aag.
RGV really hasn’t done anything for bachhan career (except sarkar 1) besides bring in paycheck past few years. Bachhan is way better off without RGV and would have been better if he had done films with somebody else during that time instead of RGV.
Bahubali has successfully mended the North South divide. It has exploited the boxoffice to the fullest potential. One don’t need to set record in every region to be a record grosser. But when a film breaks record in every region by a big margin than the story is different and total amounts to a figure which is way above the normal blockbusters. The verdict by BOI and some other sites for Bollywood movies are way loose. You can’t have an ALL TOME BOCKBUSTER every year. For a film to be a hit of that proportion one has to be an outlier like Bahubali 2 . The film will break record by a big margin and that has to be the criterion. In the last 15 years there have been only two ATB 3 idiots and now Bahubali 2 rest Dangal, PK, BB etc all blockbusters .
Dangal doing good in China is a great thing of Indian cinema.The people in the eastern part of the world does not comprises regular Indian diaspora. Till now Indian movies are being watched by Indians or PIOs only. But doing these sort of numbers is great because that may make way for the future film to exploit the potential. I think its more of a reflection of Indian Soft power then anything else.
China is at loggerheads with Japan , South Korea, Taiwan. Even with India, it has issues. I think Dangal releasing first in
Taiwan must have rubbed off China in a wrong way. And that may explain Wanda to some extent. The present international politics is very interesting. Gawadar, Chabahar, Iran oil, Indian ocean supremacy, South China sea etc. The situation is very delicate. Like walking on eggshells.
“The verdict by BOI and some other sites for Bollywood movies are way loose”
True, growing up, there were only 7 movies considered as blockbuster/classic. Pick up any film magazine from prior to 1990 and one of these films will be listed in it.
Kismat
Mother India
Mighal E Azam
Sholay
Jain Santoshi Ma
Ram Teri Ganga Maili
There was another Ashok Kumar film which escapes my mind and there is one more film.
Now a days everything is classis or blockbuster.
Same thing with term superstar. In my days it was Rajesh and then bachhan. Imagine, even dilip, raj, dev were never mentioned as superstar.
the labels don’t mean anything these days. They’re used loosely or to serve various agendas. I still believe Rajesh Khanna (for a brief period) and Bachchan (for a longer one) were the only true superstars. Rajesh Khanna used to say he was the first one and Bachchan the last and he was right. Great as that 50s trio was they never had this kind of concentrated, really mind boggling kind of success. This leaving aside the larger sense in which they became a complete film culture all by themselves. So if those standards are used no one else is a superstar (of course there are superstars elsewhere in India). But if you use it loosely for just a successful star it’s a different thing but then the term loses all meaning. The same thing for ‘all time blockbuster’. Only a handful of films reached that category. Because again you had to relativize things taking various things into account. Not just absolute gross. The same for other hit categories. Now even today in the trade journals they adhere to those categories (though they might differ a bit from journal to journal) but in the popular media the very same folks present a very different picture. In the last 25 years or so there hasn’t been a film as big as HAHK all things considered. Not even Gadar. The latter was extraordinary in smaller centers, great in major metros but not stunning the way it was in these smaller ones. Still few films could be compared with it pound for pound. But HAHK is a different level. Now it’s fair to say that today nothing can lost that long in the theaters for all kinds of reasons. So HAHK today wouldn’t be HAHK. A film can make 200 or 500 or whatever but it will still make it more or less in the initial few weeks. Baahubali proves this too. But again all this definitions are mostly pointless. They make for good coverage in the media and nothing more.
Well you all know that Kattappa kills Bahubali so it’s not really a spoiler. But my gosh, what a scene. I loved the nuance of conflicting emotions in Kattappa. But the real hero is Devasena. What a character!
Baahubali 2 [Hindi] Set To Enter 300 Crore Club Today, Will Manage This Feat In Just 10 Days
Baahubali 2 [Hindi] is set to go past Sultan by evening and then Bajrangi Bhaijaan would be history too by tomorrow
By
Joginder Tuteja –
May 7, 2017
Ever since the inception of the 100 crore, 200 crore and 300 crore club, there have been just four films that have managed to find an entry into the triple century club. Now Baahubali 2 [Hindi] would be stepping into this arena by this evening, what with 290 crore* already in its kitty. On Saturday, the film collected 23.25 crore* more and managed to achieve this feat. In the process it has beaten quite a few biggie blockbusters on its way and marched into the list of Top-5 All Time Highest Grossers in mere 9 days.
This is how the list of films along with their lifetime scores looks like:
While the first couple of films star Aamir Khan in the lead, the third and the fourth slot belong to Salman Khan. Now this all-Khan list is being further penetrated by Prabhas as his Baahubali 2 [Hindi] is set to go past Sultan by evening and then Bajrangi Bhaijaan would be history too by tomorrow. From there on, it would be a march towards the top two biggies in line, PK and Dangal. Though PK should be surpassed soon enough as well, it would be interesting to see the kind of pace that Baahubali 2 [Hindi] manages en route the target set by Dangal.
SS Rajamouli and his team is now playing with the big boys and is pretty much winning the battle in the arena.
Baahubuster!
*Estimates. Final numbers awaited
Note: All collections as per production and distribution sources
Bahubali 2 (Hindi) Second Saturday Business
Sunday 07 May 2017 11.30IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion box office collections stand at almost 292 crore nett in Hindi after nine days. The ninth day figure is another record as it beat the 22.27 crore nett of Dangal by a huge distance yet again with 26.50 crore nett apprx. The film also hit the 100 crore nett mark in Mumbai and will set a new all time record in Mumbai on Sunday. In ten days a dubbed film will beat the collections of all previous releases in the biggest circuit for Hindi films.
The film will also start breaking ALL TIME RECORDS in many other circuits on Sunday as well. The present trend suggests that the film will cross 450 crore nett in Hindi which in real terms is a 500 crore nett total due to the South markets missing for the Hindi version. The collections of Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion in Hindi till date are as follows.
Week One – 2,45,00,00,000 apprx
Friday – 20,00,00,000 apprx
Saturday – 26,50,00,000 apprx
Grand Total – 2,91,50,00,000
The Hollywood release Guardians Of The Galaxy grossed around 2.50 crore nett on day two after a first day of around 2 crore nett.
Sunday shd be – 30 cr
Monday – Friday shd be – 75 cr (each day average 15 cr)
Next Sat-Sun – around 40 cr
Which means by Next Sunday eod – it shd add another 150 cr to 291 cr = 441 cr – so in any case Dangal’s record is set to be broken – well done BB2 – watched it yday – enjoyed – Grand and spectacular
“I never thought that I would ever get an opportunity to work with Sanjay Dutt. It’s a beautiful story of a father and daughter. When you do a film like this, you actually live that character for some time. So, it was very special to have Sanjay Dutt around.
“He is amazing to work with and very funny on set, but at the same time really focused and natural. So, it gets easy to react to him while shooting,” said Aditi on the sidelines of the get-together here on Friday night.
The actress also spoke about Agra city, in which major part of the film has been shot.
“Agra has a lot of positive and beautiful vibe. There is a reason why the film is set in Agra,” Aditi said.
Shekhar, who will be seen as Sanjay’s on screen friend, said Sanjay is “fantastic”.
“He is a director’s actor and a very emotional person. He will surprise you all with his performance in this film, the way he had done in films like Vaastav: The Reality and Naam‘. The audience will love him as he has come back just with a right role,” said Shekhar.
About his own character in the movie, Shekhar said: “I am playing a tourist guide in Taj, and Sanjay has a shoe shop. We both are friends and life is going on until suddenly something happens which changes everyone’s life.”
Another Major Benchmark For Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion
Sunday 07 May 2017 12.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Bahubali – The Conclusion sets another benchmark as it crosses 600 crore nett across India on all languages. The film has hit 600 crore nett in juts nine days and has already grossed almost 200 crore nett more than Bahubali (2015) and 225 crore nett more than Dangal.
The way the film is going the 700 crore nett mark will not be far and although the 1000 crore nett mark does look far it is not totally out of the question. The 900 crore nett mark it will surpass for sure. Below are the highest NETT grossers in India.
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1. Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion – 6,11,00,00,000 apprx
The article is interesting in that it points to the protectionist attitude of local business. An excerpt:
On China’s most popular cinema portals, Dangal has been uniformly applauded. On social media app WeChat, the movie enjoys the highest rating among films currently being shown in China with a 9.8 score out of 10.
There is a threat though from China’s protective cinema operator, Wanda. Wanda believes Dangal will hurt the interests of the local movies. Wanda cinemas have a near monopoly in the smaller cities and towns of China. Wanda says its will cut down Dangal screenings to less than 50 in the interior China. This will affect the movie’s collective earnings, but the big cities would have done the good deed for Aamir.
Despite Wanda’s lack of interest in the film, a number of Chinese celebrities have come out to promote the film. The actor Deng Chao posted a message on the Chinese Twitter-equivalent, Sina Weibo, telling fans to watch it, while actress Liu Yifei promoted the film along with Aamir Khan during his visit.
“I give full marks to Dangal,” wrote another fan. “I was touched that I cried so much and when I ran out of tissue, I borrowed two pieces of it from a stranger beside me, I am going to watch it again and again.”
Of late there has been a upsurge in the popularity of Indian mythological dramas and other TV serials from India despite the fact Indo-China relations are in a downward spiral.
The TV dramas Naagin, Devon Ke Dev Mahadev, the 2013 series Mahabharat, and Buddhaa-Rajaon Ka Raja have all been subtitled into Chinese and viewed by hundreds of thousands of people online. On one of China’s widely used video-sharing websites, Bilibili, the first four episodes of Naagin’s second season had 1.8 lakh views.
Viewers have created subtitles by translating them from available English or and sometimes Russian subtitles.
One of the first such volunteer subtitle groups run by fans was started last year by Yang Buhui, 29, who works in the gaming industry.
“Indian mythology is just fascinating. Its philosophy and worldview, which are exotic, have been a new world to me,” Yang said.
Dangal Hits 12 Million Dollars In China
Sunday 07 May 2017 21.00 IST
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Dangal has taken a huge opening in China with the weekend business of $12 million apprx. It has done almost three times the business of PK in the first weekend and should easily the surpass the $20 million that PK grossed in China.
The weekend admissions of Dangal in China over the weekend were 2 million apprx (20 lakhs). The apprx daily business of Dangal in China was as follows
Dangal creates history in China.11.4M$ Weekend smashing BB2 4 Day weekend of 10.13M$.WOM is extraordinary.Today was 5.05M$.Yesterday was first 4M$ day in Single OS market,today is the first 5M$.Smashing, China FI was earlier predicting 43.5M$ LT for Dangal now they r predicting 60M$ LT in China alone.
Huge. These 2 films are racking up collections not at all expected. Dangal in China I expected given the results of P.K and 3 Idiots. The Oblivion of Bahubali part 2 in the Hindi version is the most remarkable box office story since HAHK.
Watched Bahubali 2….absolutely spectacular, jaw-dropping entertainment. Better than all the LOTR movies and any other Hollywood fantasy epic in my opinion. I am definitely going to catch it one more time at least.
Exactly my feeling, Sequel is better than any Hollywood fantasy I have seen so far .. not that CGI effects are better, but overall impact of content is more powerful and extremely unique experience.
Watched Bahubali The Beginning. Fantastic. The film really sucks you into a world of imagery. I won’t say it’s the best visual spectacle as for me nothing beats the mythical world of LOTR. This felt much more connected with that film (especially the last war sequence, almost felt lifted), The Lion King and the cues from Indian culture. Will definitely watch Part 2 and hopefully in the cinema. In any case pointless comparing the technology Hollywood possesses as it’s a good couple of decades ahead. But this was the first I felt, Wow factor in Indian film.
“Some time back I was ruing that someone should make Mahabharat like Game of Thrones. I just couldn’t find an Indian director who could make an epic on grand scale. So here goes a movie recommendation for big screens : Baahubali. A movie unlike we see in Bollywood; Grand in vision and execution, SS Rajamouli movie is just visually spellbinding in each frame. I am not going to write more. Go and enjoy. Downside – The movie could have been shorter in first half and there is some regular dialoguebaazi.”
Personally I found the backstory too long but can understand that as that is the crucial battle scenes and WOW scenes (I’m sure those who have seen LOTR will be reminded here of similar constructed scenes. They did more here from what I remember – they kind of delivered a plan).
I didn’t know about the movie. I saw in Third week after an Iranian colleague (who went to see regular English movie) was complaining that we “Indian” overtook the parking in near by mall. We were unnecessarily cribbing about ticket price at window 🙂
Absolutely! My wife loved it! Hopefully next weekend. As quite frankly a DVD does not do justice especially the one I bought! The guy was trying to flog part 2 off to me, I was like ‘could’ you not wait at least a few weeks’.
In the overseas Dangal has crossed 300 Crore mark & looking at China trends, it could well be the first 500 Crores grosser in the overseas. But Baahubali’s domestic business is mind boggling & would require a very special movie to surpass its Indian nett & gross. Within 4 months, 2 Indian movies have made more than 1800 Crores globally & still running strong with all the probabilty of ending in excess of 2200 Crores!! And this is just the beginning of seizing the infinite opportunities Indian movie market has before them only if they could learn the right lessons from these 2 movies.
Aamir ek lambi Race ka Ghoda saabit ho gaya hai. Slow n steady, three yards and a cloud of dust.
Its an amazing feat by AK to tap a totally alien market. 3I has done real wonders to him, and with his subsequent choices, he has cemented his place in China. With more such intelligent choices, IMO, the sky is the limit for him out there.
At least now I can share some desi movie love with the locals on my next trip to China.
China may well be biggest market for Aamir’s film after India. If no one else can crack the market it is monopoly for him. It’s going to be 4 times US figures in worst case without a simultaneous release.
It can do anything in china.Today is another 3M$ day,even 75M$ can’t be ruled out.It’s getting a rating of 9.3 at douban.Can even enter douban top 10 with 50k votes,currently are 35k+ votes.3I is at no.12 in that list.Aamir is not like top 1-10 but i wld say top 1-20 in china.no one is there.
Hard to know. Read somewhere that Saturday is usually biggest day at box office in China yet Dangal went up on Sunday. I don’t know daily trends – $50MM seems a given. First week might be cracking PK total.
@jayshah u r right sat is the biggest day there and 98% movies drop on sunday but dangal has done 15-20% more than sat.WOM is extraordinary there.Anything can happen now.China FI is predicting second weekend to be bigger than first weekend and 60M$ min.Even 100M$ is not ruled out.Indeed china has become the second biggest market for Aamir after India by leaps and bounds.3Idiots was probably even a bit tad more loved.So that wld have cracked 100M in china with proper release and within months of it’s original release.It’s at no.12 at douban(chinese IMDB) with 6.30 Lacs votes and 9.1 rating.Dangal is currently at 9.3 with 58k votes within few days.
Do you know? Bahubali 2 had a staggering Rs. 200 crore insurance cover!
ByBollywood Hungama News Network
May 6, 2017 – 6:38 pm IST
Bahubali 2 The Conclusion (2)
Even though one may see and enjoy films on the screen, the reality is far away from what it ‘appears’. In order to get one frame right, there are many workers and crew members who are instrumental. And when the film is as gigantic as Bahubali 2, the risk involved slightly becomes larger than usual.
That’s why, ‘Future Generali Insurance Co’s policy had covered the risks of Bahubali 2, right from its pre-production to the post-production stages. The said insurance player covered the smash hit Bahubali 2 for over Rs.200 crore under its film package insurance product. As per a statement issued by ‘Future Generali’, the said policy insured Bahubali 2 against all the unforeseen incidents like death, illness of an actor or occurrence of natural calamities or accidental damage leading to delays in the film schedule. Additionally, it also included the coverage against accidents that damage equipment while shooting was in process.
Speaking about the same, K.G. Krishnamoorthy Rao (Managing Director and Chief Executive- Future Generali) said that in the year 2017 alone, they had issued 160 film insurance policies, of which most of them were in Bollywood. He added that they were now wanting to focus on the southern market as well, because they were confident of catering to the unique requirements of the film industry
wow Baahubali2 deserves 1000+ cr and much more. Dangal too at 800+cr. However Dangal would have inspired far many people in real life. But it is futile to compare both movies. Not to take away anything from each of the movies. I am happy for both the movies and it is a triump for Indian Cinema that in the span of 4 months – it has collected 1800+ cr worldwide and more to come….
“Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2” scored a comfortable opening weekend win at the China box office. The greater surprise was the strength of Aamir Khan-starring Indian film “Dangal.”
“Guardians 2” enjoyed a day and date opening with North America and other major markets and scored $45.9 million in China, according to data tracking firm Ent Group. It played from upwards of 95,000 screenings per day, with the figure exceeding 100,000 on Saturday. The first “Guardians” was released in October 2014 and scored $96.5 million. “Dangal” achieved a smashing $11.3 million in second place. It played some 30,000 screenings per day and achieved a per screen average very similar to ‘Guardians.”
Justin Bieber To Appear On Koffee With Karan – Season 6’s Pilot Episode?
“Koffee with Karan” has completed five seasons. Karan Johar will be celebrating season six by unveiling it with Justin Bieber.
By
Koimoi.com Team –
May 8, 2017
I was wrong. I have wrote that Dangal’s total might be tough nut to crack. Truth is Bahubali 2 Juggernaut will broke many record. 500 cr is not far fatched conclusion.
Bahubali 2 (Hindi) Day At 325 Crore After Ten Days
Monday 08 May 2017 12.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion (Hindi) had a record second weekend as it grossed around the 80 crore nett mark beating Dangal which had grossed 70.82 crore nett in its second weekend. The total business of the film stands at 325 crore nett apprx which is the third highest total for a Hindi film till date and could be the highest after two weeks depending on the weekday business.
The weekdays could see the first noticeable drops as it has consumed a lot of business in ten days and these numbers are without 10% of the market. Till date it has exceeded all expectations. The film lifetime circuit records in Mumbai, CP Berar and West Bengal in just ten days and eventually it will set new highs in all the Hindi film markets. The collections of Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion in Hindi till date are as follows.
Week One – 2,45,00,00,000 apprx
Friday – 20,00,00,000 apprx
Saturday – 26,50,00,000
Sunday – 33,00,00,000
Second Weekend – 79,50,00,000
Grand Total – 3,24,50,00,000
The Hollywood release Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 grossed around 7.25-7.50 crore nett over its first weekend which is a low total but still double the last installment as far as India business is concerned.
80 cr 2nd weekend is really big, considering it has beat Dangal’s by 10 cr or so. Also, this Sunday seems to be higher than Dangal’s second Sunday which was really high.
But 80 cr 2nd weekend may not be strong enough for BB2 to shoot for 500 cr nett in Hindi version. Its likely to cross 400 cr by end of 3rd weekend and end its run at 450 cr or so. All India nett should cross 800 cr.
Amitabh Bachchan on violence against women
BySubhash K. Jha
May 8, 2017 – 10:24 am IST
Amitabh Bachchan on violence against women
Amitabh Bachchan feels the public outcry and the trial of the rapists and murders in Nirbhaya
case have been a wake-up call for the entire nation. Big B feels such offenders must be punished by the harshest sentence possible. He also feels the male child must be taught from a young age to respect women.
Says the iconic actor, “Severe punishment is a deterrent through policing and legal methods. But society will have to change by educating its citizens from a very early age, on what our morals and principles need to be.”
Bachchan feels every Indian male needs to respect women. “Respect and dignity towards women in society, a sense of equality as fellow citizens, as contributors in equal measure, without discrimination is what needs to be inculcated amongst all of us. Women are half the strength of a nation, they cannot be looked upon as being inferior or mere objects of desire, and this is what the polity needs to be educated on. Educate the woman in a home and the entire family gets educated. Religion has given the female the honour of a ‘devi’ in many powerful forms. Understand that philosophy and lets us conduct ourselves accordingly.”
However restricting women from entering male-dominated areas of activity is, according to Big B not the solution. “Putting restrictions on women by preventing them from moving out late, or in arming themselves, is defensive thought. The women in our country need to be free of such apprehensions. They must feel and have the freedom of safety without having to think of any possible fear or danger.”
Big B feels the safety of women is a public issue. “The system shall always have limitations, the police cannot be everywhere and the law shall take its course. It is the people that shall have to change their mind set. The people must become that unseen force that assumes the role of the protector during such heinous crimes. The people must be brought up in a manner that provokes their sensibilities to do what is right and just.”
Amitabh Bachchan feels the public clamour for justice in the Nirbhaya case proves there is hope for the safety of women. “The spontaneous public response on the streets of the Capital and in other parts of the country did cause the system to take note of and provide immediate action on the unfortunate Nirbhaya incident. Consideration for the change in the laws and in quick legal action was indeed initiated. But the legal system has its own procedural compulsions. Governance shall continue to make provision for act on similar incidents, the police shall apprehend the culprits in as rapid a manner as possible, as was demonstrated by the Mumbai Police in the recent case, and the law shall be moved and take its own course, but the question really is whether all this can provide the much required safety for women in our country. This is best answered by what and how our s society reacts and conducts itself.”
Big B feels we are a long way off from providing women with a sense of security, “Women’s safety in our country has been taking a beating. It is for us to change that impression. The system shall execute justice by the rules. But we shall have to also implement effectively the right morals as individuals.”
Speaking to mid-day, Sanket reveals, “I first met Ranbir Kapoor about four months ago. Initially, he was shocked to know that I was a doctor. We sat for almost three hours at a suburban hotel and only discussed Sanju sir. He was fascinated by my videos and asked me how I could imitate him [Dutt] so easily.”
The 28-year-old adds that Ranbir asked a lot of questions about Dutt. “Sanju sir has a peculiar style of walking and talking, and Ranbir wanted to learn everything. He was impressed with the way I impersonate Sanju sir rolling his eyes while talking; he wanted to learn that too. I have heard that Ranbir still refers to my online videos.”
Sanket says he admires Ranbir’s humility and eagerness to learn. “He never made me feel inferior. It’s difficult to play Sanjay Dutt. I couldn’t think of anyone other than the actor himself for the film. But, I believe Ranbir is lucky [to have bagged the part]. Looking at the photographs that are coming out, I am sure he has done complete justice,” he asserts.
Ranbir is taking help from top stand-up comic and internet sensation Dr Sanket Bhosale, who is known to effortlessly mimic several Bollywood stars including Dutt, Salman Khan, Farhan Akhtar and Sonu Nigam.
Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani says over half the shooting for the Sanjay Dutt biopic is done, and that the team will head for a schedule in New York later this year.
“Shooting wise, 60 percent of the film is done. We are starting our next schedule now and will wrap that up by mid-June and after that, we will have another schedule in New York,” Hirani said on Sunday as he launched writer-director Tanuja Chandra’s book ‘Bijnis Woman’.
He is excited about the project.
“I am very glad that we are making a film with a lot of positivity and happiness and I feel when you make a film with a lot of joy, you are bound to make a good film and the story of the film is brilliant. Plus, Ranbir Kapoor is looking incredible in the film,” Hirani added.
Hirani, known for the Munna Bhai series and 3 Idiots, said his films are based and inspired from books and life’s experiences.
“Whatever you make has to come from either your experiences or from what you have read or seen somewhere. I feel every creation is from your memories. Abhijat Joshi (co-writer) and I especially choose to pick some memories and real life incidents and modify it. We usually pick it from our life and modify it to suit our film,” he said.
Talking about his love for books, Hirani said: “Books are really precious. I really like reading. I can’t sleep till the time I don’t read a book even if it is for 10 minutes. But now I feel that culture is vanishing somewhere. I think books are your friends and books are best way to get knowledge, stories and to know the world.”
The Sanjay Dutt biopic also stars Sonam Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Paresh Rawal, Manisha Koirala, Karishma Tanna, Vicky Kaushal, Dia Mirza and Jim Sarbh. The film is scheduled to release around the end of this year in December.
I wonder if Rajamouli got the idea of the beginning montage in BB2 from the starting title credits of this 1965 version of Mahabharat.
I should add that, IMHO the strong starcast and production values (remember this was 1965!) in this movie, made it a much better watch as compated to any of the TV serials since 1990.
‘If Baahubali were to be made in Bollywood, I would take Hrithik Roshan as Baahubali and Deepika Padukone for Devsena.’
Baahubali writer K V Vijayendra Prasad looks back at the epic blockbuster.
Who was your favourite character in Baahubali?
Sivagami. She has so many shades to her character.
Devsena is also a good character but it doesn’t have shades as much as Sivagami.
Which is your favourite scene?
The scene when Baahubali gets stabbed by his mama Kattappa. He dies majestically like a king.
Baahubali’s appeal is universal. Did you always want to write a script with a Pan-India appeal?
Baahubali is a period film. You cannot restrict to a particular region or language. Since it is set in an old era, Baahubali crosses the threshold of the regional as far as the story is concerned.
If you had to cast someone from Bollywood for the film, whom would you cast?
Hrithik Roshan as Baahubali and Deepika Padukone for Devsena.
A few years ago, I saw Game of Thrones and I loved those wonderful characters and plots. You see a greater story in Mahabharata; it is the mother of all great tales. There are so many lead characters in Mahabharata that you cannot write or talk about one single character.
I longed to do such a show and Game Of Thrones gave me confidence. When people enjoy Game Of Thrones in India, why can’t we tell our own story?
So I thought about a plot where not one but six characters are born at the same time. The story will unfold simultaneously. Ultimately, it’s an amalgamation of matriarchy and patriarchy societies.
Is there any other story you would like to tell?
Chatrapathi Shivaji’s story.
You have also written Bajrangi Bhaijaan, one of the biggest hits of Salman Khan.
Salman is a warm and wonderful human being. During Bajrangi Bhaijaan, I would feel that he wasn’t acting most of the time, but just reacting naturally to situations. Once I asked him about it, and he said, ‘You are right. Many times, tears roll out naturally.’
What are the other Hindi films you are working on?
Haha – Prabhas is a much better actor than most Bollywood stars. Hrithik Roshan as Baahubali would have been laughing stock with his shaking head, trembling lips and flaring nostrils. Deepika may have been good as Devsena.
And the Shivaji reference pops up again. Wont be surprised if Rajamouli indeed does a film on Shivaji in near future.
I am looking forward to Secret Superstar. Although a small film, I think it will be more in TZP terrain for family audience than an obscure non-commercial Dhobi Ghat.
After Karan Johar produced a never seen or heard before the story of India’s under the sea battle, ‘The Ghazi Attack’, it looks like Shah Rukh Khan is all set to follow the suit. Reports suggest that Shah Rukh Khan under his production banner, Red Chillies Entertainment is currently working on a script based on one of India’s most successful missions, ‘Operation Khukri’.
‘Operation Khukri’ carried out in Sierra Leone in 2000 was one of the most successful rescue operation carried out by the Indian Air Force. The mission was carried out in the forests of Kailahun, where the Indian Air Force managed to rescue 223 peacekeepers, who were captured by the Nigerian rebels, with no causalities save for a few shrapnel wounds.
The caveat is the key. The feelers from Padmavati and TOH don’t sound good. Both seemed to have been delayed to either increase budget or bring an international team in respectively. Maybe they need to re-evaluate which is fine but just throwing money at projects for sale of it is pointless.
SLB probably tried a few times like Gowariker to do Bahubali. The former is too indulgent, the latter plain boring. I’m more confident on TOH as it seems a period war film with sea battles – intriguing.
Aamir Khan's DANGAL earned est. ￥21.5M/￥19.7M ($3.1M/$2.8M) incl/wo ticket fees on Monday. China's total is now ￥108M/￥99M ($15.7M/$14.3M) pic.twitter.com/6IPh7zuiUn
China FI is now saying second weekend likely to be bigger than First weekend.60M min.With 38M$ which cld be done in 2 weeks flat in China,Dangal wld reach 1000cr.I am assuming abt 35cr from Taiwan.Dangal wld do min. 1100cr at this rate.Anything is possible in china and it’s showing just a glimpse of what 3Idiots could have done there.
As much as I am happy for Baahubali-2 amazing box-office history, I am not sure how much and how long it will effect new releases, as getting screens will be a tough job till the time Baahubali is in theaters. Whatever least expectations I had for #Sarkar3 , is almost gone. The way GOG poorly performed this weekend is more than evident that new releases will find it tough to get enough screens, apart from fact that even audience will not prefer.
When is sarkar 3 releasing? also nobody expect sarkar 3 to do much at boxoffice anyway. If it’s releasing this coming Friday, then it will get some screen since by than baahubaali will calm down little.
Sarkar has a strong supporting cast, don’t be shocked if it does very well.
I don’t think there may be any kind of Bahubali on Sarkar3 boxoffice performance. You release Sarkar3 in pre Babubali period or post Bahubali period, its collections will be in the same range due to its poor casting. All actors working in it have passed their prime time long back and hence are spent forces.
It depends on where BB2 ends its run. If it has same legs like Dangal from here on, it will reach 450 cr. If it has shorter legs it may end anywhere in 400-450 cr range. In any case, I dont see it going much beyond 450 cr.
So the Hindi version may be possible to be chased down. But it will either take a well-liked Salman movie or an Aamir’s big film to get this done. Others I dont think have a chance.
2.0 will do well enough in its Hindi version, but 450 cr seems too much.
Success of Dangal also proves the focus of women oriented sports in China and its encouragement by its society.
Actually I would be interested to know how CDI did there which I think would have been the highest Chinese grosser then though non significant and hence not reported.
CDI had released 10 years ago, not sure if there was much if any market in china for indian movies. never mind 10 years ago, even dhoom did only 20+ crore in china. It was PK which did over 100 crore and now dangal.
I think more an more makers will now explore china market.
Also, even going back to Raj Kapoor days, the movie almost has to show faults of society, culture, environment of india. I think that touches more with foreign countries and made well of course.
Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar 3 seems to have impressed the Censor Board of Film Certification. Sources at the CBFC describe the film as Ramu’s best in years. However they’ve taken offence to a reference to Lord Hanuman in one of the dialogues and asked the director to remove it.
Says a source close to the development, “It’s a dialogue where Hanuman and Vivibhishana, one who burnt down Lanka and one who ruled it, two characters from Ramayan are spoken about. We’ve asked them to delete the mythological reference as it doesn’t go well with the scene of the crime in the film.”
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Bahubali 2 Will Be Highest Hindi Grosser Ever In Two Weeks
Tuesday 09 May 2017 11.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion (Hindi) had an incredible second Monday as it grossed 16.50 crore nett on its second Monday. The film has dropped under 20% ffrom its second Friday, normally you wold have expected the film to go under 15 crore nett for the first time in its run but it is just holding up phenomenally well..
The second week collections look like they are heading for 136-138 crore nett which will mean a two week box ofice collection of close to 385 crore nett. It is now certain to be the highest grossing film in Hindi in two weeks as the Dangal record stands at a little under 375 crore nett. The all languages total of Dangal had been surpassed long back in just five days. The collections of Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion in Hindi till date are as follows.
Still the summer Vacations are on in most schools and they last till Mid-June – so lot of repeat audience will be there – 500 cr+ in Hindi alone not ruled out – mind-boggling…
The 2nd monday record is amazing stuff. This is simply having a great run and not slowing down or losing steam. It has crossed PK on monday and will cross 350 cr landmark today.
All India it has already crossed 700 cr nett in all versions. Terrific stuff!
It will probably not get to 500 CR in Hindi belt, that’s tough. All India will certainly be north of 900 CR at this rate. It’s an incredible feat to outdo the Hindi records by such huge margins – it’s in pure black and white. The strategy of waiting and delaying the film worked (shows frequency means little without quality). With big production houses mulling over pre production of projects, films like Dutt and TZH can’t do much but just play out their films. It’s possible Robot 2.0 team had a hint on this and delayed their film. Hardly surprised at more delays with SLB film as a lot of his work is geared at the Bahubali world – that film will unfortunately be compared to Bahubali so he’ll need to really think that one out. TOH has potential and I’m warming more to this each and every day. A sea adventure is a huge USP.
The film suffering the most is Tubelight, it’s teaser was mixed at best. It’s got 7-8 weeks to fix it. So far from some blogs and articles it’s not been well received at all. It’s got Salman so a guaranteed opening (though I would not be surprised if it performed like PRDP), but will need to be exceptionally well received to challenge Dangal let alone Bahubali 2. It’s got no excuse with screens showing Bahubali 2 (like 2 years ago) as by the time of release, Bahubali 2 is probably seen by maximum audience it can capture in today’s time. Very likely that Tubelight will be the film to kick Bahubali 2 out of the Hindi belt theatres as till then BB2 can have a long run as the second Monday hold suggests.
Tubelight has no chances of crossing Sultan or even Bajrangi, so we need to forget about Dangal. I don’t know how a normal mass audience will prefer a movie like Tubelight over last year’s Sultan. Bajrani was an outlier and the went further in that direction and displayed Salman’s weakness in acting inspired from a weak Hollywood movie. Even though I don’t mind Sohail Khan but he’s easy punching bag and Salman Khan crying and searching for Sohail Khan on big screen – its not an easy sight and easily bound to start lot of jokes! When the movie falls with negative reviews the Sohail factor will easily help to plummet to the bottom quickly!
Rasping prediction but do agree. Film will highlight the weakness of Salman the actor and Kabir Khan – story writer. BB was written by same guy for Bahubali so Tubelight is relying on Kabirs writing and Salman’s acting. The mix is already not showing a good connection. Right now the cinematography is a plus & possibly the Chinese factor being an unknown could pay off.
I can be wrong. Happily pleased if quality is close to Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
In simple words – the main story is same as Little Boy where the boy searches for his father during the war. Here Salman searches for his brother – Sohail – during the war. So, is there any possibility for the audience connect Salman searching Sohail?? That too in comparison with the dumb&deaf girl in BB? No chance I would say!
Is the Chinese actress in tube light a big actress in china? If yes then it’s best market might be china…in India it looks like more like a 150cr – 200 cr movie to me and that too because salman will give it a opening…
Salman is on good run here. And BB and Sultan have further cemented his stardom and movie choices as well. Aamir may be out of reach but I cannot see a Salman’s movie doing only 150-200crrs right now. That too with tag of director of BB. Solo release and EID and all. At worst it will do 250crrs
Salman fans are really not happy at the moment. First Aamir and then suddenly Baahubali 2.
Dangal is carnage in Taipei alone. The 7th Saturday collections of Dangal is more than the 1st Saturday collections of the film and the 7th Sunday is almost as much as the 1st Sunday.
You’ve got an elephant in Bahubali 2 and a lion in Dangal protecting Indian box office collections globally. The China collections reaching total net collections of India just shows how far ahead China is in # of cinemas and Aamir’s pure domination in the market.
Many reasons against it. Firstly Tubelight looks like to underperform. Katrina is past her prime and not at her level as part 1. Hirani’s Dutt can release same day and ruin the records and I don’t see Salman’s movies as trending types to cover up the loss of half screens easily.
Boi blamed DCH for killing bollywood. I feel Baahubali franchise will kill bollywood in a big way in the short term atleast. Even Tubelight may have to operate under this big banyan tree. The 100 crore films will shrink and other small films will bite the dust.
Bolywood would invest in big budget films but may get small returns. Already there are fights for screens and festival openings. All this will result in more wars and less revenue.
There is a saying that the jackal tried to get stripes watching the tiger and got burnt in the process.
Bollywood’s perception of thieves and portrayal of robbery has always been interesting to witness. And now with Bank Chor, it is giving us a comedy experience keeping the premise similar to what we have seen before. The trailer of the film, which stars Riteish Deshmukh, is out and reminds us of classic comedies and the Tom and Jerry chase sequences, taking us totally on a laughter ride. Well, you can trust Riteish when it comes to comedy.
Riteish’s character Champak is a blend of Charlie Chaplin and Asrani, who have aced comedy in their own way. Champak is a thief who believes in vaastu shastra and offers prayers to his weapons before he goes out to rob. By the way, he cannot shoot. When he plans robbery of the lifetime, it takes a U-turn and puts him in a difficult situation. While he always has been able to sneak out with money, this time he is stuck with Amjad Khan, not Sholay’s Gabbar but a policeman portrayed by Vivek Oberoi. The dialogues are quirky and full on entertaining. You will hear mentions of Aamir Khan, Deepak Tijori and Arvind Kejriwal too.
Oh, expect some rap too as the film also has Baba Sehgal in a cameo role. Directed by debutant director Bumpy under the production of Aditya Chopra, Ashish Patel, Rajat Kanti Sarkar and Aashish Singh, the film is scheduled for June 16 release. Y Films’ Bank Chor is a much delayed project, which was scheduled for an early 2015 release but is finally coming to theatres on 2017.
Bahubali 2 All India Update – More Benchmarks Broken
Tuesday 09 May 2017 12.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
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Bahubali – The Conclusion in just eleven days has passed the 700 crore nett barrier in India. The film is crossing benchmarks at a lightning pace and its hard to say where this is going to stop.
The Hindi version is easily collecting more than regional versions of the film. The NETT and GROSS of the Hindi version was always going to be higher than the regional versions after the first week figures. Now the Hindi version may even get close in terms of distributor share. Basically the performance of the Hindi version is going to the best. Even better than the original Telugu version.
Met PM @narendramodi and got the opportunity to tell him about my upcoming 'Toilet-Ek Prem Katha.' His smile at just the title made my day! pic.twitter.com/qbvYrlbM2Y
I also this Akki is doing a master stroke in involving the government at the highest level and attaching TEPK with Swachch Bharat project.
If played rightly this may become a perfect independence day release and could create buzz which would be bonus as the movie is an assured Hit even without it.
The unit of ‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’ may be celebrating the film’s stupendous run at the box office, but one of the leading ladies, Tamannaah Bhatia, is far from happy. She is apparently disappointed over several of her scenes being chopped.
Tamannaah plays the character of Avantika in the epic drama. It is said the makers deleted several portions that were low on CGI effects. Since most of them involved Tamannaah, they had to be snipped. Being part of a magnum opus that is rewriting BO history is a big reason to feel proud, Tamannaah says.
Man I really like Tamanna and felt she looked ethereal in Baahubali 1.
Her track in second part would have made this awesome movie sink to a lower level. Rangan did mention that any other director would have definitely showed a song with Tamanna. It’s takes a gutsy director to avoid it.
Don’t think Tamanna would mind it. But yes her career would have flies higher if she had got a bigger role.
Totally baseless media created rift. The whole part 2 is flashback sequence where Tamannah wasn’t even born. It comes to present version and there is climax fight. Where could they possibly fit Tamannah or give her song or more footage?
Tamannah and Anushka both were given meaty roles in BB and BB2 respectivelya and both looked stunning….both were paid 5 cr (total for both parts) and director did justice to both
Paresh Rawal’s Atithii Iin London renamed as Guest Iin London
ByBollywood Hungama News Network
May 9, 2017 – 10:30 am IST
Paresh Rawal’s Atithii Iin London renamed as Guest Iin London
The legendary Shakespeare once asked, “What’s in a name”. Well, if you are the makers of Atithii Iin London, which starred the legendary Paresh Rawal and Kartik Aaryan in the lead roles, then, the name really means everything. While on one hand, the film is making brisk progress, on the other hand, its makers felt something amiss about the title and hence, renamed it as Guest Iin London.
The film’s director Ashwni Dhir, alongwith Panorama Studios & Kiaan Entertainment Ltd. (UK) felt that Guest Iin London is more appropriate for the film and is totally in sync with the film’s narrative. The second reason for them to change the film’s title was that, many thought that this film was a sequel to the 2010’s Ajay Devgn-Konkona Sen starrer Atithi Tum Kab Jaaoge?, which was not the case. The third aspect for the change in title was because Panorama Studios were in discussion with Warner Bros. Pictures to make the sequel of Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge. And, Warner Bros. Pictures, who own the rights of Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge and its sequel, were keen to make the film once they had the perfect story to follow Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge.
Besides Paresh Rawal and Kartik Aaryan, Guest Iin London also stars Kriti Kharbanda, Tanvi Azmi and Sanjay Mishra. The film, which has been extensively shot in London & New York, will be releasing on June 16 this year.
wow another 10M and we have 200 cr in China! I think Jet Lee’s films wud have never done that mouch here…… KFY did massive business in China but in India – it was a washout….
Aamir Khan's DANGAL earned est. ￥24.5M/￥22.5M ($3.5M/$3.3M) incl/wo ticket fees on Tuesday. China's total is now ￥132M/￥121M ($19.2M/$17.6M) pic.twitter.com/mHuipMjnIG
Watched Baahubali the conclusion & despite it being a weekday, the show had 90%+ occupancy in the scorching noon show at my end!! Looking at the audience’s reaction in my theatre, i’m 100% certain that Baahubali 2 is going past 500 Crores net in its Hindi version alone & even 550 might be possible as it has a repeat value for sure & trending is going to be very strong despite such a hurricane like opening. An inheritor to Sholay would be an apt term to define Baahubali’s phenomenon as it has broken all boundaries as Sholay did in its time!! Pen down my thoughts on the movie later.
I’ve lived in Munich for 6 months and it’s dubious to say there is not a huge NRI community, obviously compared to UK, US, AUS & CAN it is smaller. But there are many big banks for a start. And there are plenty of Indians – it is NOT a huge German Caucasian population driving these numbers. Indians travel well and have huge secondments out of India into the West via IT, Genpact etc. Even small countries like Holland in cities like Amsterdam have sizeable Indian communities. The odd Caucasian will be a fan – it will be an inferior % to Indians. The German myth is as laudable as the Swiss or Austrian. I stayed in pub/restaurant in a strong Germanic region in a ski resort – and guess what it was owned by Indians! Heck even west Africa is full of Indians, many countries in Africa period. BOI portrays SRK as not only a global Indian superstar but a global superstar. As if little English villagers with no sign of Indians have a hunger for Indian films. They only like Indian food! That’s as Indian as they’ll be!
In any case barring UK, European market for Indian films is negligible – it’s nothing compared to Asian markets now. Even UK has been stagnant for many years. Years ago it had parity with US, now even UAE is ahead probably. China has blasted ahead IF Aamir’s success translates into further Indian films working there. But it has not happened (yet).
Yes Jay as their dubious & propagandic commentary to exalt their blue eyed boy Shahrukh is now fully exposed as can be seen by their reporting of Baahubali 2 & Dangal’s China performance, which is sans all the adjectives they used to pour over defining Shahrukh’s stardom as the dictionary had already been fully used/abused in fawning over the biggest star of this universe!! Shahrukh is left with little choice as his next release is in Dec. 2018 by then Akshay, Salman will have multiple releases & Aamir 1 & 1/2 movies released, which would leave Shahrukh at no. 4 in the best case scenario. Even Ranbir with Dutt biopic & Jagga Jasoos, if both turn out to be big hits, could be a threat to Shahrukh.
‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’ has taken the entire country by storm. The magnum opus, directed by SS Rajamouli, is setting new records with every passing day. While many Bollywood celebrities have lauded the film’s team for its phenomenal success, director Rohit Shetty too heaped praises on the movie at a recent event in Mumbai.
Talking about the film’s unparalleled success, Rohit said, “The success of ‘Baahubali 2’ is because of the script and direction, and not because of Prabhas’ popularity.”
The director also pointed out that the film’s team did not have to go into a promotional overdrive to make it a blockbuster. “As I said earlier, a lot of promotions are not needed for a film to mint more money at the box-office. We normally see actors promoting their films massively on reality shows, in shopping malls, colleges and many other places, which is not needed indeed. Look at ‘Baahubali 2’ and you will get the answer.”
Rohit also expressed his desire to work with ‘Baahubali 2’ lead Prabhas in future. He excitedly said, “I would love to work with Prabhas, of course! Actually, I would love to work with all the actors in the South.”
Will Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar 3 & Yashraj Films’ Meri Pyaari Bindu survive the Baahubali avalanche?
BySubhash K. Jha
May 10, 2017 – 10:40 am IST
Will Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar 3 & Yashraj Films’ Meri Pyaari Bindu survive the Baahubali avalanche
Would Ram Gopal Varma and Parineeti Chopra be able to make that comeback that they were hoping to this week? Ram Gopal Varma hasn’t had a hit since Sarkar Raj in 2008. He is looking at the third Sarkar film as his comeback ticket into Bollywood. However theatre chains are not likely to welcome Varma’s successful franchise as enthusiastically as expected.
A representative of a leading multiplex chain from Mumbai says, “Sarkar 3 would have got much better screen space without the Baahubali factor. Right now, we are not inclined to remove Baahubali from any shows.”
Apparently Yash Raj films cut a deal with the multiplex chains for a decent number of screens to be given to their Friday release Meri Pyari Bindu. “Yash Raj had foreseen the roadblock posed for new releases by the Baahubali juggernaut. They therefore reserved their screens from long before the release of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion which the multiplex theatres would now have to allot, regardless of the Baahubali craze. So if any other film gets any space this week it’s Meri Pyaari Bindu,” says an informed trade source
Plus there is the big Hollywood franchise Alien: Covenant, the latest in Ridley Scott’s Alien series, being released by Fox-Star which gets a scattering of theatres as it is being dubbed in Hindi Tamil and Telugu. So trade pundits feel Sarkar 3 is likely to be the fourth choice of moviegoers’ this week after Baahubali 2, Alien: Covenant and Meri Pyaari Bindu.
Says trade analyst Atul Mohan, “The way Bahubali mania has gripped the nation I think in the third week also it would be the first choice of multiplexes owners .They would rather give Baahubali preference than this week’s new releases. It’s better to place bets on a horse which is winning the race than on dark horse because you never how dark the untried horse is. Moreover the multiplex chains will benefit more from Baahubali if they continue it in the third week as their share percentage increases.”
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I knew this coming, so Sarkar-3 will not even get proper release …. either makers have to take instant decision to postpone the release , or get ready for biggest disaster ever … with screen count as low as 400-500 , I don’t see its lifetime collections touching even double digit.
Sachin ABD is another coming up movie without any hype even though SRT is the biggest cricketing icon. Dhoni was smart to produce a movie on himself and choosing perfect director & actor whereas Sachin is also producing himself but making a half docu-half real and chose and unknown to India – James Erskine as director. Not sure what this will end up doing in cinemas.
Swach Bharat? Producers asked to clean out abuses against women
BySubhash K. Jha
May 10, 2017 – 10:31 am IST
Swach Bharat Producers asked to clean out abuses against women1
Want your film to be seen by viewers of all ages? Then keep the audio clean. And don’t even think of abusing women. Not even a ‘Saali’ is allowed. It is reliably learnt the Censor Board Of Film Certification (CBFC)has been instructed by the Ministry Of Information & Broadcasting to get rid of all signs of verbal and physical violence against women even if it is a film about domestic violence.
Says a source from the CBFC, “Not a slap will be allowed even if it’s a film about domestic violence. You can show the women with a black eye or a swollen cheek. But you can’t show how she got it.”
“Saali” might be an acceptable term in conversations in many parts of the country. However the producers of Saket Chowdhary’s Hindi Medium were told to knock it off if they wanted a ‘U’ certificate.
Reveals a source from the censor board, “Hindi Medium is a message-oriented film. It tells us how difficult parents find it to enrol their children in good schools. We wanted both parents and kids to watch the film. But there were some abuses hurled at women. We asked them to go before granting the film a ‘U’ certificate.”
It is learnt that Hindi Medium was asked to knock off ‘Kutiya’, ‘Haraamzaadi’ and ‘Saali’. Says Pahlaj Nihalani, “We’ve zero tolerance for verbal or physical violence against women. The terms that you are referring to won’t be allowed against women even if the film is certified by us as ‘Adults Only’.”
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Bahubali 2 (Hindi) Is Rock Steady On Second Tuesday
Wednesday 10 May 2017 11.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion (Hindi) had another superb hold on its second Tuesday. The film is just not showing any signs of slowing and till date still remains over 15 crore nett despite being on day eleven. The film grossed a huge 15.50 crore nett on its second Tuesday to take its second week total to 112 crore nett.
The film in Hindi has crossed the Dangal Hindi distributor share in just 11 days to become to have the highest distributor share ever for a Hindi film of 184-185 crore apprx. This film is just not stopping and could go anywhere. As far as single screens go this film has no real competition till Tubelight. It may actually maange a 7-8 week run at some single screens which is unheard of today. The collections of Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion in Hindi till date are as follows.
Dangal record will go on Friday – I mentioned 14th day before but realise now that is Thursday, either way 400 CR is coming Friday or Saturday and it seems the steam train has a lot of fuel still left! No other Hindi film behaves like this where 2nd week drop is approx 40% except a few. This is the only way records are broken.
500 crs will surely happen….No Doubt…After second Tuesday Dangal did about 100 crs…This is running 50% ahead on a daily basis…Dangal was 10 and this is 15 on second Tuesday….So expect this to add 150 crs more….at the very least….
Rajamouli – Aamir combo if happens or that Mahabharat film where Aamir-Rajni-Mohanlal come together or a multilingual thriller like Sarfarosh 2 made with Shankar or Rajamouli as director can break 500 cr – TOH also has a chance…..
Well, Rajamouli did it without well known stars depending on his ingenuity and special effects. Stars add to costs which can be used for super special effects and good marketing roping in someone like Kjo.
Such hold on 2nd tuesday is extraordinary to say the least! This will definitely go over 450 cr, but 500 cr may still be tough to crack. But with this kind of trending, one never knows.
Let us see whether 2.0 can pose a challenge to Baahubli 2. They have got sufficient time to make it bigger and better. They should have made Rajni villain and akshay hero to win north Indian audience. South will accept Rajni in any role.
2.0 is not in the same strata as Bahubali….This is a Tamil movie with limited reach in Telugu markets. The reverse opens a bigger scope of BO..More importantly Hindi markets cannot hope to match Bahubali 1 forget Bahubali 2….Sankars movie are all gloss and VFX these days with limited emotions…Even if he makes a movie as good as 1.0, it will still struggle to beat Dangal forget Bahubali…
I can’t see it. Logically Robot 1.0 barely did much in Hindi but Bahubali did. The latter was huge on TV. It’s a big project but strikes me as an opener than a trendsetter. It might be the best bet in the next 12 months but hardly going to get the buzz associated with BB2. BB2 proves a star is not essential for a big film, neither an entourage of TV shows, marketing, media etc.
Logically to BB2 is 4 times BB1. Akshay adds something but less than 150 CR in Hindi it’s pointless talking about it.
Agree with Krish. None of the current movie can be predicted to have the might of Baahubali 2. Even a week before its release Baahubali 2 also was not looking remotely close to what it has done now. These things cannot be predicted.
However if there is one movie in which I can bet on it is 2.0
A robot today with Alshay Kumar in Chittis role would do really well.
Hero or villain doesn’t matter in movies like this.
Even in Enthiran/Robot, the character of Chitti the villain became more popular. Of course that was played by Rajini himself but if one has to chose their favourite, Chitti wins hand down.
Even in 2.0, Akshay role is quite extraordinary and is said to have more emotional connect.
Moreover in any two hero project, Akshay has always outshone the other actor in Bollywood and here he is playing a negative character which is does very very well. So am sure he will match it up acting wise to Rajini.
But frankly if any movie has to compete with Baahubali it has to be beyond stars and their fans. 2.0 seems to be the only project at the moment which is ambitious and attempts to catch up.
It’s a silly situation. The film is political and geographical in this sense. Rajnis fans will be upset if he is getting short changed (unlikely), Akshay fans are happy as it’s an easy route into 200 CR or 300 CR club without doing much at all India level (they’ll claim X, Y & Z was because of Akshay). Yet if Akshay gets parity you end up in no man’s land. These twin north and south hero films end up exposing more division than doing opposite.
Heck even SRK’s easy route to 300 CR looks improbable now. LOL!
These boys chasing easy routes or shortcuts to glory won’t learn.
No such parity issues are going to happen.
And Jayshah this will be no easy 300 cr for Akshay. He is winning hearts movies after movies and so will he for 2.0
LOL, with the bridges she burns can she even put a cast together?
Or will her films be Kangana, Kangana the bad ass, Kangana I’ve gone nuts, Kangana’s comeback, Kangana F the world, Kangana & Hrithik in my dreams, Kangana KJo trilogy…the opportunities are endless.
At an event, the ‘Rangoon’ actress recalled the time she worked with Prabhas in the 2009 film ‘Ek Niranjan’. Remembering their unpleasant days on the sets, Kangana said that at that point, they used to fight a lot and that there was even a time when the two had a really intense argument and stopped talking to each other altogether. However, she went on to add that after watching ‘Baahubali’, she felt really proud of him.
One more fight with Prabhas of all the people! At that time he was a nobody in bollywood and imagine the situation or nightmare he must have underwent!
Dangal looks all set to create history today by beating GOTG2.dangal is leading by a margin now.Dangal wld be at no.1 on chinese BO.3.7-3.8m$ today.LT can go anywhere, sky is the limit.even 100M$ in china is not ruled out.
It’s easily going to do $70MM at this rate. And yes $100MM is possible. PK had a 5 week run in China minimum according to boxofficemojo. Applying PKs trend Dangal hits $100MM by 5 weeks assuming W1 is $27MM.
incredible… simply stunning.. hard to make a case for anyone being even with Aamir at the moment.. you look at the overall numbers in India and worldwide.. there’s nothing even close. For a while I was willing to put Salman up there, or at least willing to entertain the debate, but post-Dangal there’s a massive gap once more.
Why it is that some people have to reply in negative to a particular star? Why it’s so difficult to praise a good film of a rival actor. I have seen some pseudo intellectuals try to vent out their frustration in the facade of sarcasm.
DANGAL took 1st place on Wednesday earning est. ￥27.3M/￥25M ($4M/$3.6M) incl/wo ticket fees. China's total is ￥160M/￥146M ($23.1M/$21.2M) pic.twitter.com/jygP46c5tq
After the success of epic drama “Baahubali 2”, three filmmakers have come together to make “Ramayana” as a three-part live action film with a budget of Rs 500 crore.
A source in the know of developments told IANS: “‘Ramayana’ is being helmed as one of the most ambitious projects of India with a budget of Rs 500 crore. The film will bring to life the rich storytelling culture of our country and for the same, the film team is in conversation with a renowned Indian director who will bring this larger than life scripture to the universal audience.”
Three producers — Allu Aravind, Namit Malhotra and Madhu Mantena — have joined hands to make this project come alive. It will be shot in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, said a statement.
The makers are looking forward to deliver a “spectacular extravaganza”.
SS Rajamouli will make lot of producers go bankrupt now. With sudden announcement of movies like 1000 cr Mahabharat, 500 cr Ramayan, future awaits lot of huge box office disasters. Not specifically these two but other announcements.
Btw, brings me RGV’s 340 cr Nuclear, don’t know what happened to it! 🙂
just not looking forward to Rajni-Akki starrer film – never liked Robot in the first place – i think its time Rajni hangs boot or does some character-oriented roles…..he is stretching it too far now as a hero romancing young heroines etc.
The best thing about this magnum opus is that it was planned like thins even before Baahubali 2.0 broke all records unlike Thugs or Padmavati whole canvas is increased (likely to be at their own peril) post Baahubalo 2.0 success.
You dont make Baahubali 2.0 by making scenes look ricker. You need directors like Rajamouli. If any other director that comes close to him in carrying a huge film on his shoulders, then he is Shankar. The guy has done it and seen it before as well.
I am also glad to inform all that Shankar’s next is like to have Akshay Kumar, Vijay and Vikram in his next blockbuster.
The best thing about this magnum opus is that it was planned to be BIG even before Baahubali 2.0 broke all records unlike Thugs or Padmavati whose canvas is dramatically increased (likely to be at their own peril) post Baahubalo 2.0 success.
You don’t make Baahubali2 by making scenes look richer. You need directors like Rajamouli. If any other director that comes close to him in carrying a huge film on his shoulders, then he is Shankar. The guy has done it and seen it before as well.
I am also glad to inform all that Shankar’s next is like to have Akshay Kumar, Vijay and Vikram in his next blockbuster.
2.0 will be showcased as Made in India product on the request of Government of India. So the movie is definitely much larger and bigger in its intent than any other current and future movie announced barring TEPK, whose intent is extraordinary.
Golden Age of Indian movies are returning and Akshay Kumar stars in few of those.
The action-thriller, co-written and directed by Siva, features Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi who is making his Tamil debut. He will be seen stepping into the role of the villain. The film also stars Kajal Aggarwal and Akshara Haasan, as leads.
Vivek shot for daredevil action sequences at Belgrade Air Force base in Serbia and is excited after sharing the screen space alongside South superstar Ajith Kumar in Vivegam. This is not the first time Vivek is taking up the role of an antagonist, he was earlier seen showing off his grey side in a big budget film like Krrish 3.
Made at a mega budget of Rs 120 crores, Vivegam features high-octane action sequences choreographed by world renowned action director and crew who have also worked on several Hollywood blockbusters. Last month, the film’s shoot also took place in Bulgaria. A source had earlier informed IANS, “The team had originally planned to complete Bulgaria portion in November last year. However, due to some unknown reasons, they had to return without completing what was planned.”
Vivegam is the third collaboration between Ajith and director Siva. Siva and Ajith Kumar have earlier worked on the blockbusters Veeram and Vedhalam.
Featuring music by Anirudh Ravichander and cinematography by Vetri, Vivegam is scheduled to release in the Independence Day week this year.
Compare this with the delight and happiness everyone is showing for Baahubali 2. For that matter even for Jolly LLB2 which is a 100+ cr netter, had more people feeling happy for Akshay Kumar here than for Dangal in China.
Just trying to bring forth few facts. Mirror Mirror on the wall….
Just goes on to show why a fan’s behavior is very important.
I don’t think anyone dislikes Akki here….we all love him…but ur efforts to put him in the league of Aamir and Sallu are hilarious from the point of view of BO. Akki is a sincere actor and quite likable also and he has a niche place at the BO where his films are profitable and hit. But to portrait him as a superstar is bit too much.
Again – your reply paint me as Akshay Kumar fan. why?
“but ur efforts to put him in the league of Aamir and Sallu are hilarious ”
sorry, i don’t compare stars except in my star rankings. Ofcourse i get replies which distorts my comments to show as if i am intending to do what you suggested.
Dangal Chases 1000 Crore But…
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Dangal is chasing the 1000 crore mark now with its business in China which should gross at least 300 crore to take it to the 1000 crore mark in all languages. This is a huge number but the problem is that Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion is making everything around it look small at the moment. Any other time Dangal regesering 1000 crore Worldwide would be seen as a mega achivement but its come in the Bahubali 2 wave which had surpassed 1000 crore in ten days. The business of Dangal and Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion till date end of business 10th May) in all languages is as follows.
Dangal – 866 crore (China going strong and should comfortable cross 1000 crore and maybe go to 1100 crore)
Bahubali 2 The Conclusion – 1179 crore ( Strong run in India and Overseas also holding well though not as well as India. Will cross 1400 crore for sure and maybe go up to 1500 crore)
The more interesting battle will in the Hindi version where eventually Bahubali 2 is a dubbed film but could challenge the Dangal worldwide number just on its Hindi format. That would probably be the biggest achievement of Bahubali 2 if its get there as the Hindi contribution from Overseas is limited so it would mean its mainly all from India.
The other day they said Dangal would just do 900 cr now they are saying it will do 1000 cr but ? what kind of garbage reporting is this what does that mean
Just to add 1000cr is going to be done by this sunday.It wld be abt 915-920cr after adding today’s colln.1100cr wld be done easily by end of next week.(by next thursday).They r having no idea stupid idea.May be they haven’t add even taiwan collns.
I agree. BOI is wrong in comparing Dangal with Baahubali 2 and then making Dangal’s achievement look smaller.
But this is the same with everyone here. They want to make other films look smaller. Rememeber the narrative of Jayshah and Satyam who makes fun of Tubelight now because it is not looking big enough when compared to Dangal.
So fo an aamir fan these posts by BOI hurts. But they are not alone. 🙂
Please don’t mention me. BOI cracks me up. Dangal is the only film and PK saving Hindi cinema from further embarrassing comparisons. Anything one subscribes to as negative on Dangal vs. Bahubali 2, think first as indirectly the same dialogue (and worse) in fact can be applied to the whole Hindi industry! It’s like comparing Bradman to Tendulkar. Kicking Tendulkar – but hey it basically means there is nobody after Tendulkar LOL. Utter garbage. Enjoy both successes & ask more of the rest of Hindi cinema. Dangal’s a baby elephant to Bahubali 2’s big elephant – what animal would the rest of the film’s in Hindi cinema be?
I said last week that Dangal will bear the brunt of comparisons. This is a positive, one would rather be in the comparison or company than NOT.
Other thing to add is BOI has forgotten everything before SRK. As big as Bahubali is the utter ignorance of the history before and forgetting it is extraordinary. The site begins in 1994 LOL. The ultimate joke. Imagine ANY site that keeps a history of records forgetting to not upload ‘history’ that is much more critical.
Who’d discuss WW 2 without the fall out from WW 1. Who’d discuss ISIS, without reference to Iraq invasion. Forgetting your roots is utterly unforgivable.
It’s no conspiracy – IF SRK did a Dangal, we’d see the truth. Heck the Germany vs. China comparison says enough. There was no ‘but’ for Germany.
They(BOI) are burning & their condition is going to be exacerbated more & more as Dangal would keep minting Crores in China & keep exposing their propaganda in terms of their risible & ludicrous commentary by trying to belittle Dangal’s spectacular success shows the level of desperation+frustration brought about by Dangal’s massive success in China 😉
On the other hand we have guys like Naveen trying their level best to cloak himself as neutral despite being an Akshay fanatic & attacking Aamir fans & admirers for displaying their pleasure in lauding Dangal’s China performance & going gaga over 125/30 grossers of Akshay and continuosly trying to portray Robot 2 as Akshay’s movie inspite of being fully aware of the fact that IT’S A RAJINIKANTH MOVIE & AKSHAY’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE EARNINGS OF THE MOVIE WOULD BE CONFINED TO HIS USUAL STANDARD RANGING FROM 130 CRORES TO MAXIMUM 150 CRORES, yet Naveen would give equal credit to Akshay for its mammoth boxoffice earnings feigning ignorance of Rajini’s phenomena & clout in down south!!
Well, you said it. Boi is ready to beat aamir with any stick even if it is BB2. Here they are not at all talking about high pricing which they always point when talking about PK or Dangal. It seems it is blasphemy to say those things now. And also 2 weeks free run. Hope this film destroys bollywood industry and make them cry.
If Dangal, even after grossing 1100+ Crores WW, is nothing special, where does it leave “Indian Megastar & universe’s biggest star’s highest grossers in comparison??”
Dangal 6th Day Box Office Collection in China
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Dangal 6th Day Box Office Collection in China: Aamir Khan’s Dangal is simply unstoppable in China. The film is witnessing growth on weekdays which indicates a phenomenal trending. The Wednesday collection is likely to come in the range of $3.91 million.
Dangal has beaten Hollywood biggie Guardians Of The Galaxy Volume 2 in China on Wednesday. It was a popular franchise in China and some thought that Dangal could not withstand against GOTGV2. However, Dangal has done the unthinkable.
Dangal total box office collection in China is $23.04 million after 6 days. $50 million looks on the cards in its lifetime run and even $60 million cannot be ruled out.
Day 1: 15.20 ($2.35m)
Day 2: 30.53 ($4.72m)
Day 3: 36.10 ($5.58m)
Day 4: 19.73 ($3.04m)
Day 5: 22.71 ($3.52m)
Day 6: 25.23 ($3.91m)
Total: 148.67 Cr ($23.04m)
All You Need To Know About This 500 Crore Budget Film ‘Ramayana’
Ramayana will be a three-part live action film, that will release in three languages – Hindi, Tamil and Telugu
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May 11, 2017
After the magnificent success of epic drama Baahubali 2, three filmmakers – Allu Aravind, Namit Malhotra and Madhu Mantena have come together to make Ramayana as a three-part live action film with a budget of Rs 500 crore. Ramayana is a story of divine Prince Rama and how he rescued his wife Sita from the demon King Ravana.
The filmmakers have been working on the final script since almost a year now. The film is also said to be released in 2D as well as 3D format.
A source in the know of developments told IANS: “‘Ramayana‘ is being helmed as one of the most ambitious projects of India with a budget of Rs 500 crore. The film will bring to life the rich storytelling culture of our country and for the same, the film team is in conversation with a renowned Indian director who will bring this larger than life scripture to the universal audience.”
Baahubali 2 (Hindi) Collects Over 375 Crores (Nett) | 2nd Wednesday Box Office
Since there was a partial holiday of Buddha Purnima yesterday, the Wednesday collections are higher than Monday and Tuesday!
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May 11, 2017
Prabhas and Rana Dagubatti starrer Baahubali 2 (Hindi) continued to score huge on its 2nd Wednesday at the domestic market. Since there was a partial holiday of Buddha Purnima yesterday, the Wednesday collections are higher than Monday and Tuesday.
The magnum opus collected around 17* crores and now stands with a grand total of 375.35 crores.
Baahubali 2 : The Conclusion
Baahubali 2 (Hindi) Continues To Score Huge On Its 2nd Wednesday At The Box Office
Baahubali 2 (Hindi) will probably beat Dangal (387.39 crores) by today and will become the highest grosser of all time. The film is on its way to emerging as the 1st 400 crore club entrant in Hindi language.
Justin Bieber arrived in Mumbai last night at 1:30 am and the fans went absolutely crazy with his presence. The International music sensation is going to perform in India as a part of his ‘Purpose Tour’ for the first time ever.
However, it was a shocker when the media and the guests left an important event mid-way to cover Justin Bieber’s arrival in the bay.
As per a close source present there, half the press and the guests left the event where music maestro AR. Rahman was still performing. They clearly did not think that the performance of the Oscar-winning music composer was important enough to sit through it till the end.
It was utterly disrespectful of the press and the guests to just walk away midway of the event which was so important for the Indian fans.
Today is again going to be close to 4M$ in china with no.1 rank.6th consecutive 3M$+ day.Week1 wld be abt 27M$+.Second week is expected to be between 25-30M$.Weekend alone shld be 15-17M$.Anything can happen in china now as trending is out of the world.There is even a chance of 100M$ in china alone.
Doubt Robot will be helped too much. The original did just about 20 in Hindi whereas it was a blockbuster everywhere else. With Baahubali the Hindi has kept pace. Even the original did about 70-80 crores which was remarkable at the time (and did this with significant local competition). Now it could be that because of Baahubali Robot does much more than the first one. But I’d be surprised at anything more than 50 here, if that. Of course I’d love to be wrong here.
Baahubali 1 did 115-120 cr nett in Hindi with Bajrangi Bhaijaan releasing close to it. But the main advantage was the blockbuster run of the film in TV. It gained a following and interest in the franchise through satellite reruns.
I am not sure about the TRPs of Robo’s run in TV, but everyone around me has seen it in TV (though no one had seen it in theaters). And after Baahubali 2, the Hindi belt audience will be warmer towards movies from the south. Add the Akshay factor and we may have a significant grosser in our hands. It may not do 400-500 cr like BB2, but can easily do 200 cr or so.
Baahubali (first one) did more than I thought. On Robot as I said, I’d love to be wrong. Did forget about Akshay (of course one has to remember it’s him under those prosthetics!). I think 100 would be fantastic for Robot. Still it would involve quite a jump after the original’s performance.
On the South the Tamil industry has long been the best commercial one in India, which is to say that from the blockbuster kinds of films to middle cinema to more offbeat stuff they’ve easily produced the best work. Telugu barring exceptions is the kind of industry that produces all the masala films that Bollywood has remade (99% of the time) in the last decade or more. They have other stuff too but for the most part it’s too commercial an industry in the lowbrow sense of the term. Tamil has this too but the spectrum is much wider here. Both industries maximize their audience base (it should be added here that historically TN has the highest number of cinemas per capita, Andhra might not be too far behind.. this is because Dravidian politics understood the political promise of the medium.. even at its height the Bombay industry could never match it in this structural sense..), there is of course a lesson to be learnt here for Bombay filmmakers. Some of us have made this point since the 90s. The Yashraj-SRK major metro/multiplex hits were made possible by shrinking the audience base. Which is why the moment masala became viable again (even if in debased form) it ate up the competition. Or Aamir’s films in different genres did the same. Nonetheless I don’t see much hope for Bombay. On the one hand the South might increasingly start ‘invading’ Bombay and that would be a good thing in my view. But this, if at all it happens, will take time because the existing pool of Bombay talent is simply not connected to the Indian experience in a rooted sense. They’re essentially ‘boys from Bandra’. This is not true of Southern filmmakers and it wasn’t true of Bombay filmmakers once. Similarly Aamir understands many of these same features. You cannot make Baahubali without that life experience and/or rootedness. For years I used to argue here that the multiplex approach to cinema (‘it’s fun to watch but shouldn’t be taken too seriously’) was all wrong. The truth was exactly the opposite. The best masala (even masala comedies) had a cathartic component that had to be taken seriously. We see this with Ghajini (Hindi.. still the best contemporary masala performer in Hindi leaving Rajamouli’s current release) or Baahubali. Specially the latter. You have all the outlandishness of the genre on display here and also all the emotional highs and so forth (at some point though I’ll also offer a note on this where I’ll also be a bit of a naysayer as I was on the first one..). It’s essentially a thrilling experience because it has to be taken seriously. But to repeat the point I think there would need to be a major ‘sociological’ change in the club of Bombay filmmakers or they’d just have to import Southerners to direct their productions. The existing Bombay apparatus will only ever be capable of cloning Hollywood in plastic ways and it will never work.
There were films like GOW, Masaan that were quite rooted. Even Udta Punjab was rooted and I watched it on tv twice. For every 5 masala unrooted films, bollywood also had some rooted films like Mukti Bhavan which is on festival circuit.
Yes they were rooted but at the small-scale end and therefore for a niche audience (festival films, as you just pointed out). Most of the time they were also ‘rooted’ in ways that I consider problematic. As an example:
Put differently there’s a difference between showing the rooted and looking at it as an anthropologist. Bollywood does the latter almost everywhere in the last 15 years or so that more rooted films have been made.
I went through those links and it is a great pleasure to read such thoughtful comments from you. I have many scattered thoughts about why but they are too controversial to express them here.
Hey we love controversy here! Specially when people start questioning Salman’s fine acting (or driving) skills or when they start suggesting Aamir might be a top star or the top star (the latest example meant to fool us is Dangal) these are very controversial statements. The latest controversy is about Akshay’s film Robot. Some are trying to pass is off as a Tamil film starring Rajni when we all know Baahubali proves Akshay will be even bigger with Robot. So you should by all means indulge in controversy! Thanks for your comment..
Can’t disagree. It is a very odd feeling that Hindi cinema has more takers in China than even India for Dangal. I don’t blame Aamir at all, he’s done his best. There is something very deep here that a society quite similar too India’s is rejoicing in ways the Indian and diaspora has almost abandoned. Of course Dangal created records but at same time it’s obviously not reached India like Bahubali. Forget Dangal, the whole industry is being shown up for years of erosion. I find the China story and Bahubali 2 in Hindi story remarkable but disturbing. The trends are great but expose the industry massively.
Nothing really has been learnt. YRF films still sign a non actress supermodel for a role, SLB still throwing money around. The best way to describe Bollywood is it has become a tabloid and lost its broadsheet. News, Twitter, Facebook, media has replaced writing. Even the soundtracks in general are s#it. The South is now cycling and seems the backbone of writing. LOTR has been on TV for 15 years, no one in North had the imagination to imagine THAT world, instead they went Fast & Furious. Plastic for sure.
Not complete Doomsday – I do think stereotypically Indians make money and like to. So someone will take the bull by the neck. There are a few. Only takes one to create a revolution!
This is a great comment Satyam….But I do think the potential of the Telugu BO purely in terms of numbers they can put has steadily become more than the TN potential…You have more 100 crs grossers happening there these days than in TN. Telugu Cinema also tends to do better overseas than Tamil ones. But yes the TN cinema caters to a larger spectrum and off beat movies tend to do better there..
That box office difference on the gross can mostly be explained by the ceiling on ticket prices. Specially in multiplexes it makes a huge difference (incidentally a similar thing was introduced very recently in Karnataka). In TN it’s 120 or something, quite low, the one introduced in Karnataka is 200 though it has yet to take effect. Theater owners have complained in TN. The price has been capped at 120 for a decade or something which is ridiculous. A classic class of going overboard to address a problem. Some months ago people in the industry there were pursuing legal remedies but I don’t think anything has come out of it. Most people agree that the prices could be raised 30% or so. In any case there’s a huge difference between these ticket prices and those in Andhra (and now Telengana). Otherwise with TN having a bigger population that ought not to be the case.
Now where I think you nonetheless do have a bit of a point is that Telugu is hopelessly (!) commercial. Whether they’re doing masala or horror or comedy there is a certain lowest common denominator ethic at work. By and large. In Tamil there are those kinds of films but in some ways they’re not as important as they used to be. The bread and butter film tends to be a somewhat smaller one. Often more realistic, with smaller stars or newer ones (who often then become bigger stars). it’s a kind of marriage between commercial and middle cinema even when it isn’t entirely the latter. Yes there are still the big commercial films but the best talents are increasingly not making films in this bracket or haven’t for a while. No matter how well this cinema does it cannot quite show the returns of a big mass production.
Oh ya ofcourse, you are right….I forgot about the ceiling totally…That does explain the discrepancy….It is 120 in TN…
In Karnataka it is 200 and it has come to effect…It is 200 before tax so typically theatres are charging 260 here…I waited for it to take effect before seeing Bahubali last week…But then they have some intervention from HC today which said that the ceiling wont be in effect over weekends. SO it is pretty much of no use now…
Some of my controversial thoughts. Why hindi films are not that rooted? I feel that north India was under muslim rulers for many decades and that led to north Indians losing some of their roots while embracing many aspects from those ruled. Many film makers, expecially punjabis have a soft corner for this cross culture which is actually good for the diversity. Punjabi culture mixed with their fondness for everything out there plus nri influence resulted in this rootless wonder called bollywood. This fare is accepted from Delhi to mumbai and gujarat. While south India is relatively insulated and is able to stick to their roots in more ways resulting to more rooted fillms from their side. They did not accept even a rooted film like Dangal wholeheartedly. The exception being Bangalore which is more cosmopolitan. While Chennai Express did phenomenally there because of the theme in a srk film. I have seen many here drooling over urdu shairis but how many south Indians do that?
Given all the Southern Muslim rulers of India beginning with the Nizam it’s a surprise that the same didn’t happen here! Following your thesis. The idea that South India was insulated is frankly completely false. They know this better than anyone else having faced Vedic-Sanskritic colonization in very ancient times. Of course what one thinks of as North Indian culture is already informed by the Muslim conquests. Already an admixture which is a result of this cross-synthesis. I could extend this here but I won’t except in this more general sense. I don’t believe in cultures or civilizations at all. More precisely there are no ‘pure’ cultures or civilizations. these are just nationalist myths. There isn’t, cannot be a great culture that doesn’t borrow from others one way or the other. Sometimes great cultures come about because of cross-pollination, sometimes more direct conquests, and so on. But whatever the means there is simply no great culture, no great history possible without the ‘mix’. Now all cultures of course peddle these myths, all without exception, and all of them are false, also without exception. In the case of India first off it depends on what period one is looking at and/or what part of India. The so called ‘adivasis’ the original inhabitants of India call Hindus ‘diku’ (or outsider) in some of their North and central Indian languages. The Dravidians would agree! The Indo-European ‘Vedic’ invader is the original ‘Muslim’ of this story! But there are all kinds of other influences (the Indus culture, Greek influences etc.. the traffic also went the other way..) along the way as well and way before the Muslim ever shows up. Or let’s take it from the other side. The Tamil language, one of the great treasure troves of the world when it comes to ancient literature is already steeped in Sanskritic influences even then. You cannot find a ‘pure’ Tamil that doesn’t have these influences. Certainly all ‘great’ examples of Tamil culture already bear these traces. I could go on and on. And I could do the same for any other culture that has similar pretensions of purity. These are all self-serving myths and/or nationalist fantasies. Everywhere around the world. of course when you say these things you are likely to be lynched in many parts of the world. Including today India.
Well, I have to think about what you said. South had muslim rulers from Tipu suiltan to Nizam to Kerala. But it did not influence their languages the way they did to the north. Or south Indian hindus adopted veil, mehendi, shairis the way north Indians did. Or even liking for certain foods.
The first irony is that bollywood churns out hindi films from Maharashtra which has a great culture, great language. It did not shift its base even after all those hindi states came into existence. And those states where hindi is mostly spoken have no film industry worth their name while every south Indian language(not dialect) has their own film industry in their respective states. Perhaps this explains bollywood’s rootlessness in relation to its southern counterparts. They lost their roots willingly for greater glory and money.
WOW..During her peak, Katrina had 3 films with Aamir, Salman and SRK and now in her downtime of her career, she signed 3 films again with these 3 Khans – Tiger sequel, Thugs and Anand Rai’s next!
Obviously Kat is not there to act , thats my problem . She along with Victor i don’t see a really good film hope they are not making another Dhoom here .
Screen count of Sarkar-3 is even less than what any normal release has on 2nd or 3rd week … this is heading for disaster even before release, it is not even getting chance to prove.
I think this has been mishandled in a number of ways for a while. Beyond this though RGV essentially destroyed the franchise in the second film. Why does this part even exist? There isn’t really a good answer for this. RGV himself doesn’t have it beyond saying silly stuff like ‘it’s just another story in the adventures of Sarkar’! In any case I do agree with you. This film might never get going at the box office.
I think the first trailer made a decent impact. The timing of the release was alright. Indicine even had a BO lifetime prediction of 50-55cr for it back then. And they are usually not too far off the mark.
But then, the subsequent delays and the current timing of the release deprives the movie of any chance of doing well.
Tommorow’s prediction is 6.3M for Dangal by maoyang.Get ready it’s going to be better than First sat,advance is beyond words.20M 2nd weekend min and sat wld be mind boggling to say the least meaning 130-150cr second weekend in china.BOI is an idiot has no sense whatsoever. 2 days before were saying 900cr now 1100cr,while 1100cr wld be crossed by next wednesday only.1000 cr by saturday only.2nd week wld be unimaginable.3rd week wld also see dangal dominating till POC arrives in 4th week,even then dangal wld be second priority and retain many shows.100M$ looks like done in china.Officially sholay of overseas,it cld atleast do 800cr in overseas alone.
DANGAL earned est. ￥26.3M/24.3M ($3.8M/$3.5M) on Thursday including/wo ticketing fees. China's 7-day total is ￥186M/￥171M ($26.9M/$24.7M) pic.twitter.com/xjCMnfLtQm
maoyang is the site,u can see everything from current BO(they update every second)no. of shows alloted today and tommorow as well,current advance for next day,pktalli, u shld apologize now.
I am not predicting 100M but it can be done but u shld aplogize for saying i m cooking up data from my head.i m tracking nos. from last 7 days.It shld do abt 40M in week2, then 20M min. in week3.
28+40+20=88M in 3 weeks. i may be wrong but possible none the less.
I got feedback that movie is quite good and pretty watchable, contrary to initial reviews. I liked ramu’s last “Attacks of 26/11” … actually I liked 70% of movies by Ramu .. though many times I felt that movie could have been much better.
REWRITING HISTORY
By comparing Akbar to Hitler, BJP shows there’s no place for even a ‘good’ Muslim in India’s history
It’s not about being the ‘good’ Akbar or the ‘bad’ Aurangzeb – like Pakistan, India can’t accept a minority historical icon anymore.
Shoaib Daniyal
Published May 21, 2016.
By comparing Akbar to Hitler, BJP shows there’s no place for even a ‘good’ Muslim in India’s history
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In August 2015, New Delhi’s Aurangzeb Road was renamed APJ Abdul Kalam Road by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. On the surface, this was done because Aurangzeb wasn’t a very nice man – or so goes most of popular Indian history. Of special note are his policies that supposedly discriminated against non-Muslims and his support for puritanical religion: a special tax on non-Muslims, temple destruction banning music and so on. So terrible is Aurangzeb’s image in modern India that not only Hindutva ideologues but even liberals and some left-wingers came out in support of the renaming.
Now, after Aurangzeb, the BJP has set its sights on Akbar Road, another street in Lutyens’ Delhi. On Tuesday, VK Singh, minister of state for external affairs, publicly demanded it be renamed Maharana Pratap Singh Road, after the Sisodia ruler of Mewar who was defeated by Akbar’s forces in 1576 at the Battle of Haldighati. Singh isn’t alone. The BJP chief minister of Haryana ML Khattar and Member of Parliament Subramanian Swamy have backed him, as has the party’s national spokesperson, Shaina Chudasama – who, in a rush of enthusiasm, declared that Akbar was like Hitler.
Aurangzeb and his great-grandfather Jalaluddin Akbar are the Cain and Abel of popular Mughal history. Even while Aurangzeb is reviled, his great-grand father Akbar shines through as an embodiment of the Idea of India: a broad-minded, catholic ruler who united the large parts of the subcontinent under one flag and also happened to be Muslim. It was a Nehruvian jackpot. That even Akbar is now being targeted shows just how far to the Right India has moved. From now, practically no Muslim can stake a firm claim to be a part of the country’s historical pantheon – not even if you were one of the country’s most powerful emperors in all of its history.
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Akbar made alliances with Hindu Rajputs, who were the backbone of his army – even at Haldighati, Akbar entrusted his forces to a Rajput, Man Singh (who has his own Delhi road). He had a Khatri, Todar Mal, for his finance minister, whose revenue system more than anything, ensured that the Mughals ruled for three centuries. Theological debates were organised by the emperor at a time when religious-driven prejudice was so strong that most Indians wouldn’t even so much as touch each other for fear of losing their jati and “upper” castes thought most of their countrymen subhuman. Jalaluddin, it seems, even left formal Islam, founding a religion called the Deen-e-Ilahi, angering the Muslim clergy – a grudge held till today by conservative Muslims.
The clamour to rename Aurangzeb Road was pinned on the man being a tyrant. However, in spite of these spades of liberalness, why is Akbar in the cross-hairs today?
The answer is simple: the powerful demand to strike out Akbar Road shows rather clearly that the move to rename Aurangzeb Road had very little to do with the character of Aurangzeb itself. While modern scholarship has shown that the colonial binary between Akbar and Aurangzeb was a false one, making cardboard cut-outs of complex historical figures and administrative systems, at the end of the day, in the public sphere, Akbar or Aurangzeb really doesn’t matter: any Muslim ruler simply has no place in the popular historical imagination as an Indian anymore.
Dadri became breaking news and op-ed train for months but did you hear any whisper here – Musllm was BJP worker.
In India media and so called libbies don’t cry and weep on individual death but ……….
And it happened in secular ruled state.
Author is know Hindu hater.
@satyam: Yes it is LOL if we have posted something opposite thn it would be no LOL #Hypocrisy
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First for an Indian movie in China as Dangal beat Guardians of the Galaxy to reach top of China’s box office on Wednesday!! If beating a big budget hollywood franchise playing at almost 4 times capacity than Dangal & that too in its very 1st week ain’t spectacular, then i don’t know what else it needs to do to earn the adjective🤔🤔
@ Sanjana.Good morning. This comment is in response to one of your statements above, that Dangal was no great shakes in South India, except for cosmopolitan Bangalore. Sorry, but IMO , you are so wrong on this count.
My city of Chennai is fairly cosmopolitan since a couple of decades at least; even earlier it has been this accepting open place, hardly a provincial metro. Hindi films do well mostly, sometimes very well. Rooted commercial Hindi films like Udta Punjab and Dangal have done well. Dangal , to my knowledge, ran to full houses for a fortnight ( at multiple cinemas, in Hindi and dubbed Tamil).Dangal then continued its Chennai run through another four weeks, so a total of 5-6 weeks. In smaller towns of Tamil Nadu, dubbed Dangal did very well, running for a month or so, I understand.
In Kerala, especially Kochi, Dangal had a fabulous long run. Mysore too,I understand. Am not hunting and looking for links,since this site is already drowning in China links.😄
Bahubali 2 has of course been this mammoth triumph, racing to glory, bridging the North- South divide — but its success should not mean dismissing Bollywood — as is being done on social media, by lay commenters and media critics alike. At least give Bollywood credit for holding India together in a way. I am a North India bred Tamil, open to Hindi and Southern cinema ( in that order!) — but my Chennai born husband is a huge fan of Bollywood all the way — from fifties cinema and music, to modern day Dangal — and I know a few more like him, in Chennai.
Have not watched Bahubali 1, since the genre does not interest me or spouse, but Bahubali 2 has us intrigued.Need to watch both. But give me small rooted cinema, whether urban or rural, any language,any day.
We watched Satyajit Ray’s Devi, on YouTube, last night. Such a powerful film. Plan to watch Charulata today. All in honour of Ray whose birth anniversary happened a couple of days back.
LS – i think Dangal had a good run in South but it was like 10% of total Hindi business. But in BB2 – Hindi and South business are at par….Hindi is even more… so in that respect Dangal did not perform as well as BB2…..but then Dangal is making up with China business now….if it does 70M – then it will surpass even the Hindi business!!!
China week 1 is around 26 M$ without ticket fees. And we were predicting 30 M$ in its entire run. This is truly amazing – as stunning as Baahubali 2 (despite being a dubbed film) displacing Dangal from the highest grossing Hindi film pedestal.
I think week 2 in China is going to be similar to week 1. If so, then we are looking at 50+ M$ in 2 weeks flat! I doubt if it can get to 100 M$. But 70-75 M$ is definitely on the cards here.
Dangal will be the first Bollywood film to gross 1000+ cr WW, by next week. And its well deserved. I doubt if any other Indian film can repeat such numbers in China in near future. Dangal, despite being rooted has a serious treatment (unlike Baahubali 2) that can resonate with international audience. I felt that when watching the film, now the China numbers are proving it right.
There is some discrepancy in reported China numbers. While Taran is claiming 29 M$, this source has it at roughly 25 M$ without ticketing fees. Not sure what is the correct figure to consider.
China Box Office @ChinaBoxOffice
DANGAL earned est. ￥26.3M/24.3M ($3.8M/$3.5M) on Thursday including/wo ticketing fees. China’s 7-day total is ￥186M/￥171M ($26.9M/$24.7M)
Why Is It Unfair To Compare Dangal & Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’s Box Office Collections?
Even though it’s true that Baahubali 2 has made much more business than Dangal, it is not fair to compare the two!
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Koimoi.com Team –
May 11, 2017
Dangal and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion have emerged as the biggest box-office giants of the Indian cinema. The two mega movies have raked in massive moolah both at the domestic as well as the international markets. While the concluding part of the Baahubali franchise has zoomed past the Rs 1200 crore mark, the sports drama is certainly not lacking behind and has neared the Rs 900 crore mark.
Following the stupendous success of Baahubali: The Beginning, there were never any doubts that the second instalment would take the box-office by storm. But the unprecedented manner in which its collections have unfolded has surprised one and all. Within the second week of its release, the film has already attained the title of Indian cinema’s biggest blockbuster.
The fact that the SS Rajamouli directed is earning over Rs 17 crore on its second Wednesday (Hindi version), is a testimony to the entire euphoria. The film, with Rs 375.35 crore in its kitty so far, is now on its way to cross Dangal (Rs 387 crore) at the Hindi box-office too and inaugurate the Rs 400 crore club, which the Aamir Khan starrer missed by an elfin margin.
Not surprisingly enough, the comparisons have commenced between the two films with several people saying that Baahubali 2 has defeated Dangal in the box-office race. Even though it’s true, it is not fair to compare the two.
The reason being (and this is without taking anything away from the Prabhas starrer) that Baahubali had already become such an enormous brand with the first edition that the excitement for its second edition transpired from the word go. Also, people waited with bated breath to find out the answer to the national question – Katappa ne Baahubali ko kyu maara?
While Dangal had no such privilege as it came out like a regular film. It did not enjoy a pre-existing buzz and created all the hype and anticipation itself. It bloomed leaps and bounds at the box-office solely on the word of mouth.
However, such masterpieces go beyond just how many crores they have made and get etched out in the memories of the audience forever, so the comparisons do not matter anyway.
Starring Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj, Tamannah Bhatia in lead roles and backed by Arka Mediaworks, Baahubali 2 continues to dominate the theatres.
On the other hand, Nitesh Tiwari’s Dangal starring Aamir Khan, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Zaira Wasim, Aparshakti Khurrana and Sakshi Tanwar is currently rewriting history at the Chinese box office, amassing a humongous Rs 148.67 crore in just 6 days.
Post Baahubali 2, Prabhas’s next outing will be an out and out action flick called Saaho (Telugu). It will be helmed by a 26-year-old director Sujeeth.
As far as Aamir is concerned, he will next star in Yash Raj Films’ Thugs of Hindostan alongside megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his Dangal girl Fatima. The film will be directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya of Dhoom 3 and Tashan fame.
Back To Normal with Meri Pyaari Bindu And Sarkar 3 This Week
Thursday 11 May 2017 14.00 IST
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The craze of Bahubali 2 is continuing but its back to business for the film industry with the staple diet this week with Meri Pyaari Bindu and Sarkar 3. The third release Hindi Medium had to postpone its release as there would have been a screen problem with the holdover Bahubali 2 likely to hold 2 screens. If our industry learns anything from Bahubali 2 then it will be a year or year and a half that this learning will be seen in our content but for the time being will be a similar story to what has been seen in the last 3-4 years.
Meri Pyaari Bindu is a rom com which can hold some appeal for the 5 big cities across India but the hero is a huge liability and the film could get such a low opening thats it hard to recover from. A Dum Laga Ke Haisha opened at 1.12 crore nett and managed to recover and get to 30 crore nett due to content but business patterns today are different and that is a very unlikely scenario today. Hawaizaada was 62 lakhs and could not recover at all. Meri Pyaari Bindu has more initial appeal than the films above as there is more for the youth and Parineeti Chopra who has more face value than the actresses in films like Dum Laga Ke Haisha and Hawaizaada. When the heroine has to carry the hero in a film then normally then it is tough.
Sarkar 3 is just passe. This sort of cinema was passe for most of the country when the same director made films like Sarkar 1, Company and Satya and today it is even more pointless. The problem with all these films was that they were duds outside Mumbai / Maharashta and South India then and today even these markets and not keen on this cinema which gives the likes of Sarkar 3 very little hope at the box office. We tend to get the bad imports, there is a S.S Rajamouli there who has never made an outright Hindi film and may never well but our import from the Telugu film industry Ram Gopal Verma is a flop machine with 20 flops as director and the the few that have done well were limited to Mumbai / South. Even a Rangeela with Aamir Khan tanks in places like UP, Punjab, Bihar and West Bengal.
How dismissing is this comment about ramu, Rangeela, Sathya, Company, Sarkar franchise. They forgot to mention Bhoot and other supernatural films from him. And also Shiva.
They are back to their roots. They always dismissed RGV’s films like Company for e.g. at the time they came online in 2003. They were also dismissing DCH. Back to basics for them.
Meri Pyaari Bindu And Sarkar 3 Dull – Bahubali Dominates
Friday 12 May 2017 11.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Meri Pyaari Bindu and Sarkar 3 both took a dull opening as Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion continued to dominate the box office. Looking at the morning collections its is certain that the third Friday collections Bahubali 2 in Hindi will be more than the combined total of Meri Pyaari Bindu and Sarkar 3.
Bahubali 2 has more screenings than both films combined and the collections are considerably higher in the morning. Meri Pyaari Bindu has opened in the 15-20% range while Sarkar 3 is 8-10%. The release of the former is mainly limited to multiplexes.
Despite Meri Pyaari Bindu having easily better occupancy in the morning it does not mean than it will get a better first day number as the release of Sarkar 3 is double of Meri Pyaari Bindu. Both films are depending on word of mouth and this is where the restricted release should benefit Meri Pyaari Bindu more as it has more chances to grow over the weekend as so despite this weak opening it can still do something if the growth comes.
Sarkar 3 is in a very poor position with this type of opening. The film is one of those franchises which has no value and only the maker probably thinks its a franchise. The opening tells there is no brand value for the film and despite being the bigger film it will be no surprise if it comes out second best to Meri Pyaari Bindu in long run considering how low the occupancy is on day one.
Bahubali 2 Is Highest Hindi Grosser Of All Time
Friday 12 May 2017 11.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion (Hindi) has become the highest grossing Hindi film of all time after just two weeks as it surpassed the 374.53 crore nett of Dangal which was achieved in January this year. The film grossed a huge 141 crore nett apprx in its second week to take its total to around 386 crore nett. The weekdays in the second week were extraordinary with Wednesday even getting a boost in collections due to a holiday. The previous record for week two was 111.56 crore which has been surpassed by a huge 25%. The two week figures of Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion (Hindi) are as follows.
Week One – 2,45,00,00,000 apprx
Week Two – 1,41,00,00,000 apprx
Grand Total – 3,86,00,00,000 apprx
Dangal did gross 387.28 crore nett in all languages but that figure was surpassed by Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion in five days flat and the all languages collections till date for Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion have gone over 775 crore nett.
Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion is also the highest grosser in every circuit barring Nizam / Andhra, Mysore, Tamil Nadu / Kerala as these circuits had a very limited release as it was released mainly in regional languages there. The fair value figure for the film is 425 crore after two weeks if it had released like a Dangal, Bajrangi Bhaijaan or PK.
Terrific stuff! The weekdays have been v stable overall. And the dubbed hindi version of BB2 has caught up with Dangal’s lifetime collections in 2 weeks straight:
Now the open question is whether it can get to 500 cr. It has fallen by ~40% from week1 to week2. Similar trending may get it to 500 cr, we will have to see.
taran adarsh @taran_adarsh
#Baahubali2 is a ONE-HORSE RACE… Collects ₹ 390.25 cr in 2 weeks… All set to start a new Club for HINDI films: ₹ 400 cr Club. India biz.
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taran adarsh@taran_adarsh
#Baahubali2 – ALL LANGUAGES – Week 1 NETT: ₹ 534 cr. India biz… Undoubtedly, the BIGGEST BLOCKBUSTER ever.
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May 5, 2017 at 7:03 AM
247 cr in week one is some number. It has gone ahead of 9 days week one of Sultan’s Eid release by 17-18 cr!
All-India is already 500+ cr nett.
The trending from here onward will give some idea about how well liked the film is. Going by the strong WOM, there seem to be a possibility of doubling this, which will be huge 500 cr nett from Hindi version itself. All India can get to 850 cr nett range too.
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May 5, 2017 at 7:08 AM
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May 5, 2017 at 6:39 AM
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May 5, 2017 at 6:41 AM
Writer-director Vijay Krishna Acharya said, “The role of the girl is pivotal to the film so it was crucial for us to find the perfect fit. Through a rigorous round of auditions and action workshops, we found in Fatima a truly dedicated actor and a gifted performer of action. We are very happy to have found the perfect girl for our film.”
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May 5, 2017 at 6:44 AM
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May 5, 2017 at 9:08 AM
I’m 200% sure that Aamir has big hand in signing of Fatima Sana Sheikh for TOH. Besides the talent and all, it is perfect opportunity to move away from the ‘old’ image of Dangal and ‘show’ the world that he can still act as leading man to a girl played his daughter. This is the little bit of show off side of his nature. Can’t blame him though as he needs to look after his image and long career.
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May 5, 2017 at 6:46 AM
Scoop: No Baahubali 3, says writer Vijayendra Prasad
BySubhash K. Jha
May 5, 2017 – 3:26 pm IST
Scoop No Baahubali 3, says writer Vijayendra Prasad
The internet is littered with hopeful stories suggesting that now when Baahubali 2 – The Conclusion has become the biggest blockbuster of all times, the franchise may be extended into another film. However the film’ writer K Vijayendra Prasad shoots down all possibilities of the Baahubali saga going any further.
“We’ve told whatever story there was to tell. Baahubali was planned as a two-part feature film. We wrote the entire story comprising the two films from before we started shooting. Whatever story there was to tell has already been told,” says the veteran writer who is also the film’s director S S Rajamouli’s father.
Vijayendraji, however, reassures the fans of the franchise that there is no need to despair. “We’ve plenty of Baahubali spinoffs in the offing including a long-running television series. So it would be a long time before the Baahubali franchise dies.”
– See more at: http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/scoop-no-baahubali-3-says-writer-vijayendra-prasad/#sthash.13MCAsoY.dpuf
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May 5, 2017 at 6:51 AM
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nirbhaya-rapists-to-hang-as-supreme-court-upholds-death-sentence/articleshow/58531250.cms
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May 5, 2017 at 7:03 AM
http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/aamir-khan-s-dangal-is-unstoppable-at-chinese-box-office-despite-wanda-boycott/story-yz7w8F6jyPb1xKjPCSSIJM.html
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May 5, 2017 at 8:48 AM
Dangal opens to earth shattering response in China.2.15MD done till few mins. back.Total Day 1 cld be 3MD.11-12MD weekend shld be done shattering BB2 NA weekend.
ATP in China for Dangal-4.5$,Assuming day 1 collns to be 3M$,FF for day1 cld be-6.66 Lacs.
ATP for BB2 in NA wld be 16M$ at the least because of non sense rates,Weekend collns-10.138M$,FF-6.33 Lacs.
Dangal china day 1 FF>BB2 whole weekend FF in NA.
Advance of Dangal day 1(0.55M$)>(HNY+MNIK+Fan)LIFETIME.
HNY LT-0.18MD
Fan LT-0.21MD
MNIK LT-0.11MD
BB1 LT(1.1 MD) was crossed in China within few hours.
This is called real crushing.Who wld report this.
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May 5, 2017 at 9:02 AM
3M $ first day? Thats big!
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May 5, 2017 at 9:03 AM
Only you 😁😁😁.
Jokes aside, this looks like taking out P.K by some distance in China.
Dangal back in the news for the right reasons. The ‘crushed’ headline by BOI is to be expected. It’s basically Bahubali vs. Dangal everywhere. Not a bad thing.
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May 5, 2017 at 12:19 PM
Dangal china day 1 is 2.4M$.China filminsider is predicting 300MYuan(43M$) from china alone due to excellent WOM.35-36M$ wld be crossed after Taiwan run.So,abt 80M$ if prediction comes true.Then there is a release in HK,Japan and korea where we can expect 10M$ more.So, all in all abt 85- 90M$ can be done in overseas by Dangal which means 1050-1100cr WW.
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May 5, 2017 at 8:50 AM
Actually those 10.13MD collns of BB2 included thursday PP of 2MD. So,real weekend of BB2 in NA was 8.13MD.
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May 5, 2017 at 8:50 AM
Aamir-YRF combo:
1. Aamir was the original choice of DDLJ? he rejected it
2. Aamir was the original choice for DARR (Sunny’s role) – he rejected it
3. Aamir’s finest (and perhaps the only one) association with YRF was FANAA (in today’s times – it would have raced away to 300 cr) but he goofed with stupid comments on NBA
4. D3 was a crepfest but aamir’s credibility brought the mullah
5. TOH – hope it is good…but VKA as director is a downer
BTW aamir also ha rejected Sooraj Barjatya’s HAHK – what was he smoking???/
But the worst he did was to reject Shanlkar’s Nayak – The real Hero – they are planning a sequel and i hope they take Aamir – Anil K was good but the project required Aamir ….
He also rejected Josh and Saajan……
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May 5, 2017 at 8:57 AM
Well, these things cant be helped. Every star will have these films which he or she had rejected. Overall Aamir has done very well and that matters. His filmography speaks for itself except something like Mela and the like.
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May 5, 2017 at 9:03 AM
” what was he smoking???/”
Looks like you are smoking something too by including half of the films which didn’t go to Aamir at all. He was not offered DDLJ, HAHK and Nayak. He was removed from Darr, not rejected and it was SRK’s role and not Sunny. He rejected Saajan and Josh but for Chandrachur’s role and Mansoor Khan didn’t give him Max’s role over SRK which he asked.
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May 5, 2017 at 9:04 AM
Actually to think you are so far off in the above post, I shouldn’t have taken it seriously with a reply. Some people live in dreams!!
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May 5, 2017 at 9:06 AM
Ultimately who has done the role matters.
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May 5, 2017 at 9:16 AM
And frankly glad he didn’t get sucked into the YRF path otherwise that chocolate boy, lover boy image would have stuck permanent. Rejecting Josh was a no brainer. He’s not stupid to play second fiddle to SRK. His path since has justified the near misses.
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May 5, 2017 at 10:47 AM
SRK rejected Munnabhai MBBS, Lagaan, 3 Idiots! & some more iconic movies!! So ultimately what matters is the filmography rather than “first offered kind of deals” which don’t materialize for reasons privy to between the actors & filmmakers involved. It is just a hypothetical presumption especially by fans that had ‘x’ starred instead of ‘y’ in a given film, it would have made exactly the same impact or more both critically & financially as well, which is a pure bunkum notion as actors & stars bring a certain individuality, personal prestige & above all their signature to the projects they work in which constitute as a major reason for the acceptance & success of movies they act in. I can’t see Aamir as Mohan Bhargava of Swades or Kabir Khan of CDI nor could i imagine SRK playing Bhuvan of Lagaan or Rancho in 3 Idiots! in wildest dreams as both of them performed to perfection in their respective roles & made it their own by bringing in nuances & idiosyncracies of their own. This exercise is futile & does not make any sense at all, let us realise this is too late & nonsensical reimagining would yield zilch as a result. So it would be much better if our stars could channelise their energies towards something worthwhile just like Baahubali which requires utmost focus, dedication, patience & perseverance to reach near a vision as grand as Baahubali as realising or matching up to it would be improbable if not impossible!! Baahubali has shown the massive potential of Indian market & it’s up to hindi filmmakers to smell the coffee by basing their stories on Indian themes than aping west.
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May 5, 2017 at 9:58 AM
https://www.bollyarena.net/7-blockbuster-films-rejected-by-aamir-khan/
i read it here Master
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May 5, 2017 at 12:05 PM
Good to know but you should have posted this link and we’d have laughed at the source instead of your comment! 🙂
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May 5, 2017 at 12:11 PM
🙂 its ok 🙂
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May 5, 2017 at 9:24 AM
“Aamir’s finest (and perhaps the only one) association with YRF was FANAA” ..Aamir khan playing a Kashmiri terrorist was his finest with YRF??
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May 5, 2017 at 9:39 AM
Well, it is only a role. Ultimately he was shot dead by his own wife. The film is celebrated for its songs, Aamir Kajol interactions.
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May 5, 2017 at 10:03 AM
yeah neo – out of all the roles he has done with YRF so far (2 only) – that was his best – and the film was intense….great songs…good acting….
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May 5, 2017 at 10:40 AM
how did you miss out the most high profile of the lot? the one directed by Yash chopra
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May 5, 2017 at 10:54 AM
Parampara…..
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May 5, 2017 at 8:57 AM
According to the reports, Dangal minted $1.51 million on the first day at Chinese markets as of 6 PM CST, which is Rs 9.6 crores in INR.
The film now surpassed Aamir Khan’s own ‘PK’ 1st day collection record of $900k, which is Rs 5.7 crores in INR. So it’s a great start for Dangal at the Chinese markets and if it continues to perform well for one to two weeks then there will be no doubt in Dangal emerging as new All-Time highest grossing Indian movie at the Chinese markets.
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May 5, 2017 at 9:21 AM
Dangal Breaks Records In China
Saturday 05 May 2017 18.30 IST
Dangal has scored big in China on day one with collections set to be around $2 million on day one. A few years back PK had done huge business grossing $20 million and that film on day open had grossed under $1 million which means that Dangal has doubled the business though it is reported to be a much wider release than PK. Aamir Khan has built a following in the neighbouring country and there is a market for his films there. It remains to be seen where Dangal goes but on the initial it should beat the numbers of PK.
The only problem with the China market is that Indian producers hardly get a return even if the film is successful. The films are taken outright by Chinese companies and they release and market the films there and the monies paid are well below $1 million. The revenue in Australia with just $2m apprx will be far more for the producers even if China goes on a crazy run. Its basically a token gesture release financially but what it does is allow a star like Aamir Khan to create a fan following which may allow better deals for him films in the future.
http://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=2908
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May 5, 2017 at 9:25 AM
So, PK producers got just $1million for the $20 million gross in China? Looks same case with Dangal but will help future films.
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May 5, 2017 at 9:43 AM
It is more a fan building exercise than a financial one. Whatever it earns is real earning whether it goes to the chinese or the producers. That is the capacity of the film to generate money. A dud film cant generate money in the first place. And there is appreciation which is also good for everyone involved.
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May 5, 2017 at 10:01 AM
Its not that only Aamir films are released there. I think Fan, HNY,Bahubali 2 etc. released there but the earnings were less than .5 million dollars.
It was earlier reported by BOI that PK made around 3-3.5 million dollars for the producers out of total 20 million gross. They keep changing figures as per their agenda.
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May 5, 2017 at 12:26 PM
HNY LT-0.18M$
MNIK LT-0.11M$
Fan LT-0.21M$
Combined-0.50M$.
Advance for dangal’s day 1 was 0.55M$.
Sat. is going to shatter all records.Min.4.5M$ shld be done.
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May 5, 2017 at 12:29 PM
And most intresting thing is which no one is reporting is that china has no indian diaspora, all his fans there r local chinese ppl which is the real crossover not like some NRI’s which r made overseas audience.Same is the case with Taiwan where dangal cld end at 5-5.5M$ LT.FF of dangal in china cld cross 1 cr.
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May 5, 2017 at 2:09 PM
“And most intresting thing is which no one is reporting is that china has no indian diaspora, all his fans there r local chinese all his fans there r local chinese ppl ”
If you stress your brain a little, you’ll realize that Indians don’t watch chinese movies.. these are chinese ‘dubbed’ versions of Dangal or PK or whatever. It is not a Hindi movie with Chinese subtiltles as released in US or UK.
Or maybe you never knew this till now.
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May 5, 2017 at 2:40 PM
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May 6, 2017 at 6:49 AM
@master, my original comment has been edited by mods may be they didn’t want u to read the truth.To say it mildly i know china BO much better than u can in ur LT.As per ur logic any chines movie released with dubbed version in india can attract audience without any face value.I m well aware which movies were dubbed or not may be u were till yesterday not aware.Ur fav HNY was dubbed release as well and it didn’t do even 1/100th of PK in china.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/happy-new-year-shah-rukh-khan-china-release-feb-12/1/417162.html
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May 5, 2017 at 12:24 PM
This is all nonsense from BOI.Aamir has earned 7.8M$ (abt 50cr).BOI doesn’t even have a clue abt china.They earlier gave 2M$ fig,when fig had already crossed 2.25M and final fig. are 2.4M$ with PP of 0.11M$ giving total of 2.51m$.
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May 5, 2017 at 9:39 AM
It’s also lost 2000 screens today as biggest cinema chain in China cancelled their screening. Wanda’s decision seems business related due to issues with Dangal’s distribution company. All it means is it’s a better opening than P.K, more screens but proportionally more collections so definitely set for records that will be hard to beat.
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May 5, 2017 at 9:56 AM
Dangal occupancy is slightly better than GOG2 though latter has 4 times more shows than Dangal https://twitter.com/Aamir_dangal/status/860469494606680066/photo/1 Dangal ‘s opening day no in China will be around 17 cr INR. PK was 6 cr .
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May 5, 2017 at 9:56 AM
The producers not getting appropriate share is a moot point. Indian films in general dont work in the Chinese market. Fans can speculate that Dangal will do more than PK, but there is no business proof. PK’s success is the reason that Dangal is getting promoted and released in 9000 screens in China. The earnings will be added to the WW gross of the film and help set some records. Dangal is a good film, so it will garner goodwill in the Chinese market for future films of Aamir.
BOI just cant digest Dangal. Even when its has opened so well in China, it has to bring in some negativity.
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May 5, 2017 at 10:02 AM
They’ve had a tough Xmas and post Easter. Want to say Jesus Christ – hopefully I don’t offend anyone!
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May 5, 2017 at 9:28 AM
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/aamir-khans-dangal-boycotted-by-chinas-biggest-multiplex-chain/
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May 5, 2017 at 10:03 AM
Shah Rukh Khan’s Tourism Film ‘Be My Guest’ Wins At Riga Festival
The film won the Grand Prix award as well as first prize in the ‘Tourism Destination’ category!
By
Koimoi.com Team –
May 5, 2017
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan starrer #BeMyGuest, a promotional film produced by Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, has won two top awards at the 10th anniversary of the International Tourism Film Festival Tourfilm Riga, held in Riga, Latvia.
The film won the Grand Prix award as well as first prize in the ‘Tourism Destination’ category at the festival held on April 29, said a statement.
Organised by the Riga City Council of Latvia, the event is represented in the prestigious International Committee of the Tourism Film Festivals (CIFFT) and is dedicated to films promoting tourism destinations across the globe.
The film sees Shah Rukh showcasing Dubai’s many attractions, that he considers his home away from home.
As per recent news, Shah Rukh Khan has also been appointed as the brand ambassador of Apple Inc, which is the World’s Most Valued Company in terms of Market Capitalization.
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May 5, 2017 at 10:05 AM
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May 5, 2017 at 10:41 AM
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-update/bo-update-baahubali-2-conclusion-holds-strong-second-friday/
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May 5, 2017 at 10:44 AM
Between the Dangal numbers in China (even if it isn’t a foreign country) and the Baahubali ones in India and elsewhere these are very dark days for BOI..
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May 5, 2017 at 11:26 AM
Satyam, I don’t think we’ll every get the Bollywood back of the 50s thru 70s when over 50% of the films used to be hit and there used to be some set of level. Of course the level of bachhan film was different from Jeetendra but both met their respective levels.
Now more an more, people will save up for those 3 to 4 event film for the year.
You mentioned Dharm-Veer few times recently so I checked it out bits and pieces of it past few days. Eventhou some of it may be little silly, the film as is puts 99% of todays films to shame. In every department, be it acting, songs, story telling, etc…
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May 5, 2017 at 11:47 AM
yeah there’s a lot off silliness here but it’s great fun!
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May 5, 2017 at 12:12 PM
Satyam – where is the shortcut to Salim’s viewing man? need to catch up with some good movies…..
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May 5, 2017 at 2:56 PM
https://satyamshot.wordpress.com/2017/04/18/salims-viewing/
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May 5, 2017 at 12:21 PM
Dangal china day 1 is 2.4M$.China filminsider is predicting 300MYuan(43M$) from china alone due to excellent WOM.35-36M$ wld be crossed after Taiwan run.So,abt 80M$ if prediction comes true.Then there is a release in HK,Japan and korea where we can expect 10M$ more.So, all in all abt 85- 90M$ can be done in overseas by Dangal which means 1050-1100cr WW.
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May 6, 2017 at 1:11 AM
Official number is 2.1 mn
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May 5, 2017 at 12:58 PM
BB2 prediction by China Filminsider-Same as BB1,ie 1.1M$.
Everyone shd understand china is not indian diaspora where all this nonsense hype wld work.They don’t care for anyone else apart from Aamir.You can do whatever you want,they don’t care.
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May 5, 2017 at 1:20 PM
aamirsaurabh i think you should take it easy that’s enough for today its only the first day .
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May 5, 2017 at 1:39 PM
pktalli,China FI is predicting min.4M$ for tommorow.
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May 5, 2017 at 1:53 PM
it’s spamming the forum, you should have seen what it was like before Baahubali2 came out. he/she would spam the forum a lot. just look above, same news posted twice.
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May 5, 2017 at 2:01 PM
BB2 has absolutely rewritten the box office rules. Even if future movies can get past its hindi total, that overall number is next to impossible. Dangal might get to 1000 CR WW but BB2 is the one making all the news right now.
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May 5, 2017 at 2:47 PM
As Baahubali 2 is bulldozing and raging to dust every Bollywood record of all the Khans, whose career spanned for 20 years, in India what is this Dangal China cacophony. Same was being done when SRK films were under performing in India, media was going ga-ga over his foreign numbers. Baahubali 2 is a true blue behemoth monster which is better than any other movie made in last 40 years and it is the biggest and greatest Indian movie ever made in india’s cinematic history.. Period. Accept it. Instead, posting collections of China, Fiji, Togo, Bolivia, Greenland and Antarctica can not bring back Number 1 status to Dangal, PK, Sultan or Bajarangi. Some other true blue behemoth must come to reclaim that status. Until that time just live with the reality that Baahubali 2 is the numero uno Indian film in India and the World for foreseeable future.
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May 5, 2017 at 6:14 PM
And what is this with your favourite cacophony of “razing & bulldozing” as if movies were mere construction sites!! And bigger doesn’t always mean better as by the same yardstick every record breaking movie would naturally be the best surpassing all the past glorious hits of their times?? By your logic, Rajnikanth,Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, Mamooty, Nagarjuna, Pawan Kalyan all of them are just lilliputs infront of tsunami called “Baahubali” as their grossers are nowhere near it despite their megastardom & Prabhas is biggest of them all going by your logic!! Baahubali is the myth buster and trend setter in a sense by becoming the highest hindi grosser of all times from south for the very first time in its hindi version alone where last record holders in hindi were used to be just a miniscule of their regional gross ie Robot netting just 20 Crores while its regional net was around 200 Crores!! Let’s wait & watch how far Prabhas goes as Baahubali’s colossal success is due to Rajamouli’s grand vision & he is the chief architect behind brand Baahubali & its gigantic success & showed us the power of a true blue director through his phenomenal executional & narrating skills in the form of utterly captivaing & engrossing content ensuing in breaking language & regional boundaries. The best of last 40 years is going too far & an overly exaggerational statement to make as all this is a pure subjective choice!!
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May 5, 2017 at 6:34 PM
Don’t think you have to feel so insecure about Dangal doing well in China when Baahubali 2 is breaking records everywhere else .
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May 6, 2017 at 2:04 AM
I think the comment by Srinivas is quite sensible and need not be attacked.
It should be taken in right spirit and corrective action should be appreciated.
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May 6, 2017 at 2:12 AM
Why he is attacking Aamir’s China numbers? That is not sensible. And saying Baahubali 2 is the best movie of all times is simply ridiculous. He is being carried away with its success. No film can be the greatest based on boxoffice success only. Not even Dangal or any other movie.
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May 6, 2017 at 6:21 AM
Is Aamir underperforming in domestic market like SRK.His last 5 commercial movies were ATG.
U must be from another lala land equalising china and other countries u mentioned.Dangal china gross is going to be more than LT OS gross of all movies(inc. BB2) except PK.
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May 5, 2017 at 9:01 PM
http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/deepika-padukones-reaction-on-being-called-priyanka-by-a-foreign-papparazzi/
I think Deepika is irked that Priyanka is more popular abroad. That is why this backl;ash from her.
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May 5, 2017 at 10:39 PM
Dangal, which opened on May 5, had crossed Rs 20.65 crore by early Saturday (22.16 million Yuan), around four times the earlier high for an Indian film of Rs 5.7 crore set by PK.
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May 5, 2017 at 11:11 PM
Here’s where she made yet another revelation about her conversation with Shah Rukh Khan whilst they were shooting for Baazigar (1993). The film in question was her second film and had her paired up with the actor for the first time. During her interview, Kajol reminisced about how Shah Rukh Khan went on to call her an idiot on the sets of the film and advised her to learn acting professionally.
Bollywood Hungama
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May 6, 2017 at 12:34 AM
Deepika Padukone NOT SURE about Padmavati
ByFaridoon Shahryar
May 5, 2017 – 3:22 pm IST
Deepika Padukone NOT SURE about Padmavati news
Deepika Padukone at an event in Mumbai today expressed apprehension about Padmavati. On the one hand she said that the film had a definite release date but then she didn’t sound sure if the controversy involving Karni Sena’s demands will result in the film actually getting made. This is exactly what Deepika had to say:
“Every film has its own sort of journey and if it is meant to happen it will happen. As far as I know Padmavati is definitely scheduled to release in November this year but if life has different plans for us and this film then let’s see. If not Padmavati then maybe some other film.”
– See more at: http://www.bollywoodhungama.com
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May 6, 2017 at 12:36 AM
I am hesitating to post this picture. It is too much. Can delete it if found offensive.
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May 6, 2017 at 2:35 PM
Cat is offensive.
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May 6, 2017 at 1:03 AM
http://www.mid-day.com/photos/in-pictures-10-khans-who-flopped-in-bollywood/5719
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May 6, 2017 at 1:07 AM
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May 6, 2017 at 1:08 AM
Gangaa aarti by Kangana Ranaut.
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May 6, 2017 at 1:29 AM
Bahubali 2 (Hindi) Day Eight – Records Continue To Fall
Saturday 06 May 2017 11.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion grossed a huge 20 crore nett as per early estimates on its second Friday which is another record. The film has All TIME RECORDS now from day one to day eight and this looks set to continue for a long time. The total of the film is 265 crore apprx in eight days in Hindi. The previous day eight record was Dangal at 17.84 crore nett.
The film is phenomenal all over but in the Gujarat belt it is just crazy especially Saurashtra which is recording numbers which are just unbelievable. Some theatres in places like Rajkot, Junagadh, Bhuj have seen collections that are more than double of any release before. The film is breaking records in Gujarat by miles and this could take the film to a huge 150 crore nett in Mumbai circuit. It was only in January 2015 that PK went past the 100 crore nett mark in Mumbai and just two and a half years later this film is going towards 150 crore which will be almost 50% more. The collections of Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion in Hindi till date are as follows.
Week One – 2,45,00,00,000 apprx
Week Two – 20,00,00,000 apprx (Friday)
Grand Total – 2,65,00,00,000
The film is now the fifth highest grosser as far as Hindi language films are concerned as it crosses Dhoom 3 (2013) in eight days. It will go past Sultan (2016) and Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) over the weekend and then by the end of the week it will cruise past PK (2014) and may even beat Dangal (2016).
The Hollywood release Guardians Of The Galaxy could not really stand up to Bahubali 2 and grossed around 2 crore nett apprx on its first day.
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May 6, 2017 at 1:53 AM
Interesting. Dangal’s 2nd Sunday was monstrous around 30.5crrs. May be Dangal will retain that record.
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May 6, 2017 at 1:55 AM
Its catching up with Dangal it seems. Maybe 500 cr is not possible. 450 is likely.
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May 6, 2017 at 2:04 AM
I think this weekend it will go nuts again. Either 14th or 15th day Dangal record is gone inside only 4 months.
Dangal’s day 1 China
http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/dangal-china-box-office-collections-day-1/
Dangal’s incredible trend in Taiwan
http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/dangals-extraordinary-box-office-collections-taipei-taiwan/
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May 6, 2017 at 2:20 AM
China day 1 actual is 2.05 M$, slightly less than the estimate of 2.4 M$. But its great for an Indian film. China lifetime can cross 40 M i guess. Another 5 M$ coming from Taiwan. Dangal perhaps will be the first bollywood movie to touch 1000 cr. Baahubali 2 will of course go higher, but Dangal will be the saving grace for Bollywood.
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May 6, 2017 at 6:29 AM
Today looks like a historic day in china.4M$ min.Almost 3M$ already done and still 2.5 hours of prime shows left.It wld crush BB2 Single day Single market OS record of 3.4M set exactly a week ago.
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May 6, 2017 at 6:26 AM
pk day 8 was more than BB2.They r misreporting and overrepoting as well.official nos. are 19.75cr.
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May 6, 2017 at 1:59 AM
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May 6, 2017 at 2:39 AM
Priyanka further added, “Justice—that is what an entire country demanded five years ago and never let the nation forget. Each voice that joined the battle was strident and clear—the six must be punished. Finally, they will pay. The brutality of such crimes is something I refuse to accept!! That we, as a modern 21st-century society, allow such heinous things to happen to our women never ceases to trouble me. Unfortunately, the past can never be undone. So, we move on and make a promise to ourselves. That when an entire country is unified in wanting something, the action is taken. This awakening, this unified voice to stop such brutal and demoniacal crimes, as our Supreme Court said, is what we must never let go onto mute mode. You will never be forgotten Nirbhaya.”
Other Bollywood celebrities including Rishi Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Dia Mirza and Ranvir Shorey also hailed the Supreme Court’s decision.
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/priyanka-chopra-pens-emotional-note-post-supreme-courts-verdict-nirbhaya-gang-rape/
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May 6, 2017 at 2:44 AM
Top Second Fridays All Time – Bahubali 2 Second
Saturday 06 May 2017 12.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Bahubali – The Conclusion continued to break more records in Hindi as it recorded the highest ever second Friday collection at around 20 crore nett apprx. If the final collection does not drop a little below this mark then it will be the first time that 20 crore nett will be breached on the second Friday. Till date only 18 films have topped 20 crore nett on day one and this film may be doing it on its second Friday which is incredible. Dangal had grossed a little under 18 crore nett a few months back on its second Friday but this film is 20% higher.
Many of the films below are from that Christmas period which is good for collections while Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion is recording these numbers in May which is not though of as the best period of collections but this film has changed all that and proves if content is good you will collect at any time The top fifteen second Friday collections are as follows..
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May 6, 2017 at 3:14 AM
I never thought Dangal’s record will fall that soon. In fact, I felt it was going to remain unbeaten until Thugs (except if Tubelight was to really over-perform).
But then the record is going to last barely 4-5 months. Times have changed really. Sholay’s record remained untouched for decades. HAHK’s record lasted for 6-7 years. Gadar as well remained on top for 5-6 years. We had 3 Idiots whose record held for 4 years.
But then we saw that Chennai Express lasting only a couple of months on top before several movies zoomed past it.
Dangal’s record is going to be broken by the most unlikeliest of films. A dubbed movie without any big star, releasing during a low period without any holidays. This movie has defied all odds.
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May 6, 2017 at 3:25 AM
If the screen counts are increased and ticket prices are increased to such a high level, even Tubelight can create records exception being Baahubali 2. And there is Tiger Zinda Hai during Christmas. I will not be surprised if one of Sallu’s film getting to 400 crores and above.
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May 6, 2017 at 3:31 AM
U are assuming that people will actually pay higher to see any trash released on holidays. There is something called Demand Elasticity, wherein consumers are willing to pay much higher prices to obtain a better product which is also supplied at higher levels. The Iphone is an example. BB2 has successfully tested the extremes of this elasticity, by increasing price as well as supply (ie screen count).
Highly doubt that a Tubelight can be successful at pushing the limits of Demand Elasticity.
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May 6, 2017 at 3:34 AM
No one can predict. Let us wait and watch. They cant beat Baahubali 2 but can beat Dangal.
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May 6, 2017 at 3:41 AM
Salman’s 2 films this year will be lucky to get to 300 cr each.
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May 6, 2017 at 7:16 AM
The screen counts are not high for the Hindi version. The south is flooded with Non Hindi prints. The high price and the non release in south kinda balances out…Also the price hike was there only for first weekend. This weekend is normal prices only…
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May 6, 2017 at 8:07 AM
I am talking about Tubelight. How it can employ some tricks of trade to get the maximum initials. Eid hype, Salman.
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May 6, 2017 at 3:39 AM
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May 6, 2017 at 3:40 AM
Thats quite a drop. Looks like headed for 75% 2nd weekend drop in USA
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May 6, 2017 at 2:34 PM
Don’t go by collections.. the drop is coz of price back to normal rates. The movie is still going houseful by far and large, its just the rates are normal prices now. So, its not any alarming drop to worry about!
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May 7, 2017 at 4:33 PM
It is still marginally more than regular show.
The price is $15 through out the week in the largest market in US.
The regular digital are $12.25-$13.
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May 7, 2017 at 6:14 PM
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=baahubali2.htm
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May 6, 2017 at 3:41 AM
Man of the moment:
http://www.gulte.com/movienews/57863/Producers-Attack-on-Rajamouli
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May 6, 2017 at 3:53 AM
Box Office: Baahubali 2 [Hindi] 2nd Friday is marginally lower than Raees 1st Friday, collects Rs. 19 crore
By Joginder Tuteja
, May 6, 2017 – 12:41 pm IST
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May 6, 2017 at 3:56 AM
https://www.thequint.com/indian-cinema/2017/05/06/baahubali-2-dubbing-for-china-japan-release
We are first dubbing the film into Chinese. After studying the Chinese film market and seeing the incredible number of theatres across China, we’ve decided to do a full-scale dubbed version of Baahubali 2. This will be followed by a dubbed Japanese version of our film. Then there would be a Korean and Taiwanese versions.
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May 6, 2017 at 6:33 AM
Not going to work.They r not intrested in anyone apart from Aamir.
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May 6, 2017 at 8:56 AM
Nobody thought south dubbed movies will work in Hindi belt until baahubali arrived…
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May 6, 2017 at 12:33 PM
@aamirsaurabh . Don’t be so sure. 😄 Nothing surprises me anymore. The world has become a connected place and people are beginning to bond beyond divisions. Bahubali 2 has worked throughout India, so why not China.
Of course Aamir’s films have worked for a specific reason, the themes, the characters that he has played — they have resonated with the Chinese people. The student dissatisfaction theme of 3 Idiots, the questioning of religion in PK — it has struck a chord with Chinese youth. Ditto with Dangal — as explained in the HT article ( link given by Sanjana below).
I think 3 Idiots worked in Japan and South Korea too. PK is to release in Japan later this year, I think.
Team Tubelight is planning a publicity tour through China. They already have a Chinese actress as part of cast.
Many of us in India appreciate films from Japan, China, Iran, Turkey, Hungary…any piece of good cinema that we can relate to. At film festivals in our metros, these films get good crowds. I have watched quite a few lovely films , this way.
Good to see our cinema reaching new places.
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May 6, 2017 at 1:23 PM
At one point SRK films were 1 to 10 in USA, UK, Australia, just about all foreign market. Not even close today.
Things change…
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May 6, 2017 at 4:59 AM
Baahubali: What powered Bhallaladeva’s revolving blade chariot? A Royal Enfield engine
We now know what intelligent engineering went into making Bhalladeva’s lethal saw-blade chariot for Baahubali.
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It was all made possible by an engine from a Royal Enfield.
A week after release of the grand Indian blockbuster Baahubali: The Conclusion, we know almost every detail that excited us, for no personal gain whatsoever: its budget of Rs 250 crore, its post-release rampage at the box-office, that Rana Daggubatti is blind in one eye, and also where Prabhas, the Baahubali, is vacationing these days.
So just when you thought there’s nothing left to know, here’s one more for you.
Do you know what powered Bhallaladeva’s battlefield chariot which had that revolving blade at the front?
It was a Royal Enfield engine, tells Baahubali’s production designer Sabu Cyril.
“Bhallala Deva’s chariot was built around a Royal Enfield engine so that it would get the power and speed it required. We had done the same in the first part as well,” Cyril was quoted as saying by Manorama Online.
“The chariot also had proper car steering and a driver. We had great fun designing and making it,” the 55-year-old designer said.
Cyril was part of both the films and created everything from the Mahismathi kingdom’s walls to the giant elephants and even the thousands of shields used by warriors.
What more? He created Devasena’s palace at an aluminium factory in Hyderabad. “We felt it needed to look feminine and that’s why we chose a white marble palace. It was made on four acres at an aluminium factory in Hyderabad,” he said.
The swords of the soldiers had to look strong like steel but be light and convenient. Cyril had said he used carbon fibre, the material used to make race cars and chopper blades, to make the swords and other arms used in the movie.
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May 6, 2017 at 6:49 AM
Amitabh Bachchan and RGV to show 15 minutes of Sarkar 3 to a select few people
ByBollywood Hungama News Network
May 6, 2017 – 12:27 pm IST
Amitabh Bachchan and RGV to show 15 minutes of Sarkar 3 to a select few people
Ever since the time Ram Gopal Varma announced Sarkar 3, which happens to be the next instalment in the cult ‘Sarkar’ series, the film has been making news for many reasons. Ram Gopal Varma recently took to the social media and termed the film as “SARKAR without BACHCHAN is like DOODH without MILK”.
Recently, Amitabh Bachchan and Ram Gopal Varma have decided to show a fifteen minute showreel called ‘Some Moments From Sarkar 3’ to a select few journalists on Monday. While the main motive behind the maverick filmmaker showing the showreel is not yet known, one thing is for sure that the ‘marketing’ of the film has indeed started on a positive note!
– See more at: http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/
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May 6, 2017 at 8:27 AM
Bahubali 2 2nd Saturday Box Office Collection:
The records continue to shatter during Baaahubali 2 magnificent box office run:
300 crore by end of Sunday is given.
https://www.bollyarena.net/bahubali-2-2nd-saturday-box-office-collection/
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May 6, 2017 at 10:00 AM
Sunday will not only see the Hindi version cross 300 cr nett, but total WW gross is also expected to go past 1000 cr – first time for an Indian movie.
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May 6, 2017 at 8:42 AM
Bollywood star Aamir Khan’s “Dangal” is on its way to becoming Bollywoods highest-earning film in China, with the movie already grossing over $3 million (Rs 21 crore) by the first half of the second day of its release on Saturday.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/aamir-s-dangal-wows-dragon-set-to-be-top-earning-bollywood-film-in-china-117050600239_1.html
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May 6, 2017 at 8:52 AM
sanjana dear, please don’t post any dangal boxoffice reports, we have “a” dedicated member for it 🙂
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May 6, 2017 at 8:59 AM
I am doing it without any personal commentary from my side! I would like to give links only as far as possible.
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May 6, 2017 at 10:08 AM
What is wrong in appreciating the fact that an Indian film and its star are being loved by a neighbouring country? Aamir’s 3 Idiots Dhoom 3 and PK have already done very well in China; the youth have really made a connect with Aamir; he was there with director Nitiah Tiwari, for a week recently, at the invitation of Chinese distributors of Dangal. It was his second visit; a couple of years back Aamir in his fat Dangal avatar , Aamir had visited China along with Hirani, to promote PK. His popularity seems to have increased since then, judging by the pics and videos on FB. Tiny neighbour Taiwan has already accepted Dangal to heart, now China. Why not appreciate the fact that Asia is watching Indian cinema?
Soon it will be the turn of Tubelght and Bahubali 2; for both films, big plans are being made, with reference to China.
Incidentally, the reaction from a section of social media commenters is more like jeering at Hindi cinema and it’s established stars, rather than celebrating Bahubali 2 success. What a pathetic attitude. As if Hindi cinema has not been around for a hundred years, entertained us through the years, continues to do so.
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May 6, 2017 at 10:56 AM
Lacking balanced approach. Reactions always extreme. If a film flops or if a film succeeds.
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May 6, 2017 at 11:49 AM
China day 2 is twice (4.1 M$) of day 1 (2.05 M$). The movie seems to have made a connect with Chinese audience.
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May 6, 2017 at 8:45 AM
http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/dangal-is-like-story-of-chinese-village-girl-becoming-olympic-champion/story-ObyCvr9T27Sh2YvFI3FU8K.html
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May 6, 2017 at 8:49 AM
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/amitabh-bachchan-far-outdone-sarkar-3-ram-gopal-varma/
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May 6, 2017 at 8:52 AM
So what makes Sarkar 3 special?
The style of the screenplay is designed to severely overawe the viewer and thematically on the surface, we see something which suggests that there is something else beneath. What ultimately will be there, will still surprise the audience.
“Amitabh Bachchan has far outdone himself in Sarkar 3” – Ram Gopal Varma1
As is being pretty much established with the promo of Sarkar 3, a wounded tiger is the most dangerous. So, how does the character of Subhash Nagre further develop now a decade down the line?
I would rather have the audience watch that process when they see the film.
Coming to the man who makes it all possible, Amitabh Bachchan. How have you worked on ensuring that he is ‘Angrier Than Ever’?
I feel, in the last decade, filmmakers including me, have forgotten what both we and the audience primarily loved Bachchan for, which is about both his power and menacing anger. This is what I have attempted to bring back.
As for Big B himself, how has he outdone himself with this film, more so, since expectations are from him to take it to the next level with the third in the series?
I truly believe that he has far outdone himself and that’s because of the situations he is placed in which are far more complex than the earlier two instalments. The scale and the negative forces in the earlier two films will pale in comparison to those of Sarkar 3 and that will, of course, call for Sarkar to deal with them in a much more ruthless premeditation and in the process, showcase an ultra-savage side of his nature lurking hidden beneath his charming front.
Guess a lot has gone into his characterization.
See, what ultimately has to excel far beyond the earlier two films is the character of ‘Sarkar’. He has to take the viewers on a never before emotionally charged and exhilarating ride. This time, I wanted to create the strongest character ever and that, of course, can happen only when the situations are much stronger than the earlier two films.
In fact, with Sarkar 3, you have also managed to score an enviable record by being the only filmmaker other than Manmohan Desai and Hrishikesh Mukherjee to have made 8 films with him (Sarkar, Sarkar Raj, Sarkar 3, Darna Zaroori Hai, Nishabd, Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, Department, Rann). How do you look at this? Are you being lucky, fortunate, or just the man whose ideas end up exciting Big B most?
This is a question best asked to Mr. Bachchan himself. But, as per me, no one excites me more than him to place in front of my camera!
– See more at: http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/amitabh-bachchan-far-outdone-sarkar-3-ram-gopal-varma/#sthash.vpKrc4ja.dpuf
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May 6, 2017 at 8:54 AM
I hope the movie is good, 2 biggest problem I have with most of RGV recent films are:
1) the dialogues are not audible
2) the background music is very loud which makes problem # 1 even worse
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May 6, 2017 at 9:02 AM
He is talking only about Bachchan. Not any other actors. So it must be a star driven vehicle. He is in awe of Bachchan, it seems. The interviewer is also not asking about other actors or their performances.
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May 6, 2017 at 9:42 AM
He has always been in awe of Bachhan to the point where he made RGV ki aag.
RGV really hasn’t done anything for bachhan career (except sarkar 1) besides bring in paycheck past few years. Bachhan is way better off without RGV and would have been better if he had done films with somebody else during that time instead of RGV.
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May 6, 2017 at 10:16 PM
RGV interviews Amitji
Manmohann Desai reference hilarious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohFNyAmqhM8
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May 6, 2017 at 11:13 AM
Bahubali has successfully mended the North South divide. It has exploited the boxoffice to the fullest potential. One don’t need to set record in every region to be a record grosser. But when a film breaks record in every region by a big margin than the story is different and total amounts to a figure which is way above the normal blockbusters. The verdict by BOI and some other sites for Bollywood movies are way loose. You can’t have an ALL TOME BOCKBUSTER every year. For a film to be a hit of that proportion one has to be an outlier like Bahubali 2 . The film will break record by a big margin and that has to be the criterion. In the last 15 years there have been only two ATB 3 idiots and now Bahubali 2 rest Dangal, PK, BB etc all blockbusters .
Dangal doing good in China is a great thing of Indian cinema.The people in the eastern part of the world does not comprises regular Indian diaspora. Till now Indian movies are being watched by Indians or PIOs only. But doing these sort of numbers is great because that may make way for the future film to exploit the potential. I think its more of a reflection of Indian Soft power then anything else.
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May 6, 2017 at 11:26 AM
China is at loggerheads with Japan , South Korea, Taiwan. Even with India, it has issues. I think Dangal releasing first in
Taiwan must have rubbed off China in a wrong way. And that may explain Wanda to some extent. The present international politics is very interesting. Gawadar, Chabahar, Iran oil, Indian ocean supremacy, South China sea etc. The situation is very delicate. Like walking on eggshells.
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May 6, 2017 at 1:38 PM
“The verdict by BOI and some other sites for Bollywood movies are way loose”
True, growing up, there were only 7 movies considered as blockbuster/classic. Pick up any film magazine from prior to 1990 and one of these films will be listed in it.
Kismat
Mother India
Mighal E Azam
Sholay
Jain Santoshi Ma
Ram Teri Ganga Maili
There was another Ashok Kumar film which escapes my mind and there is one more film.
Now a days everything is classis or blockbuster.
Same thing with term superstar. In my days it was Rajesh and then bachhan. Imagine, even dilip, raj, dev were never mentioned as superstar.
Now a days even akshay kumar has superstar tag.
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May 6, 2017 at 2:10 PM
the labels don’t mean anything these days. They’re used loosely or to serve various agendas. I still believe Rajesh Khanna (for a brief period) and Bachchan (for a longer one) were the only true superstars. Rajesh Khanna used to say he was the first one and Bachchan the last and he was right. Great as that 50s trio was they never had this kind of concentrated, really mind boggling kind of success. This leaving aside the larger sense in which they became a complete film culture all by themselves. So if those standards are used no one else is a superstar (of course there are superstars elsewhere in India). But if you use it loosely for just a successful star it’s a different thing but then the term loses all meaning. The same thing for ‘all time blockbuster’. Only a handful of films reached that category. Because again you had to relativize things taking various things into account. Not just absolute gross. The same for other hit categories. Now even today in the trade journals they adhere to those categories (though they might differ a bit from journal to journal) but in the popular media the very same folks present a very different picture. In the last 25 years or so there hasn’t been a film as big as HAHK all things considered. Not even Gadar. The latter was extraordinary in smaller centers, great in major metros but not stunning the way it was in these smaller ones. Still few films could be compared with it pound for pound. But HAHK is a different level. Now it’s fair to say that today nothing can lost that long in the theaters for all kinds of reasons. So HAHK today wouldn’t be HAHK. A film can make 200 or 500 or whatever but it will still make it more or less in the initial few weeks. Baahubali proves this too. But again all this definitions are mostly pointless. They make for good coverage in the media and nothing more.
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May 6, 2017 at 2:09 PM
Dangal 4.17M today beats BB2 single territory day of 3.4M created last week in NA.
Total-6.25M$ in 2 days
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May 6, 2017 at 2:23 PM
already stated by Marcus above, stop spamming the forum with same news.
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May 6, 2017 at 5:30 PM
I finally went and watched Bahubali.
Spoiler ahead
Well you all know that Kattappa kills Bahubali so it’s not really a spoiler. But my gosh, what a scene. I loved the nuance of conflicting emotions in Kattappa. But the real hero is Devasena. What a character!
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May 6, 2017 at 11:49 PM
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/861051064186920961
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May 7, 2017 at 1:58 AM
Baahubali 2 [Hindi] Set To Enter 300 Crore Club Today, Will Manage This Feat In Just 10 Days
Baahubali 2 [Hindi] is set to go past Sultan by evening and then Bajrangi Bhaijaan would be history too by tomorrow
By
Joginder Tuteja –
May 7, 2017
Ever since the inception of the 100 crore, 200 crore and 300 crore club, there have been just four films that have managed to find an entry into the triple century club. Now Baahubali 2 [Hindi] would be stepping into this arena by this evening, what with 290 crore* already in its kitty. On Saturday, the film collected 23.25 crore* more and managed to achieve this feat. In the process it has beaten quite a few biggie blockbusters on its way and marched into the list of Top-5 All Time Highest Grossers in mere 9 days.
This is how the list of films along with their lifetime scores looks like:
Dangal – 387.38 crore
PK – 340.80 crore
Bajrangi Bhaijaan – 321 crore
Sultan – 301.50 crore
Baahubali 2 [Hindi] – 290 crore* (9 days)
While the first couple of films star Aamir Khan in the lead, the third and the fourth slot belong to Salman Khan. Now this all-Khan list is being further penetrated by Prabhas as his Baahubali 2 [Hindi] is set to go past Sultan by evening and then Bajrangi Bhaijaan would be history too by tomorrow. From there on, it would be a march towards the top two biggies in line, PK and Dangal. Though PK should be surpassed soon enough as well, it would be interesting to see the kind of pace that Baahubali 2 [Hindi] manages en route the target set by Dangal.
SS Rajamouli and his team is now playing with the big boys and is pretty much winning the battle in the arena.
Baahubuster!
*Estimates. Final numbers awaited
Note: All collections as per production and distribution sources
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May 7, 2017 at 2:00 AM
Today they are showing Rustom on tv and on 21st, they are showing Dangal.
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May 7, 2017 at 2:17 AM
Bahubali 2 (Hindi) Second Saturday Business
Sunday 07 May 2017 11.30IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion box office collections stand at almost 292 crore nett in Hindi after nine days. The ninth day figure is another record as it beat the 22.27 crore nett of Dangal by a huge distance yet again with 26.50 crore nett apprx. The film also hit the 100 crore nett mark in Mumbai and will set a new all time record in Mumbai on Sunday. In ten days a dubbed film will beat the collections of all previous releases in the biggest circuit for Hindi films.
The film will also start breaking ALL TIME RECORDS in many other circuits on Sunday as well. The present trend suggests that the film will cross 450 crore nett in Hindi which in real terms is a 500 crore nett total due to the South markets missing for the Hindi version. The collections of Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion in Hindi till date are as follows.
Week One – 2,45,00,00,000 apprx
Friday – 20,00,00,000 apprx
Saturday – 26,50,00,000 apprx
Grand Total – 2,91,50,00,000
The Hollywood release Guardians Of The Galaxy grossed around 2.50 crore nett on day two after a first day of around 2 crore nett.
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May 7, 2017 at 3:27 AM
Sunday shd be – 30 cr
Monday – Friday shd be – 75 cr (each day average 15 cr)
Next Sat-Sun – around 40 cr
Which means by Next Sunday eod – it shd add another 150 cr to 291 cr = 441 cr – so in any case Dangal’s record is set to be broken – well done BB2 – watched it yday – enjoyed – Grand and spectacular
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May 7, 2017 at 3:29 AM
It won’t stop, I expect today to be mid 30’s.
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May 7, 2017 at 4:02 AM
Next week’s releases will be washed out and theatres will be reluctant to give screens to new releases.
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May 7, 2017 at 4:06 AM
Bhoomi team celebrates completion of their film.
“I never thought that I would ever get an opportunity to work with Sanjay Dutt. It’s a beautiful story of a father and daughter. When you do a film like this, you actually live that character for some time. So, it was very special to have Sanjay Dutt around.
“He is amazing to work with and very funny on set, but at the same time really focused and natural. So, it gets easy to react to him while shooting,” said Aditi on the sidelines of the get-together here on Friday night.
The actress also spoke about Agra city, in which major part of the film has been shot.
“Agra has a lot of positive and beautiful vibe. There is a reason why the film is set in Agra,” Aditi said.
Shekhar, who will be seen as Sanjay’s on screen friend, said Sanjay is “fantastic”.
“He is a director’s actor and a very emotional person. He will surprise you all with his performance in this film, the way he had done in films like Vaastav: The Reality and Naam‘. The audience will love him as he has come back just with a right role,” said Shekhar.
About his own character in the movie, Shekhar said: “I am playing a tourist guide in Taj, and Sanjay has a shoe shop. We both are friends and life is going on until suddenly something happens which changes everyone’s life.”
Koimoi
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May 7, 2017 at 4:10 AM
http://www.misskyra.com/celebs/baahubali-2-praised-by-a-foreign-news-channel/articleshow/58558871.cms
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May 7, 2017 at 4:15 AM
Another Major Benchmark For Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion
Sunday 07 May 2017 12.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Bahubali – The Conclusion sets another benchmark as it crosses 600 crore nett across India on all languages. The film has hit 600 crore nett in juts nine days and has already grossed almost 200 crore nett more than Bahubali (2015) and 225 crore nett more than Dangal.
The way the film is going the 700 crore nett mark will not be far and although the 1000 crore nett mark does look far it is not totally out of the question. The 900 crore nett mark it will surpass for sure. Below are the highest NETT grossers in India.
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1. Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion – 6,11,00,00,000 apprx
2. Bahubali (2015) – 4,19,56,00,000
3. Dangal (2016) – 3,87,28,00,000
4. PK (2014) – 3,37,72,50,000
5. Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) – 3,15,49,00,000
6. Sultan (2016) – 3,00,67,25,000
7. Dhoom 3 (2103) – 2,71,63,00,000
8. Robot (2010) – 2,13,84,00,000
9. Kick (2014) – 2,11,63,00,000
10. Chennai Express (2013) – 2,07,69,00,000
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May 7, 2017 at 5:07 AM
Minimum 900 CR IMO. Would be incredible if it was 1000 CR alone in India.
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May 7, 2017 at 5:39 AM
All India record is going to stand for a long long time.
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May 7, 2017 at 7:52 AM
http://boxofficeindia.co.in/thugs-hindostan-fight-water/
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May 7, 2017 at 8:35 AM
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/citytimes/bollywood/aamir-khans-dangal-a-super-hit-in-china-as-well
The article is interesting in that it points to the protectionist attitude of local business. An excerpt:
On China’s most popular cinema portals, Dangal has been uniformly applauded. On social media app WeChat, the movie enjoys the highest rating among films currently being shown in China with a 9.8 score out of 10.
There is a threat though from China’s protective cinema operator, Wanda. Wanda believes Dangal will hurt the interests of the local movies. Wanda cinemas have a near monopoly in the smaller cities and towns of China. Wanda says its will cut down Dangal screenings to less than 50 in the interior China. This will affect the movie’s collective earnings, but the big cities would have done the good deed for Aamir.
Despite Wanda’s lack of interest in the film, a number of Chinese celebrities have come out to promote the film. The actor Deng Chao posted a message on the Chinese Twitter-equivalent, Sina Weibo, telling fans to watch it, while actress Liu Yifei promoted the film along with Aamir Khan during his visit.
“I give full marks to Dangal,” wrote another fan. “I was touched that I cried so much and when I ran out of tissue, I borrowed two pieces of it from a stranger beside me, I am going to watch it again and again.”
Of late there has been a upsurge in the popularity of Indian mythological dramas and other TV serials from India despite the fact Indo-China relations are in a downward spiral.
The TV dramas Naagin, Devon Ke Dev Mahadev, the 2013 series Mahabharat, and Buddhaa-Rajaon Ka Raja have all been subtitled into Chinese and viewed by hundreds of thousands of people online. On one of China’s widely used video-sharing websites, Bilibili, the first four episodes of Naagin’s second season had 1.8 lakh views.
Viewers have created subtitles by translating them from available English or and sometimes Russian subtitles.
One of the first such volunteer subtitle groups run by fans was started last year by Yang Buhui, 29, who works in the gaming industry.
“Indian mythology is just fascinating. Its philosophy and worldview, which are exotic, have been a new world to me,” Yang said.
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May 7, 2017 at 11:41 AM
Dangal Hits 12 Million Dollars In China
Sunday 07 May 2017 21.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
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Dangal has taken a huge opening in China with the weekend business of $12 million apprx. It has done almost three times the business of PK in the first weekend and should easily the surpass the $20 million that PK grossed in China.
The weekend admissions of Dangal in China over the weekend were 2 million apprx (20 lakhs). The apprx daily business of Dangal in China was as follows
Friday – $2.1 million
Saturday – $4.3 million
Sunday – $5.5 million apprx
TOTAL – $11.90 million appx
http://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=2913
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May 7, 2017 at 11:48 AM
Dangal creates history in China.11.4M$ Weekend smashing BB2 4 Day weekend of 10.13M$.WOM is extraordinary.Today was 5.05M$.Yesterday was first 4M$ day in Single OS market,today is the first 5M$.Smashing, China FI was earlier predicting 43.5M$ LT for Dangal now they r predicting 60M$ LT in China alone.
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May 7, 2017 at 12:36 PM
remarkable!
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May 7, 2017 at 1:19 PM
Huge. These 2 films are racking up collections not at all expected. Dangal in China I expected given the results of P.K and 3 Idiots. The Oblivion of Bahubali part 2 in the Hindi version is the most remarkable box office story since HAHK.
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May 7, 2017 at 1:31 PM
Is it dubbed in Chinese or Just with subtitles ?
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May 7, 2017 at 1:34 PM
It’s running in dubbed versions at most centres and there is a subtitle version as well.so a mix of both.
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May 7, 2017 at 11:48 AM
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May 7, 2017 at 2:10 PM
Incredible for Dangal in China. Looks like all set for $50m.
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May 7, 2017 at 12:39 PM
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/did-you-know-/heres-why-sridevi-refused-to-do-sivagami-in-baahubali-franchise-ultimately-losing-it-to-ramya-krishna/articleshow/58559265.cms
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May 7, 2017 at 2:49 PM
Watched Bahubali 2….absolutely spectacular, jaw-dropping entertainment. Better than all the LOTR movies and any other Hollywood fantasy epic in my opinion. I am definitely going to catch it one more time at least.
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May 7, 2017 at 5:53 PM
Exactly my feeling, Sequel is better than any Hollywood fantasy I have seen so far .. not that CGI effects are better, but overall impact of content is more powerful and extremely unique experience.
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May 7, 2017 at 5:48 PM
Watched Bahubali The Beginning. Fantastic. The film really sucks you into a world of imagery. I won’t say it’s the best visual spectacle as for me nothing beats the mythical world of LOTR. This felt much more connected with that film (especially the last war sequence, almost felt lifted), The Lion King and the cues from Indian culture. Will definitely watch Part 2 and hopefully in the cinema. In any case pointless comparing the technology Hollywood possesses as it’s a good couple of decades ahead. But this was the first I felt, Wow factor in Indian film.
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May 7, 2017 at 6:19 PM
This is what I wrote couple of years ago:
“Some time back I was ruing that someone should make Mahabharat like Game of Thrones. I just couldn’t find an Indian director who could make an epic on grand scale. So here goes a movie recommendation for big screens : Baahubali. A movie unlike we see in Bollywood; Grand in vision and execution, SS Rajamouli movie is just visually spellbinding in each frame. I am not going to write more. Go and enjoy. Downside – The movie could have been shorter in first half and there is some regular dialoguebaazi.”
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May 8, 2017 at 3:11 AM
Personally I found the backstory too long but can understand that as that is the crucial battle scenes and WOW scenes (I’m sure those who have seen LOTR will be reminded here of similar constructed scenes. They did more here from what I remember – they kind of delivered a plan).
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May 7, 2017 at 6:24 PM
I didn’t know about the movie. I saw in Third week after an Iranian colleague (who went to see regular English movie) was complaining that we “Indian” overtook the parking in near by mall. We were unnecessarily cribbing about ticket price at window 🙂
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May 7, 2017 at 8:55 PM
glad you saw the first part. And you should definitely catch the second one on the big screen.
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May 8, 2017 at 3:15 AM
Absolutely! My wife loved it! Hopefully next weekend. As quite frankly a DVD does not do justice especially the one I bought! The guy was trying to flog part 2 off to me, I was like ‘could’ you not wait at least a few weeks’.
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May 8, 2017 at 6:32 AM
Ha! that’s classic!
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May 8, 2017 at 3:30 AM
Satyam, waiting for your thoughts on BB2.
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May 8, 2017 at 6:31 AM
yes meant to put up a note.. haven’t had the chance, will do so soon.
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May 8, 2017 at 8:16 AM
All of us are!!
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May 7, 2017 at 6:11 PM
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May 7, 2017 at 6:25 PM
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May 7, 2017 at 7:50 PM
So if Dangal make $60 million in China, which movie looks like it end up winning the worldwide stakes?
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May 7, 2017 at 8:19 PM
In the overseas Dangal has crossed 300 Crore mark & looking at China trends, it could well be the first 500 Crores grosser in the overseas. But Baahubali’s domestic business is mind boggling & would require a very special movie to surpass its Indian nett & gross. Within 4 months, 2 Indian movies have made more than 1800 Crores globally & still running strong with all the probabilty of ending in excess of 2200 Crores!! And this is just the beginning of seizing the infinite opportunities Indian movie market has before them only if they could learn the right lessons from these 2 movies.
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May 8, 2017 at 7:34 AM
Aamir ek lambi Race ka Ghoda saabit ho gaya hai. Slow n steady, three yards and a cloud of dust.
Its an amazing feat by AK to tap a totally alien market. 3I has done real wonders to him, and with his subsequent choices, he has cemented his place in China. With more such intelligent choices, IMO, the sky is the limit for him out there.
At least now I can share some desi movie love with the locals on my next trip to China.
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May 8, 2017 at 8:14 AM
China may well be biggest market for Aamir’s film after India. If no one else can crack the market it is monopoly for him. It’s going to be 4 times US figures in worst case without a simultaneous release.
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May 8, 2017 at 10:53 AM
It can do anything in china.Today is another 3M$ day,even 75M$ can’t be ruled out.It’s getting a rating of 9.3 at douban.Can even enter douban top 10 with 50k votes,currently are 35k+ votes.3I is at no.12 in that list.Aamir is not like top 1-10 but i wld say top 1-20 in china.no one is there.
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May 8, 2017 at 11:06 AM
Hard to know. Read somewhere that Saturday is usually biggest day at box office in China yet Dangal went up on Sunday. I don’t know daily trends – $50MM seems a given. First week might be cracking PK total.
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May 8, 2017 at 12:32 PM
@jayshah u r right sat is the biggest day there and 98% movies drop on sunday but dangal has done 15-20% more than sat.WOM is extraordinary there.Anything can happen now.China FI is predicting second weekend to be bigger than first weekend and 60M$ min.Even 100M$ is not ruled out.Indeed china has become the second biggest market for Aamir after India by leaps and bounds.3Idiots was probably even a bit tad more loved.So that wld have cracked 100M in china with proper release and within months of it’s original release.It’s at no.12 at douban(chinese IMDB) with 6.30 Lacs votes and 9.1 rating.Dangal is currently at 9.3 with 58k votes within few days.
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May 7, 2017 at 10:32 PM
Do you know? Bahubali 2 had a staggering Rs. 200 crore insurance cover!
ByBollywood Hungama News Network
May 6, 2017 – 6:38 pm IST
Bahubali 2 The Conclusion (2)
Even though one may see and enjoy films on the screen, the reality is far away from what it ‘appears’. In order to get one frame right, there are many workers and crew members who are instrumental. And when the film is as gigantic as Bahubali 2, the risk involved slightly becomes larger than usual.
That’s why, ‘Future Generali Insurance Co’s policy had covered the risks of Bahubali 2, right from its pre-production to the post-production stages. The said insurance player covered the smash hit Bahubali 2 for over Rs.200 crore under its film package insurance product. As per a statement issued by ‘Future Generali’, the said policy insured Bahubali 2 against all the unforeseen incidents like death, illness of an actor or occurrence of natural calamities or accidental damage leading to delays in the film schedule. Additionally, it also included the coverage against accidents that damage equipment while shooting was in process.
Speaking about the same, K.G. Krishnamoorthy Rao (Managing Director and Chief Executive- Future Generali) said that in the year 2017 alone, they had issued 160 film insurance policies, of which most of them were in Bollywood. He added that they were now wanting to focus on the southern market as well, because they were confident of catering to the unique requirements of the film industry
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May 7, 2017 at 11:30 PM
wow Baahubali2 deserves 1000+ cr and much more. Dangal too at 800+cr. However Dangal would have inspired far many people in real life. But it is futile to compare both movies. Not to take away anything from each of the movies. I am happy for both the movies and it is a triump for Indian Cinema that in the span of 4 months – it has collected 1800+ cr worldwide and more to come….
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May 8, 2017 at 1:23 AM
Patrick Frater
Asia Bureau Chief
Dangal
Courtesy of UTV
May 7, 2017 | 05:59PM PT
“Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2” scored a comfortable opening weekend win at the China box office. The greater surprise was the strength of Aamir Khan-starring Indian film “Dangal.”
“Guardians 2” enjoyed a day and date opening with North America and other major markets and scored $45.9 million in China, according to data tracking firm Ent Group. It played from upwards of 95,000 screenings per day, with the figure exceeding 100,000 on Saturday. The first “Guardians” was released in October 2014 and scored $96.5 million. “Dangal” achieved a smashing $11.3 million in second place. It played some 30,000 screenings per day and achieved a per screen average very similar to ‘Guardians.”
Variety
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May 8, 2017 at 1:27 AM
Justin Bieber To Appear On Koffee With Karan – Season 6’s Pilot Episode?
“Koffee with Karan” has completed five seasons. Karan Johar will be celebrating season six by unveiling it with Justin Bieber.
By
Koimoi.com Team –
May 8, 2017
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May 8, 2017 at 3:17 AM
I was wrong. I have wrote that Dangal’s total might be tough nut to crack. Truth is Bahubali 2 Juggernaut will broke many record. 500 cr is not far fatched conclusion.
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May 8, 2017 at 3:24 AM
Bahubali 2 (Hindi) Day At 325 Crore After Ten Days
Monday 08 May 2017 12.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion (Hindi) had a record second weekend as it grossed around the 80 crore nett mark beating Dangal which had grossed 70.82 crore nett in its second weekend. The total business of the film stands at 325 crore nett apprx which is the third highest total for a Hindi film till date and could be the highest after two weeks depending on the weekday business.
The weekdays could see the first noticeable drops as it has consumed a lot of business in ten days and these numbers are without 10% of the market. Till date it has exceeded all expectations. The film lifetime circuit records in Mumbai, CP Berar and West Bengal in just ten days and eventually it will set new highs in all the Hindi film markets. The collections of Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion in Hindi till date are as follows.
Week One – 2,45,00,00,000 apprx
Friday – 20,00,00,000 apprx
Saturday – 26,50,00,000
Sunday – 33,00,00,000
Second Weekend – 79,50,00,000
Grand Total – 3,24,50,00,000
The Hollywood release Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 grossed around 7.25-7.50 crore nett over its first weekend which is a low total but still double the last installment as far as India business is concerned.
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May 8, 2017 at 4:01 AM
80 cr 2nd weekend is really big, considering it has beat Dangal’s by 10 cr or so. Also, this Sunday seems to be higher than Dangal’s second Sunday which was really high.
But 80 cr 2nd weekend may not be strong enough for BB2 to shoot for 500 cr nett in Hindi version. Its likely to cross 400 cr by end of 3rd weekend and end its run at 450 cr or so. All India nett should cross 800 cr.
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May 8, 2017 at 4:18 AM
Official figure for Sunday is 34.5 cr:
taran adarsh@taran_adarsh
#Baahubali2 is speeding towards ₹ 400 cr… [Week 2] Fri 19.75 cr, Sat 26.50 cr, Sun 34.50 cr. Total: ₹ 327.75 cr Nett. HINDI. India biz.
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May 8, 2017 at 3:29 AM
Amitabh Bachchan on violence against women
BySubhash K. Jha
May 8, 2017 – 10:24 am IST
Amitabh Bachchan on violence against women
Amitabh Bachchan feels the public outcry and the trial of the rapists and murders in Nirbhaya
case have been a wake-up call for the entire nation. Big B feels such offenders must be punished by the harshest sentence possible. He also feels the male child must be taught from a young age to respect women.
Says the iconic actor, “Severe punishment is a deterrent through policing and legal methods. But society will have to change by educating its citizens from a very early age, on what our morals and principles need to be.”
Bachchan feels every Indian male needs to respect women. “Respect and dignity towards women in society, a sense of equality as fellow citizens, as contributors in equal measure, without discrimination is what needs to be inculcated amongst all of us. Women are half the strength of a nation, they cannot be looked upon as being inferior or mere objects of desire, and this is what the polity needs to be educated on. Educate the woman in a home and the entire family gets educated. Religion has given the female the honour of a ‘devi’ in many powerful forms. Understand that philosophy and lets us conduct ourselves accordingly.”
However restricting women from entering male-dominated areas of activity is, according to Big B not the solution. “Putting restrictions on women by preventing them from moving out late, or in arming themselves, is defensive thought. The women in our country need to be free of such apprehensions. They must feel and have the freedom of safety without having to think of any possible fear or danger.”
Big B feels the safety of women is a public issue. “The system shall always have limitations, the police cannot be everywhere and the law shall take its course. It is the people that shall have to change their mind set. The people must become that unseen force that assumes the role of the protector during such heinous crimes. The people must be brought up in a manner that provokes their sensibilities to do what is right and just.”
Amitabh Bachchan feels the public clamour for justice in the Nirbhaya case proves there is hope for the safety of women. “The spontaneous public response on the streets of the Capital and in other parts of the country did cause the system to take note of and provide immediate action on the unfortunate Nirbhaya incident. Consideration for the change in the laws and in quick legal action was indeed initiated. But the legal system has its own procedural compulsions. Governance shall continue to make provision for act on similar incidents, the police shall apprehend the culprits in as rapid a manner as possible, as was demonstrated by the Mumbai Police in the recent case, and the law shall be moved and take its own course, but the question really is whether all this can provide the much required safety for women in our country. This is best answered by what and how our s society reacts and conducts itself.”
Big B feels we are a long way off from providing women with a sense of security, “Women’s safety in our country has been taking a beating. It is for us to change that impression. The system shall execute justice by the rules. But we shall have to also implement effectively the right morals as individuals.”
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May 8, 2017 at 3:42 AM
Speaking to mid-day, Sanket reveals, “I first met Ranbir Kapoor about four months ago. Initially, he was shocked to know that I was a doctor. We sat for almost three hours at a suburban hotel and only discussed Sanju sir. He was fascinated by my videos and asked me how I could imitate him [Dutt] so easily.”
The 28-year-old adds that Ranbir asked a lot of questions about Dutt. “Sanju sir has a peculiar style of walking and talking, and Ranbir wanted to learn everything. He was impressed with the way I impersonate Sanju sir rolling his eyes while talking; he wanted to learn that too. I have heard that Ranbir still refers to my online videos.”
Sanket says he admires Ranbir’s humility and eagerness to learn. “He never made me feel inferior. It’s difficult to play Sanjay Dutt. I couldn’t think of anyone other than the actor himself for the film. But, I believe Ranbir is lucky [to have bagged the part]. Looking at the photographs that are coming out, I am sure he has done complete justice,” he asserts.
Ranbir is taking help from top stand-up comic and internet sensation Dr Sanket Bhosale, who is known to effortlessly mimic several Bollywood stars including Dutt, Salman Khan, Farhan Akhtar and Sonu Nigam.
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May 8, 2017 at 3:47 AM
Koimoi.com Team –
May 8, 2017
Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani says over half the shooting for the Sanjay Dutt biopic is done, and that the team will head for a schedule in New York later this year.
“Shooting wise, 60 percent of the film is done. We are starting our next schedule now and will wrap that up by mid-June and after that, we will have another schedule in New York,” Hirani said on Sunday as he launched writer-director Tanuja Chandra’s book ‘Bijnis Woman’.
He is excited about the project.
“I am very glad that we are making a film with a lot of positivity and happiness and I feel when you make a film with a lot of joy, you are bound to make a good film and the story of the film is brilliant. Plus, Ranbir Kapoor is looking incredible in the film,” Hirani added.
Hirani, known for the Munna Bhai series and 3 Idiots, said his films are based and inspired from books and life’s experiences.
“Whatever you make has to come from either your experiences or from what you have read or seen somewhere. I feel every creation is from your memories. Abhijat Joshi (co-writer) and I especially choose to pick some memories and real life incidents and modify it. We usually pick it from our life and modify it to suit our film,” he said.
Talking about his love for books, Hirani said: “Books are really precious. I really like reading. I can’t sleep till the time I don’t read a book even if it is for 10 minutes. But now I feel that culture is vanishing somewhere. I think books are your friends and books are best way to get knowledge, stories and to know the world.”
The Sanjay Dutt biopic also stars Sonam Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Paresh Rawal, Manisha Koirala, Karishma Tanna, Vicky Kaushal, Dia Mirza and Jim Sarbh. The film is scheduled to release around the end of this year in December.
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May 8, 2017 at 3:58 AM
I wonder if Rajamouli got the idea of the beginning montage in BB2 from the starting title credits of this 1965 version of Mahabharat.
I should add that, IMHO the strong starcast and production values (remember this was 1965!) in this movie, made it a much better watch as compated to any of the TV serials since 1990.
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May 8, 2017 at 4:04 AM
http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/sivagami-is-my-favourite-character-in-baahubali/20170508.htm
Excerpts
‘If Baahubali were to be made in Bollywood, I would take Hrithik Roshan as Baahubali and Deepika Padukone for Devsena.’
Baahubali writer K V Vijayendra Prasad looks back at the epic blockbuster.
Who was your favourite character in Baahubali?
Sivagami. She has so many shades to her character.
Devsena is also a good character but it doesn’t have shades as much as Sivagami.
Which is your favourite scene?
The scene when Baahubali gets stabbed by his mama Kattappa. He dies majestically like a king.
Baahubali’s appeal is universal. Did you always want to write a script with a Pan-India appeal?
Baahubali is a period film. You cannot restrict to a particular region or language. Since it is set in an old era, Baahubali crosses the threshold of the regional as far as the story is concerned.
If you had to cast someone from Bollywood for the film, whom would you cast?
Hrithik Roshan as Baahubali and Deepika Padukone for Devsena.
A few years ago, I saw Game of Thrones and I loved those wonderful characters and plots. You see a greater story in Mahabharata; it is the mother of all great tales. There are so many lead characters in Mahabharata that you cannot write or talk about one single character.
I longed to do such a show and Game Of Thrones gave me confidence. When people enjoy Game Of Thrones in India, why can’t we tell our own story?
So I thought about a plot where not one but six characters are born at the same time. The story will unfold simultaneously. Ultimately, it’s an amalgamation of matriarchy and patriarchy societies.
Is there any other story you would like to tell?
Chatrapathi Shivaji’s story.
You have also written Bajrangi Bhaijaan, one of the biggest hits of Salman Khan.
Salman is a warm and wonderful human being. During Bajrangi Bhaijaan, I would feel that he wasn’t acting most of the time, but just reacting naturally to situations. Once I asked him about it, and he said, ‘You are right. Many times, tears roll out naturally.’
What are the other Hindi films you are working on?
Jhansi Ki Rani, Rowdy Rathore 2 and Nayak 2.
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May 8, 2017 at 4:12 AM
Haha – Prabhas is a much better actor than most Bollywood stars. Hrithik Roshan as Baahubali would have been laughing stock with his shaking head, trembling lips and flaring nostrils. Deepika may have been good as Devsena.
And the Shivaji reference pops up again. Wont be surprised if Rajamouli indeed does a film on Shivaji in near future.
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May 8, 2017 at 4:30 AM
Nayak 2 – wow – I hope they take Aamir this time – it was sad that Aamir rejected Nayak earlier
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May 8, 2017 at 4:16 AM
I am looking forward to Hirani’s film more than anything else. Hope he wont disappoint.
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May 8, 2017 at 4:25 AM
I am looking forward to Secret Superstar. Although a small film, I think it will be more in TZP terrain for family audience than an obscure non-commercial Dhobi Ghat.
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May 8, 2017 at 4:24 AM
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/fatima-sana-shaikh-bagging-thugs-of-hindostan-is-not-just-courtesy-aamir-khan-but-also-low-fee/
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May 8, 2017 at 5:07 AM
Another poster celebrating 1000 cr:
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May 8, 2017 at 5:35 AM
After Karan Johar produced a never seen or heard before the story of India’s under the sea battle, ‘The Ghazi Attack’, it looks like Shah Rukh Khan is all set to follow the suit. Reports suggest that Shah Rukh Khan under his production banner, Red Chillies Entertainment is currently working on a script based on one of India’s most successful missions, ‘Operation Khukri’.
‘Operation Khukri’ carried out in Sierra Leone in 2000 was one of the most successful rescue operation carried out by the Indian Air Force. The mission was carried out in the forests of Kailahun, where the Indian Air Force managed to rescue 223 peacekeepers, who were captured by the Nigerian rebels, with no causalities save for a few shrapnel wounds.
http://www.misskyra.com/celebs/shah-rukh-khan-red-chillies-operation-khukri/articleshow/58572641.cms
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May 8, 2017 at 9:02 AM
http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/sanya-and-i-go-to-aamir-khan-for-love-related-problems-fatima-sana-shaikh/story-5N6iEKZLkTwyPb5oOK1m2L.html
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May 8, 2017 at 10:32 AM
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dongroves/2017/05/07/the-baahubali-2-and-dangal-triumphs-what-do-they-mean-for-indian-cinema/#729810255942
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May 8, 2017 at 10:52 AM
The caveat is the key. The feelers from Padmavati and TOH don’t sound good. Both seemed to have been delayed to either increase budget or bring an international team in respectively. Maybe they need to re-evaluate which is fine but just throwing money at projects for sale of it is pointless.
SLB probably tried a few times like Gowariker to do Bahubali. The former is too indulgent, the latter plain boring. I’m more confident on TOH as it seems a period war film with sea battles – intriguing.
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May 8, 2017 at 5:42 PM
Ignore 2.0 at your own peril 😄
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May 8, 2017 at 10:46 AM
3M$ on monday in china, much bigger than friday.Anything can happen in china.
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May 8, 2017 at 11:52 AM
With this kind of trending Dangal will easily cross 1000 cr WW after China run.
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May 8, 2017 at 12:09 PM
China FI is now saying second weekend likely to be bigger than First weekend.60M min.With 38M$ which cld be done in 2 weeks flat in China,Dangal wld reach 1000cr.I am assuming abt 35cr from Taiwan.Dangal wld do min. 1100cr at this rate.Anything is possible in china and it’s showing just a glimpse of what 3Idiots could have done there.
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May 8, 2017 at 12:17 PM
Great !
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May 8, 2017 at 11:54 AM
Baahubali 2 after 10 days:
All India Nett – 673.4 cr (327.75 cr from Hindi version)
WW Gross – 1052.1 cr
http://andhraboxoffice.com/info.aspx?id=2056&cid=6&fid=834
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May 8, 2017 at 12:23 PM
For a change, a detailed, well-thought out review from a western critic. Baahubali deserves all the recognition.
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/baahubali-2-the-conclusion-2017
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May 8, 2017 at 2:37 PM
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May 8, 2017 at 2:45 PM
pk talli main yahi post karne laga tha.
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May 8, 2017 at 2:50 PM
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May 8, 2017 at 3:12 PM
https://piaofang.maoyan.com/boxletters/2017-05-08
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May 8, 2017 at 5:14 PM
What baahubali is doing just amazing. Can’t believe ticket prices are still $15 at my place and people still paying for it.
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May 8, 2017 at 5:34 PM
As much as I am happy for Baahubali-2 amazing box-office history, I am not sure how much and how long it will effect new releases, as getting screens will be a tough job till the time Baahubali is in theaters. Whatever least expectations I had for #Sarkar3 , is almost gone. The way GOG poorly performed this weekend is more than evident that new releases will find it tough to get enough screens, apart from fact that even audience will not prefer.
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May 8, 2017 at 5:43 PM
Yes but Sarkar 3 has hardly going for itself except for Big B who is looking quite weak 🙏
Hope he is well.
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May 8, 2017 at 7:25 PM
When is sarkar 3 releasing? also nobody expect sarkar 3 to do much at boxoffice anyway. If it’s releasing this coming Friday, then it will get some screen since by than baahubaali will calm down little.
Sarkar has a strong supporting cast, don’t be shocked if it does very well.
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May 9, 2017 at 12:47 AM
I don’t think there may be any kind of Bahubali on Sarkar3 boxoffice performance. You release Sarkar3 in pre Babubali period or post Bahubali period, its collections will be in the same range due to its poor casting. All actors working in it have passed their prime time long back and hence are spent forces.
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May 9, 2017 at 1:30 AM
Sarkar 3 is a washout…Even Meri Pyari bindu has better chance to open well…
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May 9, 2017 at 11:36 AM
” Sarkar 3 is a washout…Even Meri Pyari bindu has better chance to open well…”
both will do well if bahubali 2 slows down..if it does not then RGV nightmare continues…
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May 8, 2017 at 5:51 PM
The Top 3 movies which can compete with Baahubali 2 in worldwide gross
2.0
Sorry can’t imagice any other movie.
In just Hindi movie BO-
(In no particular order)
Ranbir/Hirani’s Dutt’s Biopic (my favourite)
Tube light
Thugs of Hindustan
2.0
Moghul
Tiger Zindabaad hai
Few others that may surprise are-
Rahnuma
Gold
Pls add if I missed anything. Films like Baahubali makes box office comments look interesting again. 😄
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May 9, 2017 at 1:17 AM
It depends on where BB2 ends its run. If it has same legs like Dangal from here on, it will reach 450 cr. If it has shorter legs it may end anywhere in 400-450 cr range. In any case, I dont see it going much beyond 450 cr.
So the Hindi version may be possible to be chased down. But it will either take a well-liked Salman movie or an Aamir’s big film to get this done. Others I dont think have a chance.
2.0 will do well enough in its Hindi version, but 450 cr seems too much.
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May 8, 2017 at 5:54 PM
Success of Dangal also proves the focus of women oriented sports in China and its encouragement by its society.
Actually I would be interested to know how CDI did there which I think would have been the highest Chinese grosser then though non significant and hence not reported.
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May 8, 2017 at 7:35 PM
CDI had released 10 years ago, not sure if there was much if any market in china for indian movies. never mind 10 years ago, even dhoom did only 20+ crore in china. It was PK which did over 100 crore and now dangal.
I think more an more makers will now explore china market.
Also, even going back to Raj Kapoor days, the movie almost has to show faults of society, culture, environment of india. I think that touches more with foreign countries and made well of course.
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May 8, 2017 at 9:56 PM
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/entertainment/bollywood-creates-dangal-in-china-how-indias-6-hit-films-have-done-there-2273459.html
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May 8, 2017 at 10:20 PM
https://www.bollyarena.net/bahubali-2-2nd-monday-box-office-collection-update/
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May 8, 2017 at 10:21 PM
https://www.bollyarena.net/dangal-4th-day-box-office-collection-in-china/
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May 8, 2017 at 11:02 PM
http://www.tellychakkar.com/movie/movie-news/javed-akhtar-calls-shelving-of-australian-award-function-unacceptable-170508
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May 9, 2017 at 1:12 AM
Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar 3 seems to have impressed the Censor Board of Film Certification. Sources at the CBFC describe the film as Ramu’s best in years. However they’ve taken offence to a reference to Lord Hanuman in one of the dialogues and asked the director to remove it.
Says a source close to the development, “It’s a dialogue where Hanuman and Vivibhishana, one who burnt down Lanka and one who ruled it, two characters from Ramayan are spoken about. We’ve asked them to delete the mythological reference as it doesn’t go well with the scene of the crime in the film.”
– See more at: http://www.bollywoodhungama.com
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May 9, 2017 at 2:03 AM
Bahubali 2 Will Be Highest Hindi Grosser Ever In Two Weeks
Tuesday 09 May 2017 11.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion (Hindi) had an incredible second Monday as it grossed 16.50 crore nett on its second Monday. The film has dropped under 20% ffrom its second Friday, normally you wold have expected the film to go under 15 crore nett for the first time in its run but it is just holding up phenomenally well..
The second week collections look like they are heading for 136-138 crore nett which will mean a two week box ofice collection of close to 385 crore nett. It is now certain to be the highest grossing film in Hindi in two weeks as the Dangal record stands at a little under 375 crore nett. The all languages total of Dangal had been surpassed long back in just five days. The collections of Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion in Hindi till date are as follows.
Week One – 2,45,00,00,000 apprx
Friday – 20,00,00,000 apprx
Saturday – 26,50,00,000
Sunday – 33,50,00,000
Monday – 16,50,00,000
Second Weekend – 96,50,00,000
Grand Total – 3,41,50,00,000
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May 9, 2017 at 2:15 AM
Still the summer Vacations are on in most schools and they last till Mid-June – so lot of repeat audience will be there – 500 cr+ in Hindi alone not ruled out – mind-boggling…
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May 9, 2017 at 2:44 AM
The 2nd monday record is amazing stuff. This is simply having a great run and not slowing down or losing steam. It has crossed PK on monday and will cross 350 cr landmark today.
All India it has already crossed 700 cr nett in all versions. Terrific stuff!
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May 9, 2017 at 3:03 AM
It will probably not get to 500 CR in Hindi belt, that’s tough. All India will certainly be north of 900 CR at this rate. It’s an incredible feat to outdo the Hindi records by such huge margins – it’s in pure black and white. The strategy of waiting and delaying the film worked (shows frequency means little without quality). With big production houses mulling over pre production of projects, films like Dutt and TZH can’t do much but just play out their films. It’s possible Robot 2.0 team had a hint on this and delayed their film. Hardly surprised at more delays with SLB film as a lot of his work is geared at the Bahubali world – that film will unfortunately be compared to Bahubali so he’ll need to really think that one out. TOH has potential and I’m warming more to this each and every day. A sea adventure is a huge USP.
The film suffering the most is Tubelight, it’s teaser was mixed at best. It’s got 7-8 weeks to fix it. So far from some blogs and articles it’s not been well received at all. It’s got Salman so a guaranteed opening (though I would not be surprised if it performed like PRDP), but will need to be exceptionally well received to challenge Dangal let alone Bahubali 2. It’s got no excuse with screens showing Bahubali 2 (like 2 years ago) as by the time of release, Bahubali 2 is probably seen by maximum audience it can capture in today’s time. Very likely that Tubelight will be the film to kick Bahubali 2 out of the Hindi belt theatres as till then BB2 can have a long run as the second Monday hold suggests.
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May 9, 2017 at 7:15 AM
From trailor Tubelight looked a bit niche to me…Barfi kinds and almost arty…Not sure it can challenge any records even with good WOM…
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May 9, 2017 at 8:56 AM
Are you livewire in disguise?
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May 9, 2017 at 12:02 PM
Tubelight has no chances of crossing Sultan or even Bajrangi, so we need to forget about Dangal. I don’t know how a normal mass audience will prefer a movie like Tubelight over last year’s Sultan. Bajrani was an outlier and the went further in that direction and displayed Salman’s weakness in acting inspired from a weak Hollywood movie. Even though I don’t mind Sohail Khan but he’s easy punching bag and Salman Khan crying and searching for Sohail Khan on big screen – its not an easy sight and easily bound to start lot of jokes! When the movie falls with negative reviews the Sohail factor will easily help to plummet to the bottom quickly!
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May 9, 2017 at 12:04 PM
Also, Sohail is the ONLY director who couldn’t get a HIT from Salman Khan in last 8 years!!
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May 9, 2017 at 12:11 PM
Rasping prediction but do agree. Film will highlight the weakness of Salman the actor and Kabir Khan – story writer. BB was written by same guy for Bahubali so Tubelight is relying on Kabirs writing and Salman’s acting. The mix is already not showing a good connection. Right now the cinematography is a plus & possibly the Chinese factor being an unknown could pay off.
I can be wrong. Happily pleased if quality is close to Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
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May 9, 2017 at 12:15 PM
In simple words – the main story is same as Little Boy where the boy searches for his father during the war. Here Salman searches for his brother – Sohail – during the war. So, is there any possibility for the audience connect Salman searching Sohail?? That too in comparison with the dumb&deaf girl in BB? No chance I would say!
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May 9, 2017 at 2:39 PM
Is the Chinese actress in tube light a big actress in china? If yes then it’s best market might be china…in India it looks like more like a 150cr – 200 cr movie to me and that too because salman will give it a opening…
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May 9, 2017 at 12:18 PM
“It will probably not get to 500 CR in Hindi belt, that’s tough. All India will certainly be north of 900 CR at this rate”
450 is ON for now. My guess it will wrap near 470 crs and all India around 950+ and just under 1000.
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May 9, 2017 at 4:57 PM
Salman is on good run here. And BB and Sultan have further cemented his stardom and movie choices as well. Aamir may be out of reach but I cannot see a Salman’s movie doing only 150-200crrs right now. That too with tag of director of BB. Solo release and EID and all. At worst it will do 250crrs
Salman fans are really not happy at the moment. First Aamir and then suddenly Baahubali 2.
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May 9, 2017 at 2:30 AM
Dangal Monday Collections in China: Targets India collections!
http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/dangal-monday-collections-china-targets-india-collections/
Dangal tops Highest Worldwide Grossers: Aamir dominates globally
http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/dangal-tops-highest-worldwide-grossers-aamir-dominates-globally/
Dangal unstoppable in Taiwan
http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/dangal-unstoppable-taiwan/
Dangal is carnage in Taipei alone. The 7th Saturday collections of Dangal is more than the 1st Saturday collections of the film and the 7th Sunday is almost as much as the 1st Sunday.
You’ve got an elephant in Bahubali 2 and a lion in Dangal protecting Indian box office collections globally. The China collections reaching total net collections of India just shows how far ahead China is in # of cinemas and Aamir’s pure domination in the market.
Is the ‘tiger’ capable?
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May 9, 2017 at 2:38 AM
Neither capable nor competent.
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May 9, 2017 at 6:22 AM
“Is the ‘tiger’ capable?”
LOL! Speaking of which where is the Tiger’s favorite fan? Haven’t seen him for a while.
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May 9, 2017 at 12:07 PM
“Is the ‘tiger’ capable?”
Many reasons against it. Firstly Tubelight looks like to underperform. Katrina is past her prime and not at her level as part 1. Hirani’s Dutt can release same day and ruin the records and I don’t see Salman’s movies as trending types to cover up the loss of half screens easily.
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May 9, 2017 at 2:36 AM
Boi blamed DCH for killing bollywood. I feel Baahubali franchise will kill bollywood in a big way in the short term atleast. Even Tubelight may have to operate under this big banyan tree. The 100 crore films will shrink and other small films will bite the dust.
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May 9, 2017 at 2:45 AM
Bolywood would invest in big budget films but may get small returns. Already there are fights for screens and festival openings. All this will result in more wars and less revenue.
There is a saying that the jackal tried to get stripes watching the tiger and got burnt in the process.
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May 9, 2017 at 2:47 AM
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May 9, 2017 at 2:51 AM
http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-movies/music-reviews/half-girlfriend-music-review-
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May 9, 2017 at 2:56 AM
Bollywood’s perception of thieves and portrayal of robbery has always been interesting to witness. And now with Bank Chor, it is giving us a comedy experience keeping the premise similar to what we have seen before. The trailer of the film, which stars Riteish Deshmukh, is out and reminds us of classic comedies and the Tom and Jerry chase sequences, taking us totally on a laughter ride. Well, you can trust Riteish when it comes to comedy.
Riteish’s character Champak is a blend of Charlie Chaplin and Asrani, who have aced comedy in their own way. Champak is a thief who believes in vaastu shastra and offers prayers to his weapons before he goes out to rob. By the way, he cannot shoot. When he plans robbery of the lifetime, it takes a U-turn and puts him in a difficult situation. While he always has been able to sneak out with money, this time he is stuck with Amjad Khan, not Sholay’s Gabbar but a policeman portrayed by Vivek Oberoi. The dialogues are quirky and full on entertaining. You will hear mentions of Aamir Khan, Deepak Tijori and Arvind Kejriwal too.
Oh, expect some rap too as the film also has Baba Sehgal in a cameo role. Directed by debutant director Bumpy under the production of Aditya Chopra, Ashish Patel, Rajat Kanti Sarkar and Aashish Singh, the film is scheduled for June 16 release. Y Films’ Bank Chor is a much delayed project, which was scheduled for an early 2015 release but is finally coming to theatres on 2017.
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May 9, 2017 at 3:31 AM
Bahubali 2 All India Update – More Benchmarks Broken
Tuesday 09 May 2017 12.30 IST
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Bahubali – The Conclusion in just eleven days has passed the 700 crore nett barrier in India. The film is crossing benchmarks at a lightning pace and its hard to say where this is going to stop.
The Hindi version is easily collecting more than regional versions of the film. The NETT and GROSS of the Hindi version was always going to be higher than the regional versions after the first week figures. Now the Hindi version may even get close in terms of distributor share. Basically the performance of the Hindi version is going to the best. Even better than the original Telugu version.
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May 9, 2017 at 3:43 AM
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May 9, 2017 at 3:45 AM
Quite pleased with the way AkshayKumar is balancing his national duties and stardom. He is developing lots of fans here.
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May 9, 2017 at 4:29 AM
In India or Canada?
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May 9, 2017 at 9:07 AM
Jal gaya phir se 😛
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May 9, 2017 at 9:40 AM
Yes please give me some of what you are smoking to get me on the right track 🤔🤔🤔
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May 9, 2017 at 10:58 AM
Rustom for Oscar also? 😉
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May 9, 2017 at 3:53 AM
I also this Akki is doing a master stroke in involving the government at the highest level and attaching TEPK with Swachch Bharat project.
If played rightly this may become a perfect independence day release and could create buzz which would be bonus as the movie is an assured Hit even without it.
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May 9, 2017 at 4:00 AM
yes and Akki will have the first 500 cr film 😉 just kidding – 150-200 cr maybe on though…..
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May 9, 2017 at 12:30 PM
120 is max for TEPK.
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May 9, 2017 at 2:15 PM
I will be pleasantly surprised if it gets anything above 90cr.
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May 9, 2017 at 4:10 AM
http://chinafilminsider.com/china-box-office-guardians-2-wins-weekend-handily-indias-dangal-rise/
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May 9, 2017 at 4:18 AM
http://images.indianexpress.com/2017/05/prabhas-20.jpg?w=438?w=384
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May 9, 2017 at 4:24 AM
The unit of ‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’ may be celebrating the film’s stupendous run at the box office, but one of the leading ladies, Tamannaah Bhatia, is far from happy. She is apparently disappointed over several of her scenes being chopped.
Tamannaah plays the character of Avantika in the epic drama. It is said the makers deleted several portions that were low on CGI effects. Since most of them involved Tamannaah, they had to be snipped. Being part of a magnum opus that is rewriting BO history is a big reason to feel proud, Tamannaah says.
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May 9, 2017 at 2:20 PM
Man I really like Tamanna and felt she looked ethereal in Baahubali 1.
Her track in second part would have made this awesome movie sink to a lower level. Rangan did mention that any other director would have definitely showed a song with Tamanna. It’s takes a gutsy director to avoid it.
Don’t think Tamanna would mind it. But yes her career would have flies higher if she had got a bigger role.
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May 9, 2017 at 11:57 PM
Totally baseless media created rift. The whole part 2 is flashback sequence where Tamannah wasn’t even born. It comes to present version and there is climax fight. Where could they possibly fit Tamannah or give her song or more footage?
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May 10, 2017 at 8:02 AM
Tamannah and Anushka both were given meaty roles in BB and BB2 respectivelya and both looked stunning….both were paid 5 cr (total for both parts) and director did justice to both
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May 9, 2017 at 6:22 AM
1100+ WW Gross and counting
https://i1.wp.com/www.bollyarena.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/C_WqFacVoAAuQ0Q.jpg?resize=696%2C266&ssl=1
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May 9, 2017 at 9:09 AM
Paresh Rawal’s Atithii Iin London renamed as Guest Iin London
ByBollywood Hungama News Network
May 9, 2017 – 10:30 am IST
Paresh Rawal’s Atithii Iin London renamed as Guest Iin London
The legendary Shakespeare once asked, “What’s in a name”. Well, if you are the makers of Atithii Iin London, which starred the legendary Paresh Rawal and Kartik Aaryan in the lead roles, then, the name really means everything. While on one hand, the film is making brisk progress, on the other hand, its makers felt something amiss about the title and hence, renamed it as Guest Iin London.
The film’s director Ashwni Dhir, alongwith Panorama Studios & Kiaan Entertainment Ltd. (UK) felt that Guest Iin London is more appropriate for the film and is totally in sync with the film’s narrative. The second reason for them to change the film’s title was that, many thought that this film was a sequel to the 2010’s Ajay Devgn-Konkona Sen starrer Atithi Tum Kab Jaaoge?, which was not the case. The third aspect for the change in title was because Panorama Studios were in discussion with Warner Bros. Pictures to make the sequel of Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge. And, Warner Bros. Pictures, who own the rights of Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge and its sequel, were keen to make the film once they had the perfect story to follow Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge.
Besides Paresh Rawal and Kartik Aaryan, Guest Iin London also stars Kriti Kharbanda, Tanvi Azmi and Sanjay Mishra. The film, which has been extensively shot in London & New York, will be releasing on June 16 this year.
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May 9, 2017 at 11:03 AM
Chinese national daily on Dangal & Aamir Khan http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1045892.shtml?utm_content=buffer20349&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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May 9, 2017 at 11:30 AM
China Tuesday Estimates $3.5M/$3.3M
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May 9, 2017 at 12:25 PM
I assume this is bigger than Monday. Seems difficult to predict total if screen % is widening. Those boycotts are looking pretty stupid now.
This can go big, really big!
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May 9, 2017 at 1:04 PM
wow another 10M and we have 200 cr in China! I think Jet Lee’s films wud have never done that mouch here…… KFY did massive business in China but in India – it was a washout….
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May 9, 2017 at 1:05 PM
Sorry Jackie Chan’s films above
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May 9, 2017 at 11:31 AM
Another 3M+ day in china,4th consecutive one.
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May 9, 2017 at 11:34 AM
In a day or 2 it wld beat GOTG2 in daily collns.Now this is something beyond this world.
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May 9, 2017 at 5:12 PM
True. Overtaking marvel’s movie in same week in China is unimaginable. But here we are.
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May 9, 2017 at 5:23 PM
Overseas collections alone of Dangal may out gross every Hindi film’s WW collections except PK.
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May 10, 2017 at 8:43 AM
It has overtaken GOTG2 today.HISTORIC.
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May 9, 2017 at 12:23 PM
Must say SSR has very interesting line up one after the another! Movie is based during 1971 and Robby Grewal is not a bad director.
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May 9, 2017 at 1:07 PM
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May 9, 2017 at 1:33 PM
So India went nuclear in India & China in space of two weeks!
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May 9, 2017 at 1:44 PM
Dangal: First India film to cross $50 million overseas, could cross $100 million
http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/dangal-first-india-film-cross-50-million-overseas-cross-100-million/
If I’m correct PK multiplier of 3 Idiots was around 4 times, Dangal could do same to PK here.
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May 9, 2017 at 6:36 PM
Watched Baahubali the conclusion & despite it being a weekday, the show had 90%+ occupancy in the scorching noon show at my end!! Looking at the audience’s reaction in my theatre, i’m 100% certain that Baahubali 2 is going past 500 Crores net in its Hindi version alone & even 550 might be possible as it has a repeat value for sure & trending is going to be very strong despite such a hurricane like opening. An inheritor to Sholay would be an apt term to define Baahubali’s phenomenon as it has broken all boundaries as Sholay did in its time!! Pen down my thoughts on the movie later.
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May 9, 2017 at 7:09 PM
Boi’s orgasmic commentary with regards to Shahrukh HNY in Germany & getting into auto-silent mode when reporting Dangal’s collections in China-
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May 9, 2017 at 11:59 PM
Overseas was only saving grace (Just overhyped) for SRK by BOI … now even that crown is gone, so BOI silence is understandable.
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May 10, 2017 at 2:16 AM
I’ve lived in Munich for 6 months and it’s dubious to say there is not a huge NRI community, obviously compared to UK, US, AUS & CAN it is smaller. But there are many big banks for a start. And there are plenty of Indians – it is NOT a huge German Caucasian population driving these numbers. Indians travel well and have huge secondments out of India into the West via IT, Genpact etc. Even small countries like Holland in cities like Amsterdam have sizeable Indian communities. The odd Caucasian will be a fan – it will be an inferior % to Indians. The German myth is as laudable as the Swiss or Austrian. I stayed in pub/restaurant in a strong Germanic region in a ski resort – and guess what it was owned by Indians! Heck even west Africa is full of Indians, many countries in Africa period. BOI portrays SRK as not only a global Indian superstar but a global superstar. As if little English villagers with no sign of Indians have a hunger for Indian films. They only like Indian food! That’s as Indian as they’ll be!
In any case barring UK, European market for Indian films is negligible – it’s nothing compared to Asian markets now. Even UK has been stagnant for many years. Years ago it had parity with US, now even UAE is ahead probably. China has blasted ahead IF Aamir’s success translates into further Indian films working there. But it has not happened (yet).
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May 10, 2017 at 7:44 AM
Yes Jay as their dubious & propagandic commentary to exalt their blue eyed boy Shahrukh is now fully exposed as can be seen by their reporting of Baahubali 2 & Dangal’s China performance, which is sans all the adjectives they used to pour over defining Shahrukh’s stardom as the dictionary had already been fully used/abused in fawning over the biggest star of this universe!! Shahrukh is left with little choice as his next release is in Dec. 2018 by then Akshay, Salman will have multiple releases & Aamir 1 & 1/2 movies released, which would leave Shahrukh at no. 4 in the best case scenario. Even Ranbir with Dutt biopic & Jagga Jasoos, if both turn out to be big hits, could be a threat to Shahrukh.
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May 10, 2017 at 12:36 AM
‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’ has taken the entire country by storm. The magnum opus, directed by SS Rajamouli, is setting new records with every passing day. While many Bollywood celebrities have lauded the film’s team for its phenomenal success, director Rohit Shetty too heaped praises on the movie at a recent event in Mumbai.
Talking about the film’s unparalleled success, Rohit said, “The success of ‘Baahubali 2’ is because of the script and direction, and not because of Prabhas’ popularity.”
The director also pointed out that the film’s team did not have to go into a promotional overdrive to make it a blockbuster. “As I said earlier, a lot of promotions are not needed for a film to mint more money at the box-office. We normally see actors promoting their films massively on reality shows, in shopping malls, colleges and many other places, which is not needed indeed. Look at ‘Baahubali 2’ and you will get the answer.”
Rohit also expressed his desire to work with ‘Baahubali 2’ lead Prabhas in future. He excitedly said, “I would love to work with Prabhas, of course! Actually, I would love to work with all the actors in the South.”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/-Rohit-Shetty-showers-praise-on-Baahubali-2-The-Conclusion/photostory/58604564.cms
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May 10, 2017 at 1:19 AM
Will Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar 3 & Yashraj Films’ Meri Pyaari Bindu survive the Baahubali avalanche?
BySubhash K. Jha
May 10, 2017 – 10:40 am IST
Will Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar 3 & Yashraj Films’ Meri Pyaari Bindu survive the Baahubali avalanche
Would Ram Gopal Varma and Parineeti Chopra be able to make that comeback that they were hoping to this week? Ram Gopal Varma hasn’t had a hit since Sarkar Raj in 2008. He is looking at the third Sarkar film as his comeback ticket into Bollywood. However theatre chains are not likely to welcome Varma’s successful franchise as enthusiastically as expected.
A representative of a leading multiplex chain from Mumbai says, “Sarkar 3 would have got much better screen space without the Baahubali factor. Right now, we are not inclined to remove Baahubali from any shows.”
Apparently Yash Raj films cut a deal with the multiplex chains for a decent number of screens to be given to their Friday release Meri Pyari Bindu. “Yash Raj had foreseen the roadblock posed for new releases by the Baahubali juggernaut. They therefore reserved their screens from long before the release of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion which the multiplex theatres would now have to allot, regardless of the Baahubali craze. So if any other film gets any space this week it’s Meri Pyaari Bindu,” says an informed trade source
Plus there is the big Hollywood franchise Alien: Covenant, the latest in Ridley Scott’s Alien series, being released by Fox-Star which gets a scattering of theatres as it is being dubbed in Hindi Tamil and Telugu. So trade pundits feel Sarkar 3 is likely to be the fourth choice of moviegoers’ this week after Baahubali 2, Alien: Covenant and Meri Pyaari Bindu.
Says trade analyst Atul Mohan, “The way Bahubali mania has gripped the nation I think in the third week also it would be the first choice of multiplexes owners .They would rather give Baahubali preference than this week’s new releases. It’s better to place bets on a horse which is winning the race than on dark horse because you never how dark the untried horse is. Moreover the multiplex chains will benefit more from Baahubali if they continue it in the third week as their share percentage increases.”
– See more at: http://www.bollywoodhungama.com
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May 10, 2017 at 1:29 AM
I knew this coming, so Sarkar-3 will not even get proper release …. either makers have to take instant decision to postpone the release , or get ready for biggest disaster ever … with screen count as low as 400-500 , I don’t see its lifetime collections touching even double digit.
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May 10, 2017 at 1:46 AM
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May 10, 2017 at 2:47 PM
Sachin ABD is another coming up movie without any hype even though SRT is the biggest cricketing icon. Dhoni was smart to produce a movie on himself and choosing perfect director & actor whereas Sachin is also producing himself but making a half docu-half real and chose and unknown to India – James Erskine as director. Not sure what this will end up doing in cinemas.
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May 10, 2017 at 1:53 AM
Swach Bharat? Producers asked to clean out abuses against women
BySubhash K. Jha
May 10, 2017 – 10:31 am IST
Swach Bharat Producers asked to clean out abuses against women1
Want your film to be seen by viewers of all ages? Then keep the audio clean. And don’t even think of abusing women. Not even a ‘Saali’ is allowed. It is reliably learnt the Censor Board Of Film Certification (CBFC)has been instructed by the Ministry Of Information & Broadcasting to get rid of all signs of verbal and physical violence against women even if it is a film about domestic violence.
Says a source from the CBFC, “Not a slap will be allowed even if it’s a film about domestic violence. You can show the women with a black eye or a swollen cheek. But you can’t show how she got it.”
“Saali” might be an acceptable term in conversations in many parts of the country. However the producers of Saket Chowdhary’s Hindi Medium were told to knock it off if they wanted a ‘U’ certificate.
Reveals a source from the censor board, “Hindi Medium is a message-oriented film. It tells us how difficult parents find it to enrol their children in good schools. We wanted both parents and kids to watch the film. But there were some abuses hurled at women. We asked them to go before granting the film a ‘U’ certificate.”
It is learnt that Hindi Medium was asked to knock off ‘Kutiya’, ‘Haraamzaadi’ and ‘Saali’. Says Pahlaj Nihalani, “We’ve zero tolerance for verbal or physical violence against women. The terms that you are referring to won’t be allowed against women even if the film is certified by us as ‘Adults Only’.”
– See more at: http://www.bollywoodhungama.com
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May 10, 2017 at 2:13 AM
Bahubali 2 (Hindi) Is Rock Steady On Second Tuesday
Wednesday 10 May 2017 11.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion (Hindi) had another superb hold on its second Tuesday. The film is just not showing any signs of slowing and till date still remains over 15 crore nett despite being on day eleven. The film grossed a huge 15.50 crore nett on its second Tuesday to take its second week total to 112 crore nett.
The film in Hindi has crossed the Dangal Hindi distributor share in just 11 days to become to have the highest distributor share ever for a Hindi film of 184-185 crore apprx. This film is just not stopping and could go anywhere. As far as single screens go this film has no real competition till Tubelight. It may actually maange a 7-8 week run at some single screens which is unheard of today. The collections of Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion in Hindi till date are as follows.
Week One – 2,45,00,00,000 apprx
Friday – 20,00,00,000 apprx
Saturday – 26,50,00,000 apprx
Sunday – 33,50,00,000 apprx
Monday – 16,50,00,000 apprx
Tuesday – 15,50,00,000 apprx
Second Week – 112,00,00,000 (5 Days) apprx
Grand Total – 3,57,00,00,000
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May 10, 2017 at 2:33 AM
Dangal record will go on Friday – I mentioned 14th day before but realise now that is Thursday, either way 400 CR is coming Friday or Saturday and it seems the steam train has a lot of fuel still left! No other Hindi film behaves like this where 2nd week drop is approx 40% except a few. This is the only way records are broken.
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May 10, 2017 at 2:33 AM
500 crs will surely happen….No Doubt…After second Tuesday Dangal did about 100 crs…This is running 50% ahead on a daily basis…Dangal was 10 and this is 15 on second Tuesday….So expect this to add 150 crs more….at the very least….
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May 10, 2017 at 2:58 AM
Rajamouli – Aamir combo if happens or that Mahabharat film where Aamir-Rajni-Mohanlal come together or a multilingual thriller like Sarfarosh 2 made with Shankar or Rajamouli as director can break 500 cr – TOH also has a chance…..
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May 10, 2017 at 3:10 AM
Well, Rajamouli did it without well known stars depending on his ingenuity and special effects. Stars add to costs which can be used for super special effects and good marketing roping in someone like Kjo.
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May 10, 2017 at 3:17 AM
Then we will need 1000 CR to breakeven 😛
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May 10, 2017 at 3:18 AM
Rajamouli is supposedly doing a multilingual fantasy adventure next. Would be great if he teams up with Aamir.
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May 10, 2017 at 4:33 AM
There is more fun when a movie becomes super successful without superstars like Baahubali. I hope Rajamouli would not take any superstar in his next.
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May 10, 2017 at 3:13 AM
Such hold on 2nd tuesday is extraordinary to say the least! This will definitely go over 450 cr, but 500 cr may still be tough to crack. But with this kind of trending, one never knows.
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May 10, 2017 at 3:15 AM
Waiting for 2.0 promo to come. Its almost like rest of the movies doesnt matter now if BO is the only criteria.
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May 10, 2017 at 3:33 AM
Let us see whether 2.0 can pose a challenge to Baahubli 2. They have got sufficient time to make it bigger and better. They should have made Rajni villain and akshay hero to win north Indian audience. South will accept Rajni in any role.
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May 10, 2017 at 4:29 AM
2.0 is not in the same strata as Bahubali….This is a Tamil movie with limited reach in Telugu markets. The reverse opens a bigger scope of BO..More importantly Hindi markets cannot hope to match Bahubali 1 forget Bahubali 2….Sankars movie are all gloss and VFX these days with limited emotions…Even if he makes a movie as good as 1.0, it will still struggle to beat Dangal forget Bahubali…
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May 10, 2017 at 5:11 AM
I can’t see it. Logically Robot 1.0 barely did much in Hindi but Bahubali did. The latter was huge on TV. It’s a big project but strikes me as an opener than a trendsetter. It might be the best bet in the next 12 months but hardly going to get the buzz associated with BB2. BB2 proves a star is not essential for a big film, neither an entourage of TV shows, marketing, media etc.
Logically to BB2 is 4 times BB1. Akshay adds something but less than 150 CR in Hindi it’s pointless talking about it.
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May 10, 2017 at 4:40 AM
Agree with Krish. None of the current movie can be predicted to have the might of Baahubali 2. Even a week before its release Baahubali 2 also was not looking remotely close to what it has done now. These things cannot be predicted.
However if there is one movie in which I can bet on it is 2.0
A robot today with Alshay Kumar in Chittis role would do really well.
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May 10, 2017 at 4:31 AM
Hero or villain doesn’t matter in movies like this.
Even in Enthiran/Robot, the character of Chitti the villain became more popular. Of course that was played by Rajini himself but if one has to chose their favourite, Chitti wins hand down.
Even in 2.0, Akshay role is quite extraordinary and is said to have more emotional connect.
Moreover in any two hero project, Akshay has always outshone the other actor in Bollywood and here he is playing a negative character which is does very very well. So am sure he will match it up acting wise to Rajini.
But frankly if any movie has to compete with Baahubali it has to be beyond stars and their fans. 2.0 seems to be the only project at the moment which is ambitious and attempts to catch up.
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May 10, 2017 at 5:11 AM
But therein lies the problem…If Akshay over shadows Rajni, then they lose 250 crs in South markets.
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May 10, 2017 at 5:33 AM
It’s a silly situation. The film is political and geographical in this sense. Rajnis fans will be upset if he is getting short changed (unlikely), Akshay fans are happy as it’s an easy route into 200 CR or 300 CR club without doing much at all India level (they’ll claim X, Y & Z was because of Akshay). Yet if Akshay gets parity you end up in no man’s land. These twin north and south hero films end up exposing more division than doing opposite.
Heck even SRK’s easy route to 300 CR looks improbable now. LOL!
These boys chasing easy routes or shortcuts to glory won’t learn.
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May 10, 2017 at 10:51 PM
No such parity issues are going to happen.
And Jayshah this will be no easy 300 cr for Akshay. He is winning hearts movies after movies and so will he for 2.0
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May 10, 2017 at 3:22 AM
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/overdrive-female-centric-films-can-ever-make-grade/
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May 10, 2017 at 4:34 AM
There is a strong rumour that Rajamouli will cast his next after watching 2.0
Now whether it’s good news for Rajnikant or Akshay Kumar has to be seen.
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May 10, 2017 at 4:58 AM
http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/ranveer-singh-vs-prabhas-rajamoulis-next/
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May 10, 2017 at 4:59 AM
http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/is-katrina-kaif-a-part-of-aamir-khans-thugs-of-hindostan/
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May 10, 2017 at 5:12 AM
Kat has more than 9 lives. How can she be added, garbage news I hope!
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May 10, 2017 at 5:02 AM
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May 10, 2017 at 5:56 AM
https://www.bollyarena.net/kangana-ranaut-announces-she-will-only-act-in-films-that-shes-directing/
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May 10, 2017 at 6:05 AM
LOL, with the bridges she burns can she even put a cast together?
Or will her films be Kangana, Kangana the bad ass, Kangana I’ve gone nuts, Kangana’s comeback, Kangana F the world, Kangana & Hrithik in my dreams, Kangana KJo trilogy…the opportunities are endless.
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May 10, 2017 at 6:00 AM
At an event, the ‘Rangoon’ actress recalled the time she worked with Prabhas in the 2009 film ‘Ek Niranjan’. Remembering their unpleasant days on the sets, Kangana said that at that point, they used to fight a lot and that there was even a time when the two had a really intense argument and stopped talking to each other altogether. However, she went on to add that after watching ‘Baahubali’, she felt really proud of him.
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May 10, 2017 at 6:13 AM
One more fight with Prabhas of all the people! At that time he was a nobody in bollywood and imagine the situation or nightmare he must have underwent!
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May 10, 2017 at 6:23 AM
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May 10, 2017 at 6:39 AM
http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/sharib-hashmis-phullu-similar-akshay-kumars-padman-check-poster/
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May 10, 2017 at 8:35 AM
Dangal looks all set to create history today by beating GOTG2.dangal is leading by a margin now.Dangal wld be at no.1 on chinese BO.3.7-3.8m$ today.LT can go anywhere, sky is the limit.even 100M$ in china is not ruled out.
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May 10, 2017 at 8:52 AM
5th consecutive day of 3M$+.Beyond words.Total after today wld be close to 23M$ in china after 6 days.Week1 wld be close to 27M$.
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May 10, 2017 at 9:44 AM
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 vs Dangal in China
http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/guardians-galaxy-vol-2-vs-dangal-china/
It’s easily going to do $70MM at this rate. And yes $100MM is possible. PK had a 5 week run in China minimum according to boxofficemojo. Applying PKs trend Dangal hits $100MM by 5 weeks assuming W1 is $27MM.
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May 10, 2017 at 2:36 PM
incredible… simply stunning.. hard to make a case for anyone being even with Aamir at the moment.. you look at the overall numbers in India and worldwide.. there’s nothing even close. For a while I was willing to put Salman up there, or at least willing to entertain the debate, but post-Dangal there’s a massive gap once more.
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May 10, 2017 at 5:37 PM
The Most ironical thing would be when the Chinese collection will overtake India’s 380 cr (Hindi) nett 🙂
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May 10, 2017 at 5:39 PM
which also means that all susequent aamir – films should be / will be dubbed in Chinese and will have a simultaneous release in China / Taiwan.
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May 10, 2017 at 6:33 PM
Looks like Kiran Rao and Aamir has finally found the perfect country to move and settle! 😀
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May 10, 2017 at 11:02 PM
Why it is that some people have to reply in negative to a particular star? Why it’s so difficult to praise a good film of a rival actor. I have seen some pseudo intellectuals try to vent out their frustration in the facade of sarcasm.
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May 11, 2017 at 3:01 AM
I totally agree with Raj.
But see what the likes of Aamirsfan, myselfaamir, Jayshah, Satyam, etc have done.
Even someone who likes Aamir is not praising him in this forum barring hard core Aamir fans. Why this has happenned?
Something the gang has to contemplate and improve upon. To begin with stop the agenda business.
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May 10, 2017 at 10:02 AM
Today’s nos are not correct its already ahead of GOG2 , real time update here https://piaofang.maoyan.com/dashboard
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May 10, 2017 at 10:08 AM
Real time collections, a distant dream for India.
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May 10, 2017 at 11:05 AM
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/862320671665209344
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May 10, 2017 at 12:31 PM
HISTORY.DANGAL AT NO.1 ON CHINESE BOXOFFICE.
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May 10, 2017 at 3:40 PM
what if Dangal had been a solo release? dangal is going to gross $100 million for sure and 1000 cr WW total
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May 11, 2017 at 9:38 AM
1000cr wld be done by this sunday itself,i think it wld atleast do 1300crWW.First ATG which wld do more biz in overseas than in india.
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May 10, 2017 at 6:36 PM
3 part Ramayana announced at 500 crores!!
After the success of epic drama “Baahubali 2”, three filmmakers have come together to make “Ramayana” as a three-part live action film with a budget of Rs 500 crore.
A source in the know of developments told IANS: “‘Ramayana’ is being helmed as one of the most ambitious projects of India with a budget of Rs 500 crore. The film will bring to life the rich storytelling culture of our country and for the same, the film team is in conversation with a renowned Indian director who will bring this larger than life scripture to the universal audience.”
Three producers — Allu Aravind, Namit Malhotra and Madhu Mantena — have joined hands to make this project come alive. It will be shot in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, said a statement.
The makers are looking forward to deliver a “spectacular extravaganza”.
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May 10, 2017 at 6:38 PM
SS Rajamouli will make lot of producers go bankrupt now. With sudden announcement of movies like 1000 cr Mahabharat, 500 cr Ramayan, future awaits lot of huge box office disasters. Not specifically these two but other announcements.
Btw, brings me RGV’s 340 cr Nuclear, don’t know what happened to it! 🙂
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May 10, 2017 at 11:05 PM
but each of such project will take 3 to 5 yrs in making so not much effect to average producers. Also these are huge risk projects.
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May 11, 2017 at 1:47 AM
Glad that relevant and India focussed movie is being made now.
Jai Mahishmati !!!
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May 10, 2017 at 11:07 PM
just not looking forward to Rajni-Akki starrer film – never liked Robot in the first place – i think its time Rajni hangs boot or does some character-oriented roles…..he is stretching it too far now as a hero romancing young heroines etc.
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May 11, 2017 at 1:53 AM
Twinkle Khanna destroys troll who badmouths her, Akshay Kumar and PM Narendra Modi
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/twinkle-khanna-akshay-kumar-narendra-modi-india-explained/1/950446.html
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May 10, 2017 at 11:51 PM
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May 11, 2017 at 12:03 AM
http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/telugu/baahubali-2-prabhas-ss-rajamouli-among-highest-paid-money-cast-remuneration-4649489/
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May 11, 2017 at 2:01 AM
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/wow-radhika-apte-star-saif-ali-khans-next-film-baazaar/
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May 11, 2017 at 2:04 AM
Rajinikanth’s 2.0 is Shankar’s baby all the way, says writer of the highly awaited film
http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/rajinikanths-2-0-is-shankars-baby-all-the-way-says-writer-of-the-highly-awaited-film-3427330.html
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May 11, 2017 at 2:08 AM
The best thing about this magnum opus is that it was planned like thins even before Baahubali 2.0 broke all records unlike Thugs or Padmavati whole canvas is increased (likely to be at their own peril) post Baahubalo 2.0 success.
You dont make Baahubali 2.0 by making scenes look ricker. You need directors like Rajamouli. If any other director that comes close to him in carrying a huge film on his shoulders, then he is Shankar. The guy has done it and seen it before as well.
I am also glad to inform all that Shankar’s next is like to have Akshay Kumar, Vijay and Vikram in his next blockbuster.
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May 11, 2017 at 2:11 AM
With corrections (pls remove above comment)
The best thing about this magnum opus is that it was planned to be BIG even before Baahubali 2.0 broke all records unlike Thugs or Padmavati whose canvas is dramatically increased (likely to be at their own peril) post Baahubalo 2.0 success.
You don’t make Baahubali2 by making scenes look richer. You need directors like Rajamouli. If any other director that comes close to him in carrying a huge film on his shoulders, then he is Shankar. The guy has done it and seen it before as well.
I am also glad to inform all that Shankar’s next is like to have Akshay Kumar, Vijay and Vikram in his next blockbuster.
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May 11, 2017 at 2:35 AM
Would give you benefit of doubt despite the announcement of the delay in Robot 2 and pretty sure a delay is not free!
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May 11, 2017 at 2:54 AM
Noble causes should no be doubted.
2.0 will be showcased as Made in India product on the request of Government of India. So the movie is definitely much larger and bigger in its intent than any other current and future movie announced barring TEPK, whose intent is extraordinary.
Golden Age of Indian movies are returning and Akshay Kumar stars in few of those.
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May 11, 2017 at 2:06 AM
The action-thriller, co-written and directed by Siva, features Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi who is making his Tamil debut. He will be seen stepping into the role of the villain. The film also stars Kajal Aggarwal and Akshara Haasan, as leads.
Vivek shot for daredevil action sequences at Belgrade Air Force base in Serbia and is excited after sharing the screen space alongside South superstar Ajith Kumar in Vivegam. This is not the first time Vivek is taking up the role of an antagonist, he was earlier seen showing off his grey side in a big budget film like Krrish 3.
Made at a mega budget of Rs 120 crores, Vivegam features high-octane action sequences choreographed by world renowned action director and crew who have also worked on several Hollywood blockbusters. Last month, the film’s shoot also took place in Bulgaria. A source had earlier informed IANS, “The team had originally planned to complete Bulgaria portion in November last year. However, due to some unknown reasons, they had to return without completing what was planned.”
Vivegam is the third collaboration between Ajith and director Siva. Siva and Ajith Kumar have earlier worked on the blockbusters Veeram and Vedhalam.
Featuring music by Anirudh Ravichander and cinematography by Vetri, Vivegam is scheduled to release in the Independence Day week this year.
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May 11, 2017 at 2:56 AM
This will open HUUUGE !!!
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May 11, 2017 at 3:03 AM
http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/deepika-katrina-most-voted-actresses-for-srks-dwarf-film/
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May 11, 2017 at 3:04 AM
Quite a brilliant BO result of Dangal in China. This is a pround moment for Aamir Khan and also for Hindi film industry.
But see what the likes of Aamirsfan, myselfaamir, Jayshah, Satyam, etc have done.
Even someone who likes Aamir is not praising him in this forum barring hard core Aamir fans. Why this has happenned?
Something the gang has to contemplate and improve upon. To begin with stop the agenda business, deriding other stars and attacking other stars fans.
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May 11, 2017 at 3:11 AM
Compare this with the delight and happiness everyone is showing for Baahubali 2. For that matter even for Jolly LLB2 which is a 100+ cr netter, had more people feeling happy for Akshay Kumar here than for Dangal in China.
Just trying to bring forth few facts. Mirror Mirror on the wall….
Just goes on to show why a fan’s behavior is very important.
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May 11, 2017 at 3:20 AM
I don’t think anyone dislikes Akki here….we all love him…but ur efforts to put him in the league of Aamir and Sallu are hilarious from the point of view of BO. Akki is a sincere actor and quite likable also and he has a niche place at the BO where his films are profitable and hit. But to portrait him as a superstar is bit too much.
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May 11, 2017 at 3:31 AM
Again – your reply paint me as Akshay Kumar fan. why?
“but ur efforts to put him in the league of Aamir and Sallu are hilarious ”
sorry, i don’t compare stars except in my star rankings. Ofcourse i get replies which distorts my comments to show as if i am intending to do what you suggested.
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May 11, 2017 at 3:32 AM
and see instead of thinking, you again attacked me and asked me to clarify.
Boy – learn to listen.
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May 11, 2017 at 3:57 AM
i attacked u? Ha ha…..u need to go back to basic of English language…..anything which doesn’t resonate with your thinking is not an attack on u!!!
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May 11, 2017 at 4:23 AM
U still did not understand what i said in first place.
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May 11, 2017 at 3:07 AM
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May 11, 2017 at 3:14 AM
Dangal Chases 1000 Crore But…
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Dangal is chasing the 1000 crore mark now with its business in China which should gross at least 300 crore to take it to the 1000 crore mark in all languages. This is a huge number but the problem is that Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion is making everything around it look small at the moment. Any other time Dangal regesering 1000 crore Worldwide would be seen as a mega achivement but its come in the Bahubali 2 wave which had surpassed 1000 crore in ten days. The business of Dangal and Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion till date end of business 10th May) in all languages is as follows.
Dangal – 866 crore (China going strong and should comfortable cross 1000 crore and maybe go to 1100 crore)
Bahubali 2 The Conclusion – 1179 crore ( Strong run in India and Overseas also holding well though not as well as India. Will cross 1400 crore for sure and maybe go up to 1500 crore)
The more interesting battle will in the Hindi version where eventually Bahubali 2 is a dubbed film but could challenge the Dangal worldwide number just on its Hindi format. That would probably be the biggest achievement of Bahubali 2 if its get there as the Hindi contribution from Overseas is limited so it would mean its mainly all from India.
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May 11, 2017 at 3:33 AM
The other day they said Dangal would just do 900 cr now they are saying it will do 1000 cr but ? what kind of garbage reporting is this what does that mean
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May 11, 2017 at 9:34 AM
Just wait dangal cld even 1300cr WW.900cr they r making a laughing stock of themselves.
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May 11, 2017 at 9:37 AM
Just to add 1000cr is going to be done by this sunday.It wld be abt 915-920cr after adding today’s colln.1100cr wld be done easily by end of next week.(by next thursday).They r having no idea stupid idea.May be they haven’t add even taiwan collns.
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May 11, 2017 at 3:44 AM
I agree. BOI is wrong in comparing Dangal with Baahubali 2 and then making Dangal’s achievement look smaller.
But this is the same with everyone here. They want to make other films look smaller. Rememeber the narrative of Jayshah and Satyam who makes fun of Tubelight now because it is not looking big enough when compared to Dangal.
So fo an aamir fan these posts by BOI hurts. But they are not alone. 🙂
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May 11, 2017 at 5:23 AM
Please don’t mention me. BOI cracks me up. Dangal is the only film and PK saving Hindi cinema from further embarrassing comparisons. Anything one subscribes to as negative on Dangal vs. Bahubali 2, think first as indirectly the same dialogue (and worse) in fact can be applied to the whole Hindi industry! It’s like comparing Bradman to Tendulkar. Kicking Tendulkar – but hey it basically means there is nobody after Tendulkar LOL. Utter garbage. Enjoy both successes & ask more of the rest of Hindi cinema. Dangal’s a baby elephant to Bahubali 2’s big elephant – what animal would the rest of the film’s in Hindi cinema be?
I said last week that Dangal will bear the brunt of comparisons. This is a positive, one would rather be in the comparison or company than NOT.
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May 11, 2017 at 7:31 AM
Other thing to add is BOI has forgotten everything before SRK. As big as Bahubali is the utter ignorance of the history before and forgetting it is extraordinary. The site begins in 1994 LOL. The ultimate joke. Imagine ANY site that keeps a history of records forgetting to not upload ‘history’ that is much more critical.
Who’d discuss WW 2 without the fall out from WW 1. Who’d discuss ISIS, without reference to Iraq invasion. Forgetting your roots is utterly unforgivable.
It’s no conspiracy – IF SRK did a Dangal, we’d see the truth. Heck the Germany vs. China comparison says enough. There was no ‘but’ for Germany.
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May 11, 2017 at 6:47 AM
LOL… at all this!
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May 11, 2017 at 7:31 AM
BOI is not able to digest Dangal’s China numbers. Haha
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May 11, 2017 at 3:21 AM
The most anti aamir portal! Dangal has no special effects or a huge budget. Except the star himself.
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May 11, 2017 at 12:07 PM
They(BOI) are burning & their condition is going to be exacerbated more & more as Dangal would keep minting Crores in China & keep exposing their propaganda in terms of their risible & ludicrous commentary by trying to belittle Dangal’s spectacular success shows the level of desperation+frustration brought about by Dangal’s massive success in China 😉
On the other hand we have guys like Naveen trying their level best to cloak himself as neutral despite being an Akshay fanatic & attacking Aamir fans & admirers for displaying their pleasure in lauding Dangal’s China performance & going gaga over 125/30 grossers of Akshay and continuosly trying to portray Robot 2 as Akshay’s movie inspite of being fully aware of the fact that IT’S A RAJINIKANTH MOVIE & AKSHAY’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE EARNINGS OF THE MOVIE WOULD BE CONFINED TO HIS USUAL STANDARD RANGING FROM 130 CRORES TO MAXIMUM 150 CRORES, yet Naveen would give equal credit to Akshay for its mammoth boxoffice earnings feigning ignorance of Rajini’s phenomena & clout in down south!!
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May 11, 2017 at 1:41 PM
Well, you said it. Boi is ready to beat aamir with any stick even if it is BB2. Here they are not at all talking about high pricing which they always point when talking about PK or Dangal. It seems it is blasphemy to say those things now. And also 2 weeks free run. Hope this film destroys bollywood industry and make them cry.
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May 11, 2017 at 4:02 PM
If Dangal, even after grossing 1100+ Crores WW, is nothing special, where does it leave “Indian Megastar & universe’s biggest star’s highest grossers in comparison??”
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May 11, 2017 at 3:24 AM
See the difference in reporting.
Dangal 6th Day Box Office Collection in China
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Dangal 6th Day Box Office Collection in China: Aamir Khan’s Dangal is simply unstoppable in China. The film is witnessing growth on weekdays which indicates a phenomenal trending. The Wednesday collection is likely to come in the range of $3.91 million.
Dangal has beaten Hollywood biggie Guardians Of The Galaxy Volume 2 in China on Wednesday. It was a popular franchise in China and some thought that Dangal could not withstand against GOTGV2. However, Dangal has done the unthinkable.
Dangal total box office collection in China is $23.04 million after 6 days. $50 million looks on the cards in its lifetime run and even $60 million cannot be ruled out.
Day 1: 15.20 ($2.35m)
Day 2: 30.53 ($4.72m)
Day 3: 36.10 ($5.58m)
Day 4: 19.73 ($3.04m)
Day 5: 22.71 ($3.52m)
Day 6: 25.23 ($3.91m)
Total: 148.67 Cr ($23.04m)
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May 11, 2017 at 3:37 AM
All You Need To Know About This 500 Crore Budget Film ‘Ramayana’
Ramayana will be a three-part live action film, that will release in three languages – Hindi, Tamil and Telugu
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After the magnificent success of epic drama Baahubali 2, three filmmakers – Allu Aravind, Namit Malhotra and Madhu Mantena have come together to make Ramayana as a three-part live action film with a budget of Rs 500 crore. Ramayana is a story of divine Prince Rama and how he rescued his wife Sita from the demon King Ravana.
The filmmakers have been working on the final script since almost a year now. The film is also said to be released in 2D as well as 3D format.
A source in the know of developments told IANS: “‘Ramayana‘ is being helmed as one of the most ambitious projects of India with a budget of Rs 500 crore. The film will bring to life the rich storytelling culture of our country and for the same, the film team is in conversation with a renowned Indian director who will bring this larger than life scripture to the universal audience.”
Someone to beat Rajamouli at his own game?
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May 11, 2017 at 4:28 AM
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Baahubali 2 (Hindi) Collects Over 375 Crores (Nett) | 2nd Wednesday Box Office
Since there was a partial holiday of Buddha Purnima yesterday, the Wednesday collections are higher than Monday and Tuesday!
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May 11, 2017
Prabhas and Rana Dagubatti starrer Baahubali 2 (Hindi) continued to score huge on its 2nd Wednesday at the domestic market. Since there was a partial holiday of Buddha Purnima yesterday, the Wednesday collections are higher than Monday and Tuesday.
The magnum opus collected around 17* crores and now stands with a grand total of 375.35 crores.
Baahubali 2 : The Conclusion
Baahubali 2 (Hindi) Continues To Score Huge On Its 2nd Wednesday At The Box Office
Baahubali 2 (Hindi) will probably beat Dangal (387.39 crores) by today and will become the highest grosser of all time. The film is on its way to emerging as the 1st 400 crore club entrant in Hindi language.
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May 11, 2017 at 7:25 AM
Sad to see Dangal’s India record go. But then Baahubali is once in a a lifetime phenomenon. No shame in getting beaten by this one.
https://www.bollyarena.net/bahubali-2-13th-day-box-office-collection/
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May 11, 2017 at 7:26 AM
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May 11, 2017 at 4:32 AM
http://www.bombaytimes.com/celebs/media-and-guests-abandon-rahmans-event-to-cover-justin-biebers-arrival/articleshow/58606016.cms
Justin Bieber arrived in Mumbai last night at 1:30 am and the fans went absolutely crazy with his presence. The International music sensation is going to perform in India as a part of his ‘Purpose Tour’ for the first time ever.
However, it was a shocker when the media and the guests left an important event mid-way to cover Justin Bieber’s arrival in the bay.
As per a close source present there, half the press and the guests left the event where music maestro AR. Rahman was still performing. They clearly did not think that the performance of the Oscar-winning music composer was important enough to sit through it till the end.
It was utterly disrespectful of the press and the guests to just walk away midway of the event which was so important for the Indian fans.
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May 11, 2017 at 9:29 AM
Today is again going to be close to 4M$ in china with no.1 rank.6th consecutive 3M$+ day.Week1 wld be abt 27M$+.Second week is expected to be between 25-30M$.Weekend alone shld be 15-17M$.Anything can happen in china now as trending is out of the world.There is even a chance of 100M$ in china alone.
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May 11, 2017 at 9:45 AM
So Baahubali crushed dangal record in 14 days flat, AMAZING…
I thought BB2 would be hit, making around 150 to 200 max but what it’s doing in hindi belt is pure magic.
The biggest benefactor of this will be Robot 2.0
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May 11, 2017 at 9:49 AM
You are right. It is more like a magic show than a film! And one more magic show is coming in January.
And how Robot 2.0 will be benefitted?
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May 11, 2017 at 10:28 AM
Doubt Robot will be helped too much. The original did just about 20 in Hindi whereas it was a blockbuster everywhere else. With Baahubali the Hindi has kept pace. Even the original did about 70-80 crores which was remarkable at the time (and did this with significant local competition). Now it could be that because of Baahubali Robot does much more than the first one. But I’d be surprised at anything more than 50 here, if that. Of course I’d love to be wrong here.
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May 11, 2017 at 10:43 AM
Baahubali 1 did 115-120 cr nett in Hindi with Bajrangi Bhaijaan releasing close to it. But the main advantage was the blockbuster run of the film in TV. It gained a following and interest in the franchise through satellite reruns.
I am not sure about the TRPs of Robo’s run in TV, but everyone around me has seen it in TV (though no one had seen it in theaters). And after Baahubali 2, the Hindi belt audience will be warmer towards movies from the south. Add the Akshay factor and we may have a significant grosser in our hands. It may not do 400-500 cr like BB2, but can easily do 200 cr or so.
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May 11, 2017 at 11:11 AM
Baahubali (first one) did more than I thought. On Robot as I said, I’d love to be wrong. Did forget about Akshay (of course one has to remember it’s him under those prosthetics!). I think 100 would be fantastic for Robot. Still it would involve quite a jump after the original’s performance.
On the South the Tamil industry has long been the best commercial one in India, which is to say that from the blockbuster kinds of films to middle cinema to more offbeat stuff they’ve easily produced the best work. Telugu barring exceptions is the kind of industry that produces all the masala films that Bollywood has remade (99% of the time) in the last decade or more. They have other stuff too but for the most part it’s too commercial an industry in the lowbrow sense of the term. Tamil has this too but the spectrum is much wider here. Both industries maximize their audience base (it should be added here that historically TN has the highest number of cinemas per capita, Andhra might not be too far behind.. this is because Dravidian politics understood the political promise of the medium.. even at its height the Bombay industry could never match it in this structural sense..), there is of course a lesson to be learnt here for Bombay filmmakers. Some of us have made this point since the 90s. The Yashraj-SRK major metro/multiplex hits were made possible by shrinking the audience base. Which is why the moment masala became viable again (even if in debased form) it ate up the competition. Or Aamir’s films in different genres did the same. Nonetheless I don’t see much hope for Bombay. On the one hand the South might increasingly start ‘invading’ Bombay and that would be a good thing in my view. But this, if at all it happens, will take time because the existing pool of Bombay talent is simply not connected to the Indian experience in a rooted sense. They’re essentially ‘boys from Bandra’. This is not true of Southern filmmakers and it wasn’t true of Bombay filmmakers once. Similarly Aamir understands many of these same features. You cannot make Baahubali without that life experience and/or rootedness. For years I used to argue here that the multiplex approach to cinema (‘it’s fun to watch but shouldn’t be taken too seriously’) was all wrong. The truth was exactly the opposite. The best masala (even masala comedies) had a cathartic component that had to be taken seriously. We see this with Ghajini (Hindi.. still the best contemporary masala performer in Hindi leaving Rajamouli’s current release) or Baahubali. Specially the latter. You have all the outlandishness of the genre on display here and also all the emotional highs and so forth (at some point though I’ll also offer a note on this where I’ll also be a bit of a naysayer as I was on the first one..). It’s essentially a thrilling experience because it has to be taken seriously. But to repeat the point I think there would need to be a major ‘sociological’ change in the club of Bombay filmmakers or they’d just have to import Southerners to direct their productions. The existing Bombay apparatus will only ever be capable of cloning Hollywood in plastic ways and it will never work.
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May 11, 2017 at 11:30 AM
There were films like GOW, Masaan that were quite rooted. Even Udta Punjab was rooted and I watched it on tv twice. For every 5 masala unrooted films, bollywood also had some rooted films like Mukti Bhavan which is on festival circuit.
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May 11, 2017 at 11:42 AM
Yes they were rooted but at the small-scale end and therefore for a niche audience (festival films, as you just pointed out). Most of the time they were also ‘rooted’ in ways that I consider problematic. As an example:
on GoW I wasn’t as big on it anyway but I also mention the ‘anthropological’ point here:
Put differently there’s a difference between showing the rooted and looking at it as an anthropologist. Bollywood does the latter almost everywhere in the last 15 years or so that more rooted films have been made.
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May 11, 2017 at 1:52 PM
I went through those links and it is a great pleasure to read such thoughtful comments from you. I have many scattered thoughts about why but they are too controversial to express them here.
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May 11, 2017 at 3:01 PM
Hey we love controversy here! Specially when people start questioning Salman’s fine acting (or driving) skills or when they start suggesting Aamir might be a top star or the top star (the latest example meant to fool us is Dangal) these are very controversial statements. The latest controversy is about Akshay’s film Robot. Some are trying to pass is off as a Tamil film starring Rajni when we all know Baahubali proves Akshay will be even bigger with Robot. So you should by all means indulge in controversy! Thanks for your comment..
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May 11, 2017 at 2:11 PM
Can’t disagree. It is a very odd feeling that Hindi cinema has more takers in China than even India for Dangal. I don’t blame Aamir at all, he’s done his best. There is something very deep here that a society quite similar too India’s is rejoicing in ways the Indian and diaspora has almost abandoned. Of course Dangal created records but at same time it’s obviously not reached India like Bahubali. Forget Dangal, the whole industry is being shown up for years of erosion. I find the China story and Bahubali 2 in Hindi story remarkable but disturbing. The trends are great but expose the industry massively.
Nothing really has been learnt. YRF films still sign a non actress supermodel for a role, SLB still throwing money around. The best way to describe Bollywood is it has become a tabloid and lost its broadsheet. News, Twitter, Facebook, media has replaced writing. Even the soundtracks in general are s#it. The South is now cycling and seems the backbone of writing. LOTR has been on TV for 15 years, no one in North had the imagination to imagine THAT world, instead they went Fast & Furious. Plastic for sure.
Not complete Doomsday – I do think stereotypically Indians make money and like to. So someone will take the bull by the neck. There are a few. Only takes one to create a revolution!
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May 11, 2017 at 2:36 PM
great comment, specially the second paragraph..
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May 11, 2017 at 2:31 PM
This is a great comment Satyam….But I do think the potential of the Telugu BO purely in terms of numbers they can put has steadily become more than the TN potential…You have more 100 crs grossers happening there these days than in TN. Telugu Cinema also tends to do better overseas than Tamil ones. But yes the TN cinema caters to a larger spectrum and off beat movies tend to do better there..
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May 11, 2017 at 2:45 PM
That box office difference on the gross can mostly be explained by the ceiling on ticket prices. Specially in multiplexes it makes a huge difference (incidentally a similar thing was introduced very recently in Karnataka). In TN it’s 120 or something, quite low, the one introduced in Karnataka is 200 though it has yet to take effect. Theater owners have complained in TN. The price has been capped at 120 for a decade or something which is ridiculous. A classic class of going overboard to address a problem. Some months ago people in the industry there were pursuing legal remedies but I don’t think anything has come out of it. Most people agree that the prices could be raised 30% or so. In any case there’s a huge difference between these ticket prices and those in Andhra (and now Telengana). Otherwise with TN having a bigger population that ought not to be the case.
Now where I think you nonetheless do have a bit of a point is that Telugu is hopelessly (!) commercial. Whether they’re doing masala or horror or comedy there is a certain lowest common denominator ethic at work. By and large. In Tamil there are those kinds of films but in some ways they’re not as important as they used to be. The bread and butter film tends to be a somewhat smaller one. Often more realistic, with smaller stars or newer ones (who often then become bigger stars). it’s a kind of marriage between commercial and middle cinema even when it isn’t entirely the latter. Yes there are still the big commercial films but the best talents are increasingly not making films in this bracket or haven’t for a while. No matter how well this cinema does it cannot quite show the returns of a big mass production.
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May 11, 2017 at 2:55 PM
Oh ya ofcourse, you are right….I forgot about the ceiling totally…That does explain the discrepancy….It is 120 in TN…
In Karnataka it is 200 and it has come to effect…It is 200 before tax so typically theatres are charging 260 here…I waited for it to take effect before seeing Bahubali last week…But then they have some intervention from HC today which said that the ceiling wont be in effect over weekends. SO it is pretty much of no use now…
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May 11, 2017 at 3:10 PM
If Dangal isn’t rooted , I don’t know what is. From 2016, both Udta Punjab and Dangal were examples of rooted commercial cinema.
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May 11, 2017 at 3:40 PM
yes Dangal was rooted.. didn’t mention it in this context at all.
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May 11, 2017 at 8:52 PM
Some of my controversial thoughts. Why hindi films are not that rooted? I feel that north India was under muslim rulers for many decades and that led to north Indians losing some of their roots while embracing many aspects from those ruled. Many film makers, expecially punjabis have a soft corner for this cross culture which is actually good for the diversity. Punjabi culture mixed with their fondness for everything out there plus nri influence resulted in this rootless wonder called bollywood. This fare is accepted from Delhi to mumbai and gujarat. While south India is relatively insulated and is able to stick to their roots in more ways resulting to more rooted fillms from their side. They did not accept even a rooted film like Dangal wholeheartedly. The exception being Bangalore which is more cosmopolitan. While Chennai Express did phenomenally there because of the theme in a srk film. I have seen many here drooling over urdu shairis but how many south Indians do that?
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May 11, 2017 at 9:15 PM
Given all the Southern Muslim rulers of India beginning with the Nizam it’s a surprise that the same didn’t happen here! Following your thesis. The idea that South India was insulated is frankly completely false. They know this better than anyone else having faced Vedic-Sanskritic colonization in very ancient times. Of course what one thinks of as North Indian culture is already informed by the Muslim conquests. Already an admixture which is a result of this cross-synthesis. I could extend this here but I won’t except in this more general sense. I don’t believe in cultures or civilizations at all. More precisely there are no ‘pure’ cultures or civilizations. these are just nationalist myths. There isn’t, cannot be a great culture that doesn’t borrow from others one way or the other. Sometimes great cultures come about because of cross-pollination, sometimes more direct conquests, and so on. But whatever the means there is simply no great culture, no great history possible without the ‘mix’. Now all cultures of course peddle these myths, all without exception, and all of them are false, also without exception. In the case of India first off it depends on what period one is looking at and/or what part of India. The so called ‘adivasis’ the original inhabitants of India call Hindus ‘diku’ (or outsider) in some of their North and central Indian languages. The Dravidians would agree! The Indo-European ‘Vedic’ invader is the original ‘Muslim’ of this story! But there are all kinds of other influences (the Indus culture, Greek influences etc.. the traffic also went the other way..) along the way as well and way before the Muslim ever shows up. Or let’s take it from the other side. The Tamil language, one of the great treasure troves of the world when it comes to ancient literature is already steeped in Sanskritic influences even then. You cannot find a ‘pure’ Tamil that doesn’t have these influences. Certainly all ‘great’ examples of Tamil culture already bear these traces. I could go on and on. And I could do the same for any other culture that has similar pretensions of purity. These are all self-serving myths and/or nationalist fantasies. Everywhere around the world. of course when you say these things you are likely to be lynched in many parts of the world. Including today India.
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May 11, 2017 at 9:26 PM
Well, I have to think about what you said. South had muslim rulers from Tipu suiltan to Nizam to Kerala. But it did not influence their languages the way they did to the north. Or south Indian hindus adopted veil, mehendi, shairis the way north Indians did. Or even liking for certain foods.
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May 11, 2017 at 10:20 PM
The first irony is that bollywood churns out hindi films from Maharashtra which has a great culture, great language. It did not shift its base even after all those hindi states came into existence. And those states where hindi is mostly spoken have no film industry worth their name while every south Indian language(not dialect) has their own film industry in their respective states. Perhaps this explains bollywood’s rootlessness in relation to its southern counterparts. They lost their roots willingly for greater glory and money.
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May 11, 2017 at 9:55 AM
aamir_khan @ DM FAV RT ? 4 mins ago
Finally we have our last thug….. Katrina ! Welcome aboard Kat 🙂
This is not good news , was already not happy about Victor directing it .
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May 11, 2017 at 9:57 AM
I dont have problem with Katrina or Victor.
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May 11, 2017 at 10:45 AM
No problem with Kat (she is making quite a return with 2 big films in TZH and TOH), but yes Victor is a problem.
I am liking the cast here.
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May 11, 2017 at 10:56 AM
If it’s on Jack Sparrow terrain, I prefer Keira Knightely.
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May 11, 2017 at 3:56 PM
WOW..During her peak, Katrina had 3 films with Aamir, Salman and SRK and now in her downtime of her career, she signed 3 films again with these 3 Khans – Tiger sequel, Thugs and Anand Rai’s next!
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May 11, 2017 at 10:55 AM
Obviously Kat is not there to act , thats my problem . She along with Victor i don’t see a really good film hope they are not making another Dhoom here .
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May 11, 2017 at 11:11 AM
Screen count of Sarkar-3 is even less than what any normal release has on 2nd or 3rd week … this is heading for disaster even before release, it is not even getting chance to prove.
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May 11, 2017 at 11:19 AM
I think this has been mishandled in a number of ways for a while. Beyond this though RGV essentially destroyed the franchise in the second film. Why does this part even exist? There isn’t really a good answer for this. RGV himself doesn’t have it beyond saying silly stuff like ‘it’s just another story in the adventures of Sarkar’! In any case I do agree with you. This film might never get going at the box office.
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May 11, 2017 at 2:07 PM
I think the first trailer made a decent impact. The timing of the release was alright. Indicine even had a BO lifetime prediction of 50-55cr for it back then. And they are usually not too far off the mark.
But then, the subsequent delays and the current timing of the release deprives the movie of any chance of doing well.
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May 11, 2017 at 12:13 PM
Tommorow’s prediction is 6.3M for Dangal by maoyang.Get ready it’s going to be better than First sat,advance is beyond words.20M 2nd weekend min and sat wld be mind boggling to say the least meaning 130-150cr second weekend in china.BOI is an idiot has no sense whatsoever. 2 days before were saying 900cr now 1100cr,while 1100cr wld be crossed by next wednesday only.1000 cr by saturday only.2nd week wld be unimaginable.3rd week wld also see dangal dominating till POC arrives in 4th week,even then dangal wld be second priority and retain many shows.100M$ looks like done in china.Officially sholay of overseas,it cld atleast do 800cr in overseas alone.
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May 11, 2017 at 12:34 PM
Where are the links to these numbers?
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May 11, 2017 at 1:05 PM
https://twitter.com/GoodLifeLoveLif/status/862696577902575616
Pred. is in yuans,u divide by 6.89 to get it in US$.Abhi site bhi attach kar hai which track nos. second to second though they r estimates.
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May 11, 2017 at 5:04 PM
Olive is very accurate most of the time. He predicted $50m after 1st weekend but after weekdays he might have revised it to $90-100m
On the other hand GOTG2’s china run is getting worse with each passing day.
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May 11, 2017 at 12:56 PM
In his head …
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May 11, 2017 at 1:06 PM
https://piaofang.maoyan.com/dashboard
PK Talli,i didn’t expected this from u .i am attaching few links.Next wld be china FI 2nd weekend pred. of 18-20M.
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May 11, 2017 at 1:25 PM
I would have taken your word for it.. afraid of drowning in the links..!
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May 11, 2017 at 2:28 PM
I think we need a separate post for BO and another post for Dangal BO in China…I have no doubt which will have more comments 🙂
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May 11, 2017 at 9:37 PM
Lol.
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May 11, 2017 at 9:42 PM
I had asked Satyam to do that 3 weeks ago.
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May 11, 2017 at 1:07 PM
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May 11, 2017 at 1:08 PM
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May 11, 2017 at 1:29 PM
maoyang is the site,u can see everything from current BO(they update every second)no. of shows alloted today and tommorow as well,current advance for next day,pktalli, u shld apologize now.
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May 11, 2017 at 1:55 PM
Two Aamir fans fighting 🙂
There are too many links. It is better to have in one comment and one of the admins will release it if it is in moderation.
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May 11, 2017 at 2:35 PM
Munna you seem to be enjoying the fight 😉
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May 11, 2017 at 1:39 PM
I’ll if it ends up doing 100M$ , you said its a done deal so we shall see . Nobody is predicting 100M$ here even 90 would be a stretch here .
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May 11, 2017 at 1:42 PM
Yeh lo kal ka prediction for fri from main site.6.43M$.Need more proofs?
https://piaofang.maoyan.com/boxletters/2017-05-11
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May 11, 2017 at 1:46 PM
I am not predicting 100M but it can be done but u shld aplogize for saying i m cooking up data from my head.i m tracking nos. from last 7 days.It shld do abt 40M in week2, then 20M min. in week3.
28+40+20=88M in 3 weeks. i may be wrong but possible none the less.
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May 11, 2017 at 1:48 PM
What have you done p.k talli? aamirsaurabh does not motivation for MORE posts 🙂
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May 11, 2017 at 1:53 PM
Talli backstabbed him like Brutus did to Julius Caesar.
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May 11, 2017 at 2:05 PM
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May 11, 2017 at 3:05 PM
good speech.
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May 11, 2017 at 2:13 PM
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May 11, 2017 at 2:39 PM
OOUCH…
Means Baahubali will make 25 crore this weekend minimum.
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May 11, 2017 at 2:46 PM
Closer to 40 crs is there for the taking
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May 11, 2017 at 3:07 PM
thinking it may slow down, but who knows.
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May 11, 2017 at 4:58 PM
Reviews are awful for Sarkar 3. Not that surprising as don’t remember RGV making even half decent film in years. BIGB should avoid him
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May 11, 2017 at 10:05 PM
I got feedback that movie is quite good and pretty watchable, contrary to initial reviews. I liked ramu’s last “Attacks of 26/11” … actually I liked 70% of movies by Ramu .. though many times I felt that movie could have been much better.
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May 11, 2017 at 2:57 PM
REWRITING HISTORY
By comparing Akbar to Hitler, BJP shows there’s no place for even a ‘good’ Muslim in India’s history
It’s not about being the ‘good’ Akbar or the ‘bad’ Aurangzeb – like Pakistan, India can’t accept a minority historical icon anymore.
Shoaib Daniyal
Published May 21, 2016.
By comparing Akbar to Hitler, BJP shows there’s no place for even a ‘good’ Muslim in India’s history
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In August 2015, New Delhi’s Aurangzeb Road was renamed APJ Abdul Kalam Road by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. On the surface, this was done because Aurangzeb wasn’t a very nice man – or so goes most of popular Indian history. Of special note are his policies that supposedly discriminated against non-Muslims and his support for puritanical religion: a special tax on non-Muslims, temple destruction banning music and so on. So terrible is Aurangzeb’s image in modern India that not only Hindutva ideologues but even liberals and some left-wingers came out in support of the renaming.
Now, after Aurangzeb, the BJP has set its sights on Akbar Road, another street in Lutyens’ Delhi. On Tuesday, VK Singh, minister of state for external affairs, publicly demanded it be renamed Maharana Pratap Singh Road, after the Sisodia ruler of Mewar who was defeated by Akbar’s forces in 1576 at the Battle of Haldighati. Singh isn’t alone. The BJP chief minister of Haryana ML Khattar and Member of Parliament Subramanian Swamy have backed him, as has the party’s national spokesperson, Shaina Chudasama – who, in a rush of enthusiasm, declared that Akbar was like Hitler.
Aurangzeb and his great-grandfather Jalaluddin Akbar are the Cain and Abel of popular Mughal history. Even while Aurangzeb is reviled, his great-grand father Akbar shines through as an embodiment of the Idea of India: a broad-minded, catholic ruler who united the large parts of the subcontinent under one flag and also happened to be Muslim. It was a Nehruvian jackpot. That even Akbar is now being targeted shows just how far to the Right India has moved. From now, practically no Muslim can stake a firm claim to be a part of the country’s historical pantheon – not even if you were one of the country’s most powerful emperors in all of its history.
Secular pin-up boy
Akbar made alliances with Hindu Rajputs, who were the backbone of his army – even at Haldighati, Akbar entrusted his forces to a Rajput, Man Singh (who has his own Delhi road). He had a Khatri, Todar Mal, for his finance minister, whose revenue system more than anything, ensured that the Mughals ruled for three centuries. Theological debates were organised by the emperor at a time when religious-driven prejudice was so strong that most Indians wouldn’t even so much as touch each other for fear of losing their jati and “upper” castes thought most of their countrymen subhuman. Jalaluddin, it seems, even left formal Islam, founding a religion called the Deen-e-Ilahi, angering the Muslim clergy – a grudge held till today by conservative Muslims.
The clamour to rename Aurangzeb Road was pinned on the man being a tyrant. However, in spite of these spades of liberalness, why is Akbar in the cross-hairs today?
The answer is simple: the powerful demand to strike out Akbar Road shows rather clearly that the move to rename Aurangzeb Road had very little to do with the character of Aurangzeb itself. While modern scholarship has shown that the colonial binary between Akbar and Aurangzeb was a false one, making cardboard cut-outs of complex historical figures and administrative systems, at the end of the day, in the public sphere, Akbar or Aurangzeb really doesn’t matter: any Muslim ruler simply has no place in the popular historical imagination as an Indian anymore.
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May 11, 2017 at 3:02 PM
Oh no.. what are you stirring up? Preferred the Chinese box office links! LOL!
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May 11, 2017 at 3:32 PM
I think this article is the best bet to bring some members back to the comment section 😉
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May 11, 2017 at 3:26 PM
Link to the rest of article:
https://scroll.in/article/808377/by-comparing-akbar-to-hitler-bjp-shows-theres-no-place-for-even-a-good-muslim-in-indias-history
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May 11, 2017 at 3:27 PM
Dadri became breaking news and op-ed train for months but did you hear any whisper here – Musllm was BJP worker.
In India media and so called libbies don’t cry and weep on individual death but ……….
And it happened in secular ruled state.
Author is know Hindu hater.
@satyam: Yes it is LOL if we have posted something opposite thn it would be no LOL #Hypocrisy
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May 11, 2017 at 5:11 PM
First for an Indian movie in China as Dangal beat Guardians of the Galaxy to reach top of China’s box office on Wednesday!! If beating a big budget hollywood franchise playing at almost 4 times capacity than Dangal & that too in its very 1st week ain’t spectacular, then i don’t know what else it needs to do to earn the adjective🤔🤔
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May 11, 2017 at 5:20 PM
moderately speaking if Dangal does 60-70 M in China – which means it will cross Hindi nett!! that is mind-boggling stuff…….wow!
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May 11, 2017 at 9:42 PM
I think soon everyone on SS will need it, so I hope Satyam starts separate thread and we can keep track of the progress daily.
https://www.loecsen.com/en/learn-chinese
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May 11, 2017 at 9:43 PM
Today’s lesson.
Dangal in chinese(mandarin) = 摔跤吧!爸爸 🙂
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May 12, 2017 at 1:23 AM
ROFLMAO
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May 11, 2017 at 9:58 PM
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/sarkar-3/critic-review/
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May 11, 2017 at 11:14 PM
@ Sanjana.Good morning. This comment is in response to one of your statements above, that Dangal was no great shakes in South India, except for cosmopolitan Bangalore. Sorry, but IMO , you are so wrong on this count.
My city of Chennai is fairly cosmopolitan since a couple of decades at least; even earlier it has been this accepting open place, hardly a provincial metro. Hindi films do well mostly, sometimes very well. Rooted commercial Hindi films like Udta Punjab and Dangal have done well. Dangal , to my knowledge, ran to full houses for a fortnight ( at multiple cinemas, in Hindi and dubbed Tamil).Dangal then continued its Chennai run through another four weeks, so a total of 5-6 weeks. In smaller towns of Tamil Nadu, dubbed Dangal did very well, running for a month or so, I understand.
In Kerala, especially Kochi, Dangal had a fabulous long run. Mysore too,I understand. Am not hunting and looking for links,since this site is already drowning in China links.😄
Bahubali 2 has of course been this mammoth triumph, racing to glory, bridging the North- South divide — but its success should not mean dismissing Bollywood — as is being done on social media, by lay commenters and media critics alike. At least give Bollywood credit for holding India together in a way. I am a North India bred Tamil, open to Hindi and Southern cinema ( in that order!) — but my Chennai born husband is a huge fan of Bollywood all the way — from fifties cinema and music, to modern day Dangal — and I know a few more like him, in Chennai.
Have not watched Bahubali 1, since the genre does not interest me or spouse, but Bahubali 2 has us intrigued.Need to watch both. But give me small rooted cinema, whether urban or rural, any language,any day.
We watched Satyajit Ray’s Devi, on YouTube, last night. Such a powerful film. Plan to watch Charulata today. All in honour of Ray whose birth anniversary happened a couple of days back.
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May 11, 2017 at 11:36 PM
Good to hear this.
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May 12, 2017 at 2:04 AM
LS – i think Dangal had a good run in South but it was like 10% of total Hindi business. But in BB2 – Hindi and South business are at par….Hindi is even more… so in that respect Dangal did not perform as well as BB2…..but then Dangal is making up with China business now….if it does 70M – then it will surpass even the Hindi business!!!
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May 11, 2017 at 11:00 PM
China week 1 is around 26 M$ without ticket fees. And we were predicting 30 M$ in its entire run. This is truly amazing – as stunning as Baahubali 2 (despite being a dubbed film) displacing Dangal from the highest grossing Hindi film pedestal.
I think week 2 in China is going to be similar to week 1. If so, then we are looking at 50+ M$ in 2 weeks flat! I doubt if it can get to 100 M$. But 70-75 M$ is definitely on the cards here.
Dangal will be the first Bollywood film to gross 1000+ cr WW, by next week. And its well deserved. I doubt if any other Indian film can repeat such numbers in China in near future. Dangal, despite being rooted has a serious treatment (unlike Baahubali 2) that can resonate with international audience. I felt that when watching the film, now the China numbers are proving it right.
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May 12, 2017 at 12:08 AM
The official number is higher at 29 M$. 🙂
taran adarsh @taran_adarsh
#Dangal ends *Week 1* on a PHENOMENAL note… Collects an ASTONISHING $ 29.13 million [₹ 187.42 cr] in China… MIND-BOGGLING!
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May 12, 2017 at 1:42 AM
There is some discrepancy in reported China numbers. While Taran is claiming 29 M$, this source has it at roughly 25 M$ without ticketing fees. Not sure what is the correct figure to consider.
China Box Office @ChinaBoxOffice
DANGAL earned est. ￥26.3M/24.3M ($3.8M/$3.5M) on Thursday including/wo ticketing fees. China’s 7-day total is ￥186M/￥171M ($26.9M/$24.7M)
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May 12, 2017 at 2:39 AM
http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/daily/
Source has $29MM. aamirsaurabh will know
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May 11, 2017 at 11:41 PM
Why Is It Unfair To Compare Dangal & Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’s Box Office Collections?
Even though it’s true that Baahubali 2 has made much more business than Dangal, it is not fair to compare the two!
By
Koimoi.com Team –
May 11, 2017
Dangal and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion have emerged as the biggest box-office giants of the Indian cinema. The two mega movies have raked in massive moolah both at the domestic as well as the international markets. While the concluding part of the Baahubali franchise has zoomed past the Rs 1200 crore mark, the sports drama is certainly not lacking behind and has neared the Rs 900 crore mark.
Following the stupendous success of Baahubali: The Beginning, there were never any doubts that the second instalment would take the box-office by storm. But the unprecedented manner in which its collections have unfolded has surprised one and all. Within the second week of its release, the film has already attained the title of Indian cinema’s biggest blockbuster.
The fact that the SS Rajamouli directed is earning over Rs 17 crore on its second Wednesday (Hindi version), is a testimony to the entire euphoria. The film, with Rs 375.35 crore in its kitty so far, is now on its way to cross Dangal (Rs 387 crore) at the Hindi box-office too and inaugurate the Rs 400 crore club, which the Aamir Khan starrer missed by an elfin margin.
Not surprisingly enough, the comparisons have commenced between the two films with several people saying that Baahubali 2 has defeated Dangal in the box-office race. Even though it’s true, it is not fair to compare the two.
The reason being (and this is without taking anything away from the Prabhas starrer) that Baahubali had already become such an enormous brand with the first edition that the excitement for its second edition transpired from the word go. Also, people waited with bated breath to find out the answer to the national question – Katappa ne Baahubali ko kyu maara?
While Dangal had no such privilege as it came out like a regular film. It did not enjoy a pre-existing buzz and created all the hype and anticipation itself. It bloomed leaps and bounds at the box-office solely on the word of mouth.
However, such masterpieces go beyond just how many crores they have made and get etched out in the memories of the audience forever, so the comparisons do not matter anyway.
Starring Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj, Tamannah Bhatia in lead roles and backed by Arka Mediaworks, Baahubali 2 continues to dominate the theatres.
On the other hand, Nitesh Tiwari’s Dangal starring Aamir Khan, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Zaira Wasim, Aparshakti Khurrana and Sakshi Tanwar is currently rewriting history at the Chinese box office, amassing a humongous Rs 148.67 crore in just 6 days.
Post Baahubali 2, Prabhas’s next outing will be an out and out action flick called Saaho (Telugu). It will be helmed by a 26-year-old director Sujeeth.
As far as Aamir is concerned, he will next star in Yash Raj Films’ Thugs of Hindostan alongside megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his Dangal girl Fatima. The film will be directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya of Dhoom 3 and Tashan fame.
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May 11, 2017 at 11:46 PM
Back To Normal with Meri Pyaari Bindu And Sarkar 3 This Week
Thursday 11 May 2017 14.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
The craze of Bahubali 2 is continuing but its back to business for the film industry with the staple diet this week with Meri Pyaari Bindu and Sarkar 3. The third release Hindi Medium had to postpone its release as there would have been a screen problem with the holdover Bahubali 2 likely to hold 2 screens. If our industry learns anything from Bahubali 2 then it will be a year or year and a half that this learning will be seen in our content but for the time being will be a similar story to what has been seen in the last 3-4 years.
Meri Pyaari Bindu is a rom com which can hold some appeal for the 5 big cities across India but the hero is a huge liability and the film could get such a low opening thats it hard to recover from. A Dum Laga Ke Haisha opened at 1.12 crore nett and managed to recover and get to 30 crore nett due to content but business patterns today are different and that is a very unlikely scenario today. Hawaizaada was 62 lakhs and could not recover at all. Meri Pyaari Bindu has more initial appeal than the films above as there is more for the youth and Parineeti Chopra who has more face value than the actresses in films like Dum Laga Ke Haisha and Hawaizaada. When the heroine has to carry the hero in a film then normally then it is tough.
Sarkar 3 is just passe. This sort of cinema was passe for most of the country when the same director made films like Sarkar 1, Company and Satya and today it is even more pointless. The problem with all these films was that they were duds outside Mumbai / Maharashta and South India then and today even these markets and not keen on this cinema which gives the likes of Sarkar 3 very little hope at the box office. We tend to get the bad imports, there is a S.S Rajamouli there who has never made an outright Hindi film and may never well but our import from the Telugu film industry Ram Gopal Verma is a flop machine with 20 flops as director and the the few that have done well were limited to Mumbai / South. Even a Rangeela with Aamir Khan tanks in places like UP, Punjab, Bihar and West Bengal.
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May 11, 2017 at 11:53 PM
How dismissing is this comment about ramu, Rangeela, Sathya, Company, Sarkar franchise. They forgot to mention Bhoot and other supernatural films from him. And also Shiva.
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May 12, 2017 at 12:47 AM
They are back to their roots. They always dismissed RGV’s films like Company for e.g. at the time they came online in 2003. They were also dismissing DCH. Back to basics for them.
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May 12, 2017 at 2:35 AM
Meri Pyaari Bindu And Sarkar 3 Dull – Bahubali Dominates
Friday 12 May 2017 11.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Meri Pyaari Bindu and Sarkar 3 both took a dull opening as Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion continued to dominate the box office. Looking at the morning collections its is certain that the third Friday collections Bahubali 2 in Hindi will be more than the combined total of Meri Pyaari Bindu and Sarkar 3.
Bahubali 2 has more screenings than both films combined and the collections are considerably higher in the morning. Meri Pyaari Bindu has opened in the 15-20% range while Sarkar 3 is 8-10%. The release of the former is mainly limited to multiplexes.
Despite Meri Pyaari Bindu having easily better occupancy in the morning it does not mean than it will get a better first day number as the release of Sarkar 3 is double of Meri Pyaari Bindu. Both films are depending on word of mouth and this is where the restricted release should benefit Meri Pyaari Bindu more as it has more chances to grow over the weekend as so despite this weak opening it can still do something if the growth comes.
Sarkar 3 is in a very poor position with this type of opening. The film is one of those franchises which has no value and only the maker probably thinks its a franchise. The opening tells there is no brand value for the film and despite being the bigger film it will be no surprise if it comes out second best to Meri Pyaari Bindu in long run considering how low the occupancy is on day one.
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May 12, 2017 at 2:38 AM
Bahubali 2 Is Highest Hindi Grosser Of All Time
Friday 12 May 2017 11.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion (Hindi) has become the highest grossing Hindi film of all time after just two weeks as it surpassed the 374.53 crore nett of Dangal which was achieved in January this year. The film grossed a huge 141 crore nett apprx in its second week to take its total to around 386 crore nett. The weekdays in the second week were extraordinary with Wednesday even getting a boost in collections due to a holiday. The previous record for week two was 111.56 crore which has been surpassed by a huge 25%. The two week figures of Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion (Hindi) are as follows.
Week One – 2,45,00,00,000 apprx
Week Two – 1,41,00,00,000 apprx
Grand Total – 3,86,00,00,000 apprx
Dangal did gross 387.28 crore nett in all languages but that figure was surpassed by Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion in five days flat and the all languages collections till date for Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion have gone over 775 crore nett.
Bahubali 2 – The Conclusion is also the highest grosser in every circuit barring Nizam / Andhra, Mysore, Tamil Nadu / Kerala as these circuits had a very limited release as it was released mainly in regional languages there. The fair value figure for the film is 425 crore after two weeks if it had released like a Dangal, Bajrangi Bhaijaan or PK.
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May 12, 2017 at 2:43 AM
Well played Bahubali team! Sensational stuff! 400 CR is tomorrow and more to come.
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May 12, 2017 at 2:49 AM
Bahubali 2 ends Aamir Khan’s club founding spree
http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/bahubali-ends-aamir-khans-founding-spree/
Not another Khan or Kumar or Roshan could do it. Bollywood went South to conquer Aamir!
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May 12, 2017 at 3:52 AM
Terrific stuff! The weekdays have been v stable overall. And the dubbed hindi version of BB2 has caught up with Dangal’s lifetime collections in 2 weeks straight:
https://www.bollyarena.net/bahubali-2-beats-dangal-lifetime-collection-in-two-weeks/
Now the open question is whether it can get to 500 cr. It has fallen by ~40% from week1 to week2. Similar trending may get it to 500 cr, we will have to see.
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May 12, 2017 at 4:21 AM
Official number is 390.25 cr in 2 weeks:
taran adarsh @taran_adarsh
#Baahubali2 is a ONE-HORSE RACE… Collects ₹ 390.25 cr in 2 weeks… All set to start a new Club for HINDI films: ₹ 400 cr Club. India biz.
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May 12, 2017 at 4:27 AM
taran adarsh@taran_adarsh
#Baahubali2 [Wk 2] Fri 19.75 cr, Sat 26.50 cr, Sun 34.50 cr, Mon 16.75 cr, Tue 15.75 cr, Wed 17.25 cr, Thu 12.75 cr. Total: ₹ 390.25 cr Nett
#Baahubali2
Week 1: ₹ 247 cr
Week 2: ₹ 143.25
Total: ₹ 390.25 cr NETT
HINDI. India biz.
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May 12, 2017 at 3:04 AM
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/china-discovered-another-complete-market-dangal-nitesh-tiwari/
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