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Hope the above turns out to be a good film…maybe never too late. Having said that, I feel Amitabh should have done the film with Kamal Haasan which Hassan’s talking of here…but I can understand his concerns with not getting the nuances of the Tamil language..
As chairperson of the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, she expressed her excitement on how the publishing houses and film studios are coming together to collaborate on the ‘Word To Screen Market’ platform of the gala.
“We are humbled by the response, and it is great how the publishing houses are actively participating. I remember two years ago when we started, we had to really encourage the film studios to come forward and try out the idea of Word to Screen Market.
“But this year, the response is so overwhelming that we had to extend the programme into a two-day event,” said Rao, who has produced several films like “Delhi Belly,” “Dangal” and “Secret Superstar” along with her husband Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan.
Word to Screen Market is an initiative to bring authors and publishers close to film production houses and studios to encourage adaptation of books into films.
And before Kiran’s art-house next goes into guerrilla production mode next year ….
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Aamir Khan to return with Satyamev Jayate
“Once Aamir finishes the promotions of his Diwali release, Thugs Of Hindostan, he will start focussing on the show. His team has begun the research, but the actor, who covers all aspects of a topic, wants everything to be perfect before it goes on air. This time, the superstar will deal with broader topics and those that affect GenNext like depression and unemployment, etc. The show, comprising around 10 episodes, will air post Ted Talks India.
Everything points to a break as far as commercial cinema is concerned for Aamir between ToH and MB. Also, there are talks about him producing a few small films including Mogul and a few others.
Rajkummar Rao gets a chance to dabble in a new genre and he excels thoroughly. He genuinely gives an earnest performance and is a treat to see him getting spooked, delivering monologues and behaving madly in love. He is sure to bring the house down when he loses his cool in front of Jana and Stree. Also watch out for him in the second half sequence when he’s trying to analyse Stree. He’s terrific. Shraddha Kapoor delivers a fine performance and has a mysterious air about her as per the character’s requirement. In the second half she gets better. Aparshakti Khurrana gives a great performance and he doesn’t get overboard. Same goes for Abhishek Banerjee. In fact he’s superb in the last one hour. Pankaj Tripathi is hardly there in the first half and he rocks big time in the second half. Vijay Raaz (Shastri) leaves a mark in the lone sequence. Flora Saini plays an important part with elan. Atul Srivastava (Vicky’s father) brings the house down in the scene where he talks to Rajkummar Rao about sex. Nora Fatehi is sizzling in the item number.
Stree Movie Review: Shraddha Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao Are Terrific In Madcap Film
Stree Movie Review: Aparshakti Khurana steals many a scene, Pankaj Tripathi is in cracking form in this spine-tingling film.
The quality of the performances that Kaushik extracts from his actors lends Stree infectious flounce. Rajkummar Rao is terrific. Whether he is flummoxed, frightened or simply going along with the flow, he delivers with minimum apparent effort. Shraddha Kapoor is suitably icy as the enigmatic woman who traipses into the protagonist’s life and sets off the tremors.
Aparshakti Khurana, full of beans, steals many a scene. Abhishek Banerjee delivers a high-energy yet controlled performance as the friend who suffers the most at the hands of the eponymous ghost. Pankaj Tripathi is in cracking form, giving the narrative a booster-charge whenever he is on the screen. Atul Srivastava in the role of Vicky’s father leaves an impression in the handful of scenes he has in the film.
Stree plays an unwavering hand in demonstrating that dread can be unbridled fun when it serves a larger thematic purpose. Go watch this spine-tingling film. It is completely madcap but there is method in its manic madness.
China Box Office: Mission Impossible: Fallout made ￥9.8M from midnight, 4th best in 2018 behind Infinity War(￥59.5M), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom(￥13.6M) & Ant-Man and the Wasp(￥10.4M). #MissionImpossible#Falloutpic.twitter.com/7Rb0Bglm39
Came across this GoodReads review of Cofessions of a Thug:
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Originally published in 1839, this is the book that gave the word “thug” to the English language and is the first novel to make Thuggee its central theme.
[The word thug means deceiver, from the Hindi verb, thugna, which means to deceive. Thug is correctly pronounced Toog, slightly aspirated. From Col. Philip Meadows Taylor, Confessions of a Thug, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., London, 1839.]
Unlike most, if not all, later books to incorporate Thuggee, the hero, or anti-hero in Confessions, is a Thug with the story told from his POV. The plot gimmick in later novels are generally from the Anglo perspective, i.e., trying to stop the violence of the evil Thugs, sometimes with the English hero working under cover as in the John Masters novel, The Deceivers, which, if you are reading only one novel on Thuggee, Masters’ work should be the one.
In the Merchant-Ivory movie of Masters’ novel of the same name, they suggest that the English hero, working under-cover, has sex with Kali herself by showing shadows of the prostitute with whom the hero is stuggling which suggest she has four arms, as does Kali. (The Temple of Doom episode of the Indiana Jones series is a ridiculous portrayal of Thuggee which the Thugs were able to have the Indian government ban the showing of the movie.)
Confessions is a good read. Taylor was an East India Company officer who lived in the world of his novel, and who was also a friend of William Sleeman, the officer who is credited with crushing the Thuggee. [See Major W. H. Sleeman, Ramaseena, 1836, which describes the secret language used by the Thugs to communicate, and also includes transcripts of some of the confessions of captured Thugs. Sleeman came to be called Thuggee Sleeman for his successful work in suppressing Thuggee.]
I incorporated Thuggee into Shadow of the Tiger, the second of my Adventures in Second Sight series, set in 1896 in which my 17 year old heroine, Kyame Piddington, learns to use the yellow Ruhmal, the weapon of the Thugs. That required doing some fascinating research on Thuggee. Fortunately the Boston Athenaeum, of which I am a member, had the Taylor and Sleeman books in their original editions.
The most current books on Thuggee focus on whether the Thugs were the Kali devotees as portrayed by the East India Company, or were they just one more gang of violent dacoits, thieves? More opportunity for some fascinating reading.
So, may you experience: “Ultra Auroram et Gangem … beyond the dawn and the Ganges” … a sacred place of dreams.
For those who grew up reading Indrajal Comics in India (Times publication), there were some interesting Phantom stories regarding Thugee. Not sure if those reprints are available now. Lee Falk used to rock!
Speaking to Deadline, co-director Anthony Russo explained that the team are aiming to complete post-production by this coming March, saying:
“We’ve worked on the edit all summer and we’re excited to finally get these missing pieces in the film and then we expect to be in post through the fall and winter. We hope to be done by March.”
Not just unveiling of TOH and 2.0, more interesting stuff coming in september …
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Big MCU plans are in the works for the month of September, according to a new rumor, which includes possibly the release of the Captain Marvel trailer and an announcement about Black Panther 2.
It is not a bit by any means. Not a flop either. Maybe average to above average since people have not lost money there but instead they have earned some profit.
It has trended worse than most Akshay Kumar films. His films usually open at around 12cr and finish at 120cr i.e. 10 x opening day. Gold has done alright only during holidays and 1st week end.
I think munna posted a tweet from a AA guy claiming Gold was distributed on commission basis. That is only half of the story. Excel (producers) sold the film to AA at all-india distribution price of around 60 cr. AA in turn gave it to sub-distributors in different territories on commission basis.
Gold is folding up at 105 cr nett cume. AA films has surely not recovered their investment, even though sub-distributors have not lost any money. So ultimately, it is a loss maker for its all-india distributor.
It needed 130 cr or so to ensure no one is in red. IF this is not a flop, then what is? Can the resident BO experts (and BOI fans by default) of this blog please explain???
And I have said the same thing m,any times before. Films like RaOne, Raees, Dilwale made losses at sub-distributor levels. Their All-India dalaal were in black. Yet, these films were classified as ‘average’ ignoring all the losses.
Now gold has all-india dalaal in red, sub-distributors in black. This is also ‘average’, ignoring the losses. Can appreciate the consistency here!
And on top of all such nonsense, the same parties will claim that films like SS or Padman are also ‘average’ because sub-distributors made only peanuts on commission basis, ignoring that all india distributors (the producers in these cases themselves) made enough profits. Wah!
And the worst example of such ridiculous verdicts was RaOne. Red Chillies was producers and All-India distributors themselves. Even with that kind of advantage, they somehow managed to break even (if you believe SRK’s PR) but sub-distributors were all in red after the movie fizzled out by first monday. But since it made ‘100 cr’, it was labeled as a ‘hit’ by certain quarters.
It was even more hilarious when you consider the pre-release rhetoric of SRK/Red Chilies and their well-wishers: PRIOR to release they would tout it as one of the most expensive films ever made in India, with stratospheric price tags like 150 or 175 crores; AFTER the film’s release it seemed the film was made for ten rupees and even 43 rupees was enough for it to be deemed a hit. (Meanwhile, the price tags of films of even smaller stars were deemed so high that no gross could ever make anything a clean hit, much less a super-hit!)
Expecting the same thing from Zero. With it coming so close to mega budget extravaganzas like TOH and 2.0, SRK’s PR is already trying to push it into that bracket by publicizing 180 cr budget for Zero. If the movie fizzles out on Monday, the budget will drastically come down 50 cr due to concessions from the government of Honolulu. And guyz like Taran and Nahata will be paid to endorse such claims, while BOI and its fanatic followers will keep ranting about it for next 5 years …
Xclusive :First teaser aayega then poster and then trailer. A one minute 11 sec teaser is almost ready and will launched on 3 sept by the maker of #ThugsOfHindostan at any time pic.twitter.com/R3uIkvAxew
Aamir Khan’s wife Kiran Rao said that new avenues for filmmakers have emerged which is like an oppotunity for them. She said that if her 2011 debut directorial venture “Dhobi Ghat” would have released today it could have done better business primarily due to the changing taste and preferences of the audience.
Kiran received critical acclaim for “Dhobi Ghat”, which had her superstar husband Aamir Khan in the lead, besides Prateik Babbar and Monica Dogra.
“The world has changed in the last five to seven years hugely. My film released in the beginning of January in 2011 and it was beginning of multiplexes. Today, opportunities are endless and people are accustomed to watching different kind of cinema thanks to the internet and OTT platform. There is a better universe for small films. I think ‘Dhobi Ghat’ would have certainly got different reception if it would have been released seven years later,” Kiran told PTI.
As a director, Kiran thinks, with the emergence of new avenues for filmmmakers to show their work, things have changed for the positive.
“Today one can make a feature film, documentary, short film, something for the OTT platform and there will be someone who will watch it. There is whole new world for us and I am happy,” she said.
But her approach to cinema has not changed much, as she believes every creative person is drawn to a certain kind of subjects.
“…There is something that we are more interested in. I find it a bit odd. I have tried to bend myself by trying a different genre but I am interested in same sort of things and then you make peace with it and you realise ‘I am an excavator of this kind’,” she said.
She said, “I am interested in marginalised… in women. They will find reccurrence in my work.”
Kiran said that she is not someone who would get lured by the commercial trappings of cinema. “I don’t watch that kind of films myself. I suspect one tends to make a film that one likes to watch. I am not into big potboilers,” she said.
Kiran, who is currently busy with Jio MAMI film festival’s ‘Word to Screen’ initiative, is also close to finish writing her next directorial venture.
“I am writing something. I will have a script well before the end of the year. I am hoping to have something new. I will have human drama in my film. At the moment no actors are in my mind as I have not finished writing,” she said.
She will have the script ready by the time Aamir is done with TOH release all over (China promotions and all). I think this time he is fed up with all the nonsensical rumors and had asked Kiran to speak up.
China Box Office Aug.31 Mission Impossible: Fallout – $24.45M / $25.94M Ant-Man and the Wasp – $3.2M / $100.50M Sultan – $0.91M / $0.94M Go Brother! – $0.91M / $47.42M The Island – $0.42M / $193.27M The Meg – $0.34M / $150.18M#MissionImpossible#Fallout#Sultan#TheMeg
I overestimated Hindi Medium’s debut once, and now I think I did the same thing on Sultan. More like $3M on opening weekend after the Friday performance(¥5-6M), which is 50% of what I expected before opening.
It seems Bhansali may work with Tiger for his next as Ranveer dont have dates in near future. Also, this rubbishes Salman’s PR articles that his next after Bharat will be Bhansali’s film. Bhansali has moved moved on from his Salman fascination days long back. Also, whether Adi Chopra will greenlight another sequel to Tiger franchise will ultimately depend upon if Bharat can mint money or not.
The way things are progressing in the industry, Ranveer and Tiger are increasingly getting the best deals. If Zero cant live up to expectations, Dhoom 4 will fall from SRK’s wishlist into the laps of Ranveer/Tiger. In fact, big budget plans of Salute and Don 3 will not take off if Zero makes losses.
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After ‘Padmaavat’, filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali is all set to start his next project. However, unlike his last three films, this one would not be with Ranvee Singh but Tiger Shroff. The film will apparently be based on the book of author Amish Tripathi.
According to the reports, contrary to the speculations, the book is not ‘Immortals of Meluha’. The book is reportedly yet to be released and would hit the stores at around the same time as the film’s arrival. Tiger and SLB have had several meetings in this regard. Although nothing has been finalised yet, Tiger is working on his schedule as he apparently does not want to miss out working with one of his favourite directors.
The actor will next be seen in ‘Student OF The Year 2’, which also stars debutantes Ananya Panday and Tara Sutaria.
Must add that one penny less than 300 cr for TOH in worst case scenarion will derail Aamir’s ambitious MB plans.
In many ways, these 3 films (TOH, Zero and Bharat) are v crucial for the future of Khandom. While Srk/Salman may be fighting for immediate relevance in the face of Padmaavat/Sanju (and probably Simmba), for Aamir its the next decade of his career in line.
For Akshay, 2.0 is perhaps his only chance to break his 125 cr ceiling …
And I am not saying that Aamir does not have alternate plans at this point. He probably has his wife and also his team of AKP writers working on possible next projects (one of them is perhaps the official remake of Forest Gump if he has acquired the rights). Hirani will also work with him at some point in near future …
But those Osho/Mogul as his next film as lead actor is unlikely to happen.
Inasmuch as one can know ANYthing about a couple, a marriage “from the outside”, I would say that Kiran Rao has made Aamir a more serious person — I think prior to her Aamir clearly had an intuition, a hunch, of what might be going wrong in the industry, about the direction popular cinema was taking, but I suspect Kiran Rao has added some intellectual rigor.
[Aside: not that Kiran Rao needs to “make” anything of Aamir, she is a serious and talented person in her own right: I really really liked Dhobi Ghaat (the oddness of casting Prateik Babbar notwithstanding).]
Kiran, a liability…!? Even as a joke it is a terrible thing to say.
Kiran has played a big part in his life, career, his social sensibility and activities…she is in fact a big part of his post Mangal Pandey ( 2005) success story. I do hope that Aamir has sense enough not to get distracted by ittybitty ‘ gilahariyaan’ around him. But Aamir himself has continuously acknowledged both Reena and Kiran. Watch his recent interview with a Chinese media team that came all the way to Maharashtra, did shramdaan in the interiors, had a fabulous interview session with Aamir at his home. The lady asked the right questions, Aamir answered freely and all in all it was probably one of the best Aamir has done. He spoke about his career, his family, the two ladies…it was fun, a revelation.
Kiran ‘s new film …I am not sure if Aamir will do a role in it. Methinks she may wish to test whether she can attract audience without having Aamir. But I will be happy if he does at least a small cameo.
Anyways, If I was Bhansali I would play my cards to cast Tiger, Deepika and Ranveer in my next. He reportedly wanted Prabhas in Padmaavat as his first choice over Shahid. He has a good eye for casting.
Deepika needs a Bhansali film after her current ongoing break and marriage plans in this winter. And probably the next Dhoom film from YRF. Priyanka on the other hand is also sucking up to Bhardwaj and Bhansali …
What I am essentially saying is that 2019 may not be just the end of MCU’s 22 films epic saga and current phase of Star Wars (with Avengers 4 and Star Wars IX) – But it can also be the end of Srk and Salman for good.
And comscore can seal the deal by officially tracking these 3 films’ collections in India and start dominating the indian market BO analytics for good.
“If you’re truly fortunate, you get to live your dream and do the work you were put on this Earth to do,” she wrote. “If you’re really, really fortunate you do a film that makes history and affects the lives of millions of people … It will live on long after we’re gone.”
So true. While Aamir’s personal PR is fueling stories on Satyamev Jayate season 3, Kiran’s next, Prabhas for MB etc etc … Our great YRF’s PR can only come up with such nonsense:
And for KJo/Adi and their fans – Amitabh thorughout his career has beaten the crap out of other co-stars in multi-starrers. He made Srk look like a pimp in his comeback films Mohabbatein and K3G (co-incidentally both directed by adi/kjo).
Aamir will have to be at his best to share screen space with Bachchan. The height difference will obviously not help!
ya. however aamir might not feel insecured sharing screen with Ab sr seeing the greater interest of the project as aamir is the only guy of all a lister stars who is thoroughly thinks a good project should n must b script driven n not star driven.. correct me if my assumption is wrong or anyone wants to add anything extra..
If he was insecure, he would not be doing this. SRK was also not insecure sharing screen space with Big B in the films i mentioned above! He just did not know that he will be screwed (not saying same will happen with Aamir by any means!).
The whole charm of multi-starrers has been lost because contemporary stars are for the most part too insecure to do a genuine multi-starrer (they trot out contractual clauses about who will throw how many punches; can’t even imagine a star of Bachchan’s stature doing Kaala Pathar or Amar Akbar Anthony today), if they appear in a film with multiple meaty roles they will ensure the casting is such that it gets tagged “an ensemble cast”. The last film I can think of that might qualify was Rang de Basanti, and even there the other actors were not major Hindi stars — but still must give credit to Aamir for being OK with that kind of set-up, where some of the best moments etc. belonged to others in the movie (culminating with Siddharth towards the end). By contrast, for all the fake love for ’70s cinema that SRK/Farah Khan professed, we’d have co-stars like Zayed Khan or Shreyas Talpade in Main Hoon Na or Om Shanti Om. It’s a free country so one can do what one likes, but it does lead to a more impoverished cinematic experience for the audience….
Marcus..Whatever roles Bachchan can get with Amir or Srk, those will be just like side kick type ones..In Mohabatein he begged before Yash Chopra for a role just because he was in lowest phase of his career at that time due to multiple failures..Yash Chopra asked Srk for his approval and when he approvec then only Bachchan was added to the star cast of the film..Everybody and even Bachchan accepted that Srk delivered one of the best performance of his career in Mohabatein and you say he looked like a pimp? Same was the case in Kabhi Khushi Kabie Gham where Srk played role of Bachchan’s elder son quite efficently and Bachchan’s role was limited in the film.
Now comming to Thugs of Hidostan, i think Amir will hardly leave any stone unturned to prove himself better as far as performance is be concerned.Bachchan at this stage of carrer has become a caricature and nothing else. He should consider himself lucky for this role alongwith Amir..Neither he is a good actor nor any star anymore..Just see the openings of his solo films which usually are in the range of 10-15% only,..So please be within limits while trying to prove that Bachchan is still on the top of current generation.
On the contrary, Aamir will ensure that Bachchan shines in ToH. Thats Aamir, not an insecure Srk for you. And Adi did not have to take any god’s permission to cast Bachchan in ToH. It is natural casting.
Hahaha…a one dimensional romantic puppy being made to look like a legend in front of the Amitabh Bachchas, a guy who continues giving hits even at 75! Mr chocolate boy’s career was done & dusted once the urban multiplex audience decided to give a boot to melodramatic romcom junk dished out by Adi & Kjo through the late 90’s and early 2000’s. And with the limited range & stunted script sense he has, he’s never been able to reinvent himself since, a feat managed by even an inferior actor like Salman Khan. As for the so called caricature, he can still outshine every other co star by his mere presence, be it Piku, Wazir, Pink or 102 no
“..Everybody and even Bachchan accepted that Srk delivered one of the best performance of his career in Mohabatein ..”
Kahaan se aa gaye bhaee savere savere? Srk ka Surya-a-Ast ho chuka hai. He has been stuck in the same acting notes and hamming since DDLJ, which gave him an extended 7-8 yr run. No evolution as an actor. Let him cross the age of 60 in a few yrs (though his parched face already looks 60, even if his physique is of a 30 yr old), and then evaluate his true relevance vis-a-vis Bachchan back in 2001
When numbers do the talking… #Stree surpasses the expectations and estimations and posts a SUPERB number on Day 1… Biz is expected to multiply over the weekend… Fri ₹ 6.82 cr. India biz… Hugely positive word of mouth has translated into BO numbers.
Marcus.. how come yoh call Srk insecure? Had he been like that then he would’t have never worked with Bachchan in four films.. If anyone in film industry is insecure, it is Bachchan himself.Just recall when Srk crossed him on twitter. Recall the drama that he created to defend himself. Recall his insecurity when Srk did Don and Kbc..Actually Bachchan fans have gone nuts by claiming that he is still on the top..Though sensible Bachchan fans have take hide behind Amir Khan but some hardcore ones like yourself seem to be still living in La La Land.
In Thugs Of Hindostan, Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan play friends turned and foes and for the climax a massive hand-to-hand combat is being planned. Apparently, Big B won’t use a body double. “He insists on doing the climactic fight himself and won’t hear any advice to the contrary. He rightly feels that if Aamir is doing his own stunts, a body double for him (Mr Bachchan) would look incompatible on screen,” says a source.
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Both Gold and SMJ are out of steam in 3rd week itself. Cant believe either producers (89 cr) or dear boi (76 cr) on SMJ. Its likely to be in 80 cr range (same as MI6 in India).
Strictly speaking SMJ is just a Hit and Gold is a Loss-Maker after considering everything.
Clearly only one winner in this clash. And kind of revenge for John Abraham after Padman/Parmanu release issues. JA walks away into the lead this year with 2 successes 😂
Its surely a good comeback. Last BO success for Abraham was, i guess 5 years back – Madras Cafe. He has shown the way for other comeback boys, lets see how Manmarziyan and Super 30 fares.
Satyamev Jayate is a winner, no doubt. It is superhit.
John has some good movies linedup. He is set to do the consistent 70-80 Cr business via his 25 Cr budget movies. Also he will release it in holidays as with this budget a 10+ cr opening is a winner. He is a good producer which is icing on the cake.
Akshay had given big hits like “Rustom”, “Toilet-Ek Prem Katha” and “Pad Man” with Kapoor and Prerna Arora working for their previous production house KriArj Entertainment.
“We are very fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with him in three films. However, he will not be part of any of the film which we have announced in the future. We would definitely like to work with him more though,” Kapoor said.
“The five films include ‘Woh Kaun Thi’, an official remake of 1964’s original. It’s very close to our heart. Then there is ‘Radha Kyun Gori Mein Kyu Kala’ which we will start filming soon,” Kapoor added.
The new production house will collaborate with none other than Amitabh Bachchan for one of the films.
“We are also producing a film with Shaira Khan and Ahmed Khan called ‘The Rise and Fall of Bambai’ which is based on Mumbai underworld.
“We are also collaborating with Amitabh Bachchan which is a dream for every production house — to work with him.”
I watched Stree and definitely reccomend it, even though the second half has some loose moments where the makers try a little too hard in evoking laughter out of situations that seem a little stretched. Nevertheless, its a rather unique genre blend which has never been explored properly in hindi cinema except for an occasional GoGoa Gone or Bhoot Bangla. And this is a story from an urban Indian legend which is so rooted. It also makes for some interesting social commentary that deserves to be seen.
Some fantastic humour and genuinely creepy moments make this a good weekend watch. Andboth Rajkumar Rao and Pankaj Tripathi are a hoot, the former especially who derived thunderous applause for his facial expressions towards the climax. How often do we get to see something like that?
Rajkumar Rao is on a roll. Bareilly ki Barfi, Newton, Stree, Shaadi Mein Jaroor Aana, Omerta. Ek Ladki ko dekha to aisa lagaa lined up for him along with Love Sonia, Mental Hai Kya
I saw Bareilly ki Barfi the other day and it was a pretty poor film: began on a relatively strong note but went downhill, with some shoddy characterisations and a silly ending. And the character of Bitti just seemed “off” to me, in the way that Deepika was in “Cocktail” (it isn’t about being liberated or unconventional; it’s about being utterly unaware of what the social conventions are — that’s what makes these characters NOT a refreshing look at a “spunky small-town girl” but in fact the product of some male fantasy). Even apart from that there was more than a little condescension at “small town” folks (the idea that a character like Bitti, who is educated, works in the electricity department and routinely watches Hollywood films, would think that “I want to break up with you” means “mein tumhe todh doonga”, is absurd — certainly not in the era of the “break-up song”!). Definitely would agree that Rajkumar Rao was the best thing about the film, he was quite funny…
@Qalandar — you have written that Kiran would have added intellectual rigour to Aamir’s persona. Let me add what I have gleaned through a decade and half of following the star (and his personal life on display).
Aamir has spoken once about growing up with a feeling that Hindi cinema was looked down upon, and his own wish to do something about it. He has spoken about seeing South Bombay kids laughing at Hindi films of the time. So cousin Mansoor and Aamir decided that they would make Indians respect Hindi cinema, not laugh at them. Aamir did lose his way for a while post QSQT, when he did those terrible early nineties disasters, but he has also spoken about crying while he realised what he had got himself into, of resolving to make cinema he believed in, or leave the industry ( it is there in the Chinese interview). Sarfarosh, Lagaan …these were his baby steps in the right direction. Then Kiran came along post his divorce ( late 2002)…and steered him, assisted by her own sensibility. Aamir has spoken laughingly about Kiran being a typical Kolkota- Mumbai- Delhi product, an art film aficionado. He helped her understand fifties Hindi cinema, it’s importance….I have a feeling theirs is a marriage of minds.
On Bhansali, …the man is clearly a fan of opera , as played out on Western stages. Watching a performance of Phantom of the Opera, four years back, then again last year, exploring the various versions available on the net — I am convinced that his Saanwariya was an attempt to create a sort of Bollywoodized Phantom of the O! Especially all those dark blues, the use of water, boats….it was so familiar.
But I found Bajirao loud and melodramatic. Still, liked it a fair bit.
Saawariya, Guzaarish, Khamoshi…..it is SLB’s real area – but I guess he was heart-broken with Saawariya loosing out to OSO at the BO and it was a dud! so he has amalgamated the masala and he realized this when he produced Rowdy Rathore which gave him an instant 100 cr…..
Watching Starplus old show Maryada Lekin Kab Tak on hotstar. So different from today’s serials. Loved the train journey and hiccups involved when things go wrong. A very good starcast.
Sultan could not cross 2M in China after 2 days. Its a disastrous result and the bubble had finally burst. Bollywood is an idiotic star driven industry by large. Apart from Aamir, all stars make silly films which have no market outside indian sub-continent (apart from NRIs). These idiots thought that films like Dangal and SS ran in China because of ‘star attraction’. So everyone from Sallu to Akki to Rajamouli thought there are going to ‘win it’ in China … Alas!
“The gender of the director is not the issue, competence is. Let’s not confuse the two. I’ve worked with Farah Khan who’s a competent woman director and Farah and I had a great professional equation and we are still best of friends. That’s all I would like to say.” – Sonu Sood on Manikarnika fiasco.
The Tom Cruise flick earned another $1.56 million (-31%) on Friday to bring its cume up to $198.9m. So, yeah, it should be passing $200m domestic by the end of this sentence. And it opened with a boffo $28m in China on Friday, so unless it dropped dead there on Saturday (not likely) it should be sailing over the $600m worldwide mark today or very early tomorrow. At a glance, it should earn $6.345m (-22%) over the Fri-Sun frame and $8.2m over the Fri-Mon frame for a new $205m domestic cume. That puts it within spitting distance of the (unadjusted) domestic total of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol ($209m in 2011).
Meanwhile, Disney reissued Incredibles 2 into 2,890 theaters over the holiday for the intent of getting the Pixar sequel over $600m domestic.
did u LS? I had great expectations with reviews galore first 45 min. had nothing great to offer…..i think it is too much overdone action-sequences being repeated now in MI series….Bond still remains ahead of this with its novelty factors and razor-sharp screenplays…
Bond is in a different league. But there was humour too in this version of MI. Great to watch Alec Baldwin in a short but important role. And the black actor…much check his name out, on IMDb. Very good, quietly amusing. As for 56 year old Tom Cruise —- hats off man.
Not really a big fan of action, but do occasionally watch a few. Loved the scenes set in Paris. And the climax was literally a cliffhanger, though unbelievable. Agree that the initial hour was not great.
But overall I loved it.
Isnt it ironical that Rajni wanted Aamir to play the lead (not villain) in 2.0 when he was ill. Now it will release right after Aamir’s ToH and fight for being bigger and grandier?
Aamir had rejected lead role in 2.0 and supporting role in Sanju. He had praised both those scripts, but chose ToH as his next after Dangal. Sanju is already a blockbuster and i think 2.0 will also work to some extent (in hindi). It will be interesting to see the ultimate fate of these two.
Btw, salute seems to be shelved. Dont think anyone is willing to bet large sums of money on srk films except he himself.
Since when Bollywoodhungama articles have taken place of official announcement? What is wrong with some gentlemen here? Has their logic gone to Mars for 10 years?
BOI and fans’ trash talk has proved useless this year with some major success NOT involving the biggest stars
The way Stree is going, it will easily surpass Padman’s lifetime collections or probably even touch the 100 crore mark in coming days.
And some idiots will continue analyzing how much Padman and Gold cost and the rate of return, lavda luhssoon etc while not accepting the fact that BOTH FILMS HAVE UNDERPERFORMED
In fact none of the major stars barring Aamir have done anything substantial lately to warrant a place among the top, with films that were a travesty in quality and with not enough theatrical business, be it Tubelight, Race 3 (even Tiger Zinda Hai numbers paint a fishy picture), Jab 50 year old Harry Eurotoured with stereotypical Sejal, Gold with its bad accented look-im-a-shady patriot, Padman with its look-im-a feminist and an average actor pretending to be great, Ajay Devgan’s Raid pit gayi (a so called success which was beaten flat by Alia’s Raazi, both in terms of opening and final gross) while Shivaay was a freaking disaster with a rickshaw pullers wet dream being realized on screen ( Vimal paan masala chewing and spitting man having a love child with a Bulgarian girl), and Golmaal 3 being, well, a sort of a success thanks to a franchise that refuses to end.
that’s true…..i am disappointed with AD’s appaling choices of films off-late……Raid was still decent with his acting but the others were freaking foolish products – obviously he is not reading scripts properly….and thinks that on his star-power he can pull-off any crap – which even sallu is finding difficult off-late….aamir stands towering tall amidst all these….srk has gone down so much that i wonder his upcoming films will even do 125-150!!!
Thank our stars Hollywood was not an Indian industry.
Otherwise the great idiots that we are would make a list along with Box Office India (proudly proclaiming and underlining the stupidity of India) with Vin Diesel, Shia laBeouf and Dwayne Johnson being the biggest stars and have long conversations on why the former is better than the latter and who is the andho mei kaana raja and hence, the greatest that every was..
And every week BOI would come up with an article stating why films such as Shawshank Redemption must not be made as its theatrical business was very less and for whom they are made. Let’s make all films like the Transformers series coz that’s what audience wants to see only. And people will milao haan se haan and prepare arguments like Leonardo could not “rise above the script” of Inception and “Shutter Island” the way Vin Diesel does for Fast and Furious..
Ghanta watchable.. by bollywood standards it was barely secent and that’s the beat compliment i could give it. The best thing about it was saurabh shukla and he wasnt even at his best in the film. Ihighly predictable film which tried hard to be a patriotic
To be honest rajkumar gupta is a self righteous filmmaker like madhur bhandarkar who “thinks” he makes good films
as Raid was based on true events, I think it was quite taut and enjoyable mainly becoz of AD’s brooding intense acting….songs were added for commercial purposes (which it served as movie did 100 cr) – so here i will differ but otherwise AD is doing very bad films off-late
I watcehd Raod on TV. Regretted to have not watched it on big screen.
It was fabulous. Tony is known to joke usually and be serious occasionally. He can be ignored. The other day he was talking about Amitabh, which made me laugh like Renuka Chaudhry.
I suggest our resident moron to read this and compare these views with mrs funnybone’s gossip columns. Some needs to learn what a liability really is …
Just came back from Stree, here in Dallas. Amazing movie and hits all the right notes in terms of Comedy, Horror and mostly this movie is intelligent and a fun watch. No surprise it has picked up huge on Saturday, i expect this to go big on Sunday and become another major sleeper hit of this year. Actors who standout are RR, Pankaj Tripathi and Aparshakti. Shraddha was a treat to watch on screen, beautiful.
as supposed to a 53 year old SRK extending his arms romancing a 20s something heroine or Bhai ripping off his shirt to fight the baddies or a Canadian Akshay giving a lesson on patriotism
Deepika spoke to The New Indian Express and stated, “Forget the actor part, for me, Irrfan is someone I’m extremely fond of as a person. I can’t say it was expected, but neither was it a shock. I myself have been through certain experiences in the past, and it has taught me that life is fragile. Anything can happen to anyone. Nothing shocks or alarms me anymore, but I do wish him good health and a speedy recovery.”
Just a general notice here. Pointless debates about stars, specially when they’re not conducted in a respectful way, and only meant to provoke will be deleted. I already see some of those here. If it gets out of hand these will gone. So no point in wasting energy on these.
Karan johar has been getting on my nerves lately. At least he had traces of humbleness somewhere before. But lately he has developed this “ I don’t care if u think i am the flag bearer of nepotism, im still going ahead with it. Jo ukhaadna hai ukhaad lo”
I agree with many who say that nepotism isnt only relevant in Bollywood but among corporates too.. but when the MD keeps filling the important toles in his his office with his son, his chacha’s son, his mama’s son, his sister’s daughter, his brother’s wife’s sister and so on, then that is a cause of concern for the other talented people in the workplace who keep wondering where they missed out on
haha true.. . but as much we say almost all film industry parents wants their children to be launched by this nepo holder as they know his is big production house n he knows how to project or limelight there strength n hide limitations to the fullest.. so dont think he is going to change to humbleness. 😕
Nepotism in any private enterprise is the sole prerogative of the private enterprise. If it harms, it will only harm that private enterprise, and if not controlled it will bankrupt the enterprise. But it does not harm the public in any way. So if KJo decides to bet his precious money on any starkid, its his risk. Why should public be concerned. As for entertainment and fans, starkids come and starkids go, rarely 1-2 have stuck beyond 5 yrs. Movies like Stri with no Godfather-backed actors prove that talent and script will always win.
IMHO, Public Service (ie Government) is the only place where we ought to be concerned about Nepotism; as it directly affects each and every citizen of the country.
Actually nepotism even in private enterprise DOES harm the public: not only because employment and advancement opportunities don’t get decided on merit, but also because, more broadly, it fosters a culture where corporate success is a function of access to networks rather than to innovation. And that is something we see in India everywhere, with most of our corporates succeeding based on access, insider opportunities, NOT because “hey we are just better than the competition.” And that is what is behind, perhaps not the initial success of something like Reliance or Adani in its initially chosen field, but their expansion into every area under the sun — complete crony capitalism.
“…, it fosters a culture where corporate success is a function of access to networks rather than to innovation. And that is something we see in India everywhere, ..”
Agreed, and this proves my point. Nepotism in Indian enterprises harms them because it does not foster innovation. Which explains the abysmal ranking of Indian companies on any index or scale of Innovative Breakthroughs. They essentially remain me-too enterprises, and by-an-large wither away from any global competition. They then only compete in the domestic Indian market, and survive through corruption and nexus dealings. Something similar goes on in China as well, except that their Government has banished unions and created a huge labor arbitrage cost advantage vis-a-vis the West, and have thus made a mark globally. If the West starts demanding equivalent labor conditions of Chinese companies, they too will wither away.
Take IT for example. Its been a solid 30 yrs since Indian IT mushroomed, yet they are nowhere in innovation. Labor Price Arbitrage is the only reason for Indian IT to have lasted 3 decades. The top players actively foster regional or parochial networks amongst their employees; that hinder the rise of un-connected talented individuals. But again, the harm is to the organization itself. As Artificial Intelligence takes over, the margins of labor arbitrage will also dwindle, and thus Indian IT will find itself amongst withering industries in the global marketplace. They then will only compete for a shrinking domestic pie.
But, all of this nepotism still did not harm the taxpayer in any way. These are self-inflicting wounds to companies themselves. You and I do not lose our money, as long as we are not invested in these companies.
Nice summation of Chinese and Indian scenarios. China is actually much better placed due to its cheap labor advantage in manufacturing sector (although robotics will change all that in coming decades) and the current huge investment by its govt in AI. As far as Indian IT is concerned, the ripples are already being felt everywhere. As we move into ‘smart’ development era of software, the indian bench-strenth is increasingly becoming redundant and pretty useless. What the next gen of apps will require is highly specialised set of few skilled people. Indian IT will die out in next 2 decades (at least its massy appeal will).
IT'S OFFICIAL… On the auspicious occasion of #Janmashtami, Reliance Entertainment and Imtiaz Ali announce a film on the eternal love story of Radha and Krishna… Will be written and directed by Imtiaz… Research on the film is currently underway #RadhaKrishna…
It’s amazing to see how there are newer filmmakers and ideas that refuse to cater to the tried and tested and are always keen on pushing boundaries to give us rather unique and immersive experienes. Searching is one such film which is the first one of its kind and carries the story forward through conversations and events entirey through social media.
Made by debutant Aneesh Chaganty and starring John Cho who had made a name for himself in the American Pie and Harold & Kumar series before, Searching is a taur and engaging thriller that doesn’t compromise on pace right from the firstscene. This kind of film is more difficult to conceive and realize than what the effortless direction and fluidity in the narrative flow would have you believe. Even as the writing is crisp and sharp, the film benefits greatly from creating a scenario that the social media generation would so relate to. A father’s search for his missing daughter is the basic premise that leads to a satisfying conclusion, and the background score which presents a curious mix of dread and mystery is one of the major highlights along with Jim Cho’s natural and convincing performance.
The film is also filled with some extremely smart and well executed shots and can be easily called the Film of the year. Lets just hope this low budget, small film finds enough takers across the world. If watching different and exciting cinema is your forte, watch it by all means and serve your inner cinemaholic some much needed fodder!
Finally saw Sanju!! I will start with Hirani. It’s at PK level as far as direction is concerned. Not his best but still he is a better story teller than most even when not at best. Ranbir Kapoor was great and he had to be. Not surprised. Paresh could have done better IMO. I now understood why Hirani wanted someone who can give more to that role. Sunil Dutt deserved a better performance. I mean Paresh Rawal wasn’t bad. But Sunil Dutt is pretty much the Hero and savior of Sanju’s life. Somehow that got reflected more from Ranbir’s or Vicky’s Kaushal’s words/actions rather than Paresh’s performance. Maybe it’s Hirani’s fault here. I mean I felt very emotional when Sanju gets a chance to clarify with Kamli but didn’t feel much when Sunil Dutt dies. Something missed here. Vicky Kaushal was fantastic. Despite Ranbir pretty much mimicking a well known and charismatic personality Vicky was never over shadowed. Dia Mirza and Anushka Sharma had nothing in their roles though.
Finally I would say this movie DID it’s bit to clarify Sanjay Dutt’s stand especially in blast case. 50% of the movie was around the blast case with Sanju getting a chance to clarify regarding why he had gun or his involvement in the case. So when Mr. Hirani says he wasn’t clearing dirt, it’s a straight lie. He was. Nothing wrong in it. But if think you are honest you should say it IMO,
All estimations and calculations go for a toss… #Stree wreaks havoc at ticket counters… Multiplexes, single screens, metros, mass circuits – this one has worked across the board… Fri 6.82 cr, Sat 10.87 cr, Sun 13.57 cr. Total: ₹ 31.26 cr. India biz.
Arjun Kapoor is Prabhat… Check out Arjun's look from #IndiasMostWanted… Directed by Rajkumar Gupta… Produced by Fox Star Studios and Rajkumar Gupta… 24 May 2019 release. pic.twitter.com/YmNRleeRYJ
As face-off between Sonu Sood and Kangana Ranaut escalates, it has now emerged that what was called patchwork shoot in Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi has now blown into a major reshoot and will take about 45 days, Mid-day reports. Sonu Sood, who left the film which will now be directed by Kangana, has been replaced by Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub.
The report said what was termed as a 10-day patchwork shoot has now become a 45-day schedule and many scenes from director Krish’s original cut will be shot again. Krish had reportedly left the film as he had already committed his dates to NTR biopic down south and Kangana stepped into his role.
“During the first screening, the producers noted that the movie didn’t adhere to the script written by KV Vijayendra Prasad. There were glaring discrepancies in character establishment,” a source is quoted as saying. After the reshoot began, they felt “they would have to re-shoot several portions, if they were to be honest to the script”. After a meeting with the producers, an additional Rs 20 crore were sanctioned for the shoot.
Hollywood action director Nick Powell is reportedly onboard to shoot certain action sequences and a special song with be added to the film.
The stories behind most Kangana’s movies at the filming stage are more interesting than the movies themselves these days.
There are affairs with co-stars, fall-outs with co-stars, taking other people’s works credits, or then she re-writes the film or re-directs the film mid-way through.
It was always very obvious that this time around she has fallen out with the director (who she has now replaced herself) and the main hero (Sonu Sood- who she has replaced with another actor).
Talks of Kangana doing only patchwok as director or Sood being unwilling at work with a woman as director always sounded like lame excuses.
At the end of the day, these are run of the mill problems that crop with every Kangana film under production.
Kangana has been delivering flops left and right since last 3 years. So she has to be in news somehow and grab new projects based on that only. Who will put huge money on a flop actress and that too 20 cr on reshoot???? all bogus PR
If 2.0 could punch in additional 100 cr to its initial 450 cr budget (so that the movie can release), 20 cr reshoot is not implausible for manikarnika. Usually the producers’ hands are tied in such situations.
Anyways, i doubt if either of these 2 much delayed and over-budget films can recover their investment.
Here is a shout-out for the spanish thriller on which Bachchan-Tapsee’s Baadla is based on. Its quite good and available on netflix as Invisible Guest with english subtitles.
Agree that its most likely that bachchan will play the father and tapsee the female lawyer. But instead of the mother, she will be the lover. Sujoy ghosh cant think beyond this and will probably screw it up.
Stree Has Huge Monday – Set To Be SUPER HIT
Monday 03 September 2018 22.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Stree has had a an excellent Monday as collections look set to be in the 8.50 crore nett range as the Janmashtami holiday has given the collections a boost. Even if we take out the Janmashtami factor it is still a fantastic hold and the film is likely to emerge a SUPER HIT. The Monday business of Stree is higher than the day two business of Gold and Satyameva Jayate
The film will be around the 40 crore nett mark in just four days and the first week can easily go to 52-55 crore nett depending on what level the film settles post the Monday holiday. A big Monday was on the cards after that huge Sunday which clocked over 14 crore nett but with 8.50 crore nett apprx it has surpassed the expectations.
There have been two other runaway SUPER HITS this year in Sonu Ke Tito Ki Sweety and Raazi and this film looks on the line of those as the fair value for Monday looks a drop of 20% which is extraordinary. Where the lifetime goes comparatively with Sonu Ke Tito Ki Sweety and Raazi will depend on how the releases over the next few weeks affect the film but on this trend the film could go anywhere.
Someone here accused me of being a Bachchan fanatic the other day. The reality is quite the opposite. I like his films from the seventies, most of which are multi-starrers where he unassumingly takes away the limelight from established stars – not only with his baritone, but also his silences! But once he became ‘one man industry’ (that his fans gloat about), he was quite intolerable. Coolie was in 1983? He was around 40 at that time and that his last peak as a ‘star’. Not much to talk about in the next 20 years till his comeback as grand old man of bollywood, that too riding on adi chopra and kjo films! (And we look down upon Salman for spending 10 years in limbo between 1999 and Wanted.) He has done some interesting work since then – no doubt, although interspersed with many nonsensical acts and silly films.
I think He is v lucky to get this ToH deal at the age of 75. If the film lives up to its expectations (lets just focus on BO aspect since its an Acharya direction after all), it will give enough fuel for him to go on acting till his eighties (or till his physical strength holds up).
Aamir (on the other side) has actually done the best work of his career starting from forties (same age when Bachchan tumbled into oblivion with flops and politics and bankruptcy and whatnot). If MB series happens, he will be acting till his early sixties for sure. But I wont be surprised if he goes into full-time direction and production after that. Hanging around as a grand oldman onscreen may not be his cup of tea …
Must add that Bachchan as old man is nowhere near to the hamming of Dilip Kumar as grand old man! The edge he had over the likes of Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor in his peak, was hammed away to glory!
#Stree runs riot at the BO… Surpasses expectations by putting up a FANTASTIC TOTAL on Day 4 [#Janmashtami holiday]… Fri 6.83 cr, Sat 10.87 cr, Sun 14.57 cr, Mon 9.70 cr. Total: ₹ 41.97 cr. India biz… This one’s a SUPER HIT.
I’ve heard Stree’s collections are being underreported so that it doesn’t beat Raazi (a Shraddha vs Alia thing). Sounds like hogwash. But this being bollywood, you never know.
BOI goes crazy after Sultan performs miserably in China.
“It does not make much a difference to the makers of the film as the film was sold like most other Indian films in China and they got the fixed amount which will be close $1 million and even when the films do very well the Chinese distributors do not give the overflow as was seen with the case of Hindi Medium” https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4243
Sultan in the context of the recent successes in China is an epic disaster. It’s got a huge release too and the expectations were for at least double this first weekend so it’s a huge flop. This too after Sanjana mentioned it won some best action award, it always felt like a poor man’s Dangal.
Toilet and Sultan have partly hurt future prospects – so much for someone’s theory of second mover advantage 😀
Remember Siddharth Nigam who played young Samar/Sahir in Dhoom 3? After playing young Ashoka on TV, now he is playing Aladdin burdened with a goofy Jinn on SAB. It entered top 10 easily.
Aladdin can be made as a film in 3D format. It has immense possibilities of attracting the kids and family audience if done by a good production house.
Aamir would not he talking to his Ghajini body trainer for Forrest Gump remake. Its likely to be Aamir-Prabhas face-off in MB as Arjuna vs Karna in one way or the other.
The clear winner this week at the Chennai Box-Office is Nayanthara’s Imaikka Nodigal, which had a late release. The film which was supposed to release on Thursday had a late release in select screens but opened in all screens by Friday. It has grossed approximately Rs 1.63 Cr in three days and is number one.
Nayanthara has pulled off the impossible as her Kolamavu Kokila, a proven hit entered third week and still holds on to the number two position. The film has grossed a whopping Rs 4.73 Cr in 17 days. Nayan is the real Lady Superstar by a mile.
At number three is Prakash Raj – Vikram Prabhu’s Radha Mohan directed 60 Vayathu Maaniram, which is getting good reviews.
And at number four is the Hindi horror film Stree, which is carrying good reports. Geetha Govindam continues to hold good at number five.
KJ at 9.3% is surprising. He is not from a big state like Bengal or UP. His party is No 2 in Punjab and No 1 in Delhi. He is leader of a regional party which till couple of years ago was my favourite but no more now. I blame KJ for his inability to keep his flock together, chosing lousy folks over committed and dedicated colleagues.
Kejri perhaps has a lot of angst against the system but has no clue how he can change it in large scale. Plus he keeps awful company. AAP was always a bubble. But his nautanki has come down a bit these days, maybe?
Kejriwal has also succumbed to the autocratic approach that characterizes most Indian political parties, with very little room for dissent — his “technocratic” bent was always a bit problematic from his earliest days, but quite sad to see old-timers from the party leaving in droves.
Even in significantly big parties, i have not seen their 90% senior leaders quitting within 2 years of its power. Its like BJP/Congress losing its entire leadership barring Modi/Rahul (which might not be a bad idea).
This looks to be more than a case of just dissent. None of his colleagues left him because they disagreed with the idea of KJ as their leader or they had selfish motives. Usually this is the case, but not in AAP’s case. It has to be with all the factors that a leader should not have.
The fact that KJ is mostly silent over arrest of left wing leaders is shocking for me. He should have been on the roads or on strike. However he only choses to do so when he finds IAS officers not respecting him/his ego hurt. When was the last time he agitated for the people of India/Delhi/Punjab?
No 1: Aamir Khan – Despite his absence which is like a curse in showbiz, he remains of top. The competition is unable to followup of their hits.
No 2 Salman Khan – The competition. The halo is gone. Is this momentary?
No 3 Ranbir Kapoor – Sanju. 300+ Cr.
No 4 Akshay Kumar – 9 100+ Cr. Prestige Films. But has a glass ceiling, which undermines his stardom. Will 2point0 be able to break? The world believes so.
No 5 Ranveer Singh / Ajay Devgn – Their next is looking HIT on paper already.
How is Ranbir #3?! Sanju was 300, but after a string of disasters and under-performers!
PS — much as I can’t stand SRK, to not have him in the top 5 is a bit much! He is a bigger box office draw than Devgan, and probably has been at all points for nearly a quarter of a century.
Q, It’s more to do with Akshay who unlike last year, is not able to get a superhit this year. The perception that he cannot break the glass ceiling is helping Ranbir.
There is also a case of Ranveer Singh here who had a huge hit in Padmaavat. I am waiting for Simbaa which i think can upturn all rankings as we might see a new No 2.
One point on Ranveer is that the leading lady — more often than not Padukone — plays a huge role in his hits. This is relevant given the kinds of films these are; ie whatever one may say about Deepika in a random film, on terrain like Bajirao Mastaani or Padmaavat she is obviously a major draw. That isn’t something you can say about (eg) Anushka in PK or of course any of the actresses in Salman’s recent films; same with Akshay. Take those historicals with Padukone away, and “Gunday” might be Ranveer’s natural level; no one even showed up for films like “Kill Dill” even on the first weekend…
For these sorts of reasons — how many can stars pull in for their bread and butter film, just any film they show up in — hard to argue with Aamir and Salman on top, with SRK, Hrithik and Akshay in there behind them (admittedly the question of what the “regular” Aamir or Hrithik film is is not easy to answer, in the former case because Aamir often tries to do quality films, in the latter case because Hrithik is from Bizarroworld)…
Most of the hits of 90s / 2000s were remakes either from classic hollywood films or older hindi/tamil/telugu films.
None were able to be better than originals. Same here.
But Sangharsh was brilliant in its own way. The song – Sonu Nigam’s Mujhe Raat din, Aashutosh’s over the top villanous act, Akshay’s sankritised dialogs which got claps and whistles in theatres, Preity’s fiesty character and Tanuja Chandra’s direction was good.
Devgan has a following among pseudo nationalists in Maharashtra and Vimal paan masala chewing saffron wearers in UP, Rajasthan and Bihar. Rest of the country doesn’t really care for him.
Akshay Kumar has a following among padhe-likhe Modi bhakts in city who think highly of themselves and think they know everything about the dynamics of moviemaking.
Salman is the darling of rickshawallahs and beefy studs who believe they are God’s gift to women.
Ranbir is the favourite of clueless social media crazy teens and below 25-year old youngsters who share listicles on FB and twitter and believe they have figured out the concept of life.
SRK is a topic of discussion among all demographics as listed above but none of them are turning out for his movies lately.
No one claims to be an Aamir fan as they think he’s old and old-school but everyone from the above demographics secretly turn up for his movies when they release. and then they go back to social media and claim Aamir is an anti-national.
In my experience of non fanatical Hindi cinema followers, the ‘indifferent’ or ‘casual’ crowd – Aamir has the biggest following. This type of fandom will never be detectable but I agree that even fanatics of other stars rock up to watch Aamir films… for many years I’d watch SRK for sure as there was a chance of something good but that’s gone downhill since OSO IMO. CE seems a freak result now and not even a great film…just decent enough.
😄Classic comment which may draw fire from upset fans of certain stars.☺️
Loved that bit about Ranbir fans.
BTW, I know some Salman fans who are bhakts and like him for bizarre reasons. 1– he has a Hindu mom. 2. ‘He is basically a good guy like all who get into trouble. Not like that Chaalu Aamir, you know’.
Much before filmmaker Karan Johar’s period drama set in the Mughal era, Takht, hits screens, his protégé Nikkhil Advani is set to helm a show, tentatively titled Moghuls, based on author Alex Rutherford’s historical fiction novel Empire of the Moghul.
Empire of the Moghul begins with Babur and ends with the reign of Aurangzeb. While actor Ronit Roy will play the role of Babur, Shabana Azami will, reportedly, play Babur’s grandmother Esan Daulat. Dia Mirza will be seen as the Mughals emperor’s sister Khanzada.
Aamir Khan is at a position where Big B was in his hey days – from 1 to 5 – we can put his name – no failures in last decade! 100 to 350 cr to 2000 cr – everywhere he is the boss – variety of subjects he has covered in his films in last 10-15 yrs – new directors and churns out BB stuff – does not take any upfront money as fees – has done pathbreaking shows like SMJ – that man stands very tall as of today and after TOH – he will have one more mileston of 450-500 cr……sky is the limit here for him and still ppl question his star power!!!
Ghoul (Netflix), another good series. Would love to see more of India/Netflix connected series. Sacred Games and now this, both very well done. The setting and mood is very well captured. Interesting concept, anyone that is Muslim is by default a terrorist unless proven otherwise. It certainly feels like we’re not that away from this concept.
Welcome 2, not like the first part. How the hell does John Abraham became an actor? He makes Akshay Kumar look like Dilip Kumar. Guy has no expression, no body language, nothing, except steroids body. Having said that, do have to give him credit for producing some decent films and carving out a space for himself which is very hard to do in this dog eat dog Bollyworld.
PadMan, had no expectation from this film based on most of the comments (typically aamir fans) on this forum. I thought it would be waste of time but wife wanted to watch it. Turned out to be a decent watch. One thing for sure, I would rather watch an Akshay film than SRK film (and this is coming from a SRK fan). At least there is a good message/story in many of recent Akshay films. Of course some of it is politically driven but, they’re decent films.
MOM, another good film. Sridevi owns it and I don’t think there are many who can pull it off like how she did it. Madhuri has nothing on Sridevi.
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I wish there was little less discussion on boxoffice, actually less pulling down of other actors and films (and this is usually done by fans of a particular actor, and let’s not pretend like they don’t, just go thru any thread); and more progressive talks. Let’s talk about movies, songs, actors, etc of yester year and current and put up information and talk/debate about it. With such a rich history of films we have, I’m sure it would be a good conversation instead of constant crore talks and constant bashing of other actors/films.
Donald Trump; Probably the dumbest president ever in the whole world. This guy is a pure fraud, can’t believe good 30% of USA still believes blindly everything this man says.
Cow: Not sure how much of it is true or false but there are many incidents which are reported of Gaurakshak lynching/killing people in the name of protecting cow (I assume many incidents goes unreported/undetected). I’ve seen forwarded messages on social media that 9 out of 10 biggest slaughter house in India are owned by Hindus. How are they able to run this business legally when you have government banning consumption of beef in some states? And why aren’t these Gaurakshak going after the mass killer of cows and instead taking lives of loners? Just doesn’t make sense how this Gaurakshak business works.
Another thing I find odd is that in USA, there are many Subways owned by Patels who thinks like Gaurakshak, sends money to India for Gaurakshak but has no problem selling Cow meat in their own store, go figure.
I eat beef but if there’s a law passed tomorrow that says no beef eating in USA, I would be perfectly okay giving it up. But then don’t tell me that USA will be the biggest supplier of beef.
I’m watching Power currently. Finished up to season 3. This is more guilty pleasure…the show is practically soft porn, I don’t recall an episode without sex scene(s) and this is lead actors acting like porn stars. Block out these images (tough) it’s a decent watch. It’s got better, it’s got 50 cent as one of the leads.
Z – Glad you liked Padman and Mom. India is really making good medium budgets movies now and all are becoming Hits…the latest being Gold and Stree (a bigger hit than Gold)
The whole issue connected to eating beef and lynchings has been referenced in Mukkabaaz. If this were a major production with stars the film would be unreleasable.
The rich — those who own large companies — are always able to get away, only the poor and weak are targeted, and for most of the victims even charges of cow slaughter or smuggling aren’t even established. Thousands of traditional pastoral communities (some Muslim, others Hindu) herd cattle, but in some areas these are the people who are being targeted, even though for these people there is no question of slaughtering cattle as that is their biggest asset (conversely, many farmers of all communities are upset at cow protection efforts because earlier they used to sell aged cattle, but now that market is collapsing; the “gaushalas” that are acquiring cattle are owned by local bigwigs but there have been scandals around over-crowding, ill-treatment, and just “housing” of cows without any regard to their welfare)– but what happens is that when some bigots hear a Muslim name they feel emboldened because for consumers of TV news who are unfamiliar with ground realities in rural India they jump to only one conclusion (i.e. many of these gaurakshak groups are auditioning for greater publicity and visibility, and with bigotry on the rise they can always count on at least some support; an extremely ugly climate)– I have met multiple people from big cities who told me that until these lynchings became an issue they weren’t even aware that there WERE Muslim pastorals, LOL! [Meanwhile, out of fear of attacks, many Muslim pastorals have given up their cattle — which of course are then acquired by others who get an asset at distressed sale prices; it’s a sordid conjunction of extortion and expropriation.]
Excellent Reuters investigative report on this issue HERE.
what happens when you read incendiary biased western media narrative and get excited!!
“What is different from mob violence and the Christian lynchings is that their lynching had the approval of society. Just look at the crowds collected to witness and enjoy the lynching (photos available online). In contrast, Indian society has not approved of lynching. It is simply another mob-violence crime. But given their guilt, the Christians under Congress and Christian-influenced media-western media cleverly and mischievously planted the “Lynching” concept in the public domain only after ModiSarkar came into power. During the ten years of Congress also there were many killings by mobs but there was no such ranting and raving about “Lynching” as a terminology and label as it is now. The US has a history of over 4000 lynchings of blacks and that figure may not be accurate as there is no proper record of these crimes:”
“The Congress and the media inserted this term into mob violence that existed in India long before ModiSarkar came into power. In fact, the incidents of lynching under ModiSarkar are far lesser in number than under the criminal Congress during their term. A tweet by A.Ranganathan shows that there over a dozen lynchings under the Congress in 2013 alone. So, if one digs deeper into the ten years of Sonia and Congress, they would exceed the number of incidents in the four years of ModiSarkar. This is not to justify any killing but to indicate how the media and the Congress have labelled and created a terror-syndrome called “Lynching” which has managed to fool even the SC. This is nothing but mob violence and mob frenzy which has existed for a long time but has surely been declining with greater awareness among citizens.”
“And there is technically no lynching in India because society does not approve it as it did in Christianity. Our society does not hold public hangings or beheadings or burning at the stake as a socially-approved practice in any state or in any society in this land. ”
“Either way, a law on total ban on cow-slaughter is required across India. That itself will stop a lot of crimes. But on priority, a law that punishes cow-theft and cow-smuggling severely will by itself deter criminals”
“Yes, I am doing Sanjay’s film. I don’t know much about it. Have only heard a one-liner about it. But Sanjay is not answering my calls. Please ask him to speak to me.” – SK
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New Delhi: The khiladi Akshay Kumar’s recent movie choices have once again made him one of the most bankable stars around. The actor was last seen in sports drama ‘Gold’ and it too struck the right chord amongst the viewers. It also marked the debut of popular television actress Mouni Roy and she has been paired opposite the superstar.
Noted film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter and shared the figures. He wrote: “#Gold [Week 3] Fri 45 lakhs, Sat 82 lakhs, Sun 1.20 cr, Mon 55 lakhs, Tue 35 lakhs. Total: ₹ 107.37 cr. #Gold biz at a glance…Week 1: ₹ 89.30 cr [prolonged Week 1; 9 days; released on Wed] Week 2: ₹ 14.70 cr Week 3: ₹ 3.37 cr [till Tue] Total: ₹ 107.37 cr India biz. HIT.”
#Gold [Week 3] Fri 45 lakhs, Sat 82 lakhs, Sun 1.20 cr, Mon 55 lakhs, Tue 35 lakhs. Total: ₹ 107.37 cr.#Gold biz at a glance… Week 1: ₹ 89.30 cr [prolonged Week 1; 9 days; released on Wed] Week 2: ₹ 14.70 cr Week 3: ₹ 3.37 cr [till Tue] Total: ₹ 107.37 cr India biz. HIT.
Despite being a clean HIT, i am a bit disappointed because the movie had it to be Akki’s biggest grosser. 140-150 Cr if not more.
Jayshah is right. 2point0 will be THE game changer.
Its insane how they set forth a plan of these movies ten years ago and how well that plan has turned out!
However, they need new blood with RDJ and Chris Evans winding down their roles. Black Panther has really infused new life for MCU and now I think Captain Marvel will do the same and lead MCU into the next phase. Another decade of this….?
Jack Dorsey said Twitter was meant to be a ‘public square’, but fell victim to ‘abuse, harassment, troll armies, propaganda through bots’.
Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey on Wednesday told United States legislators that the social media network was “unprepared and ill-equipped” for the misinformation campaigns that have plagued it for the last few years.
“We’re now removing over 200% more accounts for violating our policies,” the Twitter CEO added. “We’re identifying and challenging 8-10 million suspicious accounts every week.”
He added: “And we’re thwarting over a half million accounts from logging in to Twitter every day.” Dorsey also rejected allegations that Twitter operates on the basis of political bias, AFP reported.
Democratic Party Senator Mark Warner said that he was skeptical that Facebook and Twitter would be able to address the problems of manipulation on their own. “Congress is going to have to take action here,” he said.
It is like bolting the door after. Too much damage has been done. The social media created a vicious atmosphere, made the youth lazy, used for silly ego boosting exercises and now the repentance. They have unleashed a monster and now they have to control it and tame it.
Social media has taken previous misinformation campaigns run by media into public domain. This was an expected consequence, and the owners of FB/Twitter have encouraged this all along for financial gains. About youth being lazy and egoistic, its an age old phenomenon, but it has got new ‘tools’ from all this. But the real harm is the real propaganda campaigns that are run which isnt so obvious to you or me.
Aamir launching Vivo V11 Pro smartphone in India today with in-screen fingerprint sensor, waterdrop notch, Dual Pixel technology, Qualcomm’s 660 processor and Dual-Engine Fast Charging for those who like fancy stuff in their phone.
Stree is doing phenomenally well as collections went up on Wednesday. The film is on a crazy run and could go anywhere at the box office. The film collected 6.50 crore nett on Wednesday as a few circuits went up and now the total collections of the film are close to 54 crore nett and a first week of 60 crore is possible depending on the business on Thursday.
#Stree is SUPER-STRONG on Day 6… Wed biz is HIGHER than Tue and almost at par with Fri… Truly UNSTOPPABLE… Fri 6.83 cr, Sat 10.87 cr, Sun 14.57 cr, Mon 9.70 cr, Tue 6.37 cr, Wed 6.55 cr. Total: ₹ 54.89 cr. India biz.
Stree is having an insane run for a movie of its kind! To have its first Wednesday better than the Tuesday means the WOM has caught like wildfire in the entire country..
I think the horror element intrigues people all over the country! and it is a bona fide desi story that people in cities as well as small towns can relate to.
I had said this before Golmaal 4 released that the horror comedy genre is not tapped in Bollywood yet like how Kollywood has done it. Golmaal 4 also did extremely well and now this. I still think there is lot of potential in this genre and some of those crazily good Tamil movies in last 3-4 years in this genre are ripe for a remake if someone thinks on those lines
‘History owes an apology to LGBT community’: India’s Supreme Court decriminalises gay sex
Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said the law was irrational, indefensible, and manifestly arbitrary.
There are some here constantly attacking other members or ridiculing them. Such comments won’t go through. If this continues the comments of such members will go into permanent moderation.
Just checking if this comment gets edited/deleted instead of those constant drivel about how Gold or Lakshya is a clean BO hit -comments which elevate the quality and environment of this blog according to moderators/owners.
Watching Mangal Pandey for half an hour a day. Surprised to see a well made movie touching social and political issues with a passion. The caste conflicts, the religious taboos, woman’s status and the way the rulers treated the natives.
Watched the first half of Tubelight and liked it to some extent because of its emotional appeal and the pleasing visuals.
Not all failed films are bad and not all hits are good. One can like certain things about a movie and may not like the full movie.
I watched Mangal Pandey in the theatre, 2005, liked it quite a bit. It is a well scripted, directed, enacted film, with terrific music from ARR. And yet, something off …perhaps the Bollywoody fictional retellng of MP’s personal life? Well, not much is known about Mangal save a page of bare bones material,so the makers had to work on that and fictionalise it in a popular manner. But I loved all the details of the time, and in fact ( in retrospect) find it less Bollywoody compared to Bhansali’s loud melodrama, the more recent Bajirao Mastani.
For BM, plenty of material was available — and yet they chose to Bollify the film to a laughable degree. There was no mention of Bajirao’s use of guerilla warfare tactics in the marshes and overgrown hills of Maharashtra. I loved the character of Bajirao’s wife, found Bajirao himself good only in patches — and was totally unimpressed with the characterisation of Mastani. She was an athletic warrior, fine. But there was little depth of passion in a woman supposed to be in love. And yet this film was a huge hit, where Mangal Pandey failed. About MP, I remember being intrigued by the story of the Parsi opium merchant and his involvement with shameful British trade in this regard. Later, reading the novels of Amitav Ghosh, I got a clearer picture of the opium trade topic.
MP didn’t quite fail. This was always exaggerated at the time. Put differently today the film with that opening (biggest of its time) and trending would do a lot more than Bajirao did! I’m serious. Now of course one has to ‘adjust’ for many things across this time period but my point is that you can easily calculate what a massive opener today would do in week 1 (let alone the biggest) and then what it would do on the same trending. Put differently Sultan has much worse trending and it’s a 300 crore film. TZH is more or less the same (factoring in GST) or maybe somewhat better. So again we have to move beyond these common perceptions first of all. Now it is true that the standards prevalent at the time MP released were somewhat higher on trending. But still this film wasn’t a failure (or I am willing to accept the ‘failure’ of this film if we re-calibrate so many ‘successes’ over the last 20 years or more). A disappointment for sure (again using the standards of those days) on trending. Clearly it wasn’t loved or anything. But there isn’t quite the gap between it and many other ‘hits’ sense that one might think. The only thing that has happened is that standards have been lowered dramatically. Now it’s a 100, 200, 300 cr and no questions asked deal. If anything smaller releases still have to show enough trending. This is the perversity of Bollywood.
Getting back to the film again this is a historical or period drama with masala elements rather than a masala film outright. And the ‘balance’ perhaps didn’t please anyone entirely. But also, and to repeat, an older point, you cannot get this kind of film to be a huge success anyway. It doesn’t end well for the hero! In contemporary India it’s just extremely hard to make very major successes out of major films that end this way. Or that offer dark commentary on the reigning ideologies of the present. Talaash is a classic example of this. MP among other things also offers at points a dark commentary on what today we might define as a certain kind of corporate logic. There are a few key scenes in this sense.
But all of this still gets back to the larger point. We automatically adopt a kind of defensive posture with films that we think are good but that didn’t work at the box office (in some sense). The opposite is also assumed. This is just completely the wrong way to judge the worth of a film. Sure, the box office tells you something about the audience, it also illuminates all kinds of ideological issues, it certainly can be read as cultural commentary. But all this is still different from the question surrounding the value of a film. Even if audiences didn’t take to MP in the true sense this too is hardly surprising. There are much greater films that the audiences didn’t take to and not only in India. It’s always unfortunate when this happens but it’s just reality. Cinema is such a commercial medium that there is always this perennial struggle between the more meaningful film (large scale production, middle cinema or even at the arthouse end) and its box office fortunes. It’s just a medium that requires too much investment even for the smaller film. The maker of a movie is therefore always compromising. Even the most celebrated directors in history rarely got the chance to makes the films they truly wanted without any consideration for the box office. Yes, many directors have created extraordinary works working with such compromise but that’s a different matter.
Mangal Pandey had an opening week of 17 Cr and finished at around 28 Cr. Budget 37 Cr. Verdict Flop.
KANK opened at 28 Cr and finished at around 44 Cr. Budget 48 Cr. Verdict Semi Hit.
All figures from our beloved BOI.
I’m very sure BOI has systematically reduced MP’s verdict – I’m sure it’s been semi hit, above average, average (what Wikipedia says BOI has) and now flop – even Wikipedia can’t keep up with BOI. Point is MP can hardly be termed a trade flop, maybe audience rejected it but then KANK and many others should follow the same logic.
agree with all of it – but I somehow found that at script level, it was not a rich material for a full feature film – something was missing! i m sure if aamir were to do it today, the film wud have shaped differently. neverthless, it was probably a forerunner or something which really didn’t satisfy one fully either on entertainment front or on solid story-telling front….
Mangal Pandey is actually constructed fantastically well, precisely because just about everything we know about him comes from the records of his trial (hardly the most impartial forum). The film’s writer does an excellent job in using every one of the elements mentioned in the trial records — the bhang/Mangal Pandey’s intoxication, the way he fired the shot, etc. — but in imbuing them with a different “meaning” than that construed by the tribunal. The subtitle of the film’s English version — “The Ballad of Mangal Pandey” — needs to be taken seriously, as the film weaves dry trial testimony into the stuff of legend. More broadly, as LS you note, a lot of the stray elements also tie into broader themes from the period (stated differently, they aren’t just there because they mean something to us TODAY — a huge contrast with something like Bajirao Mastaani — but because they meant something BACK IN THE DAY): the implication of Indian merchants in British colonialism (not just Parsis; opium, for instance, doesn’t just explain what Britain was up to in China, but ALSO how Rabindranath Tagore’s grandfather made his money, why Bombay was so important, etc.); the strangeness of the corporation in the form of the East India Company on Indian terrain (an entity like that was completely alien to Indian life); even the easy camaraderie between the British and Indian soldier is a historically grounded dramatization of the fact that Anglo-Indian social relations were much more relaxed in the 18th and early 19th centuries, “hardening” under the influence of the rise of conservative theories of race/society/inferiority of the non-white races/religions, and of course by the impact of 1857 as well (Toby Stephens beds an Indian widow; that would be hugely hugely frowned upon BY THE BRITISH 20 years later, in the 1870s, whereas there are very many examples of Anglo-Indian marriages in the pre-1850 period). Very many films have represented the political oppressiveness of colonialism (some in more outlandish form than others), but few popular films have represented the strangeness of the Company’s enterprise, and that mixture of desire and humiliation that is the lot of the colonized, in the way that Mangal Pandey did. Superb stuff.
This is a fantastic and enlightening comment. Didn’t you also have a longer piece on the film at the time? I tried to track it down here but couldn’t. GF might also have had one on NG. Not sure.
I had enjoyed Mangal Pandey when it had released. However i couldn’t watch it second time.
Mangala Pandey had a very linear narration like Mohenjodaro.
I will take 3 examples of historicals – The movies like Bajirao, Bhagat singh or Jodha Akbar. These three had a great aura to the hero. That was missing in Mangal Pandey. It may be intentional but the movie couldn’t involve the way the 3 films i mentioned did.
Maybe that part of history, as correctly pointed by Q, is unknown to most Indians as we only have imperial records. Hence we only imagine based on TV series like Sword of Tipu Sultan, etc. Mangal Pandey unfortunately did not also have enough drama and the climax was underwhelming.
I agree that if Aamir were to make it today, the movie would be have more to it. Those were the learning days.
@ Naveen — I am sorry that you speak of Mangal Pandey and Mohenjo Daro in the same breath. In my humble opinion, Mangal Pandey was a bit of a masterpiece that fell short somewhere. It had fabulous music from ARRehman, fitting the mood and tone of the film.The words, the voices — I totally love the music, like it more than the film.
The trailer of upcoming film NOTA, which will mark Vijay Deverakonda’s debut in the Tamil film industry, was released on Thursday by actor Suriya. The trailer opens with visuals of heavy rains filling up reservoirs and the voices of government officials discussing the risk of opening the shutters, which will submerge many parts of the city. As the memory of catastrophic floods that wreaked havoc in Kerala is still fresh, the scene immediately strikes a chord.
Going by the trailer, NOTA seems to follow a rich, spoiled brat, who come of age after getting exposed to the horrors whipped up by politics of corruption and greed. The film is written by Shan Karuppusamy and is directed by Anand Shankar of Iru Mugan fame.
NOTA has a stellar star cast including Sathyaraj, Nassar, MS Bhaskar and Mehreen Pirzada among others. Budding actor Sanchana Natarajan seems to have played an important role as a young politician leading the opposition against the Chief Minister, played by Vijay. While she has appeared in a few movies, she made a mark with her performance in Balaji Mohan’s web series As I’m Suffering From Kadhal.
NOTA is simultaneously being made in Telugu. Interestingly, Vijay has himself dubbed his lines in Tamil.
Vijay is currently basking in the success of his recent film Geetha Govindam. It is his second consecutive blockbuster at the box office, following Arjun Reddy.
NOTA is fast nearing completion and it is expected to release in October. However, an official confirmation on the same is awaited.
Every week a new box office thread comes in satyamshot. In every thread, one person from the team of 5-6 people, attached to AK films, discusses on one of the 3-4 movies of Aamir Khan – Talaash, Mangal Pandey and DCH. This is quite amazing as this trend is there since last 2-3 years week after week. I wish we can discuss more on other films. This is just an observation.
Bloggers who complain really don’t deserve the light of day IMO. There is a lovely word in the dictionary called… initiative. Sometimes showing that can change the tide to more one’s own liking. I mean we could discuss the merits of Namaste London. I liked Akshay’s speech scene, that’s about all I can remember.
Wish Akshay could be part of films Aanken. Loved him in that well done thriller. He looked totally handsome, fit his role to a T. That scene where he is the bus , unaware of the impending disaster….it was such shock to the audience.
That’s the best Akshay dialog IMO, responding to “Koi aakhri khwaaish?”: “…Kisi se kehna matlab meri maut kaise hui thee….warna logon ka vishwas uth jaayega pyar muhabbat par se” … or something like that. Pure seeti taali!!!!
The rumours of Stree’s box office collections being underreported are not dying down. There’s no smoke without fire. I think the film’s success has upset a few people in the industry.
I think some films can be enjoyed by just watching them. And some films make us think and discuss even though the enjoyment quotient is less. Especially if it is semi historical like MP or Padmaavat. Even in MP none of us is praising aamir khan. We are discussing about those times, the social structure, the politics of the ruling class and sati. Curiously Sati and Johar in the above mentioned films made us think about how women must have felt. And selling women to the highest bidder reminds us of similar things in other countries.
Only some films make us discuss about them. And no one is preventing others to discuss their favourite films without too much focus on the leads but focus on the issues dealt with. When one starts praising the lead, the focus shifts to fan worship. How many commercial films have so many layers in the first place? In recent times Sairat is one such film dwelling on contemporary issues of class and mainly caste.
I don’t disagree with your point but I’d still resist such a dichotomy. Again I see where you’re coming from but for example I didn’t ‘enjoy’ many of Aamir’s hits (just sticking to his career) more than MP. In more recent times I didn’t enjoy the Hiranis more than Talaash. I think there is tendency to equate enjoyment with a more passive kind of viewing and/or one that gives pure pleasure in a very obvious sense. Defined this way of course one enjoys 3I more than most other films. But again I didn’t ‘enjoy’ TZP less than PK. One could come up with other examples. I’m not against pure or even mindless entertainment but the film I enjoy most is still more meaningful than less. I’m leaving aside those Hollywood productions like Gravity that are so extraordinary for their technological strengths that they overwhelm all other considerations (though here there is an art to how technology is deployed, Avatar would be another example). But it’s also not just about meaning. A film doesn’t have to be deep or anything. It can just do something relatively simple extremely well. QSQT is a good example. Nothing profound here but very well-handled. It has to be one or the other for me. I’ll watch very many mindless films but I ultimately dont’ ‘enjoy’ them to the same degree.
Naveen, basically i guess this is the whole point of this blog that boxoffice discussion and number discussion can only happen so much. We will have to talk about movies that are revisited and are liked. Case in point Stree, in my opinion is better than all the sleeper hits this year and will also take the critical cake, really good movie. It has now been compared to Akshay Kumar movie Bhool Bhulaiya, this was 2007 October, Eid Release. Bhool Bhulaiya opened big andi infact the numbers were comparable to other biggies of that time.
Akshay has lost that edge since past few movies, you need to have a screen presence driven entertaining and strong plot film. The half baked movies like Gold wont do him any good.
Why his next film is expected to do 400-500 cr at BO even at the age of 53 after 30 years as a top star in an otherwise dumb stereotype commercial industry:
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“I see myself as someone who is trying to learn. Each film I try to do, whether I do a film, do something for Paani Foundation or ‘Satyameva Jayate’ (TV show), it is a journey for me.
“I see myself as a learner, someone who has got curious mind. I am a student of whatever I am dealing with and everything is new to me,” Aamir said here at an event on Thursday.
“I get lost in my head. When I sit in a meeting, it is usually for an hour but it goes on for two hours or so. And then I remember there is something else I have to do. So my day becomes longer. I get lost in my work,” he said at the launch of Vivo’s new smartphone.
Prabhas will have 2 releases in 2019, both trilingual after BB2.
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This is what he posted on his official Facebook page,
“Hey guys, I am very excited to share with you the launch of my next trilingual film, directed by KK Radha Krishna and produced by Gopi Krishna movies in association with UV creations. The shoot for the same with Pooja Hegde will begin very soon.”
There are some rumours that #Prabhas20 will be a quickie and will make it to theaters even before Saaho. It falls in the romance genre and will be a welcome breezy changeover for Prabhas after Baahubali and Saaho.
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August 30, 2018 at 10:22 PM
Hope the above turns out to be a good film…maybe never too late. Having said that, I feel Amitabh should have done the film with Kamal Haasan which Hassan’s talking of here…but I can understand his concerns with not getting the nuances of the Tamil language..
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August 30, 2018 at 10:26 PM
Curious to watch STree.. looks intriguing
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August 30, 2018 at 10:36 PM
Well its happening with ToH – Word to Screen.
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As chairperson of the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, she expressed her excitement on how the publishing houses and film studios are coming together to collaborate on the ‘Word To Screen Market’ platform of the gala.
“We are humbled by the response, and it is great how the publishing houses are actively participating. I remember two years ago when we started, we had to really encourage the film studios to come forward and try out the idea of Word to Screen Market.
“But this year, the response is so overwhelming that we had to extend the programme into a two-day event,” said Rao, who has produced several films like “Delhi Belly,” “Dangal” and “Secret Superstar” along with her husband Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan.
Word to Screen Market is an initiative to bring authors and publishers close to film production houses and studios to encourage adaptation of books into films.
http://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/bollywood/filmmaker-producer-kiran-rao-zeroes-gearing-up-for-new-film/article_d463be00-ac90-11e8-b710-8ba856395240.html
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August 30, 2018 at 10:38 PM
And before Kiran’s art-house next goes into guerrilla production mode next year ….
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Aamir Khan to return with Satyamev Jayate
“Once Aamir finishes the promotions of his Diwali release, Thugs Of Hindostan, he will start focussing on the show. His team has begun the research, but the actor, who covers all aspects of a topic, wants everything to be perfect before it goes on air. This time, the superstar will deal with broader topics and those that affect GenNext like depression and unemployment, etc. The show, comprising around 10 episodes, will air post Ted Talks India.
https://www.dnaindia.com/television/report-aamir-khan-to-return-with-satyamev-jayate-2657052
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August 30, 2018 at 10:41 PM
Everything points to a break as far as commercial cinema is concerned for Aamir between ToH and MB. Also, there are talks about him producing a few small films including Mogul and a few others.
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August 30, 2018 at 11:48 PM
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August 30, 2018 at 11:51 PM
Rajkummar Rao gets a chance to dabble in a new genre and he excels thoroughly. He genuinely gives an earnest performance and is a treat to see him getting spooked, delivering monologues and behaving madly in love. He is sure to bring the house down when he loses his cool in front of Jana and Stree. Also watch out for him in the second half sequence when he’s trying to analyse Stree. He’s terrific. Shraddha Kapoor delivers a fine performance and has a mysterious air about her as per the character’s requirement. In the second half she gets better. Aparshakti Khurrana gives a great performance and he doesn’t get overboard. Same goes for Abhishek Banerjee. In fact he’s superb in the last one hour. Pankaj Tripathi is hardly there in the first half and he rocks big time in the second half. Vijay Raaz (Shastri) leaves a mark in the lone sequence. Flora Saini plays an important part with elan. Atul Srivastava (Vicky’s father) brings the house down in the scene where he talks to Rajkummar Rao about sex. Nora Fatehi is sizzling in the item number.
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/stree-3/critic-review/
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August 30, 2018 at 11:53 PM
http://www.koimoi.com/reviews/stree-movie-review-quicker-it-makes-you-scream-with-laughter/
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August 31, 2018 at 12:00 AM
https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/stree-movie-review-shraddha-kapoor-rajkummar-rao-are-terrific-3-5-stars-out-of-5-1908983?pfrom=home-lateststories
Stree Movie Review: Shraddha Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao Are Terrific In Madcap Film
Stree Movie Review: Aparshakti Khurana steals many a scene, Pankaj Tripathi is in cracking form in this spine-tingling film.
The quality of the performances that Kaushik extracts from his actors lends Stree infectious flounce. Rajkummar Rao is terrific. Whether he is flummoxed, frightened or simply going along with the flow, he delivers with minimum apparent effort. Shraddha Kapoor is suitably icy as the enigmatic woman who traipses into the protagonist’s life and sets off the tremors.
Aparshakti Khurana, full of beans, steals many a scene. Abhishek Banerjee delivers a high-energy yet controlled performance as the friend who suffers the most at the hands of the eponymous ghost. Pankaj Tripathi is in cracking form, giving the narrative a booster-charge whenever he is on the screen. Atul Srivastava in the role of Vicky’s father leaves an impression in the handful of scenes he has in the film.
Stree plays an unwavering hand in demonstrating that dread can be unbridled fun when it serves a larger thematic purpose. Go watch this spine-tingling film. It is completely madcap but there is method in its manic madness.
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August 31, 2018 at 1:15 AM
MI6 is rocking China BO today.
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August 31, 2018 at 1:23 AM
Came across this GoodReads review of Cofessions of a Thug:
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Originally published in 1839, this is the book that gave the word “thug” to the English language and is the first novel to make Thuggee its central theme.
[The word thug means deceiver, from the Hindi verb, thugna, which means to deceive. Thug is correctly pronounced Toog, slightly aspirated. From Col. Philip Meadows Taylor, Confessions of a Thug, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., London, 1839.]
Unlike most, if not all, later books to incorporate Thuggee, the hero, or anti-hero in Confessions, is a Thug with the story told from his POV. The plot gimmick in later novels are generally from the Anglo perspective, i.e., trying to stop the violence of the evil Thugs, sometimes with the English hero working under cover as in the John Masters novel, The Deceivers, which, if you are reading only one novel on Thuggee, Masters’ work should be the one.
In the Merchant-Ivory movie of Masters’ novel of the same name, they suggest that the English hero, working under-cover, has sex with Kali herself by showing shadows of the prostitute with whom the hero is stuggling which suggest she has four arms, as does Kali. (The Temple of Doom episode of the Indiana Jones series is a ridiculous portrayal of Thuggee which the Thugs were able to have the Indian government ban the showing of the movie.)
Confessions is a good read. Taylor was an East India Company officer who lived in the world of his novel, and who was also a friend of William Sleeman, the officer who is credited with crushing the Thuggee. [See Major W. H. Sleeman, Ramaseena, 1836, which describes the secret language used by the Thugs to communicate, and also includes transcripts of some of the confessions of captured Thugs. Sleeman came to be called Thuggee Sleeman for his successful work in suppressing Thuggee.]
I incorporated Thuggee into Shadow of the Tiger, the second of my Adventures in Second Sight series, set in 1896 in which my 17 year old heroine, Kyame Piddington, learns to use the yellow Ruhmal, the weapon of the Thugs. That required doing some fascinating research on Thuggee. Fortunately the Boston Athenaeum, of which I am a member, had the Taylor and Sleeman books in their original editions.
The most current books on Thuggee focus on whether the Thugs were the Kali devotees as portrayed by the East India Company, or were they just one more gang of violent dacoits, thieves? More opportunity for some fascinating reading.
So, may you experience: “Ultra Auroram et Gangem … beyond the dawn and the Ganges” … a sacred place of dreams.
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August 31, 2018 at 2:52 AM
For those who grew up reading Indrajal Comics in India (Times publication), there were some interesting Phantom stories regarding Thugee. Not sure if those reprints are available now. Lee Falk used to rock!
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August 31, 2018 at 12:11 PM
Confessions of A Thug is available online for free unser project gutenberg.
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August 31, 2018 at 1:39 AM
Almost all the critics are very positive about Stree. Let us see how it fares.
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September 2, 2018 at 2:28 AM
yes, not only critics seems public appreciation is also universal.
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August 31, 2018 at 1:43 AM
Avengers 4 status update:
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Speaking to Deadline, co-director Anthony Russo explained that the team are aiming to complete post-production by this coming March, saying:
“We’ve worked on the edit all summer and we’re excited to finally get these missing pieces in the film and then we expect to be in post through the fall and winter. We hope to be done by March.”
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August 31, 2018 at 1:58 AM
Not just unveiling of TOH and 2.0, more interesting stuff coming in september …
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Big MCU plans are in the works for the month of September, according to a new rumor, which includes possibly the release of the Captain Marvel trailer and an announcement about Black Panther 2.
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August 31, 2018 at 2:32 AM
I think Stree will do well compared to YPDPS, anyone disagree?
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August 31, 2018 at 2:40 AM
Gold will fall short of 1 cr footfall, lesser than Raazi, how is it a success?
https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4229
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August 31, 2018 at 2:55 AM
lifetime =4 X ( Day 1 collections)
poor trending for Gold, by this standards 3I would have wrapped at only 40 cr lifetime.
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August 31, 2018 at 3:59 AM
It is not a bit by any means. Not a flop either. Maybe average to above average since people have not lost money there but instead they have earned some profit.
It has trended worse than most Akshay Kumar films. His films usually open at around 12cr and finish at 120cr i.e. 10 x opening day. Gold has done alright only during holidays and 1st week end.
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August 31, 2018 at 4:00 AM
Edit: not a hit by any means. Not a flop either.
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August 31, 2018 at 4:14 AM
even the turkey of the year Race 3 trended better…
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August 31, 2018 at 10:24 PM
Forget Race 3, the super turkey of Sultan in China may trend better than Gold.
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August 31, 2018 at 4:44 AM
Is it really true that Gold is distributed on commission basis? This is not a SS or Padman kind of topical film.
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August 31, 2018 at 10:36 PM
I think munna posted a tweet from a AA guy claiming Gold was distributed on commission basis. That is only half of the story. Excel (producers) sold the film to AA at all-india distribution price of around 60 cr. AA in turn gave it to sub-distributors in different territories on commission basis.
Gold is folding up at 105 cr nett cume. AA films has surely not recovered their investment, even though sub-distributors have not lost any money. So ultimately, it is a loss maker for its all-india distributor.
It needed 130 cr or so to ensure no one is in red. IF this is not a flop, then what is? Can the resident BO experts (and BOI fans by default) of this blog please explain???
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August 31, 2018 at 10:41 PM
And I have said the same thing m,any times before. Films like RaOne, Raees, Dilwale made losses at sub-distributor levels. Their All-India dalaal were in black. Yet, these films were classified as ‘average’ ignoring all the losses.
Now gold has all-india dalaal in red, sub-distributors in black. This is also ‘average’, ignoring the losses. Can appreciate the consistency here!
And on top of all such nonsense, the same parties will claim that films like SS or Padman are also ‘average’ because sub-distributors made only peanuts on commission basis, ignoring that all india distributors (the producers in these cases themselves) made enough profits. Wah!
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August 31, 2018 at 10:47 PM
And the worst example of such ridiculous verdicts was RaOne. Red Chillies was producers and All-India distributors themselves. Even with that kind of advantage, they somehow managed to break even (if you believe SRK’s PR) but sub-distributors were all in red after the movie fizzled out by first monday. But since it made ‘100 cr’, it was labeled as a ‘hit’ by certain quarters.
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August 31, 2018 at 10:50 PM
It was even more hilarious when you consider the pre-release rhetoric of SRK/Red Chilies and their well-wishers: PRIOR to release they would tout it as one of the most expensive films ever made in India, with stratospheric price tags like 150 or 175 crores; AFTER the film’s release it seemed the film was made for ten rupees and even 43 rupees was enough for it to be deemed a hit. (Meanwhile, the price tags of films of even smaller stars were deemed so high that no gross could ever make anything a clean hit, much less a super-hit!)
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August 31, 2018 at 10:59 PM
Expecting the same thing from Zero. With it coming so close to mega budget extravaganzas like TOH and 2.0, SRK’s PR is already trying to push it into that bracket by publicizing 180 cr budget for Zero. If the movie fizzles out on Monday, the budget will drastically come down 50 cr due to concessions from the government of Honolulu. And guyz like Taran and Nahata will be paid to endorse such claims, while BOI and its fanatic followers will keep ranting about it for next 5 years …
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August 31, 2018 at 10:44 PM
answering as the former, Gold the Akshay movie is a failure
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August 31, 2018 at 5:03 AM
May be another bullshit rumor …
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August 31, 2018 at 5:45 AM
After Kaala …
https://twitter.com/Ayyappakumar10/status/1035031331690799104
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August 31, 2018 at 10:47 PM
for a mment, i thought this was a picture of mithunda
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August 31, 2018 at 6:07 AM
Aamir surely follows this blog. He has even tweeted a personal message to his self-acclaimed personal therapist Mr Naveen regarding 2.0 …
https://twitter.com/aamir_khan/status/1035449671844605952
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August 31, 2018 at 9:42 AM
2.Oh is coming!
https://twitter.com/SureshEav/status/1035502871783952384
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August 31, 2018 at 10:11 AM
So September and October is not about movies but trailers galore!
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August 31, 2018 at 11:28 AM
There is more.
Tamil Diwali Release – Murugadoss’ Sarkar trailer coming on 13th Sep too. Audio releases for all 3 films are planned in October.
https://www.indiaglitz.com/thalapathy-vijay-sarkar-teaser-release-date-september-13-movie-release-diwali-2018-tamil-news-219323
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August 31, 2018 at 6:22 AM
And when Kangana became a director …
http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/manikarnika-kangana-ranaut-confirms-sonu-soods-exit-says-he-vehemently-denied-to-work-under-a-woman-director/
Complete entertainment she is!
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August 31, 2018 at 8:26 AM
No words!
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August 31, 2018 at 10:36 AM
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sco-watch-india-pak-soldiers-dance-to-bollywood-songs-in-russia-1909168?pfrom=home-lateststories
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August 31, 2018 at 10:46 AM
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-45318316
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August 31, 2018 at 11:33 AM
Stree is doing surprisingly well! Looks like a smash hit.
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August 31, 2018 at 11:36 AM
Good to hear this.
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August 31, 2018 at 11:40 AM
YPD has terrible reviews
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August 31, 2018 at 11:59 AM
What….impossible because Bhai’s oh so natural cameo should have taken care of the reviews as well as the box office. Dang it!
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August 31, 2018 at 7:00 PM
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August 31, 2018 at 9:09 PM
Aamir Khan’s wife Kiran Rao said that new avenues for filmmakers have emerged which is like an oppotunity for them. She said that if her 2011 debut directorial venture “Dhobi Ghat” would have released today it could have done better business primarily due to the changing taste and preferences of the audience.
Kiran received critical acclaim for “Dhobi Ghat”, which had her superstar husband Aamir Khan in the lead, besides Prateik Babbar and Monica Dogra.
“The world has changed in the last five to seven years hugely. My film released in the beginning of January in 2011 and it was beginning of multiplexes. Today, opportunities are endless and people are accustomed to watching different kind of cinema thanks to the internet and OTT platform. There is a better universe for small films. I think ‘Dhobi Ghat’ would have certainly got different reception if it would have been released seven years later,” Kiran told PTI.
As a director, Kiran thinks, with the emergence of new avenues for filmmmakers to show their work, things have changed for the positive.
“Today one can make a feature film, documentary, short film, something for the OTT platform and there will be someone who will watch it. There is whole new world for us and I am happy,” she said.
But her approach to cinema has not changed much, as she believes every creative person is drawn to a certain kind of subjects.
“…There is something that we are more interested in. I find it a bit odd. I have tried to bend myself by trying a different genre but I am interested in same sort of things and then you make peace with it and you realise ‘I am an excavator of this kind’,” she said.
She said, “I am interested in marginalised… in women. They will find reccurrence in my work.”
Kiran said that she is not someone who would get lured by the commercial trappings of cinema. “I don’t watch that kind of films myself. I suspect one tends to make a film that one likes to watch. I am not into big potboilers,” she said.
Kiran, who is currently busy with Jio MAMI film festival’s ‘Word to Screen’ initiative, is also close to finish writing her next directorial venture.
“I am writing something. I will have a script well before the end of the year. I am hoping to have something new. I will have human drama in my film. At the moment no actors are in my mind as I have not finished writing,” she said.
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August 31, 2018 at 9:11 PM
She will have the script ready by the time Aamir is done with TOH release all over (China promotions and all). I think this time he is fed up with all the nonsensical rumors and had asked Kiran to speak up.
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August 31, 2018 at 9:14 PM
Not even 1M for Salman’s masterpiece in China?
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August 31, 2018 at 9:14 PM
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August 31, 2018 at 9:17 PM
ToH pic …
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August 31, 2018 at 10:28 PM
looks like Avatar’s flying mountains!
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August 31, 2018 at 10:43 PM
I though the same thing! Will look good on big screen.
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August 31, 2018 at 10:53 PM
I thought Tyrion and Jorah taking a boat-ride with one of them affected by greyscale!
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August 31, 2018 at 11:28 PM
Shot in the same location (Malta), heh? Our copycat Sallu is also there now to fall in line.
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September 1, 2018 at 1:08 AM
I am waiting for Sallu to release Pirates of India before the TOH.
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September 1, 2018 at 1:57 AM
Malta is a beautiful place. The landscape is amazing plus lots of caves & lagoons.
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September 1, 2018 at 1:25 PM
I think this shot is from the Thailand shoot.
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August 31, 2018 at 9:42 PM
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/pune-peta-event-promotes-non-dairy-buttermilk-5334698/
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August 31, 2018 at 10:13 PM
Thanks for posting, this hearkens to our discussion the other day…
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September 2, 2018 at 8:28 PM
Interesting…this coming from other side.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/muslims-in-town-adopt-a-sacred-hindu-tenet-so-they-wont-hurt-the-feelings-of-their-religious-neighbors/#.W4pIbiivWd0.twitter
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August 31, 2018 at 9:45 PM
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/box-office-collection/box-office-report-august-gold-satyameva-jayate-5333796/
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August 31, 2018 at 11:21 PM
It seems Bhansali may work with Tiger for his next as Ranveer dont have dates in near future. Also, this rubbishes Salman’s PR articles that his next after Bharat will be Bhansali’s film. Bhansali has moved moved on from his Salman fascination days long back. Also, whether Adi Chopra will greenlight another sequel to Tiger franchise will ultimately depend upon if Bharat can mint money or not.
The way things are progressing in the industry, Ranveer and Tiger are increasingly getting the best deals. If Zero cant live up to expectations, Dhoom 4 will fall from SRK’s wishlist into the laps of Ranveer/Tiger. In fact, big budget plans of Salute and Don 3 will not take off if Zero makes losses.
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After ‘Padmaavat’, filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali is all set to start his next project. However, unlike his last three films, this one would not be with Ranvee Singh but Tiger Shroff. The film will apparently be based on the book of author Amish Tripathi.
According to the reports, contrary to the speculations, the book is not ‘Immortals of Meluha’. The book is reportedly yet to be released and would hit the stores at around the same time as the film’s arrival. Tiger and SLB have had several meetings in this regard. Although nothing has been finalised yet, Tiger is working on his schedule as he apparently does not want to miss out working with one of his favourite directors.
The actor will next be seen in ‘Student OF The Year 2’, which also stars debutantes Ananya Panday and Tara Sutaria.
TOI
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August 31, 2018 at 11:25 PM
Must add that one penny less than 300 cr for TOH in worst case scenarion will derail Aamir’s ambitious MB plans.
In many ways, these 3 films (TOH, Zero and Bharat) are v crucial for the future of Khandom. While Srk/Salman may be fighting for immediate relevance in the face of Padmaavat/Sanju (and probably Simmba), for Aamir its the next decade of his career in line.
For Akshay, 2.0 is perhaps his only chance to break his 125 cr ceiling …
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August 31, 2018 at 11:35 PM
And I am not saying that Aamir does not have alternate plans at this point. He probably has his wife and also his team of AKP writers working on possible next projects (one of them is perhaps the official remake of Forest Gump if he has acquired the rights). Hirani will also work with him at some point in near future …
But those Osho/Mogul as his next film as lead actor is unlikely to happen.
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September 1, 2018 at 5:42 AM
Aamir’s wife is laliability as far as his stardom is concerned, which is the only thing that matters to you and others here.
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September 1, 2018 at 8:09 AM
A silly fan of a random bollywood star can never fathom what aamir stands for; forget understanding kiran’s contribution to his career since lagaan.
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September 1, 2018 at 11:49 AM
Inasmuch as one can know ANYthing about a couple, a marriage “from the outside”, I would say that Kiran Rao has made Aamir a more serious person — I think prior to her Aamir clearly had an intuition, a hunch, of what might be going wrong in the industry, about the direction popular cinema was taking, but I suspect Kiran Rao has added some intellectual rigor.
[Aside: not that Kiran Rao needs to “make” anything of Aamir, she is a serious and talented person in her own right: I really really liked Dhobi Ghaat (the oddness of casting Prateik Babbar notwithstanding).]
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September 1, 2018 at 12:55 PM
Kiran, a liability…!? Even as a joke it is a terrible thing to say.
Kiran has played a big part in his life, career, his social sensibility and activities…she is in fact a big part of his post Mangal Pandey ( 2005) success story. I do hope that Aamir has sense enough not to get distracted by ittybitty ‘ gilahariyaan’ around him. But Aamir himself has continuously acknowledged both Reena and Kiran. Watch his recent interview with a Chinese media team that came all the way to Maharashtra, did shramdaan in the interiors, had a fabulous interview session with Aamir at his home. The lady asked the right questions, Aamir answered freely and all in all it was probably one of the best Aamir has done. He spoke about his career, his family, the two ladies…it was fun, a revelation.
Kiran ‘s new film …I am not sure if Aamir will do a role in it. Methinks she may wish to test whether she can attract audience without having Aamir. But I will be happy if he does at least a small cameo.
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August 31, 2018 at 11:32 PM
Anyways, If I was Bhansali I would play my cards to cast Tiger, Deepika and Ranveer in my next. He reportedly wanted Prabhas in Padmaavat as his first choice over Shahid. He has a good eye for casting.
Deepika needs a Bhansali film after her current ongoing break and marriage plans in this winter. And probably the next Dhoom film from YRF. Priyanka on the other hand is also sucking up to Bhardwaj and Bhansali …
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August 31, 2018 at 11:40 PM
What I am essentially saying is that 2019 may not be just the end of MCU’s 22 films epic saga and current phase of Star Wars (with Avengers 4 and Star Wars IX) – But it can also be the end of Srk and Salman for good.
Now the fanatics can come after my ass …
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August 31, 2018 at 11:48 PM
And comscore can seal the deal by officially tracking these 3 films’ collections in India and start dominating the indian market BO analytics for good.
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September 1, 2018 at 12:08 AM
“If you’re truly fortunate, you get to live your dream and do the work you were put on this Earth to do,” she wrote. “If you’re really, really fortunate you do a film that makes history and affects the lives of millions of people … It will live on long after we’re gone.”
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/vanessa-marquez-shot-dead-by-police-replica-gun-5334724/
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September 1, 2018 at 1:10 AM
So true. While Aamir’s personal PR is fueling stories on Satyamev Jayate season 3, Kiran’s next, Prabhas for MB etc etc … Our great YRF’s PR can only come up with such nonsense:
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/wow-aamir-khan-amitabh-bachchan-gear-final-battle-thugs-hindostan/
Or KJo’s continuous feed regarding Osho with Aamir and Aaliya.
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September 1, 2018 at 1:12 AM
But then what can one possibly expect from 2 guys whose greatest achievements in life are making ddlj and kkhh!
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September 1, 2018 at 2:06 AM
And for KJo/Adi and their fans – Amitabh thorughout his career has beaten the crap out of other co-stars in multi-starrers. He made Srk look like a pimp in his comeback films Mohabbatein and K3G (co-incidentally both directed by adi/kjo).
Aamir will have to be at his best to share screen space with Bachchan. The height difference will obviously not help!
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September 1, 2018 at 2:28 AM
ya. however aamir might not feel insecured sharing screen with Ab sr seeing the greater interest of the project as aamir is the only guy of all a lister stars who is thoroughly thinks a good project should n must b script driven n not star driven.. correct me if my assumption is wrong or anyone wants to add anything extra..
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September 1, 2018 at 2:45 AM
If he was insecure, he would not be doing this. SRK was also not insecure sharing screen space with Big B in the films i mentioned above! He just did not know that he will be screwed (not saying same will happen with Aamir by any means!).
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September 1, 2018 at 2:48 AM
When people are insecure, they shy away. Recently Ranbir point-blank refused to share screen space in Kjo’s Takht with Ranveer.
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September 1, 2018 at 12:07 PM
The whole charm of multi-starrers has been lost because contemporary stars are for the most part too insecure to do a genuine multi-starrer (they trot out contractual clauses about who will throw how many punches; can’t even imagine a star of Bachchan’s stature doing Kaala Pathar or Amar Akbar Anthony today), if they appear in a film with multiple meaty roles they will ensure the casting is such that it gets tagged “an ensemble cast”. The last film I can think of that might qualify was Rang de Basanti, and even there the other actors were not major Hindi stars — but still must give credit to Aamir for being OK with that kind of set-up, where some of the best moments etc. belonged to others in the movie (culminating with Siddharth towards the end). By contrast, for all the fake love for ’70s cinema that SRK/Farah Khan professed, we’d have co-stars like Zayed Khan or Shreyas Talpade in Main Hoon Na or Om Shanti Om. It’s a free country so one can do what one likes, but it does lead to a more impoverished cinematic experience for the audience….
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September 1, 2018 at 2:53 AM
yes that’s true.
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September 1, 2018 at 2:56 AM
in takht. i guess vicky kausal will give ranveer a run for his money..
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September 1, 2018 at 3:09 AM
Haha … Agreed. Addition of Vicky will put pressure on Ranveer instead!
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September 1, 2018 at 11:21 PM
Marcus..Whatever roles Bachchan can get with Amir or Srk, those will be just like side kick type ones..In Mohabatein he begged before Yash Chopra for a role just because he was in lowest phase of his career at that time due to multiple failures..Yash Chopra asked Srk for his approval and when he approvec then only Bachchan was added to the star cast of the film..Everybody and even Bachchan accepted that Srk delivered one of the best performance of his career in Mohabatein and you say he looked like a pimp? Same was the case in Kabhi Khushi Kabie Gham where Srk played role of Bachchan’s elder son quite efficently and Bachchan’s role was limited in the film.
Now comming to Thugs of Hidostan, i think Amir will hardly leave any stone unturned to prove himself better as far as performance is be concerned.Bachchan at this stage of carrer has become a caricature and nothing else. He should consider himself lucky for this role alongwith Amir..Neither he is a good actor nor any star anymore..Just see the openings of his solo films which usually are in the range of 10-15% only,..So please be within limits while trying to prove that Bachchan is still on the top of current generation.
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September 1, 2018 at 11:28 PM
On the contrary, Aamir will ensure that Bachchan shines in ToH. Thats Aamir, not an insecure Srk for you. And Adi did not have to take any god’s permission to cast Bachchan in ToH. It is natural casting.
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September 2, 2018 at 1:17 AM
Hahaha…a one dimensional romantic puppy being made to look like a legend in front of the Amitabh Bachchas, a guy who continues giving hits even at 75! Mr chocolate boy’s career was done & dusted once the urban multiplex audience decided to give a boot to melodramatic romcom junk dished out by Adi & Kjo through the late 90’s and early 2000’s. And with the limited range & stunted script sense he has, he’s never been able to reinvent himself since, a feat managed by even an inferior actor like Salman Khan. As for the so called caricature, he can still outshine every other co star by his mere presence, be it Piku, Wazir, Pink or 102 no
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September 2, 2018 at 2:44 AM
“..Everybody and even Bachchan accepted that Srk delivered one of the best performance of his career in Mohabatein ..”
Kahaan se aa gaye bhaee savere savere? Srk ka Surya-a-Ast ho chuka hai. He has been stuck in the same acting notes and hamming since DDLJ, which gave him an extended 7-8 yr run. No evolution as an actor. Let him cross the age of 60 in a few yrs (though his parched face already looks 60, even if his physique is of a 30 yr old), and then evaluate his true relevance vis-a-vis Bachchan back in 2001
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September 2, 2018 at 2:58 AM
well said marcus and nykavi, now who is begging yrf for dhoom 4?
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September 1, 2018 at 2:40 AM
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September 2, 2018 at 12:33 AM
Marcus.. how come yoh call Srk insecure? Had he been like that then he would’t have never worked with Bachchan in four films.. If anyone in film industry is insecure, it is Bachchan himself.Just recall when Srk crossed him on twitter. Recall the drama that he created to defend himself. Recall his insecurity when Srk did Don and Kbc..Actually Bachchan fans have gone nuts by claiming that he is still on the top..Though sensible Bachchan fans have take hide behind Amir Khan but some hardcore ones like yourself seem to be still living in La La Land.
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September 2, 2018 at 1:04 AM
Stop ranting and donate some money so that srk can raise some fund to produce his next film after zero flops …
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September 1, 2018 at 2:43 AM
In Thugs Of Hindostan, Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan play friends turned and foes and for the climax a massive hand-to-hand combat is being planned. Apparently, Big B won’t use a body double. “He insists on doing the climactic fight himself and won’t hear any advice to the contrary. He rightly feels that if Aamir is doing his own stunts, a body double for him (Mr Bachchan) would look incompatible on screen,” says a source.
BH
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September 1, 2018 at 2:57 AM
Let both of them allow body doubles for some shots and for closeups they themselves can do it.
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September 1, 2018 at 3:10 AM
This is PR gossip. I am sure Bachchan cant pull all the stunts by himself at his age.
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September 1, 2018 at 3:36 AM
[added to post]
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September 1, 2018 at 3:38 AM
Stunning visuals from both ToH and 2.0 set pics …
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September 1, 2018 at 3:38 AM
This is a great poster!
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September 1, 2018 at 5:50 AM
Is this Bengaluru or Mumbai?
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September 1, 2018 at 3:43 AM
Both Gold and SMJ are out of steam in 3rd week itself. Cant believe either producers (89 cr) or dear boi (76 cr) on SMJ. Its likely to be in 80 cr range (same as MI6 in India).
Strictly speaking SMJ is just a Hit and Gold is a Loss-Maker after considering everything.
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September 1, 2018 at 3:48 AM
Clearly only one winner in this clash. And kind of revenge for John Abraham after Padman/Parmanu release issues. JA walks away into the lead this year with 2 successes 😂
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September 1, 2018 at 4:35 AM
Its surely a good comeback. Last BO success for Abraham was, i guess 5 years back – Madras Cafe. He has shown the way for other comeback boys, lets see how Manmarziyan and Super 30 fares.
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September 1, 2018 at 5:47 AM
Satyamev Jayate is a winner, no doubt. It is superhit.
John has some good movies linedup. He is set to do the consistent 70-80 Cr business via his 25 Cr budget movies. Also he will release it in holidays as with this budget a 10+ cr opening is a winner. He is a good producer which is icing on the cake.
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September 1, 2018 at 5:51 AM
it’s just a hit. you are just calling smj a superhit to make room for Gold so you can call Gold a success, which it ain’t
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September 1, 2018 at 8:10 AM
Lol
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September 1, 2018 at 6:42 AM
Akshay had given big hits like “Rustom”, “Toilet-Ek Prem Katha” and “Pad Man” with Kapoor and Prerna Arora working for their previous production house KriArj Entertainment.
“We are very fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with him in three films. However, he will not be part of any of the film which we have announced in the future. We would definitely like to work with him more though,” Kapoor said.
“The five films include ‘Woh Kaun Thi’, an official remake of 1964’s original. It’s very close to our heart. Then there is ‘Radha Kyun Gori Mein Kyu Kala’ which we will start filming soon,” Kapoor added.
The new production house will collaborate with none other than Amitabh Bachchan for one of the films.
“We are also producing a film with Shaira Khan and Ahmed Khan called ‘The Rise and Fall of Bambai’ which is based on Mumbai underworld.
“We are also collaborating with Amitabh Bachchan which is a dream for every production house — to work with him.”
IANS.
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September 1, 2018 at 8:58 AM
Excellent numbers for Stree. Should be hit at least.
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September 1, 2018 at 9:56 AM
https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/seen-dangal-stars-fatima-sana-shaikh-and-sanya-malhotras-dance-in-europe-right-heres-the-backstory-1909437
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September 1, 2018 at 11:37 AM
I watched Stree and definitely reccomend it, even though the second half has some loose moments where the makers try a little too hard in evoking laughter out of situations that seem a little stretched. Nevertheless, its a rather unique genre blend which has never been explored properly in hindi cinema except for an occasional GoGoa Gone or Bhoot Bangla. And this is a story from an urban Indian legend which is so rooted. It also makes for some interesting social commentary that deserves to be seen.
Some fantastic humour and genuinely creepy moments make this a good weekend watch. Andboth Rajkumar Rao and Pankaj Tripathi are a hoot, the former especially who derived thunderous applause for his facial expressions towards the climax. How often do we get to see something like that?
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September 1, 2018 at 12:13 PM
Naale Ba!
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September 1, 2018 at 4:28 PM
Rajkumar Rao is on a roll. Bareilly ki Barfi, Newton, Stree, Shaadi Mein Jaroor Aana, Omerta. Ek Ladki ko dekha to aisa lagaa lined up for him along with Love Sonia, Mental Hai Kya
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September 1, 2018 at 5:29 PM
I saw Bareilly ki Barfi the other day and it was a pretty poor film: began on a relatively strong note but went downhill, with some shoddy characterisations and a silly ending. And the character of Bitti just seemed “off” to me, in the way that Deepika was in “Cocktail” (it isn’t about being liberated or unconventional; it’s about being utterly unaware of what the social conventions are — that’s what makes these characters NOT a refreshing look at a “spunky small-town girl” but in fact the product of some male fantasy). Even apart from that there was more than a little condescension at “small town” folks (the idea that a character like Bitti, who is educated, works in the electricity department and routinely watches Hollywood films, would think that “I want to break up with you” means “mein tumhe todh doonga”, is absurd — certainly not in the era of the “break-up song”!). Definitely would agree that Rajkumar Rao was the best thing about the film, he was quite funny…
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September 1, 2018 at 8:28 PM
Except Newton other films were so so. BKB is overrated. I did not like Shaadi mein jaroor aana.
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September 1, 2018 at 10:55 PM
Rajkumar Rao could get into 150 cr club before so called superstar Akshay Kumar.
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September 2, 2018 at 2:01 AM
Agree, really good movie. This movie turned out to be 10 times better then what i expected.
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September 1, 2018 at 12:11 PM
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/shashi-tharoor-reveals-he-was-offered-a-role-in-a-salman-khan-movie-5335330/
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September 1, 2018 at 1:15 PM
@Qalandar — you have written that Kiran would have added intellectual rigour to Aamir’s persona. Let me add what I have gleaned through a decade and half of following the star (and his personal life on display).
Aamir has spoken once about growing up with a feeling that Hindi cinema was looked down upon, and his own wish to do something about it. He has spoken about seeing South Bombay kids laughing at Hindi films of the time. So cousin Mansoor and Aamir decided that they would make Indians respect Hindi cinema, not laugh at them. Aamir did lose his way for a while post QSQT, when he did those terrible early nineties disasters, but he has also spoken about crying while he realised what he had got himself into, of resolving to make cinema he believed in, or leave the industry ( it is there in the Chinese interview). Sarfarosh, Lagaan …these were his baby steps in the right direction. Then Kiran came along post his divorce ( late 2002)…and steered him, assisted by her own sensibility. Aamir has spoken laughingly about Kiran being a typical Kolkota- Mumbai- Delhi product, an art film aficionado. He helped her understand fifties Hindi cinema, it’s importance….I have a feeling theirs is a marriage of minds.
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September 1, 2018 at 11:24 PM
Kiran was instrumental in bringing him out of depression. Without her there would have been no aamir after dch.
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September 1, 2018 at 1:22 PM
On Bhansali, …the man is clearly a fan of opera , as played out on Western stages. Watching a performance of Phantom of the Opera, four years back, then again last year, exploring the various versions available on the net — I am convinced that his Saanwariya was an attempt to create a sort of Bollywoodized Phantom of the O! Especially all those dark blues, the use of water, boats….it was so familiar.
But I found Bajirao loud and melodramatic. Still, liked it a fair bit.
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September 1, 2018 at 8:10 PM
Saawariya, Guzaarish, Khamoshi…..it is SLB’s real area – but I guess he was heart-broken with Saawariya loosing out to OSO at the BO and it was a dud! so he has amalgamated the masala and he realized this when he produced Rowdy Rathore which gave him an instant 100 cr…..
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September 1, 2018 at 2:24 PM
Watching Starplus old show Maryada Lekin Kab Tak on hotstar. So different from today’s serials. Loved the train journey and hiccups involved when things go wrong. A very good starcast.
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September 1, 2018 at 2:29 PM
Stree is in for double digit for saturday. It may cross 10 crores which is great for a small film. It may even touch 30 crore after sunday!
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September 1, 2018 at 9:07 PM
Sultan could not cross 2M in China after 2 days. Its a disastrous result and the bubble had finally burst. Bollywood is an idiotic star driven industry by large. Apart from Aamir, all stars make silly films which have no market outside indian sub-continent (apart from NRIs). These idiots thought that films like Dangal and SS ran in China because of ‘star attraction’. So everyone from Sallu to Akki to Rajamouli thought there are going to ‘win it’ in China … Alas!
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September 1, 2018 at 10:41 PM
Sallu fans are shell shocked! After Sultan won some chinese award they thought it will beat Dangal record!
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September 1, 2018 at 11:22 PM
Awards can be always bought … ask srk.
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September 1, 2018 at 9:26 PM
“The gender of the director is not the issue, competence is. Let’s not confuse the two. I’ve worked with Farah Khan who’s a competent woman director and Farah and I had a great professional equation and we are still best of friends. That’s all I would like to say.” – Sonu Sood on Manikarnika fiasco.
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September 1, 2018 at 10:33 PM
Box Office: ‘Mission: Impossible 6’ Tops $200M As ‘Incredibles 2’ Passes $600M
The Tom Cruise flick earned another $1.56 million (-31%) on Friday to bring its cume up to $198.9m. So, yeah, it should be passing $200m domestic by the end of this sentence. And it opened with a boffo $28m in China on Friday, so unless it dropped dead there on Saturday (not likely) it should be sailing over the $600m worldwide mark today or very early tomorrow. At a glance, it should earn $6.345m (-22%) over the Fri-Sun frame and $8.2m over the Fri-Mon frame for a new $205m domestic cume. That puts it within spitting distance of the (unadjusted) domestic total of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol ($209m in 2011).
Meanwhile, Disney reissued Incredibles 2 into 2,890 theaters over the holiday for the intent of getting the Pixar sequel over $600m domestic.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2018/09/01/box-office-tom-cruise-mission-impossible-incredibles-denzel-washington-jason-statham-meg/#5eed84426441
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September 2, 2018 at 12:25 AM
Loved MI 6.
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September 2, 2018 at 12:43 AM
did u LS? I had great expectations with reviews galore first 45 min. had nothing great to offer…..i think it is too much overdone action-sequences being repeated now in MI series….Bond still remains ahead of this with its novelty factors and razor-sharp screenplays…
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September 2, 2018 at 4:58 AM
Bond is in a different league. But there was humour too in this version of MI. Great to watch Alec Baldwin in a short but important role. And the black actor…much check his name out, on IMDb. Very good, quietly amusing. As for 56 year old Tom Cruise —- hats off man.
Not really a big fan of action, but do occasionally watch a few. Loved the scenes set in Paris. And the climax was literally a cliffhanger, though unbelievable. Agree that the initial hour was not great.
But overall I loved it.
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September 2, 2018 at 12:56 AM
Its enjoyable, but cant remember much about it … and it has been just 2 weeks.
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September 1, 2018 at 10:45 PM
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September 1, 2018 at 10:49 PM
What is this?
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September 1, 2018 at 11:01 PM
Akshay Kumar in 2.0!
Isnt it ironical that Rajni wanted Aamir to play the lead (not villain) in 2.0 when he was ill. Now it will release right after Aamir’s ToH and fight for being bigger and grandier?
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September 1, 2018 at 11:16 PM
Aamir had rejected lead role in 2.0 and supporting role in Sanju. He had praised both those scripts, but chose ToH as his next after Dangal. Sanju is already a blockbuster and i think 2.0 will also work to some extent (in hindi). It will be interesting to see the ultimate fate of these two.
Btw, salute seems to be shelved. Dont think anyone is willing to bet large sums of money on srk films except he himself.
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September 2, 2018 at 12:27 AM
I have had this feeling all along, that Salute script was not good enough.
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September 2, 2018 at 5:31 AM
Marcus..When was Srk signed for Salute? Or when was Salute announced and Shelved? Ohh!! I forgot about your day dreaming sickness..Sorry man
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September 2, 2018 at 5:39 AM
The movie was confirmed by BolywoodHungama.com two months back. See below link. Now, who is day dreaming?
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/confirmed-kareena-kapoor-khan-patches-shah-rukh-khan-star-opposite-salute/
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September 2, 2018 at 12:10 PM
Srk was not signed officially for Salute. Makers approached him but now the project is now shelved due to fundraising issues.
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September 1, 2018 at 11:12 PM
Sriram Raghavan’s next.
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September 1, 2018 at 11:20 PM
looking good. typical sriram raghavan stuff
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September 2, 2018 at 9:34 AM
Since when Bollywoodhungama articles have taken place of official announcement? What is wrong with some gentlemen here? Has their logic gone to Mars for 10 years?
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September 1, 2018 at 11:47 PM
wow Tabu, Radhika…….this looks good.
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September 2, 2018 at 9:06 PM
Really enjoyed this trailer — and very glad to see Ayushmaan Khurana in something other than a light comic role…
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September 1, 2018 at 11:51 PM
Nepotism Badshah KJo at it again
https://in.news.yahoo.com/kjo-may-launch-godchild-aryan-111912471.html
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September 2, 2018 at 12:13 AM
BOI and fans’ trash talk has proved useless this year with some major success NOT involving the biggest stars
The way Stree is going, it will easily surpass Padman’s lifetime collections or probably even touch the 100 crore mark in coming days.
And some idiots will continue analyzing how much Padman and Gold cost and the rate of return, lavda luhssoon etc while not accepting the fact that BOTH FILMS HAVE UNDERPERFORMED
In fact none of the major stars barring Aamir have done anything substantial lately to warrant a place among the top, with films that were a travesty in quality and with not enough theatrical business, be it Tubelight, Race 3 (even Tiger Zinda Hai numbers paint a fishy picture), Jab 50 year old Harry Eurotoured with stereotypical Sejal, Gold with its bad accented look-im-a-shady patriot, Padman with its look-im-a feminist and an average actor pretending to be great, Ajay Devgan’s Raid pit gayi (a so called success which was beaten flat by Alia’s Raazi, both in terms of opening and final gross) while Shivaay was a freaking disaster with a rickshaw pullers wet dream being realized on screen ( Vimal paan masala chewing and spitting man having a love child with a Bulgarian girl), and Golmaal 3 being, well, a sort of a success thanks to a franchise that refuses to end.
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September 2, 2018 at 12:41 AM
that’s true…..i am disappointed with AD’s appaling choices of films off-late……Raid was still decent with his acting but the others were freaking foolish products – obviously he is not reading scripts properly….and thinks that on his star-power he can pull-off any crap – which even sallu is finding difficult off-late….aamir stands towering tall amidst all these….srk has gone down so much that i wonder his upcoming films will even do 125-150!!!
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September 2, 2018 at 1:00 AM
LOL
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September 2, 2018 at 1:52 AM
Raid, Padman & Gold were all decent films (not great but decent nevertheless). **Edited**
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September 2, 2018 at 8:50 AM
Ouch…Marcus…looks like your ego is damaged. 😛
Best thing is not to have one.
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September 2, 2018 at 12:24 AM
Thank our stars Hollywood was not an Indian industry.
Otherwise the great idiots that we are would make a list along with Box Office India (proudly proclaiming and underlining the stupidity of India) with Vin Diesel, Shia laBeouf and Dwayne Johnson being the biggest stars and have long conversations on why the former is better than the latter and who is the andho mei kaana raja and hence, the greatest that every was..
And every week BOI would come up with an article stating why films such as Shawshank Redemption must not be made as its theatrical business was very less and for whom they are made. Let’s make all films like the Transformers series coz that’s what audience wants to see only. And people will milao haan se haan and prepare arguments like Leonardo could not “rise above the script” of Inception and “Shutter Island” the way Vin Diesel does for Fast and Furious..
Because yahan chutiyo ki kani nahi hai
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September 2, 2018 at 12:59 AM
Haha
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September 2, 2018 at 1:06 AM
Actually boi is run by a cab driver from uk and targeted at indian rickshawalas ( and those who share that kind of mentality ).
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September 2, 2018 at 1:10 AM
And no surprises that its biggest supporters are fans of chakka srk or that retard salman.
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September 3, 2018 at 12:48 AM
Marcus, why this vitriol?
Doesn’t look good.
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September 3, 2018 at 2:03 AM
You think your silliest of silly comments all the time here look any better?
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September 2, 2018 at 1:55 AM
And yet you speak of Raid’s so called box office underperformance despite being a watchable taut thriller by Rajkumar Gupta. Heights of hypocrisy!
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September 2, 2018 at 5:30 AM
Ghanta watchable.. by bollywood standards it was barely secent and that’s the beat compliment i could give it. The best thing about it was saurabh shukla and he wasnt even at his best in the film. Ihighly predictable film which tried hard to be a patriotic
To be honest rajkumar gupta is a self righteous filmmaker like madhur bhandarkar who “thinks” he makes good films
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September 2, 2018 at 7:02 AM
as Raid was based on true events, I think it was quite taut and enjoyable mainly becoz of AD’s brooding intense acting….songs were added for commercial purposes (which it served as movie did 100 cr) – so here i will differ but otherwise AD is doing very bad films off-late
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September 2, 2018 at 8:53 AM
I watcehd Raod on TV. Regretted to have not watched it on big screen.
It was fabulous. Tony is known to joke usually and be serious occasionally. He can be ignored. The other day he was talking about Amitabh, which made me laugh like Renuka Chaudhry.
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September 2, 2018 at 8:58 AM
Raid*
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September 2, 2018 at 1:38 AM
I suggest our resident moron to read this and compare these views with mrs funnybone’s gossip columns. Some needs to learn what a liability really is …
https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2018/08/30/kiran-rao-on-the-clampdown-on-writers-adapting-literature-to-cinema-and-the-endangered-practice-of-reading_a_23512527/
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September 2, 2018 at 1:45 AM
This brought memories back … Phantom’s Return of Thuggees!
http://thephantomhead.blogspot.com/2009/02/another-tph-original-colored-pages-from.html
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September 2, 2018 at 1:59 AM
Just came back from Stree, here in Dallas. Amazing movie and hits all the right notes in terms of Comedy, Horror and mostly this movie is intelligent and a fun watch. No surprise it has picked up huge on Saturday, i expect this to go big on Sunday and become another major sleeper hit of this year. Actors who standout are RR, Pankaj Tripathi and Aparshakti. Shraddha was a treat to watch on screen, beautiful.
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September 2, 2018 at 2:05 AM
Bechare Deols and Boi …
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September 2, 2018 at 3:29 AM
I was intrigued by Stree’s look. Good to see its being appreciated. Audience want something out of the box.
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September 2, 2018 at 3:46 AM
as supposed to a 53 year old SRK extending his arms romancing a 20s something heroine or Bhai ripping off his shirt to fight the baddies or a Canadian Akshay giving a lesson on patriotism
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September 2, 2018 at 3:43 AM
Deepika spoke to The New Indian Express and stated, “Forget the actor part, for me, Irrfan is someone I’m extremely fond of as a person. I can’t say it was expected, but neither was it a shock. I myself have been through certain experiences in the past, and it has taught me that life is fragile. Anything can happen to anyone. Nothing shocks or alarms me anymore, but I do wish him good health and a speedy recovery.”
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September 2, 2018 at 5:57 AM
Just a general notice here. Pointless debates about stars, specially when they’re not conducted in a respectful way, and only meant to provoke will be deleted. I already see some of those here. If it gets out of hand these will gone. So no point in wasting energy on these.
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September 2, 2018 at 7:44 AM
Karan johar has been getting on my nerves lately. At least he had traces of humbleness somewhere before. But lately he has developed this “ I don’t care if u think i am the flag bearer of nepotism, im still going ahead with it. Jo ukhaadna hai ukhaad lo”
I agree with many who say that nepotism isnt only relevant in Bollywood but among corporates too.. but when the MD keeps filling the important toles in his his office with his son, his chacha’s son, his mama’s son, his sister’s daughter, his brother’s wife’s sister and so on, then that is a cause of concern for the other talented people in the workplace who keep wondering where they missed out on
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September 2, 2018 at 7:52 AM
“Lately”?! I take strong objection to that word tonymontana!! LOL
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September 2, 2018 at 8:16 AM
Haha … 20 years is a bit too late!
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September 2, 2018 at 10:26 AM
haha true.. . but as much we say almost all film industry parents wants their children to be launched by this nepo holder as they know his is big production house n he knows how to project or limelight there strength n hide limitations to the fullest.. so dont think he is going to change to humbleness. 😕
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September 2, 2018 at 10:53 AM
Nepotism in any private enterprise is the sole prerogative of the private enterprise. If it harms, it will only harm that private enterprise, and if not controlled it will bankrupt the enterprise. But it does not harm the public in any way. So if KJo decides to bet his precious money on any starkid, its his risk. Why should public be concerned. As for entertainment and fans, starkids come and starkids go, rarely 1-2 have stuck beyond 5 yrs. Movies like Stri with no Godfather-backed actors prove that talent and script will always win.
IMHO, Public Service (ie Government) is the only place where we ought to be concerned about Nepotism; as it directly affects each and every citizen of the country.
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September 2, 2018 at 11:48 AM
Actually nepotism even in private enterprise DOES harm the public: not only because employment and advancement opportunities don’t get decided on merit, but also because, more broadly, it fosters a culture where corporate success is a function of access to networks rather than to innovation. And that is something we see in India everywhere, with most of our corporates succeeding based on access, insider opportunities, NOT because “hey we are just better than the competition.” And that is what is behind, perhaps not the initial success of something like Reliance or Adani in its initially chosen field, but their expansion into every area under the sun — complete crony capitalism.
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September 2, 2018 at 12:07 PM
Agreed!
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September 3, 2018 at 5:33 AM
“…, it fosters a culture where corporate success is a function of access to networks rather than to innovation. And that is something we see in India everywhere, ..”
Agreed, and this proves my point. Nepotism in Indian enterprises harms them because it does not foster innovation. Which explains the abysmal ranking of Indian companies on any index or scale of Innovative Breakthroughs. They essentially remain me-too enterprises, and by-an-large wither away from any global competition. They then only compete in the domestic Indian market, and survive through corruption and nexus dealings. Something similar goes on in China as well, except that their Government has banished unions and created a huge labor arbitrage cost advantage vis-a-vis the West, and have thus made a mark globally. If the West starts demanding equivalent labor conditions of Chinese companies, they too will wither away.
Take IT for example. Its been a solid 30 yrs since Indian IT mushroomed, yet they are nowhere in innovation. Labor Price Arbitrage is the only reason for Indian IT to have lasted 3 decades. The top players actively foster regional or parochial networks amongst their employees; that hinder the rise of un-connected talented individuals. But again, the harm is to the organization itself. As Artificial Intelligence takes over, the margins of labor arbitrage will also dwindle, and thus Indian IT will find itself amongst withering industries in the global marketplace. They then will only compete for a shrinking domestic pie.
But, all of this nepotism still did not harm the taxpayer in any way. These are self-inflicting wounds to companies themselves. You and I do not lose our money, as long as we are not invested in these companies.
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September 3, 2018 at 5:56 AM
Nice summation of Chinese and Indian scenarios. China is actually much better placed due to its cheap labor advantage in manufacturing sector (although robotics will change all that in coming decades) and the current huge investment by its govt in AI. As far as Indian IT is concerned, the ripples are already being felt everywhere. As we move into ‘smart’ development era of software, the indian bench-strenth is increasingly becoming redundant and pretty useless. What the next gen of apps will require is highly specialised set of few skilled people. Indian IT will die out in next 2 decades (at least its massy appeal will).
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September 2, 2018 at 8:21 AM
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September 2, 2018 at 9:40 AM
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie-release-dates/
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September 2, 2018 at 1:35 PM
https://scroll.in/reel/892438/pankaj-tripathis-dream-role-where-i-dont-play-to-the-gallery-something-that-isnt-too-easy
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September 2, 2018 at 2:23 PM
My review of Searching:
It’s amazing to see how there are newer filmmakers and ideas that refuse to cater to the tried and tested and are always keen on pushing boundaries to give us rather unique and immersive experienes. Searching is one such film which is the first one of its kind and carries the story forward through conversations and events entirey through social media.
Made by debutant Aneesh Chaganty and starring John Cho who had made a name for himself in the American Pie and Harold & Kumar series before, Searching is a taur and engaging thriller that doesn’t compromise on pace right from the firstscene. This kind of film is more difficult to conceive and realize than what the effortless direction and fluidity in the narrative flow would have you believe. Even as the writing is crisp and sharp, the film benefits greatly from creating a scenario that the social media generation would so relate to. A father’s search for his missing daughter is the basic premise that leads to a satisfying conclusion, and the background score which presents a curious mix of dread and mystery is one of the major highlights along with Jim Cho’s natural and convincing performance.
The film is also filled with some extremely smart and well executed shots and can be easily called the Film of the year. Lets just hope this low budget, small film finds enough takers across the world. If watching different and exciting cinema is your forte, watch it by all means and serve your inner cinemaholic some much needed fodder!
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September 2, 2018 at 8:13 PM
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/microwave-weapons-suspected-in-mystery-attacks-on-us-diplomats-report-1910149?pfrom=home-topscroll
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September 2, 2018 at 8:52 PM
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September 2, 2018 at 10:08 PM
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kangana-ranaut-manikarnika-controversy-producer-kamal-jain-5336142/
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September 3, 2018 at 12:00 AM
Finally saw Sanju!! I will start with Hirani. It’s at PK level as far as direction is concerned. Not his best but still he is a better story teller than most even when not at best. Ranbir Kapoor was great and he had to be. Not surprised. Paresh could have done better IMO. I now understood why Hirani wanted someone who can give more to that role. Sunil Dutt deserved a better performance. I mean Paresh Rawal wasn’t bad. But Sunil Dutt is pretty much the Hero and savior of Sanju’s life. Somehow that got reflected more from Ranbir’s or Vicky’s Kaushal’s words/actions rather than Paresh’s performance. Maybe it’s Hirani’s fault here. I mean I felt very emotional when Sanju gets a chance to clarify with Kamli but didn’t feel much when Sunil Dutt dies. Something missed here. Vicky Kaushal was fantastic. Despite Ranbir pretty much mimicking a well known and charismatic personality Vicky was never over shadowed. Dia Mirza and Anushka Sharma had nothing in their roles though.
Finally I would say this movie DID it’s bit to clarify Sanjay Dutt’s stand especially in blast case. 50% of the movie was around the blast case with Sanju getting a chance to clarify regarding why he had gun or his involvement in the case. So when Mr. Hirani says he wasn’t clearing dirt, it’s a straight lie. He was. Nothing wrong in it. But if think you are honest you should say it IMO,
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September 3, 2018 at 1:54 AM
Great comment Coolguy. I will just add that hirani can spend his time better than cleaning dutt’s dirty laundry IMO.
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September 3, 2018 at 1:26 AM
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September 3, 2018 at 4:05 AM
If this gets to 70-75 cr range total, its going to be a huge win for everyone involved. Even 60-65 cr will be good.
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September 3, 2018 at 1:27 AM
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September 4, 2018 at 4:00 AM
This must be the irony of the century: A film named India’s most wanted starring Indian’s most UNWANTED ACTOR..
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September 3, 2018 at 1:30 AM
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/desire-surrender-radha-krishna-far-greater-fear-imtiaz-ali/
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September 3, 2018 at 2:14 AM
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September 3, 2018 at 4:09 AM
stree might do a twmr and cross 150 cr domestic nett
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September 3, 2018 at 2:17 AM
As face-off between Sonu Sood and Kangana Ranaut escalates, it has now emerged that what was called patchwork shoot in Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi has now blown into a major reshoot and will take about 45 days, Mid-day reports. Sonu Sood, who left the film which will now be directed by Kangana, has been replaced by Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub.
The report said what was termed as a 10-day patchwork shoot has now become a 45-day schedule and many scenes from director Krish’s original cut will be shot again. Krish had reportedly left the film as he had already committed his dates to NTR biopic down south and Kangana stepped into his role.
“During the first screening, the producers noted that the movie didn’t adhere to the script written by KV Vijayendra Prasad. There were glaring discrepancies in character establishment,” a source is quoted as saying. After the reshoot began, they felt “they would have to re-shoot several portions, if they were to be honest to the script”. After a meeting with the producers, an additional Rs 20 crore were sanctioned for the shoot.
Hollywood action director Nick Powell is reportedly onboard to shoot certain action sequences and a special song with be added to the film.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/after-sonu-sood-s-exit-kangana-ranaut-to-majorly-reshoot-manikarnika-at-rs-20-cr-additional-cost/story-cxUtP1c6wZni1k8YVtKG5O.html
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September 3, 2018 at 2:20 AM
LOL … Looks like an impending disaster.
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September 3, 2018 at 3:19 AM
The stories behind most Kangana’s movies at the filming stage are more interesting than the movies themselves these days.
There are affairs with co-stars, fall-outs with co-stars, taking other people’s works credits, or then she re-writes the film or re-directs the film mid-way through.
It was always very obvious that this time around she has fallen out with the director (who she has now replaced herself) and the main hero (Sonu Sood- who she has replaced with another actor).
Talks of Kangana doing only patchwok as director or Sood being unwilling at work with a woman as director always sounded like lame excuses.
At the end of the day, these are run of the mill problems that crop with every Kangana film under production.
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September 4, 2018 at 10:44 AM
maybe Kangana forgot that Farah Khan directed HNY starring Sonu Sood. or maybe she thought that Farah Khan was a man
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September 3, 2018 at 2:52 AM
How can a movie not adhere to the script? Were the team just making it up as they went along? Something doesn’t sound right here.
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September 3, 2018 at 3:55 AM
Kangana has been delivering flops left and right since last 3 years. So she has to be in news somehow and grab new projects based on that only. Who will put huge money on a flop actress and that too 20 cr on reshoot???? all bogus PR
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September 3, 2018 at 4:01 AM
If 2.0 could punch in additional 100 cr to its initial 450 cr budget (so that the movie can release), 20 cr reshoot is not implausible for manikarnika. Usually the producers’ hands are tied in such situations.
Anyways, i doubt if either of these 2 much delayed and over-budget films can recover their investment.
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September 3, 2018 at 4:38 AM
Here is a shout-out for the spanish thriller on which Bachchan-Tapsee’s Baadla is based on. Its quite good and available on netflix as Invisible Guest with english subtitles.
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September 3, 2018 at 6:24 AM
ya saw that recently.. quite good movie..
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September 3, 2018 at 6:43 AM
Not a fan of sujoy ghosh, but i think this has immense potential for a good remake version.
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September 3, 2018 at 7:04 AM
spoiler alert :
i think ab sr will play female lawyer role..
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September 3, 2018 at 7:32 AM
And maybe tapsee as the industrialist.
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September 3, 2018 at 7:40 AM
He cannot to be honest. he has a distinct voice and personality! I suppose he will be the father seeking justice
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September 3, 2018 at 7:38 AM
you’re late in announcing. have watched it already. Liked the film, its an engaging taut thriller though I could guess its final twist early.
I suppose Amitabh will be playing the father of the “victim”
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September 3, 2018 at 8:00 AM
I had somehow had missed it previously. Caught up with some backlog on netflix this weekend.
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September 3, 2018 at 1:46 PM
The “Usual Suspects” type ending didn’t quite work for me. I agree with Tonymontana that AB will be playing the father of the victim.
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September 3, 2018 at 6:43 PM
Agree that its most likely that bachchan will play the father and tapsee the female lawyer. But instead of the mother, she will be the lover. Sujoy ghosh cant think beyond this and will probably screw it up.
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September 3, 2018 at 5:54 AM
Shastri dating Nimrat Kaur?
https://cricket.yahoo.net/news/ravi-shastri-dating-bollywood-actress-20-yrs-younger-074030088?isredir=true
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September 3, 2018 at 6:58 AM
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/lata-mangeshkar-atif-aslam-chalte-chalte-remix-mitron-5337496/
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September 3, 2018 at 10:01 AM
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September 3, 2018 at 10:03 AM
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September 3, 2018 at 2:21 PM
Stree Has Huge Monday – Set To Be SUPER HIT
Monday 03 September 2018 22.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Stree has had a an excellent Monday as collections look set to be in the 8.50 crore nett range as the Janmashtami holiday has given the collections a boost. Even if we take out the Janmashtami factor it is still a fantastic hold and the film is likely to emerge a SUPER HIT. The Monday business of Stree is higher than the day two business of Gold and Satyameva Jayate
The film will be around the 40 crore nett mark in just four days and the first week can easily go to 52-55 crore nett depending on what level the film settles post the Monday holiday. A big Monday was on the cards after that huge Sunday which clocked over 14 crore nett but with 8.50 crore nett apprx it has surpassed the expectations.
There have been two other runaway SUPER HITS this year in Sonu Ke Tito Ki Sweety and Raazi and this film looks on the line of those as the fair value for Monday looks a drop of 20% which is extraordinary. Where the lifetime goes comparatively with Sonu Ke Tito Ki Sweety and Raazi will depend on how the releases over the next few weeks affect the film but on this trend the film could go anywhere.
https://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4241
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September 3, 2018 at 5:18 PM
outstanding numbers..
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September 3, 2018 at 6:44 PM
It was a partial holiday nonetheless. The real trending starts from today.
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September 4, 2018 at 8:25 AM
good for Rajkumar Rao. here he has clocked his biggest hit to date.
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September 3, 2018 at 8:02 PM
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September 3, 2018 at 8:22 PM
Someone here accused me of being a Bachchan fanatic the other day. The reality is quite the opposite. I like his films from the seventies, most of which are multi-starrers where he unassumingly takes away the limelight from established stars – not only with his baritone, but also his silences! But once he became ‘one man industry’ (that his fans gloat about), he was quite intolerable. Coolie was in 1983? He was around 40 at that time and that his last peak as a ‘star’. Not much to talk about in the next 20 years till his comeback as grand old man of bollywood, that too riding on adi chopra and kjo films! (And we look down upon Salman for spending 10 years in limbo between 1999 and Wanted.) He has done some interesting work since then – no doubt, although interspersed with many nonsensical acts and silly films.
I think He is v lucky to get this ToH deal at the age of 75. If the film lives up to its expectations (lets just focus on BO aspect since its an Acharya direction after all), it will give enough fuel for him to go on acting till his eighties (or till his physical strength holds up).
Aamir (on the other side) has actually done the best work of his career starting from forties (same age when Bachchan tumbled into oblivion with flops and politics and bankruptcy and whatnot). If MB series happens, he will be acting till his early sixties for sure. But I wont be surprised if he goes into full-time direction and production after that. Hanging around as a grand oldman onscreen may not be his cup of tea …
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September 3, 2018 at 8:37 PM
Must add that Bachchan as old man is nowhere near to the hamming of Dilip Kumar as grand old man! The edge he had over the likes of Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor in his peak, was hammed away to glory!
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September 4, 2018 at 3:22 AM
Rofl..After reading your long comment only one qoute came to my mind and that’s “better to be late than never”. Anyway, welcome to the club.
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September 4, 2018 at 3:32 AM
Funny that you agree with my take on Bachchan but take offence when i say the bitter truth about Srk!
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September 4, 2018 at 3:12 AM
Looks like both ToH and 2.0’s promotions kick start from ganesh chaturthi. Its all quiet on both fronts.
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September 3, 2018 at 11:14 PM
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September 4, 2018 at 2:27 AM
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September 4, 2018 at 2:28 AM
Looks like a Raazi like total is possible here…
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September 4, 2018 at 9:04 AM
I’ve heard Stree’s collections are being underreported so that it doesn’t beat Raazi (a Shraddha vs Alia thing). Sounds like hogwash. But this being bollywood, you never know.
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September 4, 2018 at 2:57 AM
BOI goes crazy after Sultan performs miserably in China.
“It does not make much a difference to the makers of the film as the film was sold like most other Indian films in China and they got the fixed amount which will be close $1 million and even when the films do very well the Chinese distributors do not give the overflow as was seen with the case of Hindi Medium”
https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4243
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September 4, 2018 at 2:59 AM
They are ignoring Dangal and Secret Superstar where AKP got a good chunk of the pie
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September 4, 2018 at 3:08 AM
They will also ignore ToH’s revenue sharing deal. I love the way boi’s focus shifts from producer profits to distributor profits based on the film.
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September 4, 2018 at 3:50 AM
Sultan in the context of the recent successes in China is an epic disaster. It’s got a huge release too and the expectations were for at least double this first weekend so it’s a huge flop. This too after Sanjana mentioned it won some best action award, it always felt like a poor man’s Dangal.
Toilet and Sultan have partly hurt future prospects – so much for someone’s theory of second mover advantage 😀
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September 4, 2018 at 4:38 AM
how did Padman do in China?
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September 4, 2018 at 4:43 AM
Not released yet. I saw Hichki recently and that may do well but I did find Rani irritating in this film.
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September 4, 2018 at 5:01 AM
Don’t think Livewire will show up here till Bharat release date comes near
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September 4, 2018 at 7:48 AM
Chori ka maal that waise bhi Sultaan – usko to ye hi result milna tha!!! each failure makes aamir look like a Superman there…..
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September 4, 2018 at 6:45 AM
LOL, so whether a film flops totally there or makes 200m it doesn’t make a difference!
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September 4, 2018 at 6:54 AM
Basically yes. I might as well release my film as I’ll get a $1mm. Don’t need it collect anything.
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September 4, 2018 at 7:57 AM
And u got the million only because a couple of aamir’s films made 100 and 200m.
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September 4, 2018 at 3:08 AM
http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/deepika-padukone-confirmed-in-xxx-4-hence-not-signing-anything-in-bollywood/
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September 4, 2018 at 3:11 AM
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September 4, 2018 at 3:42 AM
http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/paltan-is-everything-i-wanted-to-say-about-indias-relations-with-china-jp-dutta/
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September 4, 2018 at 3:55 AM
heard jackie chan has a part in ankhein 2!!!!!!
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September 4, 2018 at 5:09 AM
Remember Siddharth Nigam who played young Samar/Sahir in Dhoom 3? After playing young Ashoka on TV, now he is playing Aladdin burdened with a goofy Jinn on SAB. It entered top 10 easily.
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September 4, 2018 at 10:31 AM
oh, i was wondering why the kid in Aladdin looked familiar. he was in dhoom3
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September 4, 2018 at 10:44 AM
Aladdin can be made as a film in 3D format. It has immense possibilities of attracting the kids and family audience if done by a good production house.
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September 4, 2018 at 5:06 PM
amitabh, riteish deshmukh starred in one a few years back if i remember correctly
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September 4, 2018 at 6:50 AM
https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/unbelievable-says-shocked-twitter-after-amitabh-bachchan-welcomes-krk-back-1910982?pfrom=home-lateststories
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September 4, 2018 at 8:14 AM
https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/fitness-guru-shivoham-to-start-training-with-aamir-for-his-118090400683_1.html
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September 4, 2018 at 8:18 AM
This definitely is not a prep for mogul or osho.
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September 4, 2018 at 9:12 AM
This could be personal training to improve fitness.
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September 4, 2018 at 10:04 AM
Yes and you need to hire the cheapest trainer around for that …
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September 4, 2018 at 9:15 AM
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September 4, 2018 at 8:22 PM
Aamir would not he talking to his Ghajini body trainer for Forrest Gump remake. Its likely to be Aamir-Prabhas face-off in MB as Arjuna vs Karna in one way or the other.
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September 4, 2018 at 9:09 AM
Chennai Box-Office (August 31-Sep 2)
Monday, 3 September, 2018, 02:20
The clear winner this week at the Chennai Box-Office is Nayanthara’s Imaikka Nodigal, which had a late release. The film which was supposed to release on Thursday had a late release in select screens but opened in all screens by Friday. It has grossed approximately Rs 1.63 Cr in three days and is number one.
Nayanthara has pulled off the impossible as her Kolamavu Kokila, a proven hit entered third week and still holds on to the number two position. The film has grossed a whopping Rs 4.73 Cr in 17 days. Nayan is the real Lady Superstar by a mile.
At number three is Prakash Raj – Vikram Prabhu’s Radha Mohan directed 60 Vayathu Maaniram, which is getting good reviews.
And at number four is the Hindi horror film Stree, which is carrying good reports. Geetha Govindam continues to hold good at number five.
http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=shjlgBhihaiag
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September 4, 2018 at 2:55 PM
5.75crr Tuesday for Stree as per BOI. Looks like 100crr superhit. Good turn around for Shradhha and Rao
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September 4, 2018 at 2:56 PM
yes amazing numbers for this film!
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September 4, 2018 at 5:43 PM
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September 4, 2018 at 8:00 PM
So much smugness from BJP/Modi camp for being ‘best alternative among idiots’. Any comments NyKavi?
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September 4, 2018 at 10:20 PM
KJ at 9.3% is surprising. He is not from a big state like Bengal or UP. His party is No 2 in Punjab and No 1 in Delhi. He is leader of a regional party which till couple of years ago was my favourite but no more now. I blame KJ for his inability to keep his flock together, chosing lousy folks over committed and dedicated colleagues.
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September 4, 2018 at 10:56 PM
Kejri perhaps has a lot of angst against the system but has no clue how he can change it in large scale. Plus he keeps awful company. AAP was always a bubble. But his nautanki has come down a bit these days, maybe?
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September 4, 2018 at 10:56 PM
Kejriwal has also succumbed to the autocratic approach that characterizes most Indian political parties, with very little room for dissent — his “technocratic” bent was always a bit problematic from his earliest days, but quite sad to see old-timers from the party leaving in droves.
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September 4, 2018 at 11:07 PM
Even in significantly big parties, i have not seen their 90% senior leaders quitting within 2 years of its power. Its like BJP/Congress losing its entire leadership barring Modi/Rahul (which might not be a bad idea).
This looks to be more than a case of just dissent. None of his colleagues left him because they disagreed with the idea of KJ as their leader or they had selfish motives. Usually this is the case, but not in AAP’s case. It has to be with all the factors that a leader should not have.
The fact that KJ is mostly silent over arrest of left wing leaders is shocking for me. He should have been on the roads or on strike. However he only choses to do so when he finds IAS officers not respecting him/his ego hurt. When was the last time he agitated for the people of India/Delhi/Punjab?
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September 4, 2018 at 11:09 PM
That’s a good point, I had complete missed his relatively muted reaction to the recent arrests…
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September 4, 2018 at 11:17 PM
I am glad or Delhi CM has NOT gone on strike, no matter how serious the issues are!
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September 4, 2018 at 10:26 PM
Top 5 stars at Box Office
No 1: Aamir Khan – Despite his absence which is like a curse in showbiz, he remains of top. The competition is unable to followup of their hits.
No 2 Salman Khan – The competition. The halo is gone. Is this momentary?
No 3 Ranbir Kapoor – Sanju. 300+ Cr.
No 4 Akshay Kumar – 9 100+ Cr. Prestige Films. But has a glass ceiling, which undermines his stardom. Will 2point0 be able to break? The world believes so.
No 5 Ranveer Singh / Ajay Devgn – Their next is looking HIT on paper already.
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September 4, 2018 at 10:55 PM
How is Ranbir #3?! Sanju was 300, but after a string of disasters and under-performers!
PS — much as I can’t stand SRK, to not have him in the top 5 is a bit much! He is a bigger box office draw than Devgan, and probably has been at all points for nearly a quarter of a century.
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September 4, 2018 at 10:56 PM
Put hirani at #3 instead…
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September 4, 2018 at 11:00 PM
Q, It’s more to do with Akshay who unlike last year, is not able to get a superhit this year. The perception that he cannot break the glass ceiling is helping Ranbir.
There is also a case of Ranveer Singh here who had a huge hit in Padmaavat. I am waiting for Simbaa which i think can upturn all rankings as we might see a new No 2.
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September 4, 2018 at 11:07 PM
One point on Ranveer is that the leading lady — more often than not Padukone — plays a huge role in his hits. This is relevant given the kinds of films these are; ie whatever one may say about Deepika in a random film, on terrain like Bajirao Mastaani or Padmaavat she is obviously a major draw. That isn’t something you can say about (eg) Anushka in PK or of course any of the actresses in Salman’s recent films; same with Akshay. Take those historicals with Padukone away, and “Gunday” might be Ranveer’s natural level; no one even showed up for films like “Kill Dill” even on the first weekend…
For these sorts of reasons — how many can stars pull in for their bread and butter film, just any film they show up in — hard to argue with Aamir and Salman on top, with SRK, Hrithik and Akshay in there behind them (admittedly the question of what the “regular” Aamir or Hrithik film is is not easy to answer, in the former case because Aamir often tries to do quality films, in the latter case because Hrithik is from Bizarroworld)…
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September 4, 2018 at 11:19 PM
Deepika played a role even in srk’s last legitimate BO hait – Chennai Expess. But she seems smitten by the HW bug.
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September 4, 2018 at 11:10 PM
yes, 100%
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September 5, 2018 at 3:09 AM
Don’t worry on Akshay’s #. He’s #2 at least soon once 2.0 releases. Then even Rajni might deserve a #.
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September 4, 2018 at 11:59 PM
One of my favourite Akshay Kumar films.
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September 5, 2018 at 12:20 AM
Have u seen silence of the lambs? How do u compare the acting?
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September 5, 2018 at 2:02 AM
Most of the hits of 90s / 2000s were remakes either from classic hollywood films or older hindi/tamil/telugu films.
None were able to be better than originals. Same here.
But Sangharsh was brilliant in its own way. The song – Sonu Nigam’s Mujhe Raat din, Aashutosh’s over the top villanous act, Akshay’s sankritised dialogs which got claps and whistles in theatres, Preity’s fiesty character and Tanuja Chandra’s direction was good.
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September 5, 2018 at 1:06 AM
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September 5, 2018 at 1:56 AM
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September 5, 2018 at 2:01 AM
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/dilip-kumar-called-first-mobile-damned-thing/
Dilip Lumar, Dev Anand, Gulzar and many others on the same page.
Not loving their mobiles.
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September 5, 2018 at 2:02 AM
Typo Dilip Kumar.
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September 5, 2018 at 2:13 AM
Devgan has a following among pseudo nationalists in Maharashtra and Vimal paan masala chewing saffron wearers in UP, Rajasthan and Bihar. Rest of the country doesn’t really care for him.
Akshay Kumar has a following among padhe-likhe Modi bhakts in city who think highly of themselves and think they know everything about the dynamics of moviemaking.
Salman is the darling of rickshawallahs and beefy studs who believe they are God’s gift to women.
Ranbir is the favourite of clueless social media crazy teens and below 25-year old youngsters who share listicles on FB and twitter and believe they have figured out the concept of life.
SRK is a topic of discussion among all demographics as listed above but none of them are turning out for his movies lately.
No one claims to be an Aamir fan as they think he’s old and old-school but everyone from the above demographics secretly turn up for his movies when they release. and then they go back to social media and claim Aamir is an anti-national.
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September 5, 2018 at 2:30 AM
LOL
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September 5, 2018 at 2:45 AM
Haha … this is a classic retort to a fan’s star ranking list!
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September 5, 2018 at 3:16 AM
In my experience of non fanatical Hindi cinema followers, the ‘indifferent’ or ‘casual’ crowd – Aamir has the biggest following. This type of fandom will never be detectable but I agree that even fanatics of other stars rock up to watch Aamir films… for many years I’d watch SRK for sure as there was a chance of something good but that’s gone downhill since OSO IMO. CE seems a freak result now and not even a great film…just decent enough.
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September 5, 2018 at 3:19 AM
Brilliant!
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September 5, 2018 at 8:59 AM
😄Classic comment which may draw fire from upset fans of certain stars.☺️
Loved that bit about Ranbir fans.
BTW, I know some Salman fans who are bhakts and like him for bizarre reasons. 1– he has a Hindu mom. 2. ‘He is basically a good guy like all who get into trouble. Not like that Chaalu Aamir, you know’.
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September 5, 2018 at 2:16 AM
Stree 6.25 cr Tuesday. Awesome show
https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4246
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September 5, 2018 at 4:33 AM
this seems set to overtake Raazi
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September 5, 2018 at 4:56 AM
hoping it is able to breach 150 cr domestic nett. wil be a super result for rajkumar rao and shradha kapoor
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September 5, 2018 at 5:48 AM
Hands up if you don’t have a 140 Cr grosser…
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September 5, 2018 at 3:34 AM
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/adil-hussain-what-will-people-say-norway-oscar-5340788/
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September 5, 2018 at 3:40 AM
Much before filmmaker Karan Johar’s period drama set in the Mughal era, Takht, hits screens, his protégé Nikkhil Advani is set to helm a show, tentatively titled Moghuls, based on author Alex Rutherford’s historical fiction novel Empire of the Moghul.
Empire of the Moghul begins with Babur and ends with the reign of Aurangzeb. While actor Ronit Roy will play the role of Babur, Shabana Azami will, reportedly, play Babur’s grandmother Esan Daulat. Dia Mirza will be seen as the Mughals emperor’s sister Khanzada.
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/ronit-roy-babur-moghuls-5340726/
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September 5, 2018 at 4:43 AM
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September 5, 2018 at 6:26 AM
Should have the ‘England’ in red, this is more like Namaste Scotland
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September 5, 2018 at 6:36 AM
lol!
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September 5, 2018 at 7:30 AM
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September 5, 2018 at 9:14 AM
Very Happy to see that GOLD has also emerged as a H.I.T.
Akshay delivers yet again.
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September 5, 2018 at 7:48 AM
Aamir Khan is at a position where Big B was in his hey days – from 1 to 5 – we can put his name – no failures in last decade! 100 to 350 cr to 2000 cr – everywhere he is the boss – variety of subjects he has covered in his films in last 10-15 yrs – new directors and churns out BB stuff – does not take any upfront money as fees – has done pathbreaking shows like SMJ – that man stands very tall as of today and after TOH – he will have one more mileston of 450-500 cr……sky is the limit here for him and still ppl question his star power!!!
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September 5, 2018 at 8:00 AM
Watched:
Ghoul (Netflix), another good series. Would love to see more of India/Netflix connected series. Sacred Games and now this, both very well done. The setting and mood is very well captured. Interesting concept, anyone that is Muslim is by default a terrorist unless proven otherwise. It certainly feels like we’re not that away from this concept.
Welcome 2, not like the first part. How the hell does John Abraham became an actor? He makes Akshay Kumar look like Dilip Kumar. Guy has no expression, no body language, nothing, except steroids body. Having said that, do have to give him credit for producing some decent films and carving out a space for himself which is very hard to do in this dog eat dog Bollyworld.
PadMan, had no expectation from this film based on most of the comments (typically aamir fans) on this forum. I thought it would be waste of time but wife wanted to watch it. Turned out to be a decent watch. One thing for sure, I would rather watch an Akshay film than SRK film (and this is coming from a SRK fan). At least there is a good message/story in many of recent Akshay films. Of course some of it is politically driven but, they’re decent films.
MOM, another good film. Sridevi owns it and I don’t think there are many who can pull it off like how she did it. Madhuri has nothing on Sridevi.
Comments:
I wish there was little less discussion on boxoffice, actually less pulling down of other actors and films (and this is usually done by fans of a particular actor, and let’s not pretend like they don’t, just go thru any thread); and more progressive talks. Let’s talk about movies, songs, actors, etc of yester year and current and put up information and talk/debate about it. With such a rich history of films we have, I’m sure it would be a good conversation instead of constant crore talks and constant bashing of other actors/films.
Donald Trump; Probably the dumbest president ever in the whole world. This guy is a pure fraud, can’t believe good 30% of USA still believes blindly everything this man says.
Cow: Not sure how much of it is true or false but there are many incidents which are reported of Gaurakshak lynching/killing people in the name of protecting cow (I assume many incidents goes unreported/undetected). I’ve seen forwarded messages on social media that 9 out of 10 biggest slaughter house in India are owned by Hindus. How are they able to run this business legally when you have government banning consumption of beef in some states? And why aren’t these Gaurakshak going after the mass killer of cows and instead taking lives of loners? Just doesn’t make sense how this Gaurakshak business works.
Another thing I find odd is that in USA, there are many Subways owned by Patels who thinks like Gaurakshak, sends money to India for Gaurakshak but has no problem selling Cow meat in their own store, go figure.
I eat beef but if there’s a law passed tomorrow that says no beef eating in USA, I would be perfectly okay giving it up. But then don’t tell me that USA will be the biggest supplier of beef.
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September 5, 2018 at 8:10 AM
I’m watching Power currently. Finished up to season 3. This is more guilty pleasure…the show is practically soft porn, I don’t recall an episode without sex scene(s) and this is lead actors acting like porn stars. Block out these images (tough) it’s a decent watch. It’s got better, it’s got 50 cent as one of the leads.
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September 5, 2018 at 9:15 AM
Anybody who has watched – The Good Wife?
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September 5, 2018 at 9:58 AM
No, but I have heard very good things about “The Good Wife”; among others, The New Yorker’s Emuly Nussbaum has been a big fan.
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September 5, 2018 at 9:23 AM
Z – Glad you liked Padman and Mom. India is really making good medium budgets movies now and all are becoming Hits…the latest being Gold and Stree (a bigger hit than Gold)
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September 5, 2018 at 10:38 AM
still you call Gold a hit? it’s a rejected movie by the audience. remove the first day collections and you have <80 cr nett
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September 5, 2018 at 12:17 PM
I am only quoting Taran Adarsh. See his tweet at 3:36 pm today.
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September 5, 2018 at 9:34 AM
The whole issue connected to eating beef and lynchings has been referenced in Mukkabaaz. If this were a major production with stars the film would be unreleasable.
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September 5, 2018 at 10:43 AM
Didn’t know this, will have to check it out. I think it’s on Netflix.
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September 5, 2018 at 10:43 AM
it’s on erosnow. The film isn’t about this issue but it’s been well-weaved into the narrative.
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September 5, 2018 at 10:04 AM
The rich — those who own large companies — are always able to get away, only the poor and weak are targeted, and for most of the victims even charges of cow slaughter or smuggling aren’t even established. Thousands of traditional pastoral communities (some Muslim, others Hindu) herd cattle, but in some areas these are the people who are being targeted, even though for these people there is no question of slaughtering cattle as that is their biggest asset (conversely, many farmers of all communities are upset at cow protection efforts because earlier they used to sell aged cattle, but now that market is collapsing; the “gaushalas” that are acquiring cattle are owned by local bigwigs but there have been scandals around over-crowding, ill-treatment, and just “housing” of cows without any regard to their welfare)– but what happens is that when some bigots hear a Muslim name they feel emboldened because for consumers of TV news who are unfamiliar with ground realities in rural India they jump to only one conclusion (i.e. many of these gaurakshak groups are auditioning for greater publicity and visibility, and with bigotry on the rise they can always count on at least some support; an extremely ugly climate)– I have met multiple people from big cities who told me that until these lynchings became an issue they weren’t even aware that there WERE Muslim pastorals, LOL! [Meanwhile, out of fear of attacks, many Muslim pastorals have given up their cattle — which of course are then acquired by others who get an asset at distressed sale prices; it’s a sordid conjunction of extortion and expropriation.]
Excellent Reuters investigative report on this issue HERE.
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September 5, 2018 at 8:05 PM
Qalandar, either all of it or from 28:30 onwards:
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September 5, 2018 at 8:25 PM
what happens when you read incendiary biased western media narrative and get excited!!
“What is different from mob violence and the Christian lynchings is that their lynching had the approval of society. Just look at the crowds collected to witness and enjoy the lynching (photos available online). In contrast, Indian society has not approved of lynching. It is simply another mob-violence crime. But given their guilt, the Christians under Congress and Christian-influenced media-western media cleverly and mischievously planted the “Lynching” concept in the public domain only after ModiSarkar came into power. During the ten years of Congress also there were many killings by mobs but there was no such ranting and raving about “Lynching” as a terminology and label as it is now. The US has a history of over 4000 lynchings of blacks and that figure may not be accurate as there is no proper record of these crimes:”
“The Congress and the media inserted this term into mob violence that existed in India long before ModiSarkar came into power. In fact, the incidents of lynching under ModiSarkar are far lesser in number than under the criminal Congress during their term. A tweet by A.Ranganathan shows that there over a dozen lynchings under the Congress in 2013 alone. So, if one digs deeper into the ten years of Sonia and Congress, they would exceed the number of incidents in the four years of ModiSarkar. This is not to justify any killing but to indicate how the media and the Congress have labelled and created a terror-syndrome called “Lynching” which has managed to fool even the SC. This is nothing but mob violence and mob frenzy which has existed for a long time but has surely been declining with greater awareness among citizens.”
“And there is technically no lynching in India because society does not approve it as it did in Christianity. Our society does not hold public hangings or beheadings or burning at the stake as a socially-approved practice in any state or in any society in this land. ”
“Either way, a law on total ban on cow-slaughter is required across India. That itself will stop a lot of crimes. But on priority, a law that punishes cow-theft and cow-smuggling severely will by itself deter criminals”
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September 5, 2018 at 8:14 AM
http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/mitron-vs-manmarziyaan-jackky-bhagnani-speaks-about-clash-with-the-abhishek-bachchan-starrer/
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September 5, 2018 at 10:34 AM
Due to reports of Bhansali approaching Tiger …
*******
“Yes, I am doing Sanjay’s film. I don’t know much about it. Have only heard a one-liner about it. But Sanjay is not answering my calls. Please ask him to speak to me.” – SK
https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/bollywood/salman-khan-confirmed-for-sanjay-leela-bhansalis-next
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September 5, 2018 at 10:37 AM
Srk begging Aditya Chopra and Salman begging Bhansali. The mighty Khans of Bollywood.
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September 5, 2018 at 10:57 AM
Z: Marcus one liners are witty,
Marcus: keep them coming
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September 5, 2018 at 11:34 AM
https://twitter.com/aamirsmkp/status/1037197396277649408
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September 5, 2018 at 11:36 AM
Aamir Khan
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More Aamir Khan Retweeted Masti Ki Paathshala
Wah! Kaun hai bhai iss group ka principal? Whoever made this video, lots of love to you..Aamir Khan added,
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Masti Ki Paathshala
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Finally @aamir_khan ki Masti Ki Paathshala is open & #KaategiKya is our super hit school anthem! पसंद आया तो लाइक करो पसंद नहीं आया तो टेस्ट चेंज करो ! 😂🕺
#AamirsMastiKiPaathshala #TeachersDay #शिक्षकदिवस
7:10 AM – 5 Sep 2018
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September 5, 2018 at 12:29 PM
Akshay Kumar’s ‘Gold’ is a HIT
New Delhi: The khiladi Akshay Kumar’s recent movie choices have once again made him one of the most bankable stars around. The actor was last seen in sports drama ‘Gold’ and it too struck the right chord amongst the viewers. It also marked the debut of popular television actress Mouni Roy and she has been paired opposite the superstar.
Noted film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter and shared the figures. He wrote: “#Gold [Week 3] Fri 45 lakhs, Sat 82 lakhs, Sun 1.20 cr, Mon 55 lakhs, Tue 35 lakhs. Total: ₹ 107.37 cr. #Gold biz at a glance…Week 1: ₹ 89.30 cr [prolonged Week 1; 9 days; released on Wed] Week 2: ₹ 14.70 cr Week 3: ₹ 3.37 cr [till Tue] Total: ₹ 107.37 cr India biz. HIT.”
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September 5, 2018 at 12:32 PM
Despite being a clean HIT, i am a bit disappointed because the movie had it to be Akki’s biggest grosser. 140-150 Cr if not more.
Jayshah is right. 2point0 will be THE game changer.
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September 5, 2018 at 1:14 PM
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September 5, 2018 at 1:17 PM
It was just a matter of time before Carol Danvers showed up on the big screen!
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September 5, 2018 at 5:32 PM
Its insane how they set forth a plan of these movies ten years ago and how well that plan has turned out!
However, they need new blood with RDJ and Chris Evans winding down their roles. Black Panther has really infused new life for MCU and now I think Captain Marvel will do the same and lead MCU into the next phase. Another decade of this….?
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September 5, 2018 at 5:46 PM
I haven’t kept up with most of these, it’s just too much, and many aren’t very good compared to the comics
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September 5, 2018 at 1:25 PM
Is TOH releasing this Diwali ? Just about 2 months to go now and no signs of the first look .. wouldn’t be surprised if it gets postponed .
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September 5, 2018 at 3:14 PM
They are already working on Post Production and unlike 2.0, VFX was not outsourced to some cheap ass company! It’s coming Diwali!
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September 5, 2018 at 10:58 PM
I hear trailer/teaser will be out with Sui Dhaaga release.
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September 5, 2018 at 6:03 PM
Started watching Korean TV Thriller drama Stranger… Still midway but riveting drama..recommended!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_(TV_series)
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September 5, 2018 at 6:06 PM
Good to know! Thanks for the rec, I have been on the lookout for a new TV show to watch…
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September 5, 2018 at 6:12 PM
Have had it in my queue.. thanks..
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September 5, 2018 at 9:49 PM
Thanks for the shout-out. Will check this one for sure.
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September 6, 2018 at 1:18 AM
Has anyone seen Gomorrah? Finished all three seasons and it is one of the best shows out there..
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September 6, 2018 at 1:24 AM
Thanks a bunch for this too. Now my weekend is blocked.
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September 6, 2018 at 3:09 AM
K-drama has tremendous variety and I often watch many of them. Amazing screenplays! u start watching something and diff. to put down….
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September 5, 2018 at 10:16 PM
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September 6, 2018 at 4:39 AM
Lajol is the killer
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September 5, 2018 at 10:56 PM
https://scroll.in/latest/893324/twitter-was-unprepared-for-misinformation-campaigns-over-the-last-few-years-its-ceo-tells-us-senate
Jack Dorsey said Twitter was meant to be a ‘public square’, but fell victim to ‘abuse, harassment, troll armies, propaganda through bots’.
Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey on Wednesday told United States legislators that the social media network was “unprepared and ill-equipped” for the misinformation campaigns that have plagued it for the last few years.
“We’re now removing over 200% more accounts for violating our policies,” the Twitter CEO added. “We’re identifying and challenging 8-10 million suspicious accounts every week.”
He added: “And we’re thwarting over a half million accounts from logging in to Twitter every day.” Dorsey also rejected allegations that Twitter operates on the basis of political bias, AFP reported.
Democratic Party Senator Mark Warner said that he was skeptical that Facebook and Twitter would be able to address the problems of manipulation on their own. “Congress is going to have to take action here,” he said.
Excerpts.
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September 5, 2018 at 11:13 PM
It is like bolting the door after. Too much damage has been done. The social media created a vicious atmosphere, made the youth lazy, used for silly ego boosting exercises and now the repentance. They have unleashed a monster and now they have to control it and tame it.
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September 5, 2018 at 11:42 PM
Social media has taken previous misinformation campaigns run by media into public domain. This was an expected consequence, and the owners of FB/Twitter have encouraged this all along for financial gains. About youth being lazy and egoistic, its an age old phenomenon, but it has got new ‘tools’ from all this. But the real harm is the real propaganda campaigns that are run which isnt so obvious to you or me.
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September 6, 2018 at 12:36 AM
Aamir launching Vivo V11 Pro smartphone in India today with in-screen fingerprint sensor, waterdrop notch, Dual Pixel technology, Qualcomm’s 660 processor and Dual-Engine Fast Charging for those who like fancy stuff in their phone.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/tech/vivo-v11-pro-to-launch-in-india-today-how-to-watch-live-stream-specs-features/story-lAyksS5Jw1iA7Vx7Xl00XO.html
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September 6, 2018 at 12:39 AM
https://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/heres-why-uber-will-ban-users-from-taking-cabs/articleshow/65695404.cms
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September 6, 2018 at 2:04 AM
Stree Goes Up On Wednesday
Stree is doing phenomenally well as collections went up on Wednesday. The film is on a crazy run and could go anywhere at the box office. The film collected 6.50 crore nett on Wednesday as a few circuits went up and now the total collections of the film are close to 54 crore nett and a first week of 60 crore is possible depending on the business on Thursday.
https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4248
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September 6, 2018 at 2:04 AM
Incredible run so far.
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September 6, 2018 at 11:42 AM
any explanation why it jumped on wednesday? seems a tad odd. i know WOM is brilliant..
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September 6, 2018 at 2:04 AM
Stree goes up on Wednesday .. WOW
https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4248
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September 6, 2018 at 2:08 AM
MI6 has crossed 100M in China already. Antman and Wasp will probably end at 115M there, while Sultan with 5M.
Stree seems set for 100+ cr nett total in India.
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September 6, 2018 at 2:08 AM
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September 6, 2018 at 2:33 AM
Stree is having an insane run for a movie of its kind! To have its first Wednesday better than the Tuesday means the WOM has caught like wildfire in the entire country..
I think the horror element intrigues people all over the country! and it is a bona fide desi story that people in cities as well as small towns can relate to.
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September 6, 2018 at 2:42 AM
Remarkable, wanted to watch it over the last weekend might have to catch it this weekend if it’s still on.
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September 6, 2018 at 2:48 AM
post review once done. deal?
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September 6, 2018 at 1:14 PM
I had said this before Golmaal 4 released that the horror comedy genre is not tapped in Bollywood yet like how Kollywood has done it. Golmaal 4 also did extremely well and now this. I still think there is lot of potential in this genre and some of those crazily good Tamil movies in last 3-4 years in this genre are ripe for a remake if someone thinks on those lines
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September 6, 2018 at 2:48 AM
It will blast past 60 Cr in week 1 and probably go close to 35 Cr in week 2…100 Cr is guaranteed. This is more like TWMR territory.
What a year for Bollywood!
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September 6, 2018 at 2:56 AM
The numbers are awesome so far!
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September 6, 2018 at 2:53 AM
section 377 repealed by SC. relief for kjo, srk ,arjun rampal
https://in.news.yahoo.com/sc-bench-likely-pronounce-judgment-123304368.html
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September 6, 2018 at 6:10 AM
this is a very welcome development.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/karan-johar-leads-bollywood-in-hailing-sc-s-sec-377-verdict-says-country-gets-its-oxygen-back/story-EzQPDG8h2bXpZhYrdei1iL.html
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September 6, 2018 at 2:53 AM
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September 6, 2018 at 3:29 AM
parineeti was good in G3 – she has come back strong – this will be a safe bet at the BO – not sure where arjun kapoor is going though 🙂
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September 6, 2018 at 3:12 AM
‘History owes an apology to LGBT community’: India’s Supreme Court decriminalises gay sex
Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said the law was irrational, indefensible, and manifestly arbitrary.
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September 6, 2018 at 3:29 AM
pari looks good
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September 6, 2018 at 3:36 AM
Personal comments will be unapproved even if part of comment is decent.
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September 6, 2018 at 3:43 AM
I assure that from now on, there will be no personal comment if any.
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September 6, 2018 at 4:26 AM
Over to others (will not name) now, but lets all of us commit the same because at some point or the other, we all have done.
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September 6, 2018 at 4:35 AM
what a disastrous movie is adhm. only music saw it through to make some money. cant sit through it
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September 6, 2018 at 6:04 AM
I agree. This movie was terrible for the way it portrays cancer. Kjo has no limits!
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September 6, 2018 at 5:59 AM
http://www.koimoi.com/box-office/box-office-predictions-paltan-laila-majnu-gali-guleiyan/
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September 6, 2018 at 6:01 AM
Gold’, ‘Satyameva Jayate’, ‘Stree’ – a hat trick in August
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-business-talk/gold-satyameva-jayate-stree-hat-trick-august/
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September 6, 2018 at 6:08 AM
There are some here constantly attacking other members or ridiculing them. Such comments won’t go through. If this continues the comments of such members will go into permanent moderation.
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September 6, 2018 at 12:58 PM
Just checking if this comment gets edited/deleted instead of those constant drivel about how Gold or Lakshya is a clean BO hit -comments which elevate the quality and environment of this blog according to moderators/owners.
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September 6, 2018 at 7:04 AM
Watching Mangal Pandey for half an hour a day. Surprised to see a well made movie touching social and political issues with a passion. The caste conflicts, the religious taboos, woman’s status and the way the rulers treated the natives.
Watched the first half of Tubelight and liked it to some extent because of its emotional appeal and the pleasing visuals.
Not all failed films are bad and not all hits are good. One can like certain things about a movie and may not like the full movie.
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September 6, 2018 at 7:06 AM
I’ve wanted to revisit Mangal Pandey for ages, just got hold of the album recently – I remember liking this film loads.
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September 6, 2018 at 7:07 AM
I am watching it on sonyliv Premium.
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September 6, 2018 at 7:45 AM
MP is one of the best commercial films since Lagaan. and it gets better on re-viewing in some ways.
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September 6, 2018 at 8:11 AM
I watched Mangal Pandey in the theatre, 2005, liked it quite a bit. It is a well scripted, directed, enacted film, with terrific music from ARR. And yet, something off …perhaps the Bollywoody fictional retellng of MP’s personal life? Well, not much is known about Mangal save a page of bare bones material,so the makers had to work on that and fictionalise it in a popular manner. But I loved all the details of the time, and in fact ( in retrospect) find it less Bollywoody compared to Bhansali’s loud melodrama, the more recent Bajirao Mastani.
For BM, plenty of material was available — and yet they chose to Bollify the film to a laughable degree. There was no mention of Bajirao’s use of guerilla warfare tactics in the marshes and overgrown hills of Maharashtra. I loved the character of Bajirao’s wife, found Bajirao himself good only in patches — and was totally unimpressed with the characterisation of Mastani. She was an athletic warrior, fine. But there was little depth of passion in a woman supposed to be in love. And yet this film was a huge hit, where Mangal Pandey failed. About MP, I remember being intrigued by the story of the Parsi opium merchant and his involvement with shameful British trade in this regard. Later, reading the novels of Amitav Ghosh, I got a clearer picture of the opium trade topic.
Must check out some’failed’ films.
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September 6, 2018 at 8:41 AM
MP didn’t quite fail. This was always exaggerated at the time. Put differently today the film with that opening (biggest of its time) and trending would do a lot more than Bajirao did! I’m serious. Now of course one has to ‘adjust’ for many things across this time period but my point is that you can easily calculate what a massive opener today would do in week 1 (let alone the biggest) and then what it would do on the same trending. Put differently Sultan has much worse trending and it’s a 300 crore film. TZH is more or less the same (factoring in GST) or maybe somewhat better. So again we have to move beyond these common perceptions first of all. Now it is true that the standards prevalent at the time MP released were somewhat higher on trending. But still this film wasn’t a failure (or I am willing to accept the ‘failure’ of this film if we re-calibrate so many ‘successes’ over the last 20 years or more). A disappointment for sure (again using the standards of those days) on trending. Clearly it wasn’t loved or anything. But there isn’t quite the gap between it and many other ‘hits’ sense that one might think. The only thing that has happened is that standards have been lowered dramatically. Now it’s a 100, 200, 300 cr and no questions asked deal. If anything smaller releases still have to show enough trending. This is the perversity of Bollywood.
Getting back to the film again this is a historical or period drama with masala elements rather than a masala film outright. And the ‘balance’ perhaps didn’t please anyone entirely. But also, and to repeat, an older point, you cannot get this kind of film to be a huge success anyway. It doesn’t end well for the hero! In contemporary India it’s just extremely hard to make very major successes out of major films that end this way. Or that offer dark commentary on the reigning ideologies of the present. Talaash is a classic example of this. MP among other things also offers at points a dark commentary on what today we might define as a certain kind of corporate logic. There are a few key scenes in this sense.
But all of this still gets back to the larger point. We automatically adopt a kind of defensive posture with films that we think are good but that didn’t work at the box office (in some sense). The opposite is also assumed. This is just completely the wrong way to judge the worth of a film. Sure, the box office tells you something about the audience, it also illuminates all kinds of ideological issues, it certainly can be read as cultural commentary. But all this is still different from the question surrounding the value of a film. Even if audiences didn’t take to MP in the true sense this too is hardly surprising. There are much greater films that the audiences didn’t take to and not only in India. It’s always unfortunate when this happens but it’s just reality. Cinema is such a commercial medium that there is always this perennial struggle between the more meaningful film (large scale production, middle cinema or even at the arthouse end) and its box office fortunes. It’s just a medium that requires too much investment even for the smaller film. The maker of a movie is therefore always compromising. Even the most celebrated directors in history rarely got the chance to makes the films they truly wanted without any consideration for the box office. Yes, many directors have created extraordinary works working with such compromise but that’s a different matter.
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September 6, 2018 at 9:19 AM
Mangal Pandey had an opening week of 17 Cr and finished at around 28 Cr. Budget 37 Cr. Verdict Flop.
KANK opened at 28 Cr and finished at around 44 Cr. Budget 48 Cr. Verdict Semi Hit.
All figures from our beloved BOI.
I’m very sure BOI has systematically reduced MP’s verdict – I’m sure it’s been semi hit, above average, average (what Wikipedia says BOI has) and now flop – even Wikipedia can’t keep up with BOI. Point is MP can hardly be termed a trade flop, maybe audience rejected it but then KANK and many others should follow the same logic.
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September 6, 2018 at 11:16 PM
Lets also talk about the economics of the Hit film Devdas?
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September 6, 2018 at 8:50 AM
agree with all of it – but I somehow found that at script level, it was not a rich material for a full feature film – something was missing! i m sure if aamir were to do it today, the film wud have shaped differently. neverthless, it was probably a forerunner or something which really didn’t satisfy one fully either on entertainment front or on solid story-telling front….
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September 6, 2018 at 11:25 AM
Mangal Pandey is actually constructed fantastically well, precisely because just about everything we know about him comes from the records of his trial (hardly the most impartial forum). The film’s writer does an excellent job in using every one of the elements mentioned in the trial records — the bhang/Mangal Pandey’s intoxication, the way he fired the shot, etc. — but in imbuing them with a different “meaning” than that construed by the tribunal. The subtitle of the film’s English version — “The Ballad of Mangal Pandey” — needs to be taken seriously, as the film weaves dry trial testimony into the stuff of legend. More broadly, as LS you note, a lot of the stray elements also tie into broader themes from the period (stated differently, they aren’t just there because they mean something to us TODAY — a huge contrast with something like Bajirao Mastaani — but because they meant something BACK IN THE DAY): the implication of Indian merchants in British colonialism (not just Parsis; opium, for instance, doesn’t just explain what Britain was up to in China, but ALSO how Rabindranath Tagore’s grandfather made his money, why Bombay was so important, etc.); the strangeness of the corporation in the form of the East India Company on Indian terrain (an entity like that was completely alien to Indian life); even the easy camaraderie between the British and Indian soldier is a historically grounded dramatization of the fact that Anglo-Indian social relations were much more relaxed in the 18th and early 19th centuries, “hardening” under the influence of the rise of conservative theories of race/society/inferiority of the non-white races/religions, and of course by the impact of 1857 as well (Toby Stephens beds an Indian widow; that would be hugely hugely frowned upon BY THE BRITISH 20 years later, in the 1870s, whereas there are very many examples of Anglo-Indian marriages in the pre-1850 period). Very many films have represented the political oppressiveness of colonialism (some in more outlandish form than others), but few popular films have represented the strangeness of the Company’s enterprise, and that mixture of desire and humiliation that is the lot of the colonized, in the way that Mangal Pandey did. Superb stuff.
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September 6, 2018 at 12:55 PM
This is a fantastic and enlightening comment. Didn’t you also have a longer piece on the film at the time? I tried to track it down here but couldn’t. GF might also have had one on NG. Not sure.
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September 6, 2018 at 1:09 PM
That was GF — I just had a comment on NG that I re-worked into a blogpost (see HERE)…
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September 6, 2018 at 1:37 PM
Wow. One of my favourite films, beautifully explained. Thanks.
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September 6, 2018 at 1:55 PM
LOL, thanks LS! The link to my blogpost in my previous comment expands on some of those themes…
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September 6, 2018 at 2:09 PM
@Qalandar — Have just read that post from 2006, at your blog site. Saw my own old comment too ( under moniker lalsub).😊
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September 6, 2018 at 1:05 PM
I had enjoyed Mangal Pandey when it had released. However i couldn’t watch it second time.
Mangala Pandey had a very linear narration like Mohenjodaro.
I will take 3 examples of historicals – The movies like Bajirao, Bhagat singh or Jodha Akbar. These three had a great aura to the hero. That was missing in Mangal Pandey. It may be intentional but the movie couldn’t involve the way the 3 films i mentioned did.
Maybe that part of history, as correctly pointed by Q, is unknown to most Indians as we only have imperial records. Hence we only imagine based on TV series like Sword of Tipu Sultan, etc. Mangal Pandey unfortunately did not also have enough drama and the climax was underwhelming.
I agree that if Aamir were to make it today, the movie would be have more to it. Those were the learning days.
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September 6, 2018 at 2:17 PM
@ Naveen — I am sorry that you speak of Mangal Pandey and Mohenjo Daro in the same breath. In my humble opinion, Mangal Pandey was a bit of a masterpiece that fell short somewhere. It had fabulous music from ARRehman, fitting the mood and tone of the film.The words, the voices — I totally love the music, like it more than the film.
Mohenjo Daro was a well intentioned disaster.
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September 6, 2018 at 2:29 PM
Even ARR came up with a turkey for Mohenjodaro, one of his worst albums in years.
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September 6, 2018 at 9:07 AM
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September 6, 2018 at 9:08 AM
The trailer of upcoming film NOTA, which will mark Vijay Deverakonda’s debut in the Tamil film industry, was released on Thursday by actor Suriya. The trailer opens with visuals of heavy rains filling up reservoirs and the voices of government officials discussing the risk of opening the shutters, which will submerge many parts of the city. As the memory of catastrophic floods that wreaked havoc in Kerala is still fresh, the scene immediately strikes a chord.
Going by the trailer, NOTA seems to follow a rich, spoiled brat, who come of age after getting exposed to the horrors whipped up by politics of corruption and greed. The film is written by Shan Karuppusamy and is directed by Anand Shankar of Iru Mugan fame.
NOTA has a stellar star cast including Sathyaraj, Nassar, MS Bhaskar and Mehreen Pirzada among others. Budding actor Sanchana Natarajan seems to have played an important role as a young politician leading the opposition against the Chief Minister, played by Vijay. While she has appeared in a few movies, she made a mark with her performance in Balaji Mohan’s web series As I’m Suffering From Kadhal.
NOTA is simultaneously being made in Telugu. Interestingly, Vijay has himself dubbed his lines in Tamil.
Vijay is currently basking in the success of his recent film Geetha Govindam. It is his second consecutive blockbuster at the box office, following Arjun Reddy.
NOTA is fast nearing completion and it is expected to release in October. However, an official confirmation on the same is awaited.
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/telugu/nota-trailer-vijay-deverakond-5343332/
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September 6, 2018 at 9:18 AM
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September 6, 2018 at 11:58 AM
https://www.ndtv.com/blog/section-377-this-is-the-real-independence-day-for-us-1912317?pfrom=home-topstories
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September 6, 2018 at 1:11 PM
Every week a new box office thread comes in satyamshot. In every thread, one person from the team of 5-6 people, attached to AK films, discusses on one of the 3-4 movies of Aamir Khan – Talaash, Mangal Pandey and DCH. This is quite amazing as this trend is there since last 2-3 years week after week. I wish we can discuss more on other films. This is just an observation.
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September 6, 2018 at 1:13 PM
…and most surprising is none of our opinion has changed a single bit. It shows that changing opinions are not that easy, despite the sound arguments.
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September 6, 2018 at 1:22 PM
Bloggers who complain really don’t deserve the light of day IMO. There is a lovely word in the dictionary called… initiative. Sometimes showing that can change the tide to more one’s own liking. I mean we could discuss the merits of Namaste London. I liked Akshay’s speech scene, that’s about all I can remember.
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September 6, 2018 at 2:05 PM
Please do start a discussion on some films that move you enough to write about it.
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September 6, 2018 at 2:06 PM
👆for Naveen.
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September 6, 2018 at 2:21 PM
Wish Akshay could be part of films Aanken. Loved him in that well done thriller. He looked totally handsome, fit his role to a T. That scene where he is the bus , unaware of the impending disaster….it was such shock to the audience.
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September 6, 2018 at 3:02 PM
He’s done Khakee and the love angle in that film is really good with the devastating twist near the end.
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September 6, 2018 at 4:19 PM
That’s the best Akshay dialog IMO, responding to “Koi aakhri khwaaish?”: “…Kisi se kehna matlab meri maut kaise hui thee….warna logon ka vishwas uth jaayega pyar muhabbat par se” … or something like that. Pure seeti taali!!!!
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September 6, 2018 at 2:42 PM
The rumours of Stree’s box office collections being underreported are not dying down. There’s no smoke without fire. I think the film’s success has upset a few people in the industry.
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September 6, 2018 at 3:04 PM
I think some films can be enjoyed by just watching them. And some films make us think and discuss even though the enjoyment quotient is less. Especially if it is semi historical like MP or Padmaavat. Even in MP none of us is praising aamir khan. We are discussing about those times, the social structure, the politics of the ruling class and sati. Curiously Sati and Johar in the above mentioned films made us think about how women must have felt. And selling women to the highest bidder reminds us of similar things in other countries.
Only some films make us discuss about them. And no one is preventing others to discuss their favourite films without too much focus on the leads but focus on the issues dealt with. When one starts praising the lead, the focus shifts to fan worship. How many commercial films have so many layers in the first place? In recent times Sairat is one such film dwelling on contemporary issues of class and mainly caste.
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September 6, 2018 at 4:20 PM
Very well said sanjana — I do need to watch Sairat though, I am sadly overdue…
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September 6, 2018 at 4:42 PM
Me too! Still on the netflix watchlist.
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September 6, 2018 at 5:05 PM
I don’t disagree with your point but I’d still resist such a dichotomy. Again I see where you’re coming from but for example I didn’t ‘enjoy’ many of Aamir’s hits (just sticking to his career) more than MP. In more recent times I didn’t enjoy the Hiranis more than Talaash. I think there is tendency to equate enjoyment with a more passive kind of viewing and/or one that gives pure pleasure in a very obvious sense. Defined this way of course one enjoys 3I more than most other films. But again I didn’t ‘enjoy’ TZP less than PK. One could come up with other examples. I’m not against pure or even mindless entertainment but the film I enjoy most is still more meaningful than less. I’m leaving aside those Hollywood productions like Gravity that are so extraordinary for their technological strengths that they overwhelm all other considerations (though here there is an art to how technology is deployed, Avatar would be another example). But it’s also not just about meaning. A film doesn’t have to be deep or anything. It can just do something relatively simple extremely well. QSQT is a good example. Nothing profound here but very well-handled. It has to be one or the other for me. I’ll watch very many mindless films but I ultimately dont’ ‘enjoy’ them to the same degree.
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September 6, 2018 at 5:29 PM
That is your excuse to like Sharknado 🙂
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September 6, 2018 at 6:20 PM
ha!
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September 6, 2018 at 5:27 PM
Naveen, basically i guess this is the whole point of this blog that boxoffice discussion and number discussion can only happen so much. We will have to talk about movies that are revisited and are liked. Case in point Stree, in my opinion is better than all the sleeper hits this year and will also take the critical cake, really good movie. It has now been compared to Akshay Kumar movie Bhool Bhulaiya, this was 2007 October, Eid Release. Bhool Bhulaiya opened big andi infact the numbers were comparable to other biggies of that time.
Akshay has lost that edge since past few movies, you need to have a screen presence driven entertaining and strong plot film. The half baked movies like Gold wont do him any good.
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September 6, 2018 at 11:15 PM
Why his next film is expected to do 400-500 cr at BO even at the age of 53 after 30 years as a top star in an otherwise dumb stereotype commercial industry:
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“I see myself as someone who is trying to learn. Each film I try to do, whether I do a film, do something for Paani Foundation or ‘Satyameva Jayate’ (TV show), it is a journey for me.
“I see myself as a learner, someone who has got curious mind. I am a student of whatever I am dealing with and everything is new to me,” Aamir said here at an event on Thursday.
“I get lost in my head. When I sit in a meeting, it is usually for an hour but it goes on for two hours or so. And then I remember there is something else I have to do. So my day becomes longer. I get lost in my work,” he said at the launch of Vivo’s new smartphone.
https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/entertainment/2018/09/06/lst23-aamir-film.html
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September 6, 2018 at 11:18 PM
Prabhas will have 2 releases in 2019, both trilingual after BB2.
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This is what he posted on his official Facebook page,
“Hey guys, I am very excited to share with you the launch of my next trilingual film, directed by KK Radha Krishna and produced by Gopi Krishna movies in association with UV creations. The shoot for the same with Pooja Hegde will begin very soon.”
There are some rumours that #Prabhas20 will be a quickie and will make it to theaters even before Saaho. It falls in the romance genre and will be a welcome breezy changeover for Prabhas after Baahubali and Saaho.
https://www.in.com/entertainment/regional/baahubali-prabhas-makes-an-official-announcement-on-his-next-200067.htm
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September 6, 2018 at 11:22 PM
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