Sonakshi Sinha does some intense singing for her Akira The trailer of Akira created quite a stir among fans and moviegoers when they saw Sonakshi Sinha kick some butt. Not just just, the actress received a lot of accolades for attempting something different with this movie. And yet again, Sonakshi has surprised everyone by singing…
Month: July 2016
Akshay styles like parents of his Manager – Zenobia Kohla
Akshay kumar when he plays a role he studies the characters he portrays in the film. In his upcoming film Rustom he had to shoot a marriage scene So he requested his personal manager Zenobia Kohla to bring her parents wedding album. Akshay and Ileana styled themselves like zenobia’s parents Naval and Perin Kohla for…
Vikram Bhatt to launch new web channel.
Vikram Bhatt to launch new web channel. Vikram Bhatt, who is known for experimenting with new ideas and showcasing bold content, is all set to launch his new series ‘Maaya’ on his own web channel, VB on the web, in October. ‘Maaya’ is an adult love story about two people who come together using aliases…
Box Office – Dishoom does well as a ‘timepass’ entertainer, takes a good opening
Box Office – Dishoom does well as a ‘timepass’ entertainer, takes a good opening ================================================= By Joginder Tuteja Dishoom was designed as a fun popcorn entertainer and in that aspect, it has managed to find its target audience on Day One. As a matter of fact while one expected primarily youth to step in theaters…
Movie review – Dishoom – Bollywood finally gets a buddy-cop film after Bade Miyan Chote Miyan
Movie review – Dishoom – Bollywood finally gets a buddy-cop film after Bade Miyan Chote Miyan ======== By Joginder Tuteja Rating: ***1/2 Now this is own genre which hasn’t been much seen in Bollywood. While Hollywood has its likes of 21 Jump Street, Bad Boys and more, the last buddy cop Bollywood film that one…
Makers of Dishoom up in arms against piracy, take tough stance
‘DISHOOM’ GEARS UP TO GET A SHIELD FOR PIRACY FILM INDUSTRY UP IN ARMS AND SEEKS INTERVENTION BY THE PRIME MINISTER Mumbai, 25TH July 2016 After ‘Udta Punjab’ and‘Great Grand Masti’ made available on various illegal websites even prior to their theatrical release, now the makers of the forthcoming Hindi Film ‘Dishoom’, produced by…
Manoj Bajpayee launches ‘Budhia Singh: Born to Run’ Anthem in Delhi!
Manoj Bajpayee launches ‘Budhia Singh: Born to Run’ Anthem in Delhi! National award winning actor Manoj Bajpayee ensured that the anthem launch of his forthcoming awe-inspiring biopic, Budhia Singh – Born To Run was one to remember! From Viacom18 Motion Pictures – the studio that gave Indian cinema Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Mary Kom and Manjhi…
Team Dishoom’s dare devil act in Delhi!
Team Dishoom’s dare devil act in Delhi! After capturing hearts and spreading smiles in Indore, the cast of Dishoom; John Abraham, Varun Dhawan and Jacqueline Fernandez made a daring yet stylish entry in a chopper for the promotions of the movie in Delhi. The trio brought along with them the batsman of the cricket…
Box Office – Madaari just about hangs on
Box Office – Madaari just about hangs on =============================================== By Joginder Tuteja Madaari hasn’t really seen the kind of push over the weekend that would have helped it sail smoothly into the weekdays. After a low opening of just around 2 crore, the film did see some sort of a push over the weekend. As…
Box Office – Salman’s Sultan (289 cr) goes past Sami’s Dhoom 3 (284 cr)
Sultan has managed to cross yet another landmark. The film collected around 11.09 more over its third weekend and with that, the overall collections now stand at 289.05 crore. With this, the film has now gone past Dhoom 3 [284 crore]. Since both films belong to Yash Raj Films, it is a golden moment indeed…
Box Office – Kabali [Hindi] Weekend is same as Robot [Hindi] Week One
Box Office – Kabali [Hindi] Weekend is same as Robot [Hindi] Week One ================================================ By Joginder Tuteja Kabali [Hindi] has managed a decent weekend of around 15 crore. The film started on expected lines on Friday and given the hype and hoopla around the Rajinikanth starrer, one would have expected the collections to multiply on…
Box Office – Kabali has a decent start in Hindi, word of mouth is mixed
Box Office – Kabali has a decent start in Hindi, word of mouth is mixed ============================================ By Joginder Tuteja Given the kind of hype and hoopla that was generated around Kabali en route its release, it was pretty much a given that down South, film would have a record start. In fact even for the…
Box Office – Madaari waits for rest of the weekend to make an impression
Box Office – Madaari waits for rest of the weekend to make an impression ==================================== By Joginder Tuteja Madaari hasn’t taken a good opening at the Box Office. The film was never expected to take a flying start but still, collections were expected to be reasonably good at the least. After all, last year when…
Movie review – Madaari – Irrfan manages to rock, the film just falls short
Movie review – Madaari – Irrfan manages to rock, the film just falls short ====== By Joginder Tuteja Rating: 2.5/5 ‘The story could well be implausible, but then it sounds good’ This is something that director Nishikant Kamat says twice in the film, first at the very beginning and then the second time at a…
Movie review – Kabali – Even Rajinikanth can’t pull off this incoherent film
Movie review – Kabali – Even Rajinikanth can’t pull off this incoherent film ===== By Joginder Tuteja Rating: *1/2 I loved Sivaji. I watched Robot twice. I even enjoyed Kochadiiyaan. I even didn’t mind Lingaa. But Kabali? All it turned out was all hype, but no show. A couple of scenes here and then, a…
2016 – Set to be another BIG year for Sajid Nadiadwala and Eros with Dishoom
2016 – Set to be another BIG year for Sajid Nadiadwala and Eros with Dishoom ================================================== By Joginder Tuteja 400 crore plus! This is how Sajid Nadiadwala’s score read in 2014 when he released Highway, 2 States, Heropanti and Kick. With these four films bringing in 29 crore, 53 crore, 102 crore…
Box Office – Rajinikanth’s Kabali to see BIGGEST opening ever for him, Madari to run on word of mouth
Box Office – Rajinikanth’s Kabali to see BIGGEST opening ever for him, Madari to run on word of mouth ============================================ By Joginder Tuteja After last week’s solo release Great Grand Masti, it is back to commotion at the Box Office, what with as many as six films releasing this weekend. These are Madaari, Kabali,…
Manish Paul and Manjari Fadnis wrap up Vishwas Paandya’s Baa Baa Black Sheep
Vishwas Paandya’s BAA BAAA BLACK SHEEP shoot wraps up!! Agastya Films’ black comedy thriller ‘Baa Baaa Black Sheep’, starring Manish Paul and Manjari Fadnis, has wrapped up the shoot and is looking at an October release. The slickly-shot entertainer – directed by Vishwas Paandya and produced by Anand Swarup Agarwal & Krishna Datla – revolves around Baba (Manish Paul), who is initiated into his family business when he turns 25…
Aanand L. Rai and Navdeep Singh [NH10] come together, set their film based on Battle of Buxar in 18th century
Aanand L Rai & Navdeep Singh scout for locations for their next ! Aanand L Rai who understands the heart of small town stories ,ventured into producing films with Tanu Weds Manu Returns and Nil Battey Sannata. Rai enjoys giving directors who will be making films under his banner complete leeway and meeting all their…
Anushka Sharma’s Phillauri to release on 31st March 2017
Fox Star Studios and Anushka Sharma’s home production, Phillauri, will release on 31st March 2017. Shot extensively in the picturesque and colorful state of Punjab, the film stars Diljit Dusanjh, Suraj Sharma, Mehreen Pirzada and Anushka. The shoot had begun on Baisakhi earlier this year in a start-to-finish schedule that wrapped up by June end. …
Box Office – Sultan stands huge at 271 crore, Great Grand Masti stays low
Box Office – Sultan stands huge at 271 crore, Great Grand Masti stays low ====== By Joginder Tuteja Sultan, after seeing a massive push in collections over the weekend (that saw Sunday almost double up Friday numbers), is maintaining decent numbers on weekdays. Frankly though, one would have expected collections to be in 4.5-5 crore…
Rajinikanth’s Kabali fever grips Mumbai
Fans across Mumbai are going gaga over Rajini’s upcoming film Kabali. To start off the day the fans organised an open air bus tour which was fully decked up with Rajini posters and cut outs across the city. The fans donned Rajini masks and Tshirts. The bus started at Arora theater, Matunga and trailed across…
Box Office – Sultan is All Time Blockbuster, Great Grand Masti to score less than even Fitoor
Box Office – Sultan is All Time Blockbuster, Great Grand Masti to score less than even Fitoor =============================================================== By Joginder Tuteja Back in 2013, Grand Masti (second in Masti franchise) had enjoyed the first day of 12.5 crore. Such huge were collections for the film belonging to the adult comedy genre that it…
Box Office – Piracy and panic kills Great Grand Masti, Sultan takes further advantage
Box Office – Piracy and panic kills Great Grand Masti, Sultan takes further advantage ================================================== By Joginder Tuteja What a sad run it has turned out for Great Grand Masti. When announced, the film was a hot property all the way. So many bigwigs from the industry came together to collaborate on the film which was…
Box Office – Salman’s Sultan stays steady, will Aamir’s Dangal and Shahrukh’s Raees topple it?
Box Office – Salman’s Sultan stays steady, will Aamir’s Dangal and Shahrukh’s Raees topple it? ============================================== By Joginder Tuteja Sultan has held on well in the second weekend. The film brought in 7.43 crore more on Friday, which is actually its 10th day at the Box Office. With this, the collections now stand at 236.59 crore. In…
Box Office – Great Grand Masti [2016] has marginally better Day One than Masti [2004]!
Box Office – Great Grand Masti [2016] has marginally better Day One than Masti [2004]! =================================== By Joginder Tuteja Writing was clear on the wall at least a week before the film’s release. As mentioned in this column a couple of days back, it was always going to be an uphill task for Great Grand Masti…
Box Office – Salman Khan’s Sultan set to grow on Saturday and Sunday
Box Office – Salman Khan’s Sultan set to grow on Saturday and Sunday ======================================================== By Joginder Tuteja So this is how the euphoria for Sultan turned out to be. After all the noise that was generated by the Yash Raj film en route its release, finally the hype has been worth it as…
Movie review – Great Grand Masti – Alas, even energetic actors can’t bring on many laughs
Movie review – Great Grand Masti – Alas, even energetic actors can’t bring on many laughs Rating: ** Really? Did they actually decide to make the film after reading what was out there on paper? Were they actually convinced when they received narration about the escapades of Amar, Prem and Meet in this newest installment?…
Box Office – Great Grand Masti to take a decent start
Box Office – Great Grand Masti to take a decent start ============================================ By Joginder Tuteja After all the brouhaha around the film being leaked many days prior to its release, Great Grand Masti is now hitting the screens tomorrow. Of course, it has been a major disadvantage for the Indra Kumar film as…
Box Office – Sultan sees some drop, still quite good
Box Office – Sultan sees some drop, still quite good ========================================= By Joginder Tuteja On its eight day, which also happens to be a working day, Sultan is still maintaining its collections in double digit. The Ali Abbas Zafar directed film brought in 10.8 crore more and with this, the collections now stand…
