Sunit Jangir

Sunit Jangir

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As a Senior Editor at Sacnilk, Sunit Jangir leads our coverage on Indian cinema, box office analytics, and global entertainment trends. Passionate about Cricket, Sunit Jangir is an avid sports lover. He finds inspiration in other people's life stories and try to absorb them. Though introvert by nature, he doesn't feel shy when the topic is cinema and sports, particularly cricket.

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Thalapathy 67: Shoot Begins For Thalapathy Vijay's Most-Anticipated Film With Director Lokesh Kanagaraj
1273 days ago
Kollywood

Thalapathy 67: Shoot Begins For Thalapathy Vijay's Most-Anticipated Film With Director Lokesh Kanagaraj

Chennai, January 3 - Thalapathy Vijay reunites with director Lokesh Kanagaraj for one of the most-anticipated Indian films untitled Thalapathy 67. The film is said to be a part of director Lokesh's famous Lokesh Cinematic Universe (LCU). ## Now, it is reported that "Thalapathy 67" has kicked off its regular shoot in Chennai on January 2. The first schedule has been planned for 10 days in the city, as per reports. There is no confirmation yet whether Thalapathy will join the first schedule or not.## Produced by Seven Screen Studio, T67 has been the most hyped Tamil film in recent times. The combo of Thalapathy Vijay and Lokesh created a sensation with their last collaboration "Master" and their upcoming is already hot among the audiences as well as in trade.## The makers are yet to announce the rest of the cast but Gautham Vasudev Menon recently confirmed he is part of the movie. Trisha Krishnan is said to be playing the female lead along with Sanjay Dutt in prominent roles. Sensational Anirudh Rachander is the music director of the flick. It will be a Pan-Indian film and will release in multiple languages.## Meanwhile, Vijay is currently gearing up for the release of his next titled "Varisu" with Tollywood director Vamshi Paidipally. Produced by Dil Raju, the film is scheduled to release on January 12 on the occasion of Pongal. Rashmika Mandanna plays the female lead in this family entertainer, marking her first film with a Tamil superstar. ## Stay tuned...

Sony TV Issues Statement Regarding Recent Boycott Calls For Airing Controversial Episode In Crime Patrol
1274 days ago
TV

Sony TV Issues Statement Regarding Recent Boycott Calls For Airing Controversial Episode In Crime Patrol

Mumbai, January 2 - Sony Entertainment Television (SET) has issued a statement regarding the controversy that stirred after the channel's popular show 'Crime Patrol' aired a controversial episode. ## Crime Patrol recently aired an episode which was allegedly revolved around the recent horrifying case of Shraddha Walker's murder by her live-in boyfriend Aftab. The channel aired the episode with different names and religious identities which led to controversy as netizens call for a boycott of the channel. ## SET now issued a statement stating that the episode which led to the controversy was based on the incident that took place in 2011. The channel, however, discontinued that episode after massive outrage and apologise for the same for hurting sentiments. ## pic.twitter.com/7mx4m2SwJ2— sonytv (@SonyTV) January 2, 2023 ## The show hit controversy after it allegedly distorted the facts and changed the religious identities of the victim and the culprit. It is reported that the show portrayed the victim, Shraddha Walkar, as a Christian girl while Aftab Poonawalla was depicted as Mihir.## Stay tuned...

Suriya 42: Hindi Rights Of Tamil Star Suriya's Next Gets Sold In Whopping Price
1274 days ago
Kollywood

Suriya 42: Hindi Rights Of Tamil Star Suriya's Next Gets Sold In Whopping Price

Chennai, January 2 - The Tamil film industry delivered two of the biggest blockbusters of 2022 in the form of Kamal Haasan's "Vikram" and Mani Ratnam's "Ponniyin Selvan - 1" which grossed over 400 crores worldwide each. This year, the Tamil industry promises to be a lethal force at the Pan India box office with multiple tentpoles lined up to release and one of them is Suriya's next with director Siva. ## In 2022, Suriya announced his maiden collaboration with director Siva for his next, tentatively titled Suriya 42. Disha Patani was confirmed the play the female lead in this action-adventure Pan India film that is being shot in 3D and will be released in 10 Indian languages. ## Now, according to Pinkvilla, producer Dr. Jayantilal Gada of Pen Studios has acquired the Hindi rights of the film for a whopping unheard price. It is said that Pen Studios has acquired the satellite, digital and theatrical rights for the Hindi version of the film for Rs. 100 crores. This is the biggest buy to date for a Suriya film in Hindi and also one of the biggest buys to date for a Pan-India film from the Tamil Film Industry. ## Jayantilal Gada remained one of the most successful Hindi filmmakers in 2022. He released successful Hindi versions of South Indian films like "RRR", "Vikram", "Ponniyin Selvan" and "Sita Ramam" along with producing the hit Bollywood movie "Gangubai Kathiawadi". The producer will now be looking to repeat the success in 2023 with "Ponniyin Selvan - 2" and "Suriya 42". ## "Suriya 42", which is produced by Studio Green and UV Creations, is currently in production and will be wrapped by March this year. This is a big-budget film that will reportedly be released in two parts. The first part is gearing up to be released in late 2023. ## Stay tuned...

Ajay Devgn Says Rohit Shetty's 'Singham Again' Script Is Fire
1274 days ago
Bollywood

Ajay Devgn Says Rohit Shetty's 'Singham Again' Script Is Fire

Mumbai, January 2 - Bollywood superstar Ajay Devgn will soon start director Rohit Shetty's 3rd installment of the Singham franchise, and the actor is mighty impressed with the script of the film titled Singham Again. ## Ajay Devgn, who is currently filming for his directorial venture "Bholaa", shared on social media that he starts the year by hearing the narration of "Singham Again" and the script he heard is fire. The actor is hopeful that the upcoming movie will become a big blockbuster. ## "Made a good start to the New Year with #RohitShetty's narration of Singham Again. The script I heard is 🔥 God willing this will be our 11th blockbuster", Ajay wrote on Twitter and also shared a picture with director Shetty. ## Made a good start to the New Year with #RohitShetty’s narration of Singham Again. The script I heard is 🔥 God willing this will be our 11th blockbuster 🙏 pic.twitter.com/hyUvhGelnY— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) January 2, 2023 ## "Singham 3" will start filming in April this year and will release in 2023. Deepika Padukone has been confirmed as the female lead opposite Ajay who plays the titular role of Singham. The first two films in the Singham franchise were huge hits and Shetty promises to take things a notch higher with the third installment. ## Meanwhile, Ajay Devgn is fresh from mega-blockbuster "Drishyam 2" which has so far grossed over 330 crores worldwide and still going strong at the box office. Earlier in 2022, he played powerful extended cameos in Alia Bhatt-fronted "Gangubai Kathiawadi" and SS Rajamouli's "RRR", which became huge hits. Shetty, on the other hand, had one release in 2022 in the form of "Cirkus" which has been underwhelming at the box office, resulting in the first box office failure of the maverick filmmaker in many years. Shetty is now keen to bounce back with a bang with "Singham 3". ## Stay tuned...

Samantha Ruth Prabhu's Much-Awaited 'Shaakuntalam' Gets A Release Date
1274 days ago
Tollywood

Samantha Ruth Prabhu's Much-Awaited 'Shaakuntalam' Gets A Release Date

Hyderabad, January 2 - One of the most anticipated Indian films of the year, lady superstar Samantha Ruth Prabhu's Shaakuntalam finally gets its release date after multiple delays. ## Directed by Gunasekhar, "Shaakuntalam" is a mythological love story drama film. It is made on a huge scale as one of the epic love stories ever in Indian cinema. Based on a popular play Shakuntala by Kalidasa, the film narrates the love tale of Shakuntala and her husband Dushyanta. ## Samantha Ruth Prabha plays the titular role of Shakuntala and Dev Mohan as Dushyanta, the king of Puru Dynasty along with Mohan Babu, Gautami, Aditi Balan, and Ananya Nagalla in supporting roles. Allu Arjun's daughter, Allu Arha also makes her acting debut with this film. ## On January 2, Monday, Samantha took to Twitter and announced with a new poster that the movie will be hitting theaters worldwide on February 17, 2023, also in 3D. It will be released in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada languages. It is produced by Neelima Guna and will be distributed by Dil Raju's Sri Venkateswara Creations.## Witness the #EpicLoveStory #Shaakuntalam in theatres from Feb 17th 2023 Worldwide! Also in 3D 🦢@Gunasekhar1 @ActorDevMohan #ManiSharma @neelima_guna @GunaaTeamworks @SVC_official @neeta_lulla @tipsofficial #MythologyforMilennials #ShaakuntalamOnFeb17 pic.twitter.com/dwOEdsKCna— Samantha (@Samanthaprabhu2) January 2, 2023 ## Stay tuned...

James Cameron Revises His Break-Even Projection For 'Avatar: The Way of Water'
1274 days ago
Hollywood

James Cameron Revises His Break-Even Projection For 'Avatar: The Way of Water'

Los Angeles, January 2 - Disney's Avatar: The Way of Water would be entering the profit zone in the next few days, according to director James Cameron's latest revised. break-even projection.## Cameron, before the release of the film, had said that "Avatar 2" would need to gross at least $2 billion at the worldwide box office in order to reach the break-even target, but now, he has said that he was a little inaccurate with that projection.## The blockbuster filmmaker further said that the movie will now need to be around the 10th highest-grossing film of all time to break even. That would mean it needs to gross around $1.50 billion worldwide to reach its break-even target. The movie currently stands at $1.38 billion through 3rd Sunday and is likely to reach $1.50 billion in the next couple of days.## "Avatar 2" is heading towards finishing over $2 billion globally or might even reach higher considering its longevity at the box office. The film opened to underwhelming numbers against the high expectations, however, as the word of mouth is spreading, the film is showing excellent upward trend at the domestic (North American) as well as international box office. It will break $1 billion internationally, today or tomorrow. ## Stay tuned...

Indian Box Office Witnesses Excellent First Day of 2023
1274 days ago
Bollywood

Indian Box Office Witnesses Excellent First Day of 2023

Mumbai, January 1 - The Indian film fraternity must be hoping for a massive turnaround at the box office in 2023 and the industry must be happing seeing an excellent response in theaters on the very day of the new year. ## Despite no new movie release this new year's weekend, the Indian box office witnessed an excellent number of footfalls on January 1st, Sunday, with a gross collection of over 40 crores for the movie running in theaters for the last couple of weeks, led by Hollywood movie "Avatar: The Way of Water".## The James Cameron-directed sci-fi epic continues its exceptional run at the box office in India as it grossed another approx. 20 crores today. It has crossed the 400 crores gross mark in India in just 17 days and it will be crossing "Avengers: Endgame" during the next weekend to become the highest-grossing non-Indian film in India. ## The second biggest grosser of the day is Ravi Teja's latest Telugu blockbuster "Dhamaka", which witnessed an unreal jump of over 100% for 8+ crores gross on its 10th day, pushing its total collection to over 60 crores gross worldwide.## Meanwhile, Ritiesh Deshmukh's Marathi movie is turning out to be a big success as it is giving stiff competition to mainstream films and is the 3rd biggest grosser of the day with approx. 6 crores gross. The total gross collection of the film after the opening weekend is over 12 crores gross. ## The other big scorers on the opening day of 2023 are "Cirksu" with approx. 2.60 crores gross, blockbuster "Drishyam 2" with over 2 crores gross, along with Telugu movie "18 Pages", Malayalam film "Malikapurram", and Bengali" blockbuster "Projapati" among others. ## Stay tuned...

Nani 30: Telugu Star Nani And Mrunal Thakur Team Up For The First Time
1275 days ago
Tollywood

Nani 30: Telugu Star Nani And Mrunal Thakur Team Up For The First Time

Hyderabad, January 1 - Telugu star Nani celebrated the new year 2023 with the announcement of his 30th film, to be directed by debutant Shouryuv. The announcement of the movie was made official with a glimpse video. ## Tentatively titled Nani30, the movie will feature Mrunal Thakur as the female lead and this will be her first film with Nani and second in Telugu after the blockbuster film "Sita Ramam". Nani 30 will be produced by Mohan Cherukuri (CVM), Dr. Vijender Reddy Teegala, and Murthy K S. ## The makers of New Year released a video, unveiling the world of #Nani30. The video shows Nani sitting on top of a building and clicking photos while discussing with his on-screen daughter about his next project. Nani says he will be shaving his beard as well as his mustache which he grew for Dasara.## The glimpse video gives the impression that the movie will be an emotional family entertainer with a different concept and father-daughter bonding is going to be the USP. While announcing the movie, the makers also confirmed the other cast and crew members. ## Sanu John Varughese ISC will be cranking the camera and this will be his third movie with Nani, after hit films "Jersey" and "Shyam Singha Roy". Popular Malayalam composer Hesham Abdul Wahab of Hridayam fame scores the music and his background score while Praveen Anthony is the editor and Jothish Shankar is the production designer, Satish EVV is the executive producer along with creative producer Bhanu Dheeraj Rayudu. ## NANI - MRUNAL THAKUR: NANI30 FIRST GLIMPSE UNVEILS… #Nani and #MrunalThakur team up for the first time for #Nani30 [not titled yet]… Debutant #Shouryuv directs the #Telugu film… #FirstGlimpse [with #English subtitles]… pic.twitter.com/TaKN8Txu2U— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) January 1, 2023 ## Stay tuned...

Pawan Kalyan's 'Kushi' Re-Release Breaks Box Office Records
1275 days ago
Tollywood

Pawan Kalyan's 'Kushi' Re-Release Breaks Box Office Records

Hyderabad, January 1 - Telugu superstar Pawan Kalyan has proved his might at the box office again as his classic blockbuster film Kushi breaks records upon its re-release in theaters on December 31, 2022.## Directed by S. J. Suryah, "Kushi", which was originally released in 2001, got re-released on December 31st and scored a record-breaking collection at the worldwide box office on its first day. The movie records 1.65 crores gross in the Nizam area, which is the biggest ever for a re-released Telugu film. ## In Telugu states, "Kushi" grossed approx. 3.60 crores (revised) on the opening day, which is again an all-time record for a re-released film, beating Pawan Kayan's "Jalsa" which grossed approx. 2.60 crores on the first day. Worldwide, "Kushi" minted approx. 4.10 crores gross (revised), again beating "Jalsa's" 3.20 crores gross for record collection. ## Produced by A.M. Ratnam, "Kushi" will stay in theaters for at least one week and it is expected to score a good number of collections which will go to charity work. The opening of the "Kushi" re-release is biggest than the most of new films post the covid-19 pandemic which shows the star power of Pawan Kalyan. ## The movie is the remake of Suryah's own Tamil-language film of the same name. It stars Pawan Kalyan and Bhumika Chawla in the leading roles along with Sivaji and Nassar, among others in key roles. Mani Sharma provided the score and soundtrack. ## Stay tuned...

NTR30: Jr. NTR's Much Awaited Actioner With Koratala Siva To Release In April 2024
1275 days ago
Tollywood

NTR30: Jr. NTR's Much Awaited Actioner With Koratala Siva To Release In April 2024

Hyderabad, January 1 - Superstar Jr. NTR's highly-anticipated action thriller film with director Koratala Siva is all set to kick-start filming from February 2023, the makers announced on the first day of 2023. ## The Pan India film, written and directed by Koratala Siva, has been in pre-production work for a long time and the makers are finally happy with the output of the script. The movie has also been announced to hit theaters on April 5, 2024, in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada languages. ## "NTR 30" is produced by NTR Arts, Yuvasudha Arts, and MSK Films. Bollywood actress Janhvi Kapoor is said to be the female lead opposite NTR in the movie. The movie marks the second collaboration of Jr. NTR and Koratala Siva after the blockbuster "Janatha Garage". Anirudh is on board to compose the music.## A man's fury is the cure for a disease called courage 🔥🔥#NTR30 in cinemas on April 5th, 2024 đź’ĄShoot begins next month đź’ĄHappy New Year ❤️@tarak9999 #KoratalaSiva @NANDAMURIKALYAN @anirudhofficial @RathnaveluDop @sreekar_prasad @sabucyril @YuvasudhaArts pic.twitter.com/EleAsoa3JZ— NTR Arts (@NTRArtsOfficial) January 1, 2023 ## Stay tuned...

Power Star Pawan Kalyan's One More Classic Blockbuster 'Tholi Prema' To Re-Release In Theaters
1275 days ago
Tollywood

Power Star Pawan Kalyan's One More Classic Blockbuster 'Tholi Prema' To Re-Release In Theaters

Hyderabad, January 1 - Telugu superstar Pawan Kalyan struck the gold in 2022 with his classic blockbuster films. The actor's "Jalsa" and "Kushi" got re-released in theaters and did really well at the box office despite the limited release. ## Now, according to the latest reports, one more classic blockbuster of Pawan Kalyan is getting ready to hit theaters in February 2023. It is said that A. Karunakaran-directed romantic drama film Tholi Prema (1998) which featured Pawan Kalyan and Keerthi Reddy in the leading roles, will be re-released in theaters in February. ## The "Tholi Prema" producers are planning to release the film in the remastered 4K print and the makers have already begun work for the same. A formal announcement regarding the same is expected to be made in a few days. ## "Tholi Prema", which received a national award for Best Film in Telugu, is a trend-setting love story. Pawan Kalyan and Keerthy Reddy played lovers in the film that was produced by SSC Arts. The music of the film was composed by Deva. ## Stay tuned...

Indian Box Office Crossed 10K Crores Gross Collection For 2022 Movies
1276 days ago
Bollywood

Indian Box Office Crossed 10K Crores Gross Collection For 2022 Movies

Mumbai, December 31 - It was a great year for the Indian film industry which witnessed 6 films crossing the 400 crores gross mark at the global box office, which happened for the first in Indian cinema in a single year. The total box office collection in India for 2022 films has also crossed the 10,000 crores gross mark. ## The domestic gross box office of 2022 was dominated by Southern Indian films with 12 South Indian films making it to the top 20 highest-grossing Indian films of 2022 list. Yash-fronted "KGF 2" remained the highest-grossing Indian film of the year with approx. 1210 crores gross in all languages, including approx. 1000 crores at the domestic box office. ## The 10,000 crores box office mark for 2022 films in India is set to be breached, thanks to the late strike by James Cameron's mega movie "Avatar 2" which is nearing 400 crores gross in India in all languages. The total collection this year witnessed a rise of approx. 200% from the last year and approx. 400% from 2020. The last two years were hit by the covid-19 pandemic. ## Total gross collection of 2022 movies (language-wise/approx.) - ## Hindi - 3800 Cr.## Telugu - 2200 Cr.## Tamil - 1810 Cr.## English - 900 Cr.## Kannada - 750 Cr.## Malayalam - 510 Cr.## Other languages - 250+ Cr.## The biggest film in Hindi was "KGF 2" which grossed approx. 515 crores while biggest Telugu grosser was "RRR" which made approx. 505 crores, Mani Ratnam's "PS-1" led the Tamil box office with approx. 260 crores, "KGF 2" was again biggest hit in Malayalam language with approx. 59 crores, and the biggest Kannada language hit was "Kantara" with approx. 190 crores gross. "Avatar 2" is dominated the English version in India with approx. 196 crores gross (so far).## The Hindi box office in 2022 largely benefitted from the dubbed versions of South Indian films, led by "KGF 2" and "RRR". The other big contributors in Hindi were "Kantara", "Karthikeya 2", "PS-1", and "777 Charlie", among others.## Stay tuned...