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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Akshay Kumar Taking Bull By The Horns After Back-To-Back Box Office Failures
1475 days ago
Bollywood

Akshay Kumar Taking Bull By The Horns After Back-To-Back Box Office Failures

Mumbai, June 16 - It has been more than 5 months into 2022 and we have already seen some of the biggest blockbusters as well as disastrous films. However, the failure of Akshay Kumar's two back-to-back films, in the form of "Bachchhan Paandey" and "Samrat Prithviraj", has been one of the biggest highlights so far.## Akshay Kumar's credibility at the box office, despite 4-5 films per year, was kept on rising over the last 6-7 years, but due to the debacle results of Bachchan Pandey and Samrat Prithviraj, that credibility has been affected to some extent. ## What is next for Akshay from here on, especially knowing the fact that he is never short of films and has his plate full for the next two years at least. The Bollywood Sooryavanshi's next film is a family comedy-drama, "Raksha Bandhan" with director Anand L Rai. The movie is slated to hit worldwide screens on August 11 this year. ## Many actors if not all would have picked a safe way to bring their next films after back-to-back failures, however, this is not the case with Akshay as he has decided to take the bull by the horns. It will be up against Aamir Khan's long-awaited "Laal Singh Chaddha", which is also scheduled for the August 11 release. ## Akshay could have easily shifted the release of "Raksha Bandhan" but he is going ahead with it, showing his confidence. There could be many reasons for bringing the movie on August 11. One of the main reasons for the film's release on the aforementioned date is that it is based on a bond between brother and sister and the makers couldn't have picked a better release date than bringing it on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan itself. ## "Rakshan Bandhan" also falls in a genre that has given many hits to Akshay in the last 5-6 years. The emotions and the storyline of the movie are also something that will surely connect to the people. There is one more reason which gives the Akshay-starrer an advantage over LSC is that it is a fresh story unlike LSC which is the official adaptation of the Hollywood classic "Forrest Gump".## Despite not having a good year so far, the Khiladi Kumar is showing enough confidence in his films, which is the hallmark of a secure actor. ## Stay tuned...

Varun Dhawan On Box Office Trends Post Pandemic, 'Nobody Knows Anything'
1475 days ago
Bollywood

Varun Dhawan On Box Office Trends Post Pandemic, 'Nobody Knows Anything'

Mumbai, June 16 - Varun Dhawan is returning to the big screen with the romantic-comedy-drama film "Jug Jugg Jeeyo" for the first time since "Street Dancer 3D". The Raj Mehta-directed movie is scheduled to release on June 24 as the makers are leaving no stone unturned to promote the movie. ## "Jug Jugg Jeeyo" is expected to do well at the box office, which has become uncertain post the covid-19 pandemic. While most of the recent Bollywood films have failed at the box office, JJJ is seen as a potential box office winner by trade experts.## Varun Dhawan, during a recent interview with Pinkvilla, however, said that they are clueless about the box office trends nowadays as no one knows what will happen to their movies. The actor shared his opinion about the unpredictability of the box office. ## "I want to say this on camera that 'Nobody knows sh*t' about trends and what works and what doesn't at the box office. Let's be honest, I don't think the trade knows anything. I don't know that even the most successful producers know or directors, there's nothing. Nobody knows anything", Varun said. ## Kiara Advani, who is playing the female lead opposite Varun, agreed with him and said, "What are these trends? There are no trends. Nobody knows what's working, no one knows. There's no formula to this".## Produced by Dharma Productions, and Viacom18 Studios, "Jug Jugg Jeeyo" also stars Anil Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor alongside Manish Paul and Prajakta Koli in prominent roles. The movie revolves around family values and the subject of divorce. ## Stay tuned...

Akshay Kumar Re-confirms 'Raksha Bandhan' Release Date On August 11, 2022
1475 days ago
Bollywood

Akshay Kumar Re-confirms 'Raksha Bandhan' Release Date On August 11, 2022

Mumbai, June 16 - Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar has re-confirmed the release date of his family comedy-drama film "Raksha Bandhan". The Aanand L. Rai-directed movie will be released as scheduled on August 11, 2022, and will be clashing with Aamir Khan-fronted "Laal Singh Chaddha" at the box office. ## Produced by Colour Yellow Productions, and Cape of Good Films in association with Zee Studios, "Raksha Bandhan" stars Bhumi Padnekar as the female lead opposite Akshay while it also stars Sahejmeen Kaur, Deepika Khanna, Sadia Khateeb, Smrithi Srikanth, and Abhinay Raj Singh in supporting roles. ## The story written by Himanshu Sharma and Kanika Dhillon revolves around the love, bonding, and attachment between brother-sister. Akshay took to Twitter and confirmed the release date. "Bringing you all a story of the purest form of bond that will remind you of yours!" he wrote.## Bringing you all a story of the purest form of bond that will remind you of yours! ❤️#RakshaBandhan releasing in cinemas on 11th August, 2022.#ReturnToFeelings#RakshaBandhan11August pic.twitter.com/nDVOgVz5vJ— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) June 16, 2022 ## Akshay Kumar's last two films, "Bachchhan Paandey" and "Samrat Prithviraj" haven't worked well at the box office. "Raksha Bandhan" falls in the category of those films which gave a lot of success to Akshay in the last few years.## Stay tuned...

Allu Arjun's Next Film After 'Pushpa 2' To Be With Lokesh Kanagaraj
1475 days ago
Tollywood

Allu Arjun's Next Film After 'Pushpa 2' To Be With Lokesh Kanagaraj

Hyderabad, June 16 - Director Lokesh Kanagraj has joined the elite league of filmmakers who have become the synonyms of the blockbuster. After testing success with "Kaithi" and "Master", Kanagaraj is now making waves with the all-time blockbuster "Vikram" which truly shows the rise of a brilliant filmmaker in him. ## Lokesh Kanagaraj has already confirmed that he is creating his own cinematic universe which will continue with "Kaithi 2" and "Vikram 2". Meanwhile, there is a hot rumor making noise, which is possibly true, is that Lokesh will next be teaming up with Telugu superstar Allu Arjun. ## Allu Arjun will next be focussing on "Pushpa - The Rule" with director Sukumar and after wrapping it up, he will reportedly be joining forces with Lokesh. There is a buzz in media circles that Lokesh recently narrated a script to Prabhas, however, things didn't work out. ## According to Mirchi9, Allu Arjun has confirmed his film with Lokesh and it will be produced by multiple production studios from different industries. If the reports are to be believed, Geetha Arts and Dharma Productions are two confirmed producers of Allu Arjun's next, and the announcement of the same will be made around Dussehra this year, as confirmed by Bunny Vasu. ## Meanwhile, Lokesh Kanagaraj will next be directing Thalapathy Vijay again and it is going to be a gangster drama film, as confirmed by him. Tentatively titled "Thalapathy 67", the movie will go on floors by the end of this year after Thalapathy wraps up his currently in production, "Thalapathy 66". ## Stay tuned...

Mahesh Babu To Reunite With Koratala Siva For SSMB30?
1475 days ago
Tollywood

Mahesh Babu To Reunite With Koratala Siva For SSMB30?

Hyderabad, June 16 - Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu is gearing up to commence the filming of director Trivikram Srinivas's next, tentatively titled "SSMB28". It will be shot throughout this year. After completing Trivikram's film, Mahesh Babu will be joining forces with maverick SS Rajamouli for "SSMB30", and it is arguably the biggest movie in his career. ## Mahesh Babu is one of the most bankable stars in the Tollywood film industry which is leading producers to sign him in advance. As per the latest reports, Mythri Movie Makers has already signed the actor for his next after Rajamouli's action-adventure movie, and it will most likely be directed by Koratala Siva.## Mythri Movie Makers also produced Babu's recently released "Sarkaru Vaari Paata" and the movie was successful at the box office. Yesterday (June 15), the producers met director Koratal Siva and greeted him on his birthday. Their meeting led the speculations about their possible collaboration, and if reports are to be believed, it will be "SSMB30". ## Mahesh Babu and Koratala Siva previously joined forces for "Srimanthudu" (2015), and "Bharat Ane Nenu" (2019), and both the movie were big box office hits. SSMB30 will be their third film together if it is really happening.## Meanwhile, Babu and Trivikram's movie will most likely to release in the summer of 2023. It is said that the "Maharshi" actor has allotted two full years for Rajamouli's film and it may release in late 2024. Only after the release of SSMB29, Babu will start Koratal Siva's movie. ## Stay tuned...

Suriya Plays A Cameo In Akshay Kumar-Fronted Hindi Remake of 'Soorarai Pottru'
1476 days ago
Bollywood

Suriya Plays A Cameo In Akshay Kumar-Fronted Hindi Remake of 'Soorarai Pottru'

Mumbai, June 15 - Akshay Kumar-fronted Hindi remake of Tamil blockbuster "Soorarai Pottru" will have the original vibe as Suriya, who played the lead in the original movie, is playing a cameo role in the yet-untitled Hindi version. ## Suriya himself confirmed his cameo on Twitter with a picture with Akshay Kumar as VIR. "@akshaykumar sir to see you as #VIR was nostalgic! @Sudha_Kongara can see our story beautifully coming alive again #Maara! Enjoyed every minute with team #SooraraiPottru Hindi in a brief cameo".## .@akshaykumar sir to see you as #VIR was nostalgic! @Sudha_Kongara can see our story beautifully coming alive again #Maara! Enjoyed every minute with team #SooraraiPottru Hindi in a brief cameo! @vikramix pic.twitter.com/ZNQNGQO2Fq— Suriya Sivakumar (@Suriya_offl) June 15, 2022 ## The Hindi remake is being directed by Sudha Kongara who helmed the original Tamil version while Suriya's 2D Entertainment and Vikram Malhotra's Abundantia Entertainment have produced the upcoming movie. Radhika Madan is playing the female lead role opposite Akshay. ## The shoot for the Hindi remake is happening at a brisk pace and it will be wrapped up soon. The release date of the film is yet to finalize. ## Stay tuned...

Director Ali Abbas Zafar Provides Update On Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff's 'Bade Miyan Chote Miyan'
1476 days ago
Bollywood

Director Ali Abbas Zafar Provides Update On Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff's 'Bade Miyan Chote Miyan'

Mumbai, June 15 - The last few weeks have been flooded with rumors around Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff's "Bade Miyan Chote Miyan" with director Ali Abbas Zafar. It has been reported that the shoot of the film is pushed to next year due to budget issues while there are rumors stating that the film has been shelved. ## Director Ali Abbas Zafar has finally provided clearance on the ongoing chatter about the movie and confirmed that BMCM is well and truly on. He also quashed reports of the postponement of the shoot and said that it will go on the floor by the end of this year as it requires a lot of pre-production work. ## "This is absolutely baseless. We are very much on track and there's no truth to the shelving rumours", Zafar told Hindustan Times.## "We are currently working on the pre-production. I don't know where these rumours are coming from. For a film of this large scale, months of pre-production is needed. We will go on floors by the end of this year or early next year and shoot in the UK", he added. ## Bade Miyan Chote Miyan will be produced by Bhagnanis' Pooja Entertainment and Zafar's AAZ films. The title of the film is taken from Amitabh Bachchan and Govinda's 1998 blockbuster film, however, it is not a remake and will be made on an original script. ## The movie will have a Pan-India release in five languages - Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam on Christmas 2023. ## Stay tuned...

'Top Gun Maverick' Becomes The Highest-Grossing Movie of 2022 At The North American Box Office
1476 days ago
Hollywood

'Top Gun Maverick' Becomes The Highest-Grossing Movie of 2022 At The North American Box Office

Los Angeles, June 15 - Tom Cruise's Top Gun Maverick has gone past the $400 million mark at the domestic (North America) box office and becomes only the second movie during the entire covid-19 pandemic to do so, after "Spider-Man: No Way Home" ($805M). ## The sensational summer blockbuster reached $400 million on its 18th day and also becomes the highest-grossing movie at the North American box office in 2022. It topped Disney/Marvel's "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness", which has so far scored $398.7 million since its release on May 6. "The Batman" is the third higher-grosser of the year with $369 million. ## The domestic box office collection of "Top Gun 2" currently stands at $401.8 million through 3rd Monday, after scoring $6.6 million on its 18th day. The Hollywood trade experts are predicting the movie to finish over $550 million domestically with a chance to reach $600 million as well.## Directed by Joseph Kosinski, the blockbuster sequel to Cruise's 1986 pic has reached $364 million at the worldwide box office. It will become Cruise's highest-grossing movie ever by beating "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" ($791 million) by Thursday or Friday. It is firmly on track to become the first $1 billion worldwide grosser of Cruise's career.## The film stars Tom Cruise in the title role, and Val Kilmer reprising their roles from the original movie, with the addition of the new cast including Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, and Ed Harris in prominent roles.## Stay tuned...

Dhanush's 'Thiruchitrambalam' To Release On 18 August 2022
1476 days ago
Kollywood

Dhanush's 'Thiruchitrambalam' To Release On 18 August 2022

Chennai, June 15 - Sun Pictures has announced the release date of the much-awaited Tamil movie "Thiruchitrambalam", starring Dhanush. The musical romantic comedy film, which was speculated to release on the actor's birthday on July 28, will officially be hitting worldwide theaters on August 18, 2022. ## "Thiruchitrambalam" is directed by Mithran Jawahar who previously directed Dhanush in three movies. The upcoming movie marks their fourth collaboration which also stars Raashi Khanna and Nithya Menen in the female lead roles along with Priya Bhavani Shankar, Prakash Raj, and Bharathiraja in supporting roles. ## Well it’s been a while isn’t ? Thiruchitrambalam from august 18th. See you all in theatres. pic.twitter.com/foFZmqronV— Dhanush (@dhanushkraja) June 15, 2022 ## Thiruchitrambalam will be distributed by actor and producer Udhayanidhi Stalin under his banner Red Giant Movies. The film's music is composed by Anirudh Ravichander with cinematography handled by Om Prakash. ## Meanwhile, before headlining this big screen entertainer, Dhanush will be seen in his Hollywood debut movie "The Gray Man", which is slated to release on July 22 on Netflix. He will be seen sharing screen space with Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, and Ana de Armas, among others in this action thriller film directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, popularly known as Russo Brothers.## Stay tuned...

Stranger Things 4 Becomes The Most-Watched English Series on Netflix of All Time
1476 days ago
Digital Media

Stranger Things 4 Becomes The Most-Watched English Series on Netflix of All Time

Los Angeles, June 15 - America's science fiction horror drama series, Stranger Things 4 has become the most-watched English series ever on Netflix. The series reached the top spot by outscoring "Bridgerton: Season 2" in just 17 days. ## Created by The Duffer Brothers, Volume 1 of Season 4 of the show was released on May 27 and it broke the record of the most-watched English series in the first three days on Netflix. The series was watched for 286.8 million hours on the opening weekend, followed by 335 million viewing hours in the week of May 30 - June 5. ## The seven-episode Part 1 of "Stranger Things 4" remained the most-watched Netflix title from June 6 to June 12 worldwide with 159.24 million viewing hours. This takes the total viewing hours of the series to 781.04 million, which is the highest ever in the first 28 days on Netflix. "Bridgerton: Season 2" is at number 2 with 656.26 million viewing hours. ## "Stranger Things 4" topping the Netflix chart is not surprising at all, considering it was the most hyped Netflix series ever since the season was announced. With the final two episodes, which are said to be nearly 5 hours long, yet to premiere, the series might become the most-watched Netflix title for any language. ## Korea's "Squid Game" is the all-time leader among Netflix series in any language with 1.65 billion viewing hours over its first 28 days of release. Part five of "Money Heist" is the second most-watched Netflix series during the said time with 792.23 million hours. "Stranger Things 4", at the time of writing this piece, has overtaken "Money Heist 5" to become the second most-watched series ever. ## Stay tuned...

SS Rajamouli's 'RRR' Tops Netflix Viewership Again
1476 days ago
Digital Media

SS Rajamouli's 'RRR' Tops Netflix Viewership Again

Hyderabad, June 15 - There is no stopping SS Rajamouli's RRR on Netflix. The Hindi version of this period action drama film remained the most-watched non-English movie worldwide for the third consecutive week on the streamer. ## "RRR" had already become the first Indian movie to be the most-watched film on Netflix for two weeks and it continued to do the same in the third week as well. It scored 5.23 million viewing hours in the week (June 6 - June 12) and was the top Netflix non-English movie during the said period. ## The Jr. NTR and Ram Charan starrer epic blockbuster has scored a cumulative 44.71 million viewing hours in 24 days and is the second most-watched Indian movie on Netflix after Alia Bhatt-fronted Gangubai Kathiawadi. "RRR", however, is likely to become the most-watched Indian movie in the coming days. ## "RRR" has been trending in the top 10 in 17 countries. In Bangladesh, it is currently the number 1 movie on Netflix while it continues to be in the top 10 in countries like India, Pakistan, Bahrain, Qatar, Sri Lanka, and Saudi Arabia, among others. The movie was trending in the top 10 in 54 countries in the last week. ## Meanwhile, another box office blockbuster, Sivakrathikeyan's Don scores big on Netflix. It debuted at number 3 with 3.64 million viewing hours in the first three days. It is also trending in the top 10 in 9 countries, including number 1 in India and Sri Lanka. ## Mammootty's CBI 5: The Brain landed at number 10 in the most-watched non-English films on Netflix worldwide 1.71 million viewing hours. Meanwhile, Alia Bhatt's "Gangubai Kathiawadi" is out of the top 10 for the first time in 6 weeks. It scored over 50 million viewing hours and is the most-watched Indian movie (post-theatrical) on Netflix. ## Stay tuned...

Lyca Productions Announces Sequel To Rajinikanth's 'Chandramuki' With Raghava Lawrence To Play The Lead
1477 days ago
Kollywood

Lyca Productions Announces Sequel To Rajinikanth's 'Chandramuki' With Raghava Lawrence To Play The Lead

Chennai, June 14 - A sequel to superstar Rajinikanth's horror-comedy film "Chandramuki" has been announced by Lyca Productions. The sequel will be headlined by Raghava Lawrence while actor-comedian Vadivelu will be reprising his role from the original movie. ## "Chandramuki 2" will see P Vasu returning to the director's chair. MM Keeravani will be scoring the music for the film with cinematography by RD Rajasekar, and art direction by Thotta Tharani. Lyca Productions took to Twitter and shared the big news. ## Elated to announce 🤩 our next Big project #Chandramukhi2 🗝️✨Starring @offl_Lawrence & Vaigaipuyal #Vadivelu 😎Directed by #PVasu 🎬Music by @mmkeeravaani 🎶Cinematography by @RDRajasekar 🎥Art by #ThottaTharani 🎨PRO @proyuvraaj 🤝🏻 pic.twitter.com/NU76VxLrjH— Lyca Productions (@LycaProductions) June 14, 2022 ## The original "Chandramuki" was a remake of Vasu's Kannada film Apthamitra (2004), which itself was a remake of the Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu (1993). Interestingly, the movie was also remade in Hindi as "Bhool Bhulaiyaa" (2007), and its sequel "Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2" is currently playing in theaters with a blockbuster box office collection behind it. ## Other details regarding the plot and the cast of "Chandramuki 2" are yet to be announced. It is also unclear if Chandramukhi 2 will take its storyline from Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 starring Kartik Aaryan, Tabu, and Kiara Advani.## Stay tuned...