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Mumbai, June 4 - Malayalam actor-turned-politician, Suresh Gopi has created history by emerging victorious in the General Elections 2024 on the ticket of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the Thrissur constituency in Kerala. ## Suresh Gopi is the only politician in the history of the BJP to win a Lok Sabha seat in Kerala. He secured a resounding victory with a margin of 74,686 votes.## Another high-profile actor turned politician, Jana Sena Party supremo Pawan Kalyan registered a historic victory with a whopping majority of 70,279 votes from the Pithapuram constituency Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections 2024. Pawan Kalyan faced a defeat in the 2019 election.## Bollywood queen and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, Kangana Ranaut makes her way to the Legislative Assembly in her debut attempt. The actress secured the win from the Mandi seat of Himachal Pradesh by 74,755 votes over a Congress candidate. ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, June 4 - Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar announced his maiden Marathi movie back in 2022 when he was confirmed to play a cameo appearance in the historical drama Vedat Marathe Veer Daudle Saat. The actor was assigned to play the role of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.## Directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, Veer Daudle Saat was announced to release on Diwali 2023 but it was reported in September last year that the movie was postponed and since then, there have been no concrete updates about the same. ## Now, according to a report by Bollywood Hungama, the film's shoot has been halted due to budget issues. It is said that the producer Vaseem Qureshi is facing budget problems. Around 50% of the shoot has been completed and the remaining shoot will resume once things are sorted out. ## Mahesh Manjrekar directs Vedat Marathe Veer Daudle Saat which also stars his son Satya along with Pravin Tarde, Jay Dudhane, Hardik Joshi, Vishal Nikam, Utkarsh Shinde and Virat Madke. It is based on a story about seven legendary warriors in the Maratha Empire who attempt to achieve independence (swaraj) in 1674. ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, June 4 - Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan and his wife Natasha Dalal were blessed with a daughter on Monday, June 3. Varun Dhawan shared the news on social media to announce the birth of Baby Dhawan. ## Taking to Instagram, Varun Dhawan wrote, "Our baby girl is here 💞 Thank u for all the good wishes for the mama and the baby". Varun and Natasha tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in 2021. The couple announced their pregnancy in February. ## View this post on Instagram A post shared by VarunDhawan (@varundvn) ## Meanwhile, on the work front, Varun Dhawan is gearing up for the release of the action thriller Baby John which is expected to release in July. The actor has Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari in the production and also having a No Entry sequel in the pipeline. ## Stay tuned...

BY SUNIT JANGIR

Mumbai, June 3 - Rajkummar Rao and Janhvi Kapoor's Mr and Mrs Mahi passes the Monday test with a decent hold with a drop of around 60% from Sunday collection of 5.50 crores net approx.## According to the early estimates, the sports romantic drama scored around 2-2.25 crores net collection on its first Monday/fourth day. The drop from the opening day is around 65% but the first day collection was boosted by cinema lovers day. In real value, the drop from Friday is around 40% which is decent hold. ## The positive word of mouth and the lack of major competition helped the movie to hold well and it now needs this momentum to continue throughout the week. The total collection of the movie after 4 days is approximately 19 crores net and the full week is looking to around 24 crores. ## There will be a horror comedy Munjya released on June 7 which is expected to pause some challenges to Mr and Mrs Mahi due to its connection with Maddock Films' horror comedy universe. It will be interesting to see how the movie performs from the next weekend amid the continuous new releases. ## Stay tuned...

BY SUNIT JANGIR

Mumbai, June 3 - Tom Hardy is ready to wreak havoc one last time as Marvel anti-hero Venom in the third film of the franchise Venom: The Last Dance. The first trailer of the film was released on Monday to unleash hell. ## Venom 3 has been confirmed to be the last film in the franchise by Sony Pictures, something fans speculated at the time when the title of the movie was announced in 2023. It is the fifth film in Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) and the sequel to Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). ## Directed by Kelly Marcel, the movie was officially confirmed at CinemaCon 2022. The first two movies, released in 2018 and 2021, were box office successes, grossing over $1.3 billion worldwide. Venom 3 is touted to be the best film in the franchise. ## Starring Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock and Venom, alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Alanna Ubach, and Stephen Graham, Venom 3 will be released on October 25, 2024. In India, it will be released in English, Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil. ## Watch the tailer here - ## ## Stay tuned...

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Kochi, June 3 - Actor Fahadh Faasil's action comedy Aavesham has completed its box office run with an excellent collection in India and worldwide despite missing a couple of milestones due to premature digital release.## Released on April 11, Aavesham scored the second-biggest opening week domestically for a Malayalam movie of 2024 with a collection of 35.45 crores gross, before showing an incredible hold in the second week for 29.10 crores, followed by another solid hold in the third with 21.70 crores gross. ## Aavesham was well on track to enter the 100 crores gross club in India but due to the early digital release after the 4th week, the collection dropped heavily in the following weeks which kept it under the 100 crores mark. Overall, the movie missed the 100 crore gross collection by just above 1 crore. ## Overseas, Jithu Madhavan's directorial has been one of the biggest hits with an estimated 56 crores gross collection, pushing the total worldwide to approximately 155 crores. It finished its run as the third highest-grossing Malayalam movie of the year, behind Manjummel Boys and Aadujeevitham: The Goat Life. ## Here is the final box office breakdown of Aavesham ## India Net Collection - 85.15 Cr. Approx.## India Gross Collection - 98.80 Cr.## Overseas Collection - 56.00 Cr. (estimated)## Worldwide Collection - 154.80 Cr.## Footfalls/Admissions - 67 lakh Approx.## Box Office Verdict - Blockbuster## Stay tuned...

BY SUNIT JANGIR

Chennai, June 3 - After the big success of Aranmanai 4, the Tamil film industry has another movie doing well at the box office in the form of actor Soori's action thriller Garudan, directed by R. S. Durai Senthilkumar. ## Released on May 31st, Garudan had a very good opening weekend at the domestic box office with a gross collection of approximately 17 crores in 3 days. It scored the third biggest opening weekend for a Tamil movie of 2023, behind Captain Miller and Aranmanai 4. ## Garudan opened to a good collection of approximately 4 crores gross, before showing a jump of around 38% on its second day for approx. 5.60 crores gross, followed by another jump of 29% on Sunday for approx. 7.25 crores. The movie is expected to perform well in the coming days. ## The last few weeks have been good for the Tamil film industry with the success of Thalapathy Vijay's Ghilli re-release and Aranmanai 4, otherwise, this has been a poor year for the industry. Aranmanai 4, meanwhile, is nearing becoming the first Tamil film of 2024 to top 100 crores gross mark at the worldwide box office.## Stay tuned...

BY SUNIT JANGIR

Mumbai, June 3 - The highly-anticipated trailer of the Pan India movie Kalki 2898 AD is set to be launched on June 7 in Mumbai and the official announcement regarding the same is expected to be out today or tomorrow, as per the Telugu media reports. ## Kalki 2898 AD has been one of the most anticipated movies of the year and the makers are leaving no stone unturned to turn it into a phenomenon. The trailer launch in Mumbai will further help the movie create buzz as the stakes are high for the Hindi market. ## Meanwhile, the makers recently released the animated prelude of Kalki 2898 AD on Amazon Prime Video and it has been a big success and has set the stage for a grand release worldwide. ## Produced by Vyjayanthi Movies, the sci-fi epic stars Prabhas in the lead role alongside Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Kamal Haasan, and Disha Patani in pivotal roles. The movie will be hitting theatres on June 27 in Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, and Tamil. ## Stay tuned...

BY SUNIT JANGIR

Mumbai, June 2 - Rajkummar Rao and Janhvi Kapoor's Mr and Mrs Mahi has a good opening weekend at the domestic box office with a collection of around 17 crores net. ## The romantic sports drama witnessed a jump of around 20% on Sunday for an estimated 5.25-5.75 crores net collection, pushing the total collection to around 17 crores in the first 3-day weekend which is on the expected lines. ## Mr and Mrs Mahi got a cinema day boost on its opening day so the weekend collection is probably around 3 crores higher than what it could have been with the regular prices. The positive word of mouth also played its part as the movie held decently on Saturday before seeing a good jump on Sunday. ## The overall fate of the movie will be determined by how it performs during weekdays and for consistent collection, Mr and Mrs Mahi will need to hold well on Sunday with a collection of 2-2.50 crores net. A better hold might also keep it in the race for 50 crores net, however, there will be regular competition from next weekend to dent its chances. ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, June 2 - One of the biggest Tamil hits of 2022, romantic-comedy Love Today is getting its Hindi remake with Junaid Khan and Khushi Kapoor in the lead roles while Advait Chandan, who directed Secret Superstar (2017) and Lal Singh Chaddha (2022), is directing it. ## According to the report by Peepingmoon.com, the Hindi remake of Love Today has been titled Loveyapa, named after a term that can be used to describe the combination of love and siyappa. Junaid and Khushi play a deeply-in-love young couple in this quirky love story. ## Produced by Phantom Studios and AGS Entertainment, the shoot of Loveyapa reportedly commenced on May 27 and is currently being shot at Mira Road in Mumbai. The makers are looking to complete the outdoor shoot two weeks before the arrival of the monsoon, as per the report. ## Meanwhile, Junaid Khan is making his debut with YRF's Maharaj which is scheduled to release on Netflix on June 14. He also has Ek Din, a remake of the 2016 Thai film One Day in the pipeline. On the other hand, Khushi Kapoor made her debut with Netflix's Archies and reportedly finished shooting for her second movie Naadaniyaan. ## The original Love Today was directed by Pradeep Ranganathan, who also played the male lead alongside Ivana. The movie was released in November 2022 and was a huge box office success with a worldwide collection of over 80 crores gross against a budget of under 10 crores. ## Stay tuned...

BY SUNIT JANGIR

Mumbai, June 2 - American YouTuber James Stephen "Jimmy" Donaldson, famously known as MrBeast, has outnumbered India's music and production company T-Series to become the most subscribed YouTube channel in the world. ## MrBeast now has over 267 million subscribers on YouTube, against T-Series' 266+ million. The Bhushan Kumar-led company became the most subscribed channel after surpassing PewDiePie in 2019. MrBeast has made significant gains over the last year to dethrone the T-Series. ## At the start of 2023, MrBeast vowed to become the number 1 YouTube channel. It looked like a far cry at that moment as it had only 123 million subscribers, but 1 and a half years later, MrBeast is the new king of YouTube. PewDiePie is currently the 8th most subscribed channel with 111 million subscribers. ## MrBeast and T-Series are the only 2 accounts with over 200 million subscribers on the video-sharing platform. Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes is in third position with 176 million subscribers, followed by Sony Set India, and Kids Diana Show at number 4 and 5 with 173 million and 122 million, respectively.## Stay tuned...

BY SUNIT JANGIR

Mumbai, June 1 - After a good opening, Rajkummar Rao and Janhvi Kapoor's sports romantic drama Mr and Mrs Mahi sees a drop of around 30% on its second day which was with the regular prices. The opening day collection got a boost due to Cinema Lovers Day where ticket prices were Rs. 99/ticket. ## According to the early estimates, Mr and Mrs Mahi scored 4.50-4.75 crores net collection on its second day/first Saturday, showing a decent hold. The total collection is around 11.25+ crores net in 2 days with the first 3-day weekend heading today 17 crores net. ## The second-day collection of Mr and Mrs Mahi could have been its Friday collection or even lower without discounted prices so the hold is pretty good. A 20% jump on Sunday is expected and then, it is all about hold on Monday. ## A good hold on Monday might pave the way for the movie to reach 50 crores net mark which will be a good result for the film. The movie could emerge as the second box office success of the month for Rajkummar Rao after Srikanth. ## Stay tuned...