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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Blockbuster Vikram Becomes Highest-Grossing Movie in Tamil Nadu
1514 days ago
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Blockbuster Vikram Becomes Highest-Grossing Movie in Tamil Nadu

Chennai, June 19 - The long standing box office record of SS Rajamouli's all-time blockbuster "Baahubali 2 The Conclusion" has finally been broken by Kamal Haasan-fronted "Vikram" in Tamil Nadu state. ## Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, "Vikram" has scored an estimated 154 crores gross, including an estimated 5.50 crores on Sunday, to become new box office King in Tamil Nadu state. "Baahubali 2" had grossed 152.60 crores in the state in 2017.## "Vikram" is a surprise blockbuster in the home state. It was expected to go big, but no one had thought it will beat Baahubali 2 at the box office. The unprecedented box office success of this Tamil summer blockbuster has put director Lokesh in the elite league.## The action thriller movie is currently the second Highest-Grossing outright Tamil movie of all time, behind only Rajinikanth's "2.0". It has surpassed 350 crores worldwide, including over 235 crores gross at the domestic box office for all languages. Overseas, it has grossed approx 112 crores. ## Produced by RKIF, the movie also stars Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil in prominent roles while Suriya plays a cameo role.## Stay tuned...

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Lokesh Kanagaraj's Next With Thalapathy Vijay To Be A Part of Lokesh Cinematic Universe?
1515 days ago
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Lokesh Kanagaraj's Next With Thalapathy Vijay To Be A Part of Lokesh Cinematic Universe?

Chennai, June 18 - Lokesh Kanagaraj has become a talk of the town and is one of the sought-after directors after the mega-blockbuster success of "Vikram", starring Kamal Haasan. The maverick filmmaker is now gearing up for his next film which will reunite him with Thalapathy Vijay after the blockbuster "Master". ## The movie, tentatively titled "Thalapathy 67" is expected to go on floors by the end of this year and it will be a gangster drama film as confirmed by Lokesh himself in a recent media conversation. Now, according to Pinkvilla, Vijay will play the role of a character closer to his actual age in the film. ## It is reported that the film's story has some flashback sequences featuring the younger version of Thalapathy's character while a major part of the story will see Vijay in the 40s. He will reportedly be sporting a salt and pepper look, and the character presentation will be on the lines of Rajinikanth's classic blockbuster "Baasha" (1995). ## Lokesh is creating his own cinematic universe and "Vikram" was part of it. The first film in the LCU was Karthi's "Kaithi". Lokesh recently said that his "Maanagaram" (2017), and "Master" (2021) will be standalone films while his upcoming movies will be a part of LCU, and "Thalapathy 67" might be the next film in the LCU.## "He definitely wants to bring Vijay also into the universe since he is playing a gangster. There is a version of Thalapathy 67 that has the presence of some characters from Kaithi and Vikram in it, but there are ample formalities and Lokesh is waiting to get approval from all the stakeholders before locking the final draft", says the report.## Thalapathy 67 will be produced by Seven Screen Studio and it is rumored to have Samantha Ruth Prabhu as the female lead. Thalapathy Vijay, meanwhile, is currently shooting for his Tamil-Telugu bilingual movie with director Vamshi Paidipally. Produced by Dil Raju, the movie also stars Rashmika Mandanna as the female lead and it is scheduled to release on Pongal 2023. ## Stay tuned...

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Mega Blockbuster 'Vikram' Nears 350 Crores Worldwide; Set To Cross 'Bigil' In Tamil Nadu
1516 days ago
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Mega Blockbuster 'Vikram' Nears 350 Crores Worldwide; Set To Cross 'Bigil' In Tamil Nadu

Chennai, June 17 - Kamal Haasan-fronted mega-blockbuster Vikram has completed two glorious weeks at the box office and is near 350 crores worldwide. The movie has had a memorable run so far at the box office, be it domestic or overseas. ## The Lokesh Kanagaraj-directed action thriller film scored 61.10 crores gross in the second week, dropping 64% from the opening week. This takes the total domestic gross collection to 229.6 crores over two weeks. The second-week hold is remarkable considering "Vikram" being a Tamil movie as Tamil films tend to take a huge drop in the second week. ## The golden box office run of "Vikram" has put the movie on track to become the biggest grosser in Tamil Nadu. It has grossed a whopping 140 crores in the state in the first two weeks and is currently the third-highest-grossing film of all time in the state. It will cross Thalapathy Vijay's "Bigil", which scored approx. 142 crores in this Southern state of India. ## SS Rajamouli's "Baahubali 2 The Conclusion" is the highest-grossing movie in Tamil Nadu with 152.60 crores. "Vikram" is looking to reach there by the end of the 3rd week itself to become the new leader at the Tamil Nadu box office. ## Meanwhile, the Kamal Haasan/Vijay Sethupathi/Fahadh Faasil-starrer movie is racing towards 100 crores at the overseas box office. At the end of the second week, the movie grossed approx. 109 crores, pushing worldwide cume to 339 crores. The movie is aiming 400 crores worldwide mark and hopefully, it will reach by the end of its run. ## Stay tuned...

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Kamal Haasan's 'Indian 2' With Director Shankar To Resume After 'RC15' Shoot Done
1516 days ago
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Kamal Haasan's 'Indian 2' With Director Shankar To Resume After 'RC15' Shoot Done

Chennai, June 17 - It looks like the long wait for Kamal Haasan-fronted "Indian 2" is finally coming to an end as this highly-anticipated blockbuster sequel is coming back on track. This S. Shankar directorial was put on hold after an accident on the sets and the covid-19 pandemic. ## During a recent media conversation, Kamal Haasan confirmed that he and director Shankar are very keen to resume the shooting of the film and said that it will resume once Shankar is done with Ram Charan's Pan India movie "RC15", which is currently under production. ## The veteran actor further said that more than fans, he and Shankar are excited about the movie. Things are looking all settled and it will resume after "RC15". The movie is produced by Allirajah Subaskaran under the banner of Lyca Productions. It also stars Kajal Aggarwal, Siddharth, Rakul Preet Singh, Priya Bhavani Shankar, and Bobby Simha in key roles. ## Meanwhile, Kamal Haasan is currently enjoying the blockbuster success of "Vikram", which has grossed approx. 350 crores worldwide so far. This Lokesh Kanagaraj-directed action thriller flick has turned out to be the biggest blockbuster of Kamal Haasan's career and one of the biggest in Tamil cinema. ## Kamal Haasan will next take "Malik" director Mahesh Narayanan's movie and it is expected to begin in July this year. ## Stay tuned...

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Dhanush's 'Thiruchitrambalam' To Release On 18 August 2022
1518 days ago
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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...

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Lyca Productions Announces Sequel To Rajinikanth's 'Chandramuki' With Raghava Lawrence To Play The Lead
1519 days ago
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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...

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Chiranjeevi And Salman Khan Felicitate Kamal Haasan For Spectacular Success of 'Vikram'
1521 days ago
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Chiranjeevi And Salman Khan Felicitate Kamal Haasan For Spectacular Success of 'Vikram'

Hyderabad, June 12 - It has been a surreal last week for legendary actor, and producer Kamal Haasan, thanks to the mega-blockbuster success of his action thriller film "Vikram". The word-of-mouth sensation will be crossing the 300 crores gross mark today (June 12), reaching the milestone in just 10 days. It is already the biggest Tamil blockbuster of 2022 and is on its way to becoming the second biggest of all time. ## Kamal Haasan and director Lokesh were in Hyderabad yesterday (June 11) where they participate in the success meet of the film. After the event, the duo visited megastar Chiranjeevi where they were felicitated by Telugu superstar Salman Khan, who is currently in Hyderabad for the shooting of his film "Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali". ## Chiranjeevi took to Twitter and shared pictures. "Absolute joy, celebrating & honouring my dearest old friend @ikamalhaasan for the spectacular success of #Vikram along with my dearest Sallu Bhai @BeingSalmanKhan @Dir_Lokesh & team at my home last night. What an intense & thrilling film it is!! Kudos My friend!! More Power to you!", Chiranjeevi wrote. ## Absolute joy,celebrating & honouring my dearest old friend @ikamalhaasan for the spectacular success of #Vikram along with my dearest Sallu Bhai @BeingSalmanKhan @Dir_Lokesh & team at my home last night.What an intense & thrilling film it is!!Kudos My friend!! More Power to you! pic.twitter.com/0ovPFK20r4— Chiranjeevi Konidela (@KChiruTweets) June 12, 2022 ## On the work front, Chiranjeevi and Salman Khan will be seen sharing screen space for the first time in the upcoming Telugu movie "Godfather", which is the remake of Malayalam blockbuster "Lucifer". Salman marks his Telugu debut with this movie. ## Stay tuned...

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Rashmika Mandanna Opens Up On Her Role In Thalapathy 66
1522 days ago
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Rashmika Mandanna Opens Up On Her Role In Thalapathy 66

Chennai, June 11 - Kannada beauty Rashmika Mandanna has truly come a long way in just a short span of her career. She is currently one of the busiest actresses in the country who has been working across different languages.## Rashmika is also a part of Thalapathy Vijay's upcoming Tamil-Telugu bilingual movie, tentatively titled "Thalapathy 66". The "Pushpa" actress is playing the female lead opposite Thalapathy and this has always been her dream to act with the superstar. ## The 26-year-old actress, during a recent interview with Filmfare, opened up about her role in the movie and said, "The character I am playing in the film is fiercely headstrong. She is someone who stands up for herself and is supportive and protective of her people". She added that Thalapathy 66 is a film for families, which she always wanted to do".## Rashmika has always been a huge fan of Thalapathy Vijay. When the movie was officially launched, Rashmika was caught on camera adoring the superstar. ## When asked whether she is really a big fan of "Master" actor, she said, "Recently, I went to my best friend's wedding and I was surrounded by the girl who I've known literally since I was 12 and all we were talking about was how we'd get our dads to get us Vijay Sir's film CDs and how we'd all watch and dance watching him and things... so I've always, always adored Sir and finally getting to work with Sir makes me very happy". ## Thalapathy 66 is being directed by Vamshi Paidipally and produced by Dil Raju. The movie is scheduled to release on Pongal 2023 in Tamil and Telugu. ## Stay tuned...

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Director Lokesh Kanagaraj To Explore Dilli's Background Story In Kaithi 2
1523 days ago
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Director Lokesh Kanagaraj To Explore Dilli's Background Story In Kaithi 2

Chennai, June 10 - Director Lokesh Kanagaraj is in the top form as he has delivered another blockbuster in the form of "Vikram", fronted by Kamal Haasan. Lokesh has directed only 4 films till now and all of them have been huge box office hits. ## Meanwhile, the talented filmmaker is creating his own cinematic universe and "Vikram" is the second film in that. It continues from Karthi's "Kaithi" which made Lokesh an overnight sensation. The director is now working on the sequel to 2019's film and it will be his next film in his unofficial LCU (Lokesh Cinematic Universe). ## During the recent Twitter session with fans, director Lokesh gave hints about Arjun Das's character, and now, he has revealed basic plot details of the movie. "Kaithi 2" will mainly focus on Karthi's character 'Dilli' and will showcase his background story. ## Lokesh Kanagaraj, during the success meet of "Vikram", revealed that Dilli is a Kabbadi player and won many cups while he was in jail. In the original movie, Dilli carried a bag with him and Lokesh revealed that there were cups in his bags which he won while playing Kabbadi in jail. As he didn't explore the aforementioned things in the first part, he will mainly focus on Dilli's background story and Kabbadi. ## There is no shooting timeline set yet for "Kaithi 2". Lokesh will next focus on Thalapathy Vijay's film which is expected to begin later this year. After completing "Thalapathy 67", only then he will begin post-production of "Kaithi 2", which is expected to go on floors by the second half of 2023. ## Stay tuned...

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Blockbuster 'Vikram' Hits 100 Crores In Tamil Nadu, And 250 Crores At The Worldwide Box Office In Flat First Week
1523 days ago
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Blockbuster 'Vikram' Hits 100 Crores In Tamil Nadu, And 250 Crores At The Worldwide Box Office In Flat First Week

Chennai, June 10 - Legendary Kamal Haasan's Vikram is simply unstoppable at the box office as it crossed a massive 250 crores worldwide in a flat first week. The action thriller, written and directed by brilliant Lokesh Kanagaraj, has become the 4th highest-grossing Indian movie of 2022. ## "Vikram" was expected to become a box office success, however, the makers wouldn't have thought this sort of response, both domestically and overseas box office. After the first week, the movie stands at 251.50 crores gross worldwide, including 168.5 crores at the domestic box office. ## Produced by Raaj Kamal Films International, "Vikram" has also topped 100 crores gross in Tamil Nadu state alone in just 7 days. It has become the 4th movie of 2022, after "Valimai", "Beast", and "KGF Chapter 2", to reach 100 crores in Tamil Nadu. For Kamal Haasan, "Vikram" is the biggest grosser, both in Tamil Nadu and worldwide. ## "Vikram" is the second film in Lokesh Kanagaraj's Cinematic Universe. The film continues from Kaithi (2019) and follows a black-ops squad led by Amar tracking down masked vigilantes, while he learns of a drug syndicate group called Vetti Vagaiyara, led by Sandhanam, who wants the missing drugs to be delivered to his cold-blooded boss Rolex. ## Kamal Haasan plays the title role alongside Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil in prominent roles. Suriya makes a cameo appearance as Rolex and he will play one of the leads in the sequel to "Vikram", which has officially been announced by Kamal Haasan himself. ## Stay tuned...

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Lokesh Kanagaraj Confirms The Sequel To Karthi's 'Kaithi'
1524 days ago
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Lokesh Kanagaraj Confirms The Sequel To Karthi's 'Kaithi'

Chennai, June 8 - Director Lokesh Kanagaraj has become the talk of the town after delivering another blockbuster in the form of Kamal Haasan-fronted "Vikram". The director is creating his own cinematic universe called 'Lokesh Cinematic Universe', and "Vikram" is the second film in it.## The first film in LCU was Karthi's "Kathi" (2019), which became a huge hit and made Kanagaraj an overnight sensation. "Vikram" continues from "Kaithi" and follows a black-ops squad led by Amar tracking down masked vigilantes, while he learns of a drug syndicate group called Vetti Vagaiyara, led by Sandhanam, who wants the missing drugs to be delivered to his cold-blooded boss Rolex. ## The next film in the series will be "Kaithi 2" and the director has himself confirmed the movie in a recent Twitter session with fans. During an #AskDirLokesh Twitter session, one user asked how did Arjun Das' character (named Anbudoss "Anbu") alive after he was presumed dead in "Kaithi". ## Responding to the user, Lokesh said that he wasn't dead in the movie as only his jew was broken. Confirming "Kathi 2", the director said that the complete story will be explained in the next movie. ## Only Anbu's jaw was broken by Napoleon in #kaithi, hence the stitch mark in #Vikram.. this will be explained further in #kaithi2 #AskDirLokesh https://t.co/I3GGlWfyJ1— Lokesh Kanagaraj (@Dir_Lokesh) June 8, 2022 ## There is no timeline yet set for "Kaithi 2". The producer of the film, SR Prabhu also confirmed the movie last year. With Lokesh will next be focussing on Thalapathy Vijay's next film from year-end, it is fair to say that "Kaithi 2" will only go on floors by the second half of 2023. ## Stay tuned...

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Thalaivar 169: Shivarajkumar Officially Joins Rajinikanth's Next With Director Nelson
1525 days ago
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Thalaivar 169: Shivarajkumar Officially Joins Rajinikanth's Next With Director Nelson

Chennai, June 8 - Director Nelson Dilipkumar is pulling off a serious casting for superstar Rajnikanth's upcoming film, which is tentatively titled Thalaivar 169. ## It was recently reported that Kannada star Shivarajkumar was approached to play an important role in the movie and now, he has himself confirmed the same. According to Cinema Express, Shivanna said that he loved the script and is excited to join Thalaivaa. ## "It's a great opportunity for anybody to act along with Rajinikanth, and I'm glad that this project has made it possible for me. He knows me from my childhood, and I share a special bond with him. Irrespective of the role, I'm glad to be part of this film. I'm sure fans will love to watch Rajini Sir and me together on the silver screen", he said. ## The actor further said that the shooting will begin in August and his portion with Rajnikanth will be shot in September either in Bengaluru or Mysore. Apart from Shivarajkumar, the movie reportedly has Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as the female lead along with Ramya Krishna and Priyanka Arulmohan. Anirudh will be scoring the music. ## Stay tuned...

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