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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Kamal Haasan's 'Vikram' To Be Released By Pen Marudhar In Hindi
1559 days ago
Kollywood

Kamal Haasan's 'Vikram' To Be Released By Pen Marudhar In Hindi

Chennai, May 5 - Superstar Kamal Haasan's long-awaited action thriller film "Vikram" is getting ready for worldwide theatrical release on June 3rd. The Lokesh Kanagaraj-directed movie will have a multilingual release and the Hindi version is backed by in-form Dr. Jayantilal Gada's Pen Marudhar studio. ## The announcement of the Hindi theatrical release was made on May 5 with a promo. "We are fired up to be partnering with #PenMarudhar for the North India theatrical release of #Vikram", the production house tweeted. ## We are fired up to be partnering with #PenMarudhar for the North India theatrical release of #Vikram#KamalaHaasan #VikramFromJune3 @ikamalhaasan @Dir_Lokesh @VijaySethuOffl #FahadhFaasil @anirudhofficial #Mahendran @RKFI #PenMovies @jayantilalgada @turmericmediaTM pic.twitter.com/z7irtwS8Zj— PEN INDIA LTD. (@PenMovies) May 5, 2022 ## "Vikram" is produced by Raaj Kamal Films International while it will be distributed by Red Giant Movies in the original Tamil version. The film features an ensemble cast with Kamal Haasan, Fahadh Faasil, and Vijay Sethupathi coming together for the very first time. It also stars Kalidas Jayaram, Narain, Antony Varghese, and Arjun Das, among others in supporting roles. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Thalapathy Vijay's Beast Crosses 200 Crores Worldwide
1572 days ago
Kollywood

Box Office: Thalapathy Vijay's Beast Crosses 200 Crores Worldwide

Chennai, April 21 - Thalapthy Vijay's action thriller, "Beast" has crossed the 200 crores gross at the worldwide box office. The movie, however, is declining drastically at the domestic box office after the long 5-day opening weekend. ## Directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, the movie was released on April 13 and scored 112.3 crores net in the first 5 days. Once the opening ended, the movie plumbed big time and minted only 7.95 crores net in the next 3 days, pushing the domestic net cume to 120.25 crores in 8 days. ## At the overseas box office, "Beast" has made 60.1 crores gross, helping the worldwide cume to go past the 200 crores mark. It has become Thalapathy Vijay's 5th movie to reach the landmark box office figure after "Bigil", "Mersal", "Sarkar", and "Master". ## Meanwhile, despite the so-so outing at the domestic box office, "Beast" has become the first film of 2022 to score 100 crores gross in Tamil Nadu state. It has made 101 crores in the home state, followed by 12.92 crores in Karnataka, 11.96 crores in AP/TG, 10.5 crores in Kerala, and 3.55 crores in the rest of India. ## The original Tamil version has been the best performing for this Sun Pictures production with 110 crores net. Telugu has also contributed approx. 9 crores while Hindi and Kannada versions have been a massive disappointment with approx. 1.35 crores. ## The movie revolves around an ex-RAW agent's crusade to rescue people held hostage in a shopping mall by terrorists. It also stars Pooja Hegde as the female lead alongside Selvaraghavan, Shine Tom Chacko, Yogi Babu, and Redin Kingsley play supporting roles.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Thalapathy Vijay's Beast Becomes Highest-Grossing Tamil Movie Of 2022
1576 days ago
Kollywood

Box Office: Thalapathy Vijay's Beast Becomes Highest-Grossing Tamil Movie Of 2022

Chennai, April 18 - While Prashanth Neel-directed "KGF Chapter 2" is stealing the show, one more recently released movie that found a place in the hearts of the audiences is Thalapathy Vijay's "Beast". It has become the highest-grossing Tamil movie of 2022, beating Ajith Kumar's "Valimai" at the worldwide box office. ## Directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, "Beast" was released on April 13 on Wednesday. Despite getting mixed reviews and facing tough competition with "KGF 2", the action thriller scored approx. 185 crores gross at the worldwide box office in the first five days. "Valimai" did the gross business approx. 165 crores. ## "Beast", at the domestic box office, has grossed 130.60 crores. It also crossed the 100 crores net mark in the original Tamil version and currently stands at 102.25 crores. The other versions, including Telugu and Hindi, contributed approx. 10 crores net during the 5-days long weekend. Overseas, it has grossed approx. 55 crores. ## Produced by Sun Pictures, "Beast" has also become the 5th highest-grossing movie (compiled from various sources) for the Tamil superstar. It is likely to break into the 200 crores gross mark worldwide by the end of the first week. ## The movie revolves around an ex-RAW agent's crusade to rescue people held hostage in a shopping mall by terrorists. Pooja Hegde played the female lead role while Selvaraghavan, Shine Tom Chacko, Yogi Babu, and Redin Kingsley, among others, feature in supporting roles.## Stay tuned...

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Beast Advance Booking: Thalapathy Vijay-Starrer Set To Take A Historic Opening At The Box Office
1581 days ago
Kollywood

Beast Advance Booking: Thalapathy Vijay-Starrer Set To Take A Historic Opening At The Box Office

Chennai, April 12 - Thalapathy Vijay is undoubtedly the biggest film star in the Tamil cinema and enjoys a massive fan following. Over the years, he has become the most trustable actor in whom the producers can invest blindly. His movie, "Sarkar" has a record of the biggest opening ever in Tamil and now, the actor's upcoming "Beast" is threatening to break that record. ## "Beast", which is directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, is scheduled to release on April 13 and multiple languages. The advance booking for the same was opened on April 6 and within minutes, the shows started getting booked. Not only in the original Tamil version, but the movie also got a big response in the Telugu advance booking. ## Produced by Sun Pictures, the advance booking of "Beast" has crossed 27 crores with still a few hours left for the first show. The Tamil version has crossed 24 crores in advances and it has already become the highest ever in Tamil. The movie has a shot to create history in the home state, Tamil Nadu, as it could become the biggest opening day grosser there. Thalapathy's "Sarkar" currently holds the record with 30.15 crores gross. "Beast" might score 35 crores gross. ## "Beast" is an action comedy film that revolves around a spy's crusade to rescue people held hostage in a shopping mall by terrorists. In the movie, a shopping mall in Chennai is hijacked by terrorists who hold the visitors as hostages, Veera Raghavan (Vijay), a spy also trapped in the mall, decides to save the hostages by eliminating the terrorists. ## The movie also stars Pooja Hegde as the female lead alongside, Selvaraghavan, Yogi Babu, Redin Kingsley, Bjorn Surrao, Aparna Das, Shine Tom Chacko, and Ankur Ajit Vikal, among others in supporting roles. ## Stay tuned...

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Rashmika Mandanna Relishes Her Dream Come True Moment
1587 days ago
Kollywood

Rashmika Mandanna Relishes Her Dream Come True Moment

Chennai, April 7 - The most happening star of Indian cinema, Rashmika Mandanna will be romancing Thalapathy Vijay in the upcoming Tamil-Telugu bilingual movie, to be directed by Vamshi Paidipally. The actress was roped to play the female lead and announced was made on her 27th birthday a couple of days ago. ## Working with Thalapathy Vijay has always been a dream of Rashmika and she is finally getting an opportunity to share screen space with Tamil cinema's biggest superstars. The movie, tentatively titled "Thalapathy 66", was officially launched on April 6 with the Pooja ceremony and Rashmika made sure she enjoys every bit of it. ## During the muhurat shot, Rashmika took this opportunity to adore Thalapathy and click fun pictures with him showing her affection towards the "Master" actor. She took to social media to share pictures from the #Thalapathy66 launch and wrote something that truly narrates her excitement of joining Thalapathy for the very first time. ## "Ok now this feels like something else... ❤️❤️ Been watching sir for years and years and now to do everything that I've been wanting to do.. act with him, dance with him, take his nazar, talk to him.. everything .. yaaaaay finally! 😄❤️ An absolute delight", the Pushpa actress wrote. ## @SVC_official @directorvamshi sir… ❤️❤️❤️Cheers to new beginnings.. 🤗🤍🎉— Rashmika Mandanna (@iamRashmika) April 7, 2022 ## "Thalapathy 66" marks many first for most of the people associated with the project. It has the first time that Vijay will be doing a straight Telugu movie. Director Vamshi will be directing the "Bigil" star for the very first time. It is also the maiden collaboration of Vijay and producer Dil Raju.## Meanwhile, Thalapathy Vijay will next be seen in the Tamil action thriller "Beast", which is scheduled to release on April 13, also in Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam. It is directed by Nelson Dilipkumar and produced by Sun Pictures. Pooja Hegde plays the female lead. ## Rashmika, on the other hand, will next be seen in her Bollywood movie, "Mission Majnu". Scheduled to release on June 10th this year, the movie marks Rashmika's Bollywood debut. The Shantanu Bagchi-directed spy thriller has Sidharth Malhotra playing the male lead under the production of RSVP Movies and Guilty By Association Media LLP.. ## Stay tuned...

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Thalapathy Vijay's 'Beast' Banned In Kuwait But Cleared To Release In The UAE
1588 days ago
Kollywood

Thalapathy Vijay's 'Beast' Banned In Kuwait But Cleared To Release In The UAE

Chennai, April 6 - Thalapathy Vijay's forthcoming action thriller, "Beast" has been banned to release in the Middle East country, Kuwait. Recently, Malayalam blockbuster "Kurup" and Tamil hit "FIR" were also banned in the country. ## As per the industry sources, the reason behind the decision of banning "Beast" in Kuwait could be the portrayal of Pakistan's terrorism and violence. In the recent past, Kuwait's censor board has become strict for Indian movies as compared to the other GCC countries. ## #Beast is banned by the Ministry of Information in #Kuwait Reason could be Portrayal of Pak, Terrorists or Violence Recently Indian Movies #Kurup and #FIR were banned in #Kuwait Of late, #Kuwait Censor is becoming very strict in GCC compared to other countries in the region— Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) April 5, 2022 ## Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates has cleared "Beast" for release in the country with PG 15 certificate. It will be released there on the same date and date in India on April 13. UAE had also permitted the Hindi movie "The Kashmir Files" recently for release without any cut for 18+ after initial objection. ## Written and directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, "Beast" revolves around a spy's quest to rescue people held hostage in a shopping mall by terrorists. Thalapathy Vijay plays the role of RAW agent, Veera Raghavan. Pooja Hegde features as the female lead while Selvaraghavan, Yogi Babu, and Redin Kingsley play supporting roles. ## Kalanithi Maran of Sun Pictures has produced the film while the music was composed by Anirudh Ravichander, and the cinematography was handled by Manoj Paramahamsa. It will be released on April 13 in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam.## Stay tuned...

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Rashmika Mandanna Comes Onboard Thalapathy 66 As Female Lead
1588 days ago
Kollywood

Rashmika Mandanna Comes Onboard Thalapathy 66 As Female Lead

Chennai, April 5 - Rashmika Mandanna is all set to share screen space with Thalapathy Vijay for the first time in director Vamshi Paidipally's Tamil-Telugu bilingual movie. The movie, tentatively titled Thalapathy 66, was announced in September last year. Dil Raju will be producing this most-awaited film under his banner Sri Venkateswara Creations. ## On the occasion of Rashmika Mandanna's 27th birthday today (April 5), the actress was officially welcomed onboard Thalapathy Vijay. ## Wishing the talented and gorgeous @iamRashmika a very Happy Birthday ! Welcome onboard #Thalapathy66@actorvijay @directorvamshi#RashmikaJoinsThalapathy66 pic.twitter.com/zy2DeieUFe— Sri Venkateswara Creations (@SVC_official) April 5, 2022 ## Thalapathy 66 will mark Vijay's maiden Telugu movie and the shooting for the same will start soon after the release of "Beast", which is scheduled for April 13. The movie has been planned to release on Sankranthi 2023. ## Stay tuned...

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Thalapathy Vijay's 'Beast' Trailer Becomes All-Time Most Viewed South Movie Trailer In 24-Hours
1591 days ago
Kollywood

Thalapathy Vijay's 'Beast' Trailer Becomes All-Time Most Viewed South Movie Trailer In 24-Hours

Chennai, April 3 - Thalapathy Vijay is readying to rule the box office again with the upcoming action thriller "Beast". The Nelson Dilipkumar-directed is scheduled to release on April 13 in multiple languages, including Hindi. The trailer of the movie was released on April 2 and as expected, it got a huge response all around. ## Being one of the biggest stars in South Indian cinema, Thalapathy Vijay always finds his movies in record books, and "Beast" is no different. The trailer for "Beast" has become the most viewed South Indian movie trailer in the first 24-hours. It took just 17 hours to break the record. ## Most Viewed South India Trailers (24 hours /Single Language) ## 1. Beast: 24.00 M (running) ## 2. Radhe Shyam: 23.19 M ## 3. Baahubali 2: 21.81 M ## 4. RRR: 20.44 M ## 5. KGF Chapter 2 [Telugu]: 19.29M ## Not just views, the "Beast" trailer has also become the first-ever South Indian movie trailer to have 2+ million likes in the first 24-hours in a single language. The previous record also belonged to Thalapathy's "Bigil", which had 1.66 million views in the said time. ## 1. Beast: 2+ M ## 2. Bigil: 1.66 M## 3. Valimai: 1.32 M## 4. RRR: 1.24 M## 5. Viswasam: 1.16 M## Produced by Kalanithi Maran of Sun Pictures, the film stars Vijay and Pooja Hegde in the lead roles while Selvaraghavan and Yogi Babu play supporting roles. It revolves around a spy's quest to rescue people held hostage in a shopping mall by terrorists. ## Stay tuned...

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Thalapathy Vijay's 'Beast' To Be Dubbed In Four Indian Languages
1599 days ago
Kollywood

Thalapathy Vijay's 'Beast' To Be Dubbed In Four Indian Languages

Chennai, March 26 - After "Master" in 2021, Thalapathy Vijay's upcoming action thriller, "Beast" is also readying for the multilingual release in theaters, as announced by Sun Pictures. ## Directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, "Beast" is the biggest Tamil movie coming this year. The shoot of the film was recently completed and it is slated to release on April 13 worldwide. The makers on Saturday announced that "Beast" will also be dubbed in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam, and will release simultaneously in theaters. ## pic.twitter.com/DOVpmsHLEZ— Sun Pictures (@sunpictures) March 26, 2022 ## Thalapathy Vijay's "Master" did very well in Telugu dubbed version but failed to make an impression in other languages. It will be interesting to see how "Beast" come out because it won't be a smooth outing this time around due to the release of Pan-India biggie, "KGF: Chapter 2" on April 14. ## "Beast" is produced by Sun Pictures and it stars Pooja Hegde as the female lead opposite Thalapathy. It also stars Selvaraghavan, Yogi Babu, Shine Tom Chacko, John Vijay, Shaji Chen, and VTV Ganesh among others in supporting roles. Anirudh Ravichander has scored the music of the film. ## Stay tuned...

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SS Rajamouli Reveals His Dream Directorial Project In Tamil With Two Superstars
1600 days ago
Kollywood

SS Rajamouli Reveals His Dream Directorial Project In Tamil With Two Superstars

Chennai, March 24 - After years of wait, director S S Rajamouli's period action drama film, "RRR" is finally releasing in theaters worldwide on March 25. The makers have ensured that the movie reaches the last corner of the country as they have just completed their long promotional tour and hoping for the film to do wonders at the box office. ## Rajamouli, who has worked with some of the biggest Telugu stars over the years, has revealed his dream project in Tamil with two superstars. The "Baahubali" director was asked about his go-to heroes in Tamil with whom he would do a film. ## "I've always had both Rajini sir and Kamal sir in mind, and I want Kamal sir to be the villain and Rajini sir the hero. Even the opposite works for me. I have thought about it many times, and it excites me every single time", Rajamouli said (via Only Kollywood). ## Well, it really sounds nice to have two of the biggest superstars of Indian cinema featuring together in a film of one of the biggest directors, isn't it? ## Meanwhile, SS Rajamouli has already confirmed his next film after "RRR". He will be teaming up with Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu for an action-adventure movie, which will go on floors in 2023. He is also said to be in talks with Allu Arjun for a Pan-India film, which will go on floors after Mahesh Babu's maiden Pan-India project. ## Stay tuned...

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Thalapathy Vijay's Action Thriller 'Beast' To Release On April 13
1603 days ago
Kollywood

Thalapathy Vijay's Action Thriller 'Beast' To Release On April 13

Chennai, March 22 - A day after completing censorship formalities, Sun Pictures has finalized the release date of Thalapathy Vijay's "Beast". The action thriller, directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, will be hitting worldwide theaters on April 13. ## Sun Pictures, headed by Kalanithi Maran, took to Twitter and announced the release date with a new poster featuring Thalapathy with a gun in hand. ## #BeastFromApril13@actorvijay @Nelsondilpkumar @anirudhofficial @hegdepooja @selvaraghavan @manojdft @Nirmalcuts @anbariv #Beast pic.twitter.com/htH6dTPX2q— Sun Pictures (@sunpictures) March 22, 2022 The film has been censored with a U/A certificate with a run-time of 155 minutes (2 hours 35 minutes). It is Thalapathy's 65th film that also stars Pooja Hegde as the female lead while Shine Tom Chacko, Selvaraghavan, Yogi Babu, among others play supporting roles. ## The movie was announced in December 2020 as "Thalapathy 65". The shoot was commenced in March 2021 and the first look with the title was unveiled on 21 June 2021. The production of the film first took place in Georgia before it was resumed in Chennai and Delhi in India. Anirudh Ravichander has composed the music. ## Stay tuned...

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SK20: Ukrainian Actress Maria Ryaboshapka Cast To Play Female Lead Opposite Sivakarthikeyan
1603 days ago
Kollywood

SK20: Ukrainian Actress Maria Ryaboshapka Cast To Play Female Lead Opposite Sivakarthikeyan

Chennai, March 21 - Tamil star Sivakrathikeyan will be romancing a Ukrainian actress in his currently on floors yet untitled film, "SK20". Sivakarthikeyan has teamed up with "Jathi Ratnalu" director Anudeep KV for this Tamil-Telugu bilingual romantic-comedy film. ## On Monday, Suresh Productions took to Twitter and announced actress Maria Ryaboshapka on board as the female lead opposite Tamil star for "SK 20". It marks Maria's Indian film debut. Earlier, she was seen in the Disney Plus Hotstar series, "Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story". ## Delighted to welcome the gorgeous #MariaRyaboshapka onboard as the female lead in our #SK20 🎬@Siva_Kartikeyan @anudeepfilm @MusicThaman @SVCLLP @ShanthiTalkies #NarayanDasNarang@puskurrammohan @iamarunviswa pic.twitter.com/2j6AoHtemr— Suresh Productions (@SureshProdns) March 21, 2022 ## "SK 20" will be bankrolled by Narayan Das K Narang, Suresh Babu, and Puskur Ram Mohan Rao, and it will reportedly feature one more female lead apart from Maria. As per reports, Sivakarthikeyan plays a Tamil and Telugu teacher while Maria will be portraying an English teacher. ## It also stars Sathyaraj and Premgi Amaran in key roles. Thaman S will score the music of a cross-cultural film. The shooting started a couple of weeks back and is going on in Karaikudi and other areas. The next locations will be in Chennai, New Delhi, and London. ## Stay tuned...

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