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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Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' Is The Most-Anticipated Indian Movie Of 2023
1253 days ago
Bollywood

Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' Is The Most-Anticipated Indian Movie Of 2023

Mumbai, January 9 - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's comeback movie Pathaan is getting ready for its wide worldwide release on January 25 in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu languages.## The highly-awaited spy action thriller has been in production since 2020 and it finally hitting theaters amid huge anticipation. "Pathaan" has been in the news over the last few weeks for various reasons which increased its hype massively.## According to IMDb, "Pathaan" is the most-anticipated Indian film of 2023 and it is miles ahead of the rest of the other films. The website revealed the list of the top 20 most-anticipated films of the year and Pathaan easily tops it, followed by Allu Arjun's "Pushpa - The Rule".## 2023 is off to a great start! ✨⚡Here is the list of the Most Anticipated Indian Movies of 2023. 🌻Which release are you looking forward to the most? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/00Xwr4HQ2b— IMDb India (@IMDb_in) January 9, 2023 ## "Pathaan" is directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Aditya Chopra of Yash Raj Films. The movie is part of YRF's ambitious spy universe. Deepika Padukone plays the female lead while John Abraham will be seen as the main antagonist. Salman Khan will also feature in the cameo role as Tiger. ## Stay tuned...

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Yash Raj Films Launches Its Spy Universe Logo Ahead Of Pathaan Trailer
1255 days ago
Bollywood

Yash Raj Films Launches Its Spy Universe Logo Ahead Of Pathaan Trailer

Mumbai, January 7 - Ahead of the trailer of the highly-anticipated spy action thriller Pathaan, Yash Raj Films has launched its 'Spy Universe' logo and confirmed its expansion. ## YRF's ambitious spy universe kicked off with superstar Salman Khan's "Ek Tha Tiger" (2012) and later Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff-fronted "War" joins it and now, SRK's "Pathaan" is the latest entrant in this. Among the upcoming films in this universe, SRK's "Pathaan" and Salman's "Tiger 3" are scheduled to release this year. ## Yash Raj Films have confirmed character crossover in the spy universe and the first glimpse of it will be seen in "Pathaan" which will feature Salman's cameo as Tiger. The movie is scheduled to release on January 25 in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu while the trailer will be launched on January 10. YRF has reportedly also confirmed a new entrant in its spy universe which is yet to be known. ## The new logo will be present in Pathaan's trailer and then will keep appearing in the Tiger & War series of films. Salman Khan's "Tiger 3" is scheduled to release on Diwali this year and SRK will play a cameo role as Pathaan in this. ## And @yrf has launched its logo ...#YRFSpyUniverse - after #Tiger, #War & now #Pathaan! This #YSU is getting bigger, better & hotter !!! 💥❤️‍🔥💣🔥👏🏼@BeingSalmanKhan @iHrithik @iamsrk pic.twitter.com/q7AjoNQYVE— Girish Johar (@girishjohar) January 7, 2023 ## Stay tuned...

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Akshay Kumar's 'Gorkha' Put On Hold Indefinitely
1256 days ago
Bollywood

Akshay Kumar's 'Gorkha' Put On Hold Indefinitely

Mumbai, January 6 - In October 2021, Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar announced war-drama Gorkha with director Anand L Rai. The movie was announced with first-look posters and was supposed to go on floors in 2022. ## Over the last year since the announcement, there hasn't been any update on the film which led to many speculations about the movie getting shelved. Over the last couple of days, there have been many reports stating that the ambitious movie has been canceled due to some issues. ## As per the latest reports, "Gorkha" hasn't been shelved but postponed indefinitely and filmmaker Anand L Rai has reportedly confirmed the same. "Yes, it is true. We are not making this film for now. There are technical issues. There are factual clarifications that need to be made", Rai said, as per Bollywood Hungama. ## There were reports that Akshay Kumar had backed out from the mega project but Rai denied such reports and said that they mutually agreed to set aside the project until the factual ambiguities are cleared. The filmmaker confirmed that the movie will definitely be made at some point. ## Stay tuned...

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Sunny Deol's Much-Anticipated 'Gadar 2' Release Date Revealed
1257 days ago
Bollywood

Sunny Deol's Much-Anticipated 'Gadar 2' Release Date Revealed

Mumbai, January 5 - The sequel to Sunny Deol-fronted "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha" has been in production since last year as the makers are giving their all to re-create the magic. Directed by Anil Sharma, "Gadar 2" is carrying huge buzz among the fans and they are eagerly waiting for the film's release date. ## According to reports, the shoot of "Gadar 2" is in the last leg and will be wrapped in the next couple of weeks. There have been speculations about the release date of the movie and it has been revealed that the makers have locked August 11, 2023, release date for the film during Independence Day week. ## "Gadar 2 is all set to release on August 11, 2023, coinciding with the Independence Day 2023 weekend. It's a film that celebrates the sense of being an Indian and there's no better period than Independence Day for its release. The edit work is underway and an official announcement on the release date shall follow soon", reports Pinkvilla. ## "Gadar 2" will be clashing with Ranbir Kapoor's most hyped actioner "Animal" which is already confirmed to hit theaters on August 11. Directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, "Animal" also stars Rashmika Mandanna as the female lead alongside Anil Kapoor and Bobby Deol in prominent roles. ## The story of "Gadar 2" will reportedly take place 20 years after the events of the first "Gadar" movie which was released in 2001. Sunny Deol as Tara Singh will go back to Pakistan, this time to protect his son, Jeete, played by Utkarsh Sharma. It is produced by Zee Studios and Anil Sharma Productions.## Stay tuned...

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Gadar 2: Director Anil Sharma Is Elated With Overwhelming Response On Social Media; Gives Update On Release Date
1257 days ago
Bollywood

Gadar 2: Director Anil Sharma Is Elated With Overwhelming Response On Social Media; Gives Update On Release Date

Mumbai, January 5 - Director Anil Sharma is elated with the blockbuster response his upcoming directorial Gadar 2 is getting on social media. The movie is the sequel to one of the biggest Indian blockbusters of all time "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha" (2001), featuring Sunny Deol in the leading role. ## The sequel was announced in 2021 with Sunny Deol as Tara Singh returning to reprise his role along with Ameesha Patel and Utkarsh Sharma. Zee Studios recently shared a video clip of the films it will be releasing this year, and in between, there was a blink-and-miss appearance of Sunny's first look, lifting a cartwheel to fight baddies. ## The first look of Sunny's Tara Singh stormed social media as fans started trending #Gadar2 on Twitter and expressed their excitement to watch the movie on the big screen. Anil Sharma noticed this blockbuster response and thanked the fans for the same. The filmmaker also confirmed that the release date will be announced very soon. ## "#GADAR is not just a film .. #TARASINGH is just not a character, it's emotions of billions. people of ind n abroad..they are trending #Gadar2 every day .. posting photos n their emotions..we love n respect them, pls wait little more, announcement of release date will cm soon", he wrote on Twitter along with sharing the screenshots of the first look of Sunny's Tara Singh. ## #GADAR is not just a film .. #TARASINGH is just not a character,it’s emotions of billions. people of ind n abroad..they are trending #Gadar2 every day .. posting photos n their emotions..we love n respect them,pls wait little more, announcement of release date will cm soon 🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/oKNGMj5QQ7— Anil Sharma (@Anilsharma_dir) January 5, 2023 ## "Gadar 2" is produced by Zee Studios and Anil Sharma Productions. It is a romantic period action-drama film, a sequel to "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha", which grossed a whopping approx. 133 crores worldwide in 2001. ## Stay tuned...

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Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' Trailer To Be Launched On January 10
1258 days ago
Bollywood

Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' Trailer To Be Launched On January 10

Mumbai, January 4 - The highly-anticipated Bollywood movie of 2023, Shah Rukh Khan-fronted spy action thriller Pathaan is getting ready to hit screens on January 25 in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu languages. The movie is part of Yash Raj Films' ambitious spy universe. ## Directed by Siddharth Anand, the "Pathaan" teaser was launched a few weeks ago and the fans are now eagerly waiting for its trailer. According to the latest reports, YRF will launch the trailer on January 10, prior to two weeks before the release to keep the buzz high unlike its previous films. ## It is said that the trailer is around 2 minutes 37 seconds and is packed with action sequences, scale, music, and heroism. The trailer is expected to enhance the buzz of Pathaan which is already high due to chartbuster songs and teaser. ## "Pathaan" is touted to be one of India's biggest action spectacles. It marks Shah Rukh Khan's comeback to the big screen after more than 4 years and he is now set to take the box office by storm. The movie features Deepika Padukone as the female lead while John Abraham plays the baddie. Salman Khan is also there as Tiger aka. Avinash Singh Rathore.## Stay tuned...

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Sunny Deol's First Look From Much-Awaited 'Gadar 2' Revealed
1258 days ago
Bollywood

Sunny Deol's First Look From Much-Awaited 'Gadar 2' Revealed

Mumbai, January 3 - One of the all-time blockbusters of Indian cinema, director Anil Sharma's "Gadar" announced its sequel in October 2021. The eagerness to watch Sunny Deol as Tara Singh has been there among the fans for a long time and they finally got their wish when the makers confirmed the blockbuster. ## On Tuesday (Jan. 3), Zee Studios released a 50-seconds-long montage video teasing the audience with its upcoming movies of 2023. The studio will be releasing 28 films across languages this year and one of them will be Gadar 2. In a blink-and-miss appearance in the video, the studio revealed the first look of Sunny Deol from the movie. ## In "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha", Sunny Deol had a theater-shaking moment when he uprooted a water pump to dodge a violent mob, and now, in the sequel, director Anil Sharma going to recreate that iconic moment with a slight change. As seen in the video clip shared by Zee Studios, Sunny Deol can be seen lifting a cartwheel to fight baddies. ## Soon after the video was shared online, fans took to Twitter and share their excitement over Sunny's first mass look and started trending #Gadar2. The story of "Gadar 2" reportedly takes place many years after the first part. In the first installment, Tara Singh crossed the border to bring his wife Sakeena (Ameesha Patel) back. Utkarsh Sharma plays the role of their son, Jeete.## Gadar 2 is scheduled for release in the first half of 2023. ## With the biggest stars and power-packed releases, #Zeestudios is all set to make 2023 a blockbuster!✨#2023 #ZeeStudioslineup #HappyNewYear pic.twitter.com/3mRVpoSWJX— Zee Studios (@ZeeStudios_) January 3, 2023 ## Stay tuned...

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Ajay Devgn Says Rohit Shetty's 'Singham Again' Script Is Fire
1260 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...

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Indian Box Office Witnesses Excellent First Day of 2023
1260 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...

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Indian Box Office Crossed 10K Crores Gross Collection For 2022 Movies
1262 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...

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Hindi Language Dominated Indian Box Office For 2022 Movies
1262 days ago
Bollywood

Hindi Language Dominated Indian Box Office For 2022 Movies

Mumbai, December 31 - The year 2022 is coming to an end but not before scripting a memorable story for the Indian cinema despite a mixture of disappointment. It was a year when the Indian box office witnessed a sharp rise though it is still behind the pre-pandemic level.## 2022 was another rare year when Southern Indian film industries dominated the Indian box office, climbing ahead of Bollywood which must be ruing the lost opportunity. However, it was the Hindi language that contributed the most to the Indian box office, followed by Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam languages. ## The Hindi language films of 2022 have netted approx. 3250 crores to date, which is 432% of the collection of Hindi language films contributed in 2021, and approx. 75% more than the second-placed Telugu language which has netted approx. 1850 crores this year. The large contribution to the Hindi language collection came from the South Indian tentpoles along with some of the biggest Bollywood grosser of the year.## Kannada biggie, "KGF: Chapter 2" remained the biggest contributor to the Hindi language with a net collection of approx. 435 crores, which is the second highest ever after "Baahubali 2". SS Rajamouli's "RRR" is currently the second-biggest Hindi grosser of 2022 with approx. 266 crores net. It was Vivek Agnihotri's "The Kashmir Files" that threw the biggest surprise as it scored a whopping approx. 253 crores net when no one was expecting it to reach even 50 crores net.## The top 10 movies of 2022 with Hindi Net Collection are as follows - KGF Chapter 2 (435 Cr), RRR (266 cr.), The Kashmir Files (253 cr.), Brahmastra Part One: Shiva (249 cr.), Drishyam 2 (232 cr.*), Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (184 cr.), Gangubai Kathiawadi (132 cr.), Avatar: The Way of Water (97 cr.*), Kantara (85 cr.), and JugJugg Jeeyo (84 cr.). ## 2022 has been the year of self-re-examination for the Bollywood film industry which went wrong on many fronts. The industry was expected to witness a massive number in the second half of 2022, but the underwhelming performances of films like "Vikram Vedha", "Raksha Bandha", "Laal Singh Chaddha", and "Ram Setu" made the Bollywood box office look less nice. However, 2023 is looking super promising and is expected to score more than double 2022's film collection. ## Stay tuned...

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