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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Nani's 'Saripodhaa Sanivaaram' Crosses $100K Pre-Sales At The USA Box Office
662 days ago
Tollywood

Nani's 'Saripodhaa Sanivaaram' Crosses $100K Pre-Sales At The USA Box Office

Los Angeles, August 22 - Telugu star Nani's much-awaited action thriller film Saripodhaa Sanivaaram is all set for a very good opening at the USA box office. The movie is directed by Vivek Athreya and produced by DVV Entertainment. ## According to Venky Box Office, Saripodhaa Sanivaaram's pre-sales for the USA premiere have crossed $100K with over 5000 tickets sold. The trend of pre-sales has been excellent so far and if it maintains this pace, the movie is expected to score Nani's highest premiere, which is scheduled on August 28.## The movie is said to be Nani's most expensive film with a budget of around 90 crore. The movie is having superb buzz among the audiences which is expected to lead to a very good start at the box office. The reports among the Telugu media are positive for the movie which could be the next Telugu box office hit. ## In the film, Surya (Nani), who fights against injustice on Saturday, locks horns with corrupt Inspector R. Dayanand (S. J. Suryah), who brutally attacks innocent people for petty reasons. The film has Priyanka Mohan as the female lead.## Saripodhaa Sanivaaram is scheduled to be released on August 29 in Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, and Tamil, languages.## Stay tuned...

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Yash Raj Films Confirms Rani Mukerji's 'Mardaani 3'; To Start Filming In 2025
662 days ago
Bollywood

Yash Raj Films Confirms Rani Mukerji's 'Mardaani 3'; To Start Filming In 2025

Mumbai, August 22 - Rani Mukerji-fronted cop action thriller Mardaani is one of the most loved female-led film franchises. It has not only been hailed by critics but has also been successful at the box office. ## The first film in the franchise was released in 2014, followed by the second instalment in 2019. Last year, it was reported that the third instalment of the series was in the early development at Yash Raj Films and now, the studio has confirmed the same on the 10th anniversary of the first part.## According to the report by Pinkvilla, Mardaani 3 has finally been green-lit and is set to go on floors in the first quarter of 2025. ## It is said that the team of writers is presently giving the finishing touches to the screenplay, following which the film moves into the pre-production stage. The character arc of the negative role which is menacing, will be much like the earlier two films. ## 10 years of #Mardaani and the next chapter awaits... Celebrating the feisty, daredevil cop #ShivaniShivajiRoy and the spirit of #Mardaani today. Thank you for a decade of love and appreciation for our beloved franchise.We are inspired... again... thanks to you. #RaniMukerji pic.twitter.com/jJlAp3VAAQ— Yash Raj Films (@yrf) August 22, 2024 ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Stree 2' First Wednesday Early Estimates
663 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Stree 2' First Wednesday Early Estimates

Mumbai, August 21 - There is no stopping Stree 2 which has another big day at the box office. The movie continues to trend above expectations during the weekdays after the heavily frontloaded holiday period of Independence Day and Raksha Bandhan. ## The horror-comedy starring Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao completes 7 days at the box office with a net collection of around 275 crores after an estimated 19-20 crores, with a drop of around 25% on its first Wednesday (7th day). It is one of the biggest non-opening Wednesdays at the Indian box office. ## Stree 2 will finish its 8-day extended first week with a collection of around 290 crores net and will break into the 300 crores net club by the second Friday. It will be aiming to score 75+ crores net collection in the second weekend as there is not much competition to challenge Stree 2's juggernaut. ## Stree 2 will be crossing the 400 crores net collection mark in the second week and then will look to target the coveted 500 crores club. Needless to say, it is one of the rare mid-budget non-superstar films to score such a huge collection and it hasn't slowed down yet.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Stree 2' Becomes The Highest-Grossing Bollywood Film of 2024 Worldwide
663 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Stree 2' Becomes The Highest-Grossing Bollywood Film of 2024 Worldwide

Mumbai, August 21 - Maddock Films and Jio Studios' horror-comedy Stree 2 is on the record-smashing run as it has now become the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2024 at the worldwide box office, beating Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone's Fighter. ## Starring Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao, the sensational blockbuster outgrossed Fighter's lifetime worldwide total of 359 crores in just 6 days to become the number 1 Bollywood grosser of the year. Earlier, it surpassed Fighter's domestic gross of 254 crores in 5 days. ## The sequel has grossed approximately 306 crores in India and an estimated 55 crores at the overseas box office for a worldwide cume of 361 crores in just 6 days. It will be topping 400 crores worldwide gross by Thursday (8 days) and then will aim to go past 500 crores by the end of the second weekend.## Stree 2, as said, is the highest-grossing film for Maddock Films along with director Amar Kaushik and actor Rajkummar Rao. For Shraddha, it is currently her second highest-grosser after Saaho which scored 451 crores in worldwide collection in 2019. ## Stay tuned...

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Akshay Kumar To Reunite With Director Milan Luthria For An Actioner, To Be Produced By Siddharth Anand
663 days ago
Bollywood

Akshay Kumar To Reunite With Director Milan Luthria For An Actioner, To Be Produced By Siddharth Anand

Mumbai, August 21 - Bollywood star Akshay Kumar is teaming up with filmmaker Siddharth Anand for a big-scale action entertainer, to be directed by Milan Luthria. Anand will produce the movie with his wife Mamta Anand under their production company, Marflix.## According to the report by Pinkvilla, Akshay and Siddharth have been discussing a film for a while now and things finally come to fruition. It is said that Anand has got together the director-writer duo of Milan Luthria and Rajat Arora to develop an action film set against the zone of a vigilante film. ## The report further stated that Akshay Kumar was the unanimous choice of Siddharth Anand, Milan Luthria and Rajat Arora when the script was locked and the actor also felt that this was the right film for him to associate with at this point. ## It will be Akshay's second film with director Milan Luthria after 2013's gangster movie, Once Upon A Time in Mumbai Dobaara! The shooting and other cast details about their second collaboration are not yet locked but the movie is expected to go on floors by 2025.## Stay tuned...

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Vijay Sethupathi's Box Office Blockbuster 'Maharaja' Becomes The Most Watched Indian Movie of 2024 On Netflix
663 days ago
Digital Media

Vijay Sethupathi's Box Office Blockbuster 'Maharaja' Becomes The Most Watched Indian Movie of 2024 On Netflix

Mumbai, August 21 - Tamil star Vijay Sethupathi's action thriller Maharaja has scored another big win after the blockbuster box office performance. Directed by Nithilan Swaminathan, it has become the most-watched Indian movie of 2024 on Netflix.## Maharaja scored 1.3 million views in its 6th week which pushed its total viewership to 18.6 million on Netflix. This made it the most-watched Indian movie of the year on the streamer, beating Tabu, Kriti Sanon, and Kareena Kapoor's Crew which generated 17.90 million views during its stay in the top 10 movie chart. ## Earlier, Maharaja had one of the biggest opening weekends for an Indian movie of 2024 on Netflix with 3.2 million, beating the likes of Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (2.9 million views) and Laapataa Ladies (2.2 million views), and on par with Ajay Devgn's Shaitaan (3.2 million views), among others.## Currently, it is the only South Indian movie in the top 10 most-watched Indian titles of the year on Netflix. It is trending in the top 10 in 8 countries, including India, Thailand, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Oman, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.## Produced by The Route, Think Studios, and Passion Studios, the film stars Vijay Sethupathi in the title role, alongside Anurag Kashyap, Sachana Namidass, Mamta Mohandas, Natarajan Subramaniam, Abhirami Gopikumar, Aruldoss, Munishkanth, Manikandan, Singampuli and Bharathiraja.## Stay tuned...

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Arijit Singh Surpasses Taylor Swift To Become Most Followed Artist On Spotify In The World
664 days ago
Bollywood

Arijit Singh Surpasses Taylor Swift To Become Most Followed Artist On Spotify In The World

Mumbai, August 20 - India's music sensation, Arijit Singh has surpassed American singer-songwriter, Taylor Swift to become the most-followed artist on Spotify in the world, adding another feather to his hat full of accolades.## Arijit Singh now has 118.69 million Spotify followers, ahead of Swift's 118.68 million (as of August 20, 2024). Singh and Swift are two of the only three artists in the world with over 100 million Spotify followers. Ed Sheeran is at the third sport with 115.33 million followers.## Apart from being the most followed artist on this music platform, Singh has the highest daily listeners with 261.5K as well as weekly listeners with 971.3K on Spotify. ## In August 2023, Singh had a brief victory as he surpassed Swift, however, the pop sensation bounced back quickly. Singh made headlines when he became the first Indian music artist to cross 100 million followers on Spotify.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Stree 2' First Tuesday Early Estimates; Excellent Hold
664 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Stree 2' First Tuesday Early Estimates; Excellent Hold

Mumbai, August 20 - Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao-fronted monstrous blockbuster Stree 2 has stormed past the 250 crores net collection after the extraordinary hold on its first working day, Tuesday with a drop of just around 35% from Monday. ## According to the early estimates, the horror-comedy scored in the range of 25 (+/-) crores net collection on its 6th day/first Tuesday. The hold becomes even more special knowing that the movie is coming after the heavily frontloaded holiday period of Independence Day and Raksha Bandhan.## The first Tuesday collection of Stree 2 takes its total to around 254 crores net in 6 days + previews. The movie will be aiming to finish its extended first week in the range of 285-290 crores net collection which is more than double the lifetime collection total of its predecessor (130 crores net).## Stree 2 will be crossing the 400 crores net collection mark in the second week and then will look to target the coveted 500 crores club. The movie has no real competition for, at least, two more weeks and that should be enough for it to achieve the magical box office milestone. ## Needless to say, Stree 2 is one of the rare mid-budget non-superstar films to score such a huge collection and it hasn't slowed down yet. Last year, it was Sunny Deol-fronted Gadar 2, which scored a historic collection of over 500 crores net during the same time, and now, Stree 2 is very much on track to repeat those numbers.## Stay tuned...

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'Stree 2' Tops 1 Crore (10 Million) Footfalls In India In 5 Days; 5th Movie of 2024 To Do So
664 days ago
Bollywood

'Stree 2' Tops 1 Crore (10 Million) Footfalls In India In 5 Days; 5th Movie of 2024 To Do So

Mumbai, August 20 - Maddock Films and Jio Studios' horror-comedy Stree 2 has topped 1 crore (10 million) footfalls in just 5 days at the Indian box office, becoming the second fastest movie of 2024 to achieve the feat after Prabhas-fronted Kalki 2898 AD which did this in just 3 days.## Starring Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao, Stree 2 has sold approximately 1.15 crores of tickets for the first five days + previews. It is the second Bollywood movie of the year to score 10 million or more footfalls after Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone's Fighter which generated 1.17 crore footfalls.## Overall, Stree 2 has become the 5th film of the year to sell 10 million or more tickets at the Indian box office, which also includes Telugu blockbusters - Kalki (3.63+ crores), and Hanuman (1.44 crores) along with the all-time highest-grossing Malayalam movie, Manjummel Boys (1.16 crores). ## At the box office, Stree 2 has grossed approximately 275 crores domestically in 5 days which makes it the biggest Bollywood grosser of the year after beating Fighter (254 crores gross). Worldwide, the movie has crossed 300 crores gross collection at approximately 325 crores so far.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Stree 2' First Monday Early Estimates; Sensational
665 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Stree 2' First Monday Early Estimates; Sensational

Mumbai, August 19 - Maddock Films and Jio Studios blockbuster Stree 2 once again hits it out of the park on its first Monday as the collection comfortably topped Friday numbers by a good margin due to the Raksha Bandhan holiday. ## According to the early estimates, the Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao-fronted horror-comedy scored in the range of 36-38 crores net collection on its first Monday (5th day). This takes the total collection of the film to around 228 crores net which is sensational.## The movie is performing exceptionally well everywhere, especially in the mass belt which is going crazy. The Raksha Bandhan holiday provides an additional boost, especially in Gujarat. ## The holiday period is over but Stree 2 is expected to maintain a strong hold due to the super positive public reception and lack of competition from other movies. The movie will be looking to go past 260 crores net in the extended first week and then will break into the 300 crores mark by the second weekend.## Stay tuned...

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Saif Ali Khan To Return To The Race Franchise With Race 4
665 days ago
Bollywood

Saif Ali Khan To Return To The Race Franchise With Race 4

Mumbai, August 19 - Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan is all set to make a comeback in the Race franchise to headline Race 4 which is currently in the scripting stage as the makers aim to take it on floors by 2025, according to the report by Pinkivlla. ## Saif Ali Khan has been an integral part of this action thriller franchise, however, after headlining the first two movies, he missed out on Race 3 which was released in 2018 with Salman Khan in the lead role. The movie was average box office success which temporarily put breaks on the franchise.## It is reported that Saif has been discussing Race 4 with producer Ramesh Taurani for a while now and the duo has finally come to the agreement of rebooting the franchise with Race 4. The actor has agreed in principle and is excited to get into the world of Race again. ## The basic plot of the 4th instalment of the franchise has reportedly been locked and the team is presently working on the screenplay. While Saif Ali Khan is confirmed to lead, the casting for other actors is said to be underway and the makers are also in talks with a couple of directors to helm the film.## The Race franchise kicked off in 2008 and was a box office hit with over 100 crores worldwide gross collection. Race 2 was released 5 years after the movie in 2013 and it was also a box office hit with 162 crores globally. It took another 5 years for the next and third instalment to hit the screens in 2018. It is the highest-grossing film in the series so far with approximately 300 crores worldwide.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Stree 2' Beats 'Fighter' In 5 Days To Become Biggest Bollywood Grosser of 2024 Domestically
665 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Stree 2' Beats 'Fighter' In 5 Days To Become Biggest Bollywood Grosser of 2024 Domestically

Mumbai, August 19 - It didn't take much time for the sensational blockbuster Stree 2 to emerge as the biggest Bollywood grosser of 2024 at the domestic box office. The horror-comedy, starring Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao, down Hrithik Roshan's Fighter in just 5 days to become the number 1 Bollywood title of the year. ## Fighter, released during the Republic Day weekend, scored approximately 212.75 crores net/255 crores gross in its lifetime run and Stree 2 has surpassed this total in under 5 days. Directed by Amar Kaushik, the movie is looking to score 30+ crores net on its 5th day which will take its total collection to 220+ crores net. ## Meanwhile, Stree 2 has beaten Chhichhore (153 crores net) along with Tu Jhoothi Main Makkar (147 crores net) and Saaho (145 crores net) on its 4th day to become Shraddha Kapoor's highest-grossing movie domestically in Hindi. As reported earlier, it is the actress' 7th movie to top 100 crores net and first to breach 200 crores mark. ## In terms of the Hindi box office, Stree 2 is currently behind Kalki 2898 AD (293+ crores net) as the second biggest grosser of the year. Overall, it has become the 31st biggest grosser in Hindi and is likely to enter the top 25 by Tuesday. ## Stay tuned...

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