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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A Short Film Based On LCU Origin To Be Made Ahead of 'Kaithi 2'
916 days ago
Kollywood

A Short Film Based On LCU Origin To Be Made Ahead of 'Kaithi 2'

Chennai, December 13 - Director Lokesh Kanagaraj's much-talked-about cinematic universe (LCU) is about to its origin story in the form of a short film. Lokesh Cinematic Universe (LCU) has been the best thing that happened to the Kollywood industry in the last few years and the fans are keen to know what is in store for them next. ## As confirmed earlier, Karthi's "Kaithi 2" will be the next full-fledged film in the LCU but before that, a 10-minute short film about its origin will be released. Interestingly, "Kaithi" was the first film in the LCU, followed by Kamal Haasan's "Vikram", and Thalapathy Vijay's "Leo". ## Narain, the renowned actor in Tamil and Malayalam cinema, said in a press conference for the upcoming Malayalam film "Queen Elizabeth" that he is collaborating with Lokesh on a brief 10-minute short film that unveils the origin story of LCU and it will be released before "Kaithi 2" which begins late 2024. ## The last film in the LCU was "Leo", released in October this year. The next film, "Kaithi 2" will mainly focus on the back story of Karthi's character Dilli. After "Kaithi 2", a standalone movie about Suriya's Rolex from "Vikram" will be made, and the last film in the LCU is said to be "Vikram 2". ## Narain and @Dir_Lokesh have plans to do a 10 minutes long short film before #Kaithi2 which will be the starting point to #LCU pic.twitter.com/XyGpEEbyBU— Rajasekar (@sekartweets) December 13, 2023 ## Stay tuned...

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Netflix Top 10: Akshay Kumar's 'Mission Raniganj' Emerged as Most Watched Non-English Film Worldwide On Netflix On December 4-10 Week
916 days ago
Digital Media

Netflix Top 10: Akshay Kumar's 'Mission Raniganj' Emerged as Most Watched Non-English Film Worldwide On Netflix On December 4-10 Week

Mumbai, December 13 - Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar's rescue thriller Mission Raniganj: The Great Bharat Rescue was the most-watched non-English film worldwide on Netflix during the week of December 4 - December 10, and also crossed 10 million viewing hours in the first 10 days. ## Directed by Tinu Suresh Desai, "Mission Raniganj" scored 5.7 million viewing hours from 2.5 million views on Netflix during the said week. It was the 5th most-watched non-English title on the streamer in its opening weekend with 5.5 million viewing hours from 2.4 million views.## The total viewing hours of the movie are now 11.20 million from 4.9 million views. The film is trending in the top 10 in 14 countries, including number 1 in India, Oman, and Pakistan. Outside Asia, "Mission Raniganj" is trending at number 10 in Nigeria and number 6 in Mauritius. ## Meanwhile, Zoya Akhtar's "The Archies" which was directly released on Netflix on December 7, scored 5.2 million viewing hours from 2.2 million views in its opening weekend and was the third most-watched non-English film worldwide. The movie received poor reviews from critics and OTT audiences. ## Another Indian film in the top 10 was Bhumi Padnekar and Shehnaaz Gill's "Thank You for Coming" at number 7. It scored 2.9 million viewing hours from 1.5 million views and is trending at number 3 in India, behind "The Archies" and "Mission Raniganj". ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Animal' Enters The Top 5 Highest-Grossing Indian Films In North America
916 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Animal' Enters The Top 5 Highest-Grossing Indian Films In North America

Los Angeles, December 13 - Ranbir Kapoor's mega-blockbuster Animal has breached a major milestone at the North American box office by becoming the 5th highest-grossing Indian film there after crossing Aamir Khan's "Dangal".## Directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, the action drama crossed "Dangal" ($12.39 million) on its 12th day at the NA box office. Notably, "Animal" is the first adult-rated Indian film to breach the $10 million mark over there and it is now looking to finish in the top 3 by the end of its run. ## Here are the top 5 highest-grossing Indian films in North America - ## 1. Baahubali 2 - $22 million## 2. Pathaan - $17.48 million## 3. Jawan - $15.25 million## 4. RRR - $15.10 million## 5. Animal - $12.40 million approx. (12 days).## Meanwhile, "Animal" has also crossed 750 crores gross at the worldwide box office in just 12 days and became the 10th highest-grossing Indian and 7th Bollywood film of all time. In India, it has scored approx. 545 crores gross and approx. 210 crores at the overseas box office.## Stay tuned...

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Ranbir Kapoor Confirms To Headline Nitesh Tiwari's 'Ramayana'; Shoot Begins In March 2024
916 days ago
Bollywood

Ranbir Kapoor Confirms To Headline Nitesh Tiwari's 'Ramayana'; Shoot Begins In March 2024

Mumbai, December 13 - Ranbir Kapoor is on cloud nine after the mega-blockbuster success of his action drama Animal which has crossed 750 crores at the worldwide box office in just 12 days. It has become his highest-grossing film and put him in the elite league of superstars. ## The "Brahmastra" star has now reportedly confirmed his next film and the preparations for the same are said to have begun. It is known to everyone that Ranbir has been in talks with director Nitesh Tiwari to headline epic Ramayana but there was no official confirmation from the makers yet until yesterday when the actor himself reportedly confirmed the development. ## According to a claim made by an X/Twitter user, the Bollywood star has confirmed Ramayana as his next film. Ranbir will be playing the role of lord Ram while Telugu actress Sai Pallavi is roped in for the role of Sita. Kannada superstar Yash to play Raavan in this mega-budgeted epic.## The film is planned as a trilogy and the first film will go on floors by March next year with Ranbir and Sai Pallavi, according to Pinkvilla. Yash will reportedly join the shoot by July. He has an extended appearance in "Ramayana: Part 1", which is more of a story building of Ram and Sita.## The world of Ramayana has been designed by Oscar Winning VFX company, DNEG and the makers intend to introduce a new technology of filmmaking with Ramayana, and the entire test run of the shoot has been conducted multiple times. As reported earlier, Sunny Deol is in talks to play the role of Lord Hanuman in the film. ## The film will be produced by Madhu Mantena, Namit Malhotra, and Allu Arvind. The pre-production work has been going on for a long time and the official announcement will be made soon and the first part of the film will be hitting worldwide theaters in the second half of 2025. ## Stay tuned...

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Producer Vijay Kiragandur Shares Update On The Potential Release Date of 'Kantara: Chapter 1'
917 days ago
Sandalwood

Producer Vijay Kiragandur Shares Update On The Potential Release Date of 'Kantara: Chapter 1'

Bangalore, December 12 - Hombale Film led by Vijay Kiragandur has a couple of huge blockbusters in the pipeline. The studio has Prabhas-fronted "Salaar Ceasefire: Part 1" is ready to release on December 22nd and the team is busy with promotional activities for the same.## Hombale Films' next big release is Rishab Shetty-directed and fronted Kantara: Chapter 1, a prequel to the path-breaking blockbuster "Kantara". The film became such a monstrous blockbuster against not much expectations that the makers announced the prequel to it earlier this year with Shetty returning to direct and headline it. ## "Kantara: Chapter 1" was recently launched and the shoot for the same will commence soon. During a recent interview with Bollywood Hungama, producer Vijay Kiragandur shared a big update regarding the potential release date of the film which is now one of the most anticipated Pan India films. ## When asked about when "Kantara 2" is expected to be released, the producer said that they are planning to release the film in the last quarter of 2024 or the first quarter of 2025. Given that late 2024 already has a couple of big entertainers scheduled to release, it is highly likely that "Kantara 2" will be released in early 2025 on a grand scale. ## The first film was a major hit in Kannada, Hindi, and Telugu, so the expectations will be high from the prequel, especially in Hindi and Telugu. The makers recently shared the first look teaser of the film which met with a unanimous positive response. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Animal' Tops 400 Crore Net In Hindi; Becomes Joint Fastest To Do So
917 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Animal' Tops 400 Crore Net In Hindi; Becomes Joint Fastest To Do So

Mumbai, December 12 - Ranbir Kapoor's action drama Animal has topped 400 crores net collection in Hindi, becoming the actor's first film to achieve the feat. Directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, the movie scored 13.12 crores net on its 11th day, pushing the total collection to 401.49 crores in Hindi.## In terms of days, "Animal" is the joint fastest movie ever to enter the 400 crores club with Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan which scored 430.44 crores net in the first 11 days. SRK's "Pathaan" and Sunny Deol-fronted "Gadar 2" are the second fastest to achieve the milestone in 12 days while Prabhas' "Baahubali 2" did this in 15 days. ## Here is the list of the films with 400 crores or more net collection movies in Hindi - ## 1. Jawan (11 days) - 430.44 crores## 2. Animal (11 days) - 401.49 crores## 3. Pathaan (12 days) - 414.50 crores## 4. Gadar 2 (12 days) - 400.70 crores## 5. Baahubali 2 (15 days) - 400.30 crores## 6. KGF: Chapter 2 (23 days) - 401.80 crores## In all versions, "Animal" has minted approx. 445.12 crores net collection, including approx. 39.50 crores net in Telugu so far. It is currently the 7th highest net-grossing Indian film domestically and with a worldwide gross of 737+ crores, Animal is the 11th highest-grossing Indian title of all time.## Stay tuned...

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Sidharth Malhotra Locks Three Films After Dharma Productions' 'Yodha'
918 days ago
Bollywood

Sidharth Malhotra Locks Three Films After Dharma Productions' 'Yodha'

Mumbai, December 11 - Actor Sidharth Malhotra, whose last theatrical release was "Thank God" in 2022, is set to headline back-to-back films on the big screens. The actor is awaiting the release of Dharma Productions' action thriller "Yodha" which is scheduled to release in March 2024 after being postponed from December 2023. ## After "Yodha", Sidharth will be doing three more films as things stand today. The actor doing a film, tentatively titled "Spider" to be produced by Maddock Films. It is expected to commence filming early next year and it will be his immediate next after "Yodha".## Recently, it was revealed that Sidharth is in talks with Meghna Gulzar to headline a film based on a real-life story. It will be produced by Junglee Pictures and the shoot for the same is expected to commence in mid-2024 for 2025 release. It will be Meghna's next after "Sam Bahadur" which is currently playing in theatres. ## Now, according to the latest report in Pinkvilla, the "Shershaah" star is discussing an action film with filmmaker Siddharth Anand. It is said that Sidharth wants to do more films in the action space and he has initiated talks with Sid Anand for the same. ## The report says that Sid Anand will be producing the movie under his banner Marflix and it will be directed by debutante Rohan Khambati who worked as the action designer on tentpole films like "Jawan" and "Pathaan". The film is in the early stage of discussions and is expected to go on floors by the end of 2024. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Animal' Scored Second Biggest Second Weekend In Hindi
918 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Animal' Scored Second Biggest Second Weekend In Hindi

Mumbai, December 11 - Ranbir Kapoor-led action drama Animal scored a huge 87.56 crores net collection in Hindi in its second weekend, according to producer T-Series. In all versions, the mega-blockbuster minted approx. 93.70 crores net collection. ## Directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, Animal fell short of Sunny Deol-fronted "Gadar 2" which remained the biggest second-weekend grosser with approx. 90.50 crores net collection. "Animal", at once, looked like it would not only become the biggest second-weekend grosser but also become the first film to score 100 crores, but the collection on Saturday and Sunday came lower than expected to keep at number 2. ## Animal also scored the 4th biggest second Sunday and the biggest ever for an A-rated film with 33.53 crores net collection in Hindi. The first three spots are occupied by Gadar 2 (38.90 crores), Baahubali 2 (34.50 crores), and Jawan (34.26 crores) while the 5th biggest second Sunday belongs to Dangal (30.69 crores). ## As said, Animal is the first A-rated Indian blockbuster to gross 400, 500, 600, and 700 crores at the worldwide box office. In its first 10 days, the movie minted approx. 717 crores worldwide, including approx. 203 crores overseas and 514 crores in India alone. Domestically, it is the 10th movie to gross 500 crores or more. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Animal' Tops 500 Crore Gross At The Domestic Box Office; 10th Film To Do So
919 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Animal' Tops 500 Crore Gross At The Domestic Box Office; 10th Film To Do So

Mumbai, December 10 - Directed Sandeep Reddy Vanga's action drama Animal starring Ranbir Kapoor has crossed 500 crores gross collection at the domestic box office on its 10th day, becoming the 4th film of the year and 10th overseas to achieve the milestone. ## Animal is the first film of Ranbir Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna and director Sandeep Vanga to enter India's 500 crores gross club. It has created history by becoming the first adult-rated film to achieve this rare box office feat. ## SS Rajamouli's "Baahubali" was the first film to hit 500 crores gross in 2015 and since then, 3 more South Indian, 5 Bollywood films, and one Tamil film have done this. Superstar Aamir Khan's "Dangal" was the first Bollywood film and the only Tamil movie to gross 500 crores or more is superstar Rajinikanth's "2.0". ## Here is the complete list of films with 500 crores gross or more at the Indian box office - ## 1. Baahubali (2015) - 516 Cr.## 2. Dangal (2016) - 535 Cr.## 3. Baahubali 2 (2017) - 1417 Cr.## 4. 2Point0 (2018) - 551.50 Cr.## 5. RRR (2022) - 916 Cr.## 6. KGF 2 (2022) - 1001 Cr. ## 7. Pathaan (2023) - 657.50 Cr.## 8. Gadar 2 (2023) - 620.50 Cr.## 9. Jawan (2023) - 760 Cr.## 10. Animal (2023) - 510+ Cr. (10 days)**## "Animal" is also on course to score 500+ crores net collection which will make it the 4th Bollywood film and 7th overall to achieve this feat. Interestingly, all three previous Bollywood films to enter this prestigious club have come in 2023 itself and Animal will be the 4th in this list. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Animal' Scores Record Second Saturday; 'Sam Bahadur' Witnesses Big Jump
919 days ago
Bollywood

Box Office: 'Animal' Scores Record Second Saturday; 'Sam Bahadur' Witnesses Big Jump

Mumbai, December 9 - Ranbir Kapoor-led Animal is proving to be an unstoppable force with its record-breaking run at the box office. After commencing the second weekend with the biggest second Friday ever in Hindi, the action drama has again the biggest second Saturday collection by a huge margin. ## The Sandeep Reddy Vanga's directorial was in full force on its second Saturday and scored an estimated 35 crores net in Hindi and can go up further depending on how strong the jump is in single screens. This takes the total collection of the film to 357+ crores net in Hindi in just 9 days. ## Animal scored an estimated 37-38 crores net in all versions, pushing the total collection in the vicinity of 400 crores net through the second Saturday. The second weekend is now looking to finish in the range of 105-110 crores net as Sunday is expected to be over 40 crores easily. ## Meanwhile, the Vicky Kaushal-starrer Sam Bahadur is finding its audiences despite the Animal juggernaut and has turned out to be a success story at the box office. After the good second Friday, the biographical drama witnessed a fantastic jump of nearly 100% for an estimated 6.50-7 crores net on its second Saturday which pushes the total collection to around 49 crores net. ## As expected, Sam Bahadur is heading for 17-18 crores net the second weekend which will be good numbers for the film. The second weekend was the key to the film's success and it can now go past 75 crores net lifetime total. A solo release could have doubled up these numbers but still, it has done well in the clash. ## Stay tuned...

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Prabhas' 'Salaar Ceasefire: Part 1' Theatrical Runtime and Second Trailer Details Revealed
920 days ago
Tollywood

Prabhas' 'Salaar Ceasefire: Part 1' Theatrical Runtime and Second Trailer Details Revealed

Bangalore, December 9 - Superstar Prabhas-fronted action drama Salaar Ceasefire: Part 1 is set to be one of the longest films for the actor. Directed by Prashanth Neel, the film will be released on December 22 in multiple languages. ## According to the latest reports, the makers have locked 2 hours and 55 minutes (175 minutes) of theatrical runtime of the film. It has reportedly completed censorship formalities in Telugu and the details will be revealed soon. ## The first trailer of "Salaar" was recently released which received mixed responses. As per the latest reports, a new fully action-packed trailer will be launched a week before, mostly on December 16 and this is said to be the most important asset of the film to increase the buzz further. ## Produced by Hombale Films, "Salaar" is one of the most-awaited Indian films of the year and in Hindi, it will clash with superstar Shah Rukh Khan's hugely anticipated "Dunki" which will be released a day early on December 21. ## The film stars Prabhas in the title role alongside Prithviraj Sukumaran, Shruti Haasan, Jagapati Babu, Eshwari Rao, and Sriya Reddy, among others in key roles. ## Stay tuned...

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Shahid Kapoor's Character Details In Pooja Entertainment's Mythological Epic Revealed
920 days ago
Bollywood

Shahid Kapoor's Character Details In Pooja Entertainment's Mythological Epic Revealed

Mumbai, December 9 - Earlier this year, it was reported that Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor would be headlining Pooja Entertainment's mythological film based on the epic Mahabharata. Kannada filmmaker Sachin Ravi, known for directing Rakshit Shetty's action adventure, "Avane Srimannarayana" (2019), was said to be roped in to direct this magnum opus. ## Now, according to a report by Peepingmoon.com, Shahid Kapoor will be playing the role of great warrior Ashwatthama. He was the son of Guru Dronacharya and had received the boon of immortality from Lord Shiva himself. Shahid is said to have signed on to the film and will undergo intense physical training to embody the character of Ashwatthama. ## It is said that Vashu Bhagnani and Jackky Bhagnani of Pooja Entertainment have been on this ambitious project since early this year and putting their efforts into making this film a visual wonder and something that has never been attempted before in Indian cinema. ## The film is currently being written and is expected to go on floors by August 2024 and have a grand release by 2025. The other details about the film are not known yet and are expected to be made official with the announcement of the film soon. ## Stay tuned...

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