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Mumbai, August 14 - Amid the juggernaut of Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao's Stree 2, this Independence Day weekend will see Akshay Kumar-fronted Khel Khel Mein and John Abraham's Vedaa will fight it out to come second at the box office. ## Akshay returns to his forte comedy genre in which he has scored many successes but all are not the same this time. The actor is coming after a series of unsuccessful films and to turn the tide, he will have hope for a change in fortune and hope the film turns out to be a really good one. ## As said, the opening of Khel Khel Mein is expected to be low considering the pre-sales which are better than Akshay's last film Sarfira but overall remains low. As of 8 PM on August 14, the movie has sold approximately 29K tickets with approx. 1 crore gross for the opening day.## The final opening day pre-sales of the movie are expected to be in the range of 1.50 crores gross which indicates the opening in the range of 4-5 crores net. The Independence Day holiday will provide some boost but that is unlikely to make much difference to the overall opening. ## Vedaa reunites John Abraham with director Nikkhil Advani since Batla House (2019) which was also released on August 15. While Batla House scored a very good opening of 15+ crores net 5 years ago, things are a lot different this time around. ## The pre-sales of Vedaa are almost similar to Khel Khel Mein though it has sold more tickets (39K as of 8 PM) so far. The movie's opening is expected to be in the same range as Akshay-starrer, however, the action genre might attract more footfalls in mass centres which can boost the collection a little more. ## There is a long holiday period coming up, but Khel Khel Mein and Vedaa will need a unanimously positive reception from the audience to make the most of it, unlike Stree 2 which will open, at least, 3X of the combined total of the other two movies. ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, August 9 - Bollywood star John Abraham and actress Sharvari Wagh are gearing up for the release of their action drama Vedaa which reunites John with director Nikkhil Advani after Batla House. It is produced by Zee Studios, Emmay Entertainment, and JA Entertainment. ## Vedaa, which is said to be inspired by true events, is a story of bravery, of the power of one. It is the story of an uprising, of challenging a draconian system. It is the story of a young woman who fought back, steered and championed by the one. ## The film is scheduled to be released on August 15. The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has passed the movie with a 'U/A' certificate without any major cut and the approved theatrical runtime of 2 hours and 30 minutes (150 minutes).## As reported previously, the CBFC team was impressed and could relate to what the makers are trying to address through the film which deals with an important issue. However, the censor board team reportedly advised the makers to put a disclaimer at the beginning to avoid any confusion.## The movie stars John Abraham and Sharvari Wagh in the leading roles alongside Abhishek Banerjee, Tamannaah Bhatia, and Ashish Vidyarthi in key roles. As known to all, Vedaa will clash with Shraddha Kapoor's Stree 2 and Akshay Kumar's Khel Khel Mein at the box office on August 15.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, July 29 - A couple of days back, the makers of John Abraham-fronted upcoming action drama Vedaa issued a statement stating that the censorship of the movie was facing delay due to some reasons as the team putting all the efforts to make it ready for August 15 release.## While there is no official word on further development yet, the latest reports have confirmed that Vedaa has been censored by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and it has received a 'U/A' certificate without any cuts, as per Pinkvilla. The makers, however, have been advised to put a disclaimer at the beginning to avoid any confusion. ## The movie deals with an important issue and the CBFC team reportedly could relate to what makers are trying to address through the film. With this, the path for the August 15 release has also been cleared and the makers will kickstart promotion with the trailer release this week. The Vedaa trailer too has been certified U/A by the CBFC with a run time of 3 minutes and 10 seconds.## Directed by Nikkhil Advani and produced by Zee Studios, Emmay Entertainment, and JA Entertainment, Vedaa depicts the bravery of one person challenging a draconian system in an uprising. It follows a young woman's fight for justice, guided by a man who becomes her ally. ## The movie stars John Abraham and Sharvari Wagh in the leading roles alongside Abhishek Banerjee, Tamannaah Bhatia, and Ashish Vidyarthi in key roles. As known to all, Vedaa will clash with Shraddha Kapoor's Stree 2 and Akshay Kumar's Khel Khel Mein at the box office on August 15.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, July 16 - In one of the biggest box office clashes of the year, Shraddha Kapoor's highly-anticipated horror-comedy Stree 2 to battle it out with Akshay Kumar's comedy-drama Khel Khel Mein and John Abraham's action drama Vedaa on August 15, Independence Day.## While a three-way clash is always a risky move, the makers of the respective films have already reportedly started blocking screens, confirming that they are in no mood to back out and let go of that lucrative date with a month to go for the release. ## According to the report by Pinkvilla, Stree 2 is running ahead to grab the maximum number of screens against Khel Khel Mein and Vedaa, due to being a highly anticipated movie and strong distribution team. The report says that Stree 2 will be co-distributed by Pen Marudhar and PVR Pictures in India, giving the film an upper hand over the competitors, with regards to screen share and showcasing. ## With Stree 2 most likely getting the maximum number of screens, it will be the fight between Khel Khel Mein, which will be distributed by Panorama Studios and Vedaa by Zee Studios to finish second in terms of getting screens and shows.## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, June 7 - John Abraham-starrer action drama Vedaa release date has been postponed to Independence Day 2024. The movie is directed by Nikkhil Advani and it marks his second collaboration with Abraham as a director after Batla House. ## Vedaa was supposed to be released on July 12, 2024, but the makers have now set an August 15 release. This means the movie will be clashing with the hugely-awaited Pan India movie, Pushpa 2 - The Rule, starring superstar Allu Arjun. ## Reportedly inspired by true events, Vedaa depicts the bravery of one person challenging a draconian system in an uprising. It follows a young woman's fight for justice, guided by a man who becomes her ally. It stars John Abraham in the title role alongside Sharvari Wagh, Tamannaah Bhatia, and Abhishek Banerjee. ## The movie is produced by Zee Studios, Emmay Entertainment, and JA Entertainment.## This 15th August, hogi ek nayi jung, anyaay aur naainsaafi ke khilaaf! Taiyaar rehna!#Vedaa in cinemas this Independence Day 🇮🇳@TheJohnAbraham #Sharvari @nowitsabhi @tamannaahspeaks @nikkhiladvani @monishaadvani @madhubhojwani #UmeshKrBansal @minnakshidas @aseem_arora… pic.twitter.com/zX1Mm4CsTA— Zee Studios (@ZeeStudios_) June 7, 2024 ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, October 28 - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan landed a knockout punch in 2023 with spy action thriller Pathaan after coming from nearly four years of break. Directed by Siddharth Anand, the film was a kind of much-needed comeback for one of India's biggest superstars after not so pleasing outing with his last few films. "Pathaan" was released during the Republic Day weekend of 2023 amid huge anticipation and as expected, it scored the biggest opening ever for a Bollywood movie at the domestic as well as the overseas box office. There was no stopping the movie after that as it kept demolishing record after record. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) From the very first day, "Pathaan" was chasing history at the box office and without much support from other languages, it managed to score the biggest opening week collection the then for a Bollywood movie with 697 crores worldwide, including 437 crores gross domestically, before continued its dreamy run in the next weeks as well. Produced by Yash Raj Films, "Pathaan" went on to become the highest net-grossing film ever in Hindi before it was recently outscored by another Shah Rukh Khan-starrer "Jawan" and Sunny Deol-fronted "Gadar 2". At the worldwide box office, the film was truly a sensation and became the first Bollywood movie to gross 1000+ crores without China which is not the traditional market for Indian movies. Here is the final box office breakdown of Pathaan India Net Collection - 543.10 Cr India Gross Collection - 657.50 Cr Overseas Collection - 397.50 Cr Worldwide Collection - 1055.00 Cr Box Office Verdict - All-Time Blockbuster (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}) "Pathaan", which is a part of YRF's ambitious Spy Universe, was on a record-breaking spree from the first day itself. Here are some of the box office records created by Pathaan - - Highest-grossing Bollywood movie at the worldwide box office without China. - First Bollywood movie to top 1000 crores worldwide without China. - Second-highest-grossing Indian movie of 2023 at the overseas box office. - The first film ever to touch 60 crores net mark in Hindi. - Highest-grossing film for Shah Rukh Khan, John Abraham, and Deepika Padukone. - Highest-grossing film for director Siddharth Anand. - Highest-grossing Yash Raj Films production. - Sixth Indian film to hit 1000 crores worldwide gross mark. Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, October 3 - Producer Dinesh Vijan of Maddock Films has announced the theatrical release dates of its 10 films that will debut in theatres over the next two years. Among the 10 films, "Happy Teachers Day" will release this year while 6 films will debut in 2024, and 3 films will hit screens in 2025.## Happy Teachers Day - Directed by Mikhil Musale, the movie stars Nimrat Kaur, Radhika Madan, Bhaygashree, and Subodh Bhave in prominent roles. It will hit screens on October 27, 2023. ## Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon's untitled next - Bollywood stars Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon team up for the first for this robotic romantic comedy film, billed as an impossible love story. Directed by Amit Joshi & Aradhana Sah and also starring Dharmendra, and Dimple Kapadia, the movie will be released on February 9, 2024, during Valentine's Day weekend.## Munjhya - A part of Maddock Films' horror-comedy universe, Munjhya stars Sharvari Wagh in the lead role alongside, Mona Singh, S Satyaraj, and Abhay Verma. Directed by Aditya Sarpotdar, it will be released on March 29, 2024.## Tehran - Directed by Arun Gopalan, the movie stars John Abraham, Manushi Chillar, and Neeru Bajwa in the leading roles. The movie has been in production since last year and was supposed to be released in January 2023. It will now be hitting cinemas on April 26, 2024.## Stree 2 - Easily the most-awaited movie from Maddock Films, "Stree 2" is the sequel to 2018's film which was the first movie in the studio's horror-comedy universe. Directed by Amar Kaushik, the movie stars Shraddha Kapoor in the title role alongside, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Abhishek Banerjee, and Aparshakti Khurana. The movie will be released on August 30, 2024.## Sky Force - Another big-budgeted war movie, which was recently announced. Starring superstar Akshay Kumar, and marking the debut of Veer Pahariya, "Sky Force" is based on India's first and deadliest air strike during the Indo-Pak war in 1965. It is directed by Sandeep Kewlani & Abhishek Anil Kapur and will be released on October 2, 2024.## Chaava - This historical action drama film is a larger-than-life biopic of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, the eldest son of the Maratha empire's founder and the great warrior king, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Vicky Kaushal plays the lead role with Rashmika Mandanna as the female lead. Directed by Laxman Utekar, "Chaava" will hit cinemas on December 6, 2024.## Ekkis - Directed by Sriram Raghavan, and starring Dharmendra, Agastya Nanda, and Jaideep Ahlawat, Ekkis will be released on January 10, 2025.## Vampires of Vijaynagar - Another movie that is touted to be a part of the horror-comedy universe. Maddock Films hasn't revealed that cast yet, but reports say it will be headlined by Ayushmann Khurrana and Samantha Ruth Prabhu. It will be directed by Aditya Sarpotdar, and Maddock has scheduled it for February 14, 2025, release on Valentine's Day.## Diler - Directed by Kunal Deshmukh, it will hit theatres on April 10, 2025. The cast and other details have not been revealed yet.## Meanwhile, Maddock Films has not set a release date for Varun Dhawan's "Bhediya 2" which was announced earlier this year for a 2025 release.## Stay tuned...

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Tokyo, September 5 - Superstar Shah Rukh Khan's all-time blockbuster "Pathaan" has had a good opening weekend at the Japanese box office. Directed by Siddharth Anand, the movie was released on September 1st in the country and took the biggest opening for an Indian movie in 2023.## The spy action thriller movie scored ¥14.6 million (₹83 lakh) in the opening weekend with 8873 admits. This is the biggest opening for an Indian movie this year in Japan, beating Ram Charan's "Rangasthalam" which grossed ¥10.1 million (₹60 lakh) with approximately 7200 admits.## "Pathaan's" total worldwide collection has now reached 1055 crores, including 397 crores overseas collection (updated). Pathaan is the 5th highest-grossing Indian movie at the worldwide box office while overseas, it is 4th highest-grossing India movie after "Dangal" (1535 crores), "Secret Superstar" (831 crores), and "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" (489 crores).## The movie, produced by Yash Raj Films, is the part of studio's ambitious spy universe. It stars Shah Rukh Khan in the titular role with Deepika Padukone, John Abraham, Dimple Kapadia, and Ashutosh Rana. In the film, Pathaan (Khan), an exiled RAW agent, works with ISI agent Rubina Mohsin (Padukone) to take down Jim (Abraham), a former RAW agent, who plans to attack India with a deadly virus.## Stay tuned...

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Tokyo, August 18 - The highest-grossing Indian movie of 2023, "Pathaan" starring superstar Shah Rukh Khan, John Abraham, and Deepika Padukone, is set for a huge release in Japan on September 1st. The film is directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Yash Raj Films.## "Pathaan" will have a wide release in Japan and for the first time for a non-Hollywood international movie, the local distributors will release the movie on a record number of IMAX screens. It is revealed that the spy action thriller movie will debut on 33 IMAX screens across the country. ## The distributors will also gift an exclusive IMAX poster to the audiences in those theaters. After its worldwide debut earlier this year, "Pathaan" was recently released in Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan on July 13 on a record number of screens. ## The movie is a part of YRF's ambitious spy universe which also includes Salman Khan's Tiger franchise and Hrithik Roshan's War. Pathaan is the highest-grossing film in the spy universe with a worldwide gross collection of 1050 crores. ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, July 5 - One of the biggest Bollywood blockbusters of all time, Shah Rukh Khan-fronted "Pathaan" is all set to release in Japan this September. Siddharth Anand's directorial was released earlier this year and grossed close to 1050 crores at the worldwide box office. ## On Wednesday (July 5), the makers announced that the all-time blockbuster movie will be hitting Japanese theaters on September 1st this year. The movie is already slated to release in Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan on July 13 on a record number of screens. ## ‘PATHAAN’ TO RELEASE IN JAPAN… #YRF’s #Blockbuster #Pathaan will release in #Japan with subtitles… 1 Sept 2023 release… OFFICIAL POSTER for #Japanese market…#SRK #DeepikaPadukone #JohnAbraham #SiddharthAnand pic.twitter.com/YmDthocrdd— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 5, 2023 ## Part of YRF's ambitious Spy Universe, "Pathaan" was recently released in Bangladesh, becoming the first Bollywood movie to release in the country in many many years. It broke several records for a non-domestic film at the box office. The movie grossed approx. 1.85 crores with 100K+ tickets sold. ## "Pathaan" marked SRK's comeback to the big screen after 4 years and delivered the biggest blockbuster of his career as well as John Abraham and Deepika Padukone who featured in prominent roles. ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, July 1 - Actor John Abraham team with "Naam Shabana" director Shivam Nair for a drama film titled The Diplomat. Based on an incredible true story, the film is produced by T-Series, JA Entertainment, Wakaoo Films, Fortune Pictures, and Seeta Films. ## The movie is currently in production and now, the makers have locked the release date. On Saturday, the makers took to social media to announce that "The Diplomat" will be hitting worldwide theaters on January 11, 2024, during the Sankranthi weekend. ## The release date was announced with a poster that reads "A true hero needs no weapon". It is based on a story of an Indian diplomat who attempts to repatriate an Indian girl from Pakistan, where she was presumably subjugated and deceived into marrying against her own wish. ## Directed by Shivam Nair & written by Ritesh Shah, "The Diplomat" stars John Abraham, Kumud Mishra, Sharib Hashmi, Sadia Khateeb, and Jagjeet Sandhu, among others in key roles.## Some wars are fought even outside the battlefield. Prepare for a new kind of a hero as #JohnAbraham’s high-octane drama, #TheDiplomat, gets a release date! The film will release globally on 11th January 2024. Based on an incredible true story, #TheDiplomat is directed by… pic.twitter.com/kEe2JWEaz4— T-Series (@TSeries) July 1, 2023 ## Stay tuned...

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Mumbai, June 21 - In May this year, it was revealed that John Abraham and director Nikkhil Advani would be teaming up for the second time after "Batla House". Now, the makers have officially confirmed that development as the shoot has already begun. ## On Wednesday (June 21), Advani's Emmay Entertainment in association with Zee Studios and John Abraham's JA Entertainment announced their next production. The movie has officially been titled Vedaa, which also stars Sharvari Wagh and Abhishek Banerjee in key roles. ## "Vedaa" officially commenced its shoot in Rajasthan on June 20, promising audiences a thrilling experience filled with high-octane sequences and gripping action, John is touted to take on the role of a mentor, guiding and training Sharvari's character. ## John Abraham said in a statement, "I am looking forward to giving my all for this project. This riveting story will definitely leave an imprint in your mind as it did for me. I am honored to play the part and excited for kickstarting this journey".## Nikkhil Advani said, "Post Batla House, John and I were wondering how best to solidify our collaboration. With Vedaa we have found that hard-hitting story that can be elevated to a wider and broader audience with some incredible action. Sharvari is possibly one of the most hard-working actors I have had the pleasure of working with. The way she has got into the skin of the character and has made it her own is so inspiring".## The movie is currently on floors and will be hitting big screens in 2024 worldwide.## Lights, camera, and action! Vedaa hits the floors. 🎥🎬 Get ready to witness adrenaline-pumping action in our next, #Vedaa starring @TheJohnAbraham & #Sharvari, directed by @nikkhiladvani, in association with @ZeeStudios_ & @johnabrahament✨ @nowitsabhi @monishaadvani… pic.twitter.com/G7Won40zqA— Emmay Entertainment (@EmmayEntertain) June 21, 2023 ## Stay tuned...