The cinema business is now almost on track after theatres were allowed to reopen in October. ‘Sooryavanshi’ was the major Hindi film to release this year, on Diwali, and it has emerged as a huge hit, collecting more than Rs 190 crore. Films that are released after this such as ‘Bunty Aur Babli 2’, ‘Antim: […] More
The much-awaited superhero film, ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is all set to release tomorrow and the advance has surprised and shocked the trade and industry. Everyone knew that the craze is tremendous. Yet, no one was ready for the scenes on the ticketing app, BookMyShow, from Sunday evening onwards. As soon as the bookings commenced […] More
Ayushmann Khurrana last had a theatrical release, ‘Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan’ in February 2020. This was just a month before India went under a lockdown. The film’s overall business wasn’t encouraging but it opened very well. This was huge considering that it was a gay love story. The actor has found acceptance very well among […] More
The month of November has been a great one for Bollywood in a long, long time. The much awaited film ‘Sooryavanshi’ turned out to be a huge success. Its final lifetime collections are expected to be around Rs 195 crore. Though ‘Bunty Aur Babli 2’ and ‘Satyameva Jayate 2’ emerged as flops but ‘Antim’, meanwhile, […] More
The first big clash of the season is here. Two massy entertainers are all set to clash this weekend. Interestingly, both won’t release on the same day. While ‘Satyameva Jayate 2’ arrives on Thursday, November 25, ‘Antim’ will release on Friday, November 26. ‘Satyameva Jayate 2’ is the sequel of the very successful ‘Satyameva Jayate’ […] More
The much-awaited Diwali release ‘Sooryavanshi’ (2021) has emerged as a big success. It has crossed the Rs.150 crore mark in 10 days and now it seems that there’s a possibility that it’ll enter into the Rs.200 crore club too. It has given a boost to the business and also hopes that the forthcoming films will […] More
For a year, we have been stressing through this column that the audiences are more than ready to watch big and exciting Hindi films on the big screens despite the pandemic. The industry however preferred to wait for a long time to bring films into theatres. Meanwhile, the naysayers had a field day in declaring […] More
‘Sooryavanshi’ is an action entertainer and a part of Rohit Shetty’s cop universe. This series began with ‘Singham’ (2011) followed by ‘Singham Returns’ (2014) and ‘Simmba’ (2018). This flick stars Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif along with a huge star cast comprising Kumud Mishra, Abhimanyu Singh, Gulshan Grover, Rajendra Gupta, Vivan Bhatena, Sikandar Kher, Jaaved […] More
‘Sooryavanshi’, starring Akshay Kumar and directed by Rohit Shetty, was all set to release on March 24, 2020, but sadly got pushed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The makers then announced that it’ll release on Diwali 2020 and later assured that it’ll arrive in cinemas on April 30, 2021. Yet again, the virus played spoilsport. […] More
The pre-Diwali week is often considered dull in terms of occupancy in cinemas. Some in the trade even call it the worst week to release a film. However, the rule doesn’t apply to digital films. Even last year, a couple of films like ‘Laxmii’ (2020), ‘Chhalaang’ (2020) and ‘Ludo’ (2020) etc,. released before Diwali and […] More
The day is finally around the corner. Two days from now, on October 22, theatres will finally be allowed to resume operations in the crucial state of Maharashtra. In this column, it’s been mentioned before about how the Maharashtra government has been quite unfair to the film industry. The state contributes nearly 30% of all […] More
Dussehra has become an important festival for directors as it has been observed that audiences throng cinemas in hordes during this time. Sadly, with cinemas shut in Maharashtra till October 22, this Dussehra, we’ll see a clash of three significant films on this festival on digital. Rashmi Rocket Starring Taapsee Pannu, Priyanshu Painyuli and Abhishek […] More