Dangal is China’s biggest non-Hollywood hit, Aamir Khan is officially the most famous Indian

May 25, 2017

New Delhi, May 25: As they say, slow and steady wins the race. And while we kept calculating the humongous figures of SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus Baahubali: The Conclusion, Aamir Khan’s Dangal has won the race at least in China.

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The sports biopic has become the first top grossing non-Hollywood film in China by earning $117 million at the box office.

China’s popular ticketing website Maoyan confirmed the news on Tuesday. EntGroup, a leading entertainment consultancy group, also reported that the tickets sales of Dangal, which released in the country on May 5, have crossed 806 million yuan. And these figures are only increasing by the day.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted the latest figures on Wednesday, which now stand at $120.01 million. He wrote, “#Dangal continues win hearts + win BO in China… Week 3: Mon: $ 3.40 mn Tue: $ 3.10 mn Total: $ 120.01 million [? 778.25 cr].”

Ramesh Bala also took to Twitter and wrote the collections till Tuesday, “#Dangal @ #China BO on Tuesday, May 23rd 2017 collects $3.07 Million [? 19.91 Crs ].. Total now stands at $120 Million [? 778.32 Crs]” he tweeted.

This has made Dangal the highest performing non-Hollywood foreign film in the China. The film, which is based on the life of wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat, trumped the record of Your Name, a Japanese fantasy drama, which netted 577 million yuan ($84 million) at the box office last year.

Prasad Shetty, partner of Strategic Alliance, a Chinese firm promoting Indian films in China for the past few years, had said that Dangal created a new record by earning $15 million on Saturday alone. Dangal is Aamir Khan’s third film to be released in China.

He is already a popular star in the country, thanks to the success of his previous films 3 Idiots and PK there. Currently, Dangal is running in about 7000 screens in China and has become as popular as Raj Kapoor’s Awara in 1950.

The film, which has been directed by Nitesh Tiwari, is going neck-to-neck with Baahubali 2 but going by the trends, Dangal might take a day or two to surpass its worldwide collections.

Ramesh Bala in another tweet wrote, “#Dangal @ WW BO (Till May 23rd 2017): #China – ? 778 Crs #Taiwan – ? 26 Crs RoW – ? 744 Crs Total – ? 1,548 Crs.” Baahubali 2 stood at Rs 1577 crore until Monday.

Dangal had its worldwide release in December last year but its re-release in China few weeks back has only added to its massive business. Aamir, who went to China to promote his film prior to its big opening, was received with a lot of love by his Chinese fans. The superstar toured Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu.

The film not only got a standing ovation at its premiere, but several top Chinese film stars also wrote about it in their blogs.

Adding to the Aamir mania, the actor became equally popular on China’s microblog Weibo where he now has 6.55 lakh followers. Aamir, who opened the account to promote the wrestling drama in China is identified in Chinese as ‘Amier Han’. Today, he has surpassed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to become the Indian with the largest following on Weibo.

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June 20,2020

Washington, Jun 20: American actor Angelina Jolie has now opened up about her 2016 divorce announcement with Brad Pitt, which shocked fans.

Fox News said the 45-year-old Jolie opened up about leaving the father of her six kids,18-year-old Maddox, 16-year-old Pax, 15-year-old Zahara, 12-year-old, Shiloh, and 11-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.

"I separated for the well-being of my family. It was the right decision. I continue to focus on their healing," the Oscar-winning star told Vogue India magazine.

The 'Maleficent' star added, "Some have taken advantage of my silence, and the children see lies about themselves in the media, but I remind them that they know their own truth and their own minds. In fact, they are six very brave, very strong young people."

Since 2004, Pitt and Jolie were together but only married in August 2014 at their estate in France.

The 'Mr and Mrs Smith' star previously told Harper's Bazaar magazine how the last few years have been physically, emotionally and mentally turbulent for her.

"My body has been through a lot over the past decade, particularly the past four years, and I have both the visible and invisible scars to show for it," Jolie said.

"The invisible ones are harder to wrestle with. Life takes many turns. Sometimes you get hurt, you see those you love in pain, and you can't be as free and open as your spirit desires. It's not new or old, but I do feel the blood returning to my body," she added.

Besides her marriage ending on the public stage, Jolie underwent a preventative double mastectomy in 2013 followed by breast reconstruction after testing positive for the BRCA gene. In 2015, the actor 'Girl, Interrupted' star also had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed.

She admitted it has taken a while for her to feel like her old self. She said, "The part of us that is free, wild, open, curious can get shut down by life. By pain or by harm."

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January 27,2020

Los Angeles, Jan 27: Pop-rock innovator Billie Eilish on Sunday bested a packed field to win the Grammy for Song of the Year -- which honors songwriters -- for her hit "Bad Guy."

The 18-year-old beat veteran acts Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey along with newcomers Lewis Capaldi and Lizzo to take home the coveted honor.

She shares the prize with her older brother Finneas O'Connell, her primary creative collaborator.

The pair were gracious onstage, with Eilish telling her fellow nominees: "I grew up watching all of you."

"We just make music in a bedroom together," said O'Connell. "We still do that and they let us do that. (...) This is to all of the kids making music in your bedrooms today -- you're going to get one of these."

Eilish was among this year's most nominated artists with six nods, and is the youngest person ever nominated in all four of the top categories.

Best song was her second award of the night. She won earlier for best pop vocal album for "when we all fall asleep, where do we go?"

Before she released the album in March 2019, Eilish had already assembled a fervent online following for her bold, often haunting pop sound.

In August, Eilish became the first musician born in the 2000s to top the Billboard Hot 100, when she dethroned Lil Nas X, who spent a record-breaking 19 weeks at the top with viral hit "Old Town Road."

The artist named Billboard's 2019 Woman of the Year has also written and will perform the theme song for the upcoming James Bond film "No Time To Die."

"I feel like I'm not supposed to be here," she told E! television on the red carpet before the gala. "Life is weird."

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New Delhi, Jun 24: Actor Bhumi Pednekar supported migrant labourers traveling long distances amid the coronavirus pandemic, in a rather unique way- by donating footwear to them.

The gut-wrenching images of migrants walking barefoot on the roads made the 'Pati Patni Aur Woh' actor take the plunge to help them.

Pednekar joined hands with a footwear company and a volunteer-based non-government organisation - The Robin Hood Army - to help the underprivileged with footwear.

The actor helped over 1000 migrant labourers in and around Ghaziabad in Murad Nagar, Govindpuram, Vijay Nagar, and distributed footwear among men and women across age-groups.

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