Salman Khan brings festivity to ticket counters with Sultan

July 7, 2016

salman22Mumbai, Jul 7: Bollywood’s ‘bhaijaan’ Salman Khan, with his latest Eid release Sultan, brought festivity to ticket counters on Wednesday.

Trade experts feel the movie, which features the superstar flex his muscles as a wrestler, will rock the box office with an opening day collection of close to Rs 40 crore and more during its five-day opening weekend.

Several theatres across the country are going “sold out” and are “houseful” — in tune with what the film fraternity had expected the scenario to be. And that did not get altered with a change in the date of the Eid celebrations. Eid was earlier to be celebrated in India on Wednesday, but the holiday date was later shifted to Thursday.

“The opening (of Sultan) has been huge. I thought since Eid is on Thursday it will affect the collections, but the opening has been great. It was close to 90 per cent occupancy on Day 1 and now I feel the film will collect close to Rs 40 crore on its opening day,” Mumbai-based distributor Rajesh Thadani told IANS.

The collection of the Yash Raj Films production will undoubtedly be bigger on Thursday, Thadani addd.

According to Kamal Gianchandani, CEO of PVR Pictures, the response to the movie has been on expected lines.

“The film has opened with unprecedented curiosity. The advance sales which were open on Sunday were indicating towards a strong start at the box office today. That’s exactly what has happened,” Gianchandani said.

“Sultan is a huge blockbuster. The film will finish its run with a massive box office collection. The seat occupancy has been somewhere around 85 to 90 per cent since (Wednesday) morning,” he said.

A major reason behind such massive opening of the film is not just Salman’s huge fan following, but also the actor’s Eid luck factor. All of Salman’s films released on the auspicious occasion — Wanted, Dabangg, Bodyguard, Ek Tha Tiger, Kick and Bajrangi Bhaijaan — had raked in moolah upon their release.

Theatres are buzzing with activity courtesy Sultan, which is directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and also stars Anushka Sharma.

The movie features Salman as a rustic wrestler from Haryana who goes on to win medals for the country, but loses his way after that. The plot revolves around how he reinvents his wrestler streak in mixed martial arts.

People are not only liking how the film reflects Salman’s aura but also the action-packed drama in it.

“Sultan has opened to full houses across INOX cinemas. Audiences are loving the film. Advance bookings for the weekend is extra-ordinary. Going by this trend, we expect ‘Sultan’ to create a new record for highest opening weekend and hopefully highest grossing film of all times,” said Rajender Singh, Vice-President, Programming and Distribution, INOX Leisure Ltd.

Devang Sampat, Director – Strategy Initiative, Cinepolis India said: “We had 25 per cent advance booking for Sultan with almost 55,000 tickets sold on Tuesday itself. It is the highest advance booking for any movie and clearly shows the power of Salman.

“We understand that, and have allocated 80 per cent shows to Sultan on Wednesday across our 252 screens and will follow the similar strategy for the long week. This will surely be the biggest blockbuster of the year till date.”

Distributor Sunil Bhansal said that apart from its commercial success, Sultan has also been applauded critically – which will help the film to remain strong at the box office in the coming days.

“The opening of Sultan is excellent, and the best part is that the reviews are also positive. Salman’s fans are going crazy in cinemas and they have been clapping and whistling throughout the film. The film will easily cross Rs 40 crore on Wednesday. Tomorrow the collections will only get bigger and better,” Bhansal said.

What has also worked in the movie’s favour, according to Amit Sharma, Managing Director, Miraj Entertainment Ltd, is that the team’s “planning and execution” of its marketing strategy was “perfect” through various offline and online media.

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April 11,2020

New Delhi, Apr 11: Actor Hema Malini on Saturday expressed concern over the health workers, who are being treated badly and are restricted to enter their own building.

The 71-year-old actor took to Instagram and shared a video where she expressed concern over the situation the health workers are going through. "Friends, I have seen this in various news channels and I am very sad that the health workers are being treated very badly. They are being restricted to enter their own building," she said.

The 'Baghban' actor further said: "Just think, in such times, they are our safeguards amid such situation (coronavirus outbreak). They are the ones who are going to ground level and are finding out the patients suffering from the disease."

She went on to add that "they do so, to save you. Remember, opposing them is to play with the safety of the country and every citizen. That is why we should honour them. Jai Hind."

In the post accompanying the video, she wrote, "Some of you might have watched the following interview on India TV where I have spoken about how I spend a typical day during this lockdown and social distancing period. This is for those of you who might have missed it!"

The post garnered more than 1.3k views within 35 minutes of being posted on the photo-sharing platform.

Just like other celebrities, Hema Malini is also practicing self-isolation amid the 21-day government-imposed lockdown in view of coronavirus outbreak.

India's total cases of coronavirus on Saturday climbed to 7,529 including 242 deaths and 652 people, who have either been cured or discharged, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. 

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July 3,2020

Mumbai, Jun 3: Investigators will subject the cloth allegedly used by actor Sushant Singh Rajput to hang himself to "tensile strength" analysis to determine whether it can bear the weight similar to that of the filmstar, as part of probe into his death, an official said on Friday.

Rajput (34) was found hanging at his suburban Bandra residence on June 14.

According to the investigators, the actor ended his life by hanging himself from the ceiling using a green coloured night gown made of cotton.

No suicide note was found from the spot, the police had said then.

Besides viscera from the actors body, the police also sent the gown for chemical and forensic analysis at the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in suburban Kalina, he said.

It will take at least three more days to get final forensic report, the official said.

To ascertain the exact cause of death, forensic experts will check pattern of ligature marks around the actors neck and also determine the strength of the gown with the help of "tensile strength" analysis, he said.

The tensile strength test will technically establish whether the cloth can bear around 80kg, the weight of the actor, he said.

The test will help determine if there was any foul play, the official said.

Tensile strength is maximum load that a material can support without fracture when being stretched.

Viscera analysis will help in checking whether there were any traces of chemical, poisonous or narcotics substance in his body, the official said.

"Usually, it takes eight to ten working days to get s report from the FSL in regular cases. But since this case is sensitive, experts are taking more precautions to avoid any kind of error in their analysis," the official said.

The forensic report of the actors mobile phone is also awaited, he said.

Recently, the police received the final post-mortem report of the actor from Cooper Hospital, which mentioned the cause of the death as asphyxia due to hanging"

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March 4,2020

New Delhi, Mar 4: Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar, who is all set to make her acting debut opposite Akshay Kumar in Prithviraj, says she's has always been interested in history.

"While growing up, I was really interested in history, the tales of grand kingdoms and larger than life historical heroes. I had always been fascinated with the story of Prithviraj and Sanyogita and life came to a full circle for me when I was offered this film," Manushi said.

Directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi, Prithviraj is based on the life and heroism of the king Prithviraj Chauhan. It stars Akshay in the title role while Manushi plays Sanyogita, the love of his life.

For Manushi, being offered Prithviraj by Aditya Chopra was a sweet coincidence. She reveals, 'While growing up, I was really interested in history, the tales of grand kingdoms and larger than life historical heroes.'

The glamourous girl, who has been voted the most desirable woman in the recent past, reveals that she is 'blessed' to be playing the role of the gorgeous Rajput princess.

'When I was given the narration of the film, I had a smile on my face thinking that I’m listening to a story that I had been most interested about reading in school. Prithviraj and Sanyogita is a fascinating story and a beautiful chapter in the history of India and I’m blessed and fortunate to have got the opportunity to bring Princess Sanyogita’s story to life,' she says.

Manushi’s Bollywood debut is being directed by Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi who directed the biggest television epic 'Chanakya', based on the life and times of the most influential political strategist of India, and the multiple award-winning Pinjar.

'Prithviraj' will release worldwide in Diwali 2020.

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