‘Happy New Year’ enters 100 crore club in just 3 days

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October 27, 2014

Mumbai, Oct 27: ‘Happy New Year’ has set a new box-office record. The film became the fastest to enter 100 crore club. In just three days of its release, made under the direction of Farah Khan ‘Happy New Year’ crossed 100 crore.

Happy New YearIn just two days, the film crossed 80 crore and in the third day, it crossed the whopping 100 crore benchmark. The film saw a drop of 20 to 25 percent on the second day due to festival but on the opening day, HNY made a massive business of 45 crores. The drop in the second day is speculated due to Bhai Dooj celebrated in various parts of India.

‘Happy New Year’ beats ‘Dhoom 3’ box-office record and set a new record. Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukonestarrer HNY also had an impressive business in the overseas. The film collected Rs 4.93 crore from only five circuits.

In Canada, ‘Happy New Year’ had a record breaking opening of Rs 2.23 crore. In UK-Ireland, the film earned 1.93 crore, Australia, 60 lakh, New Zealand 10 lakh and Malaysia 7 lakh. In Gulf region, ‘Happy New Year’ had a grand business due to huge Shahrukh Khan’s fans.

Made under the banner of Shahrukh Khan’s production house, Red Chilies Production, the film had a record-breaking opening at the box office in India.

"Red Chillies Entertainments (RCE) Pvt Ltd announced today (Saturday) that their latest release, Happy New Year had a record breaking opening in the Box Office in India. It has collected Rs. 44.97 Crs on the opening day. With 42.62 Crs in Hindi, 1.43 Crs in Telugu dub and 0.92 Crs in Tamil dub, HNY has become the highest opening day ranker in Indian films so far," according to a statement.

Venky Mysore, CEO of Red Chillies, is delighted with audience reaction.

"We are delighted that the audience across India has responded brilliantly and shown their support for a film that has been produced with a lot of passion and love," Mysore said.

Gaurav Verma, chief revenue officer at RCE, said that Yash Raj Films' distribution strategy was excellent.

"The partnership with YRF in developing our distribution strategy has been excellent and has contributed to the record-breaking opening," Verma said.

Released in around 5000 screens all over ‘Happy New Year’ stars Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Vivaan Shah, Boman Irani and Jackie Shroff in the lead. Shahrukh's another Diwali release strikes gold at the box-office.

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May 17,2020

Mumbai, May 17: TV actor Manmeet Grewal, who worked on shows like "Aadat Se Majboor" and "Kuldeepak", committed suicide after struggling with dwindling finances amid lockdown, family friend-producer Manjit Singh Rajput said.

Grewal, who was originally from Punjab, hanged himself on Friday night at his Kharghar residence here where he lived with his wife. He was 32.

Rajput, who had known Grewal for nearly seven years, said the actor was facing "financial crisis" and wasn't able to earn due to the lockdown. 

"He was going through a major financial issue and he was also in depression. The added pressure of not being able to repay loans amid this (no work phase) got to him. His wife is completely shocked and devastated," Rajput told PTI.

The producer said last rites of the actor were performed on Saturday. 

Grewal was working on projects like a webseries and some commercials, which were put on hold due to the nationwide lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

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News Network
July 18,2020

Mumbai, Jul 18: Filmmaker and Yash Raj Films (YRF) chairman Aditya Chopra on Saturday recorded his statement with the Mumbai Police in connection with actor Sushant Singh Rajput death case, an official said.

Police have sought information about a contract signed between Rajput and YRF from Chopra who visited Versova police station this morning and left after four hours, the official said.

The "Chhichore" actor, 34, was found hanging at his apartment in Mumbai on June 14. No suicide note was found from the spot by the police.

The police are investigating allegations that professional rivalry, besides clinical depression, drove the actor to suicide.

Police are also trying to understand the reason behind Rajput ending his contract with YRF, the official said.

Earlier, the police had recorded statement of YRF's casting director Shanoo Sharma.

The police had recorded statements of 34 persons, including Rajput's family members and close friends like actors Rhea Chakraborty and Sanjana Sanghi, in connection with the case.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Friday dismissed the need for a CBI probe into the death case of Rajput, saying the Mumbai police are capable of handling the matter.

On Thursday, Rhea Chakraborty demanded a CBI inquiry to understand what "pressures" prompted Rajput to take the extreme step of suicide.

Rajput starred in films such as Shuddh Desi Romance', Raabta, Kedarnath and Sonchiriya. But his most prominent role came as cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the biopic, MS Dhoni: The Untold Story.

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July 27,2020

Mumbai, Jul 27: Reel life villain Sonu Sood turned real life hero once again, this time by gifting a tractor on Sunday to a farmer in a remote village in Andhra Pradesh to help him till the land. The actor came up with the gift after coming through a video clip on Twitter wherein a tomato farmer in Madanapalle in Chittoor district was seen ploughing the land with his two daughters carrying the yoke on their shoulders.

In his instant reaction, Sood promised a pair of ox to the farmer, but later said the family deserved a tractor. "So sending you one. By evening a tractor will be ploughing your fields. Stay blessed," Sood, who acted as a villain in numerous Telugu films, said in a tweet.

True to his word, a new tractor was delivered to the elated farmer Nageswara Rao at his Mahalrajupalle village by Sunday night. Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, who belongs to Chittoor district, hailed the actor's gesture.

"Spoke with @sonusood ji and applauded him for his inspiring effort to send a tractor to Nageswara Rao's family in Chittoor district. Moved by the plight of the family, I have decided to take care of the education of the two daughters and help them pursue their dreams," Naidu said in a tweet.

Rao's elder daughter completed her Intermediate while the second one passed Class 10. Rao used to run a tea stall in Madanapalle before coronavirus left him out of business. He returned to his native Mahalrajupalle village to take up agriculture once again.

Given his penury, he could not hire either a pair of bulls or a tractor to till the land, when his daughters volunteered to help him on the chores. Their plight went viral on social media following which the actor stepped in with help.

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