Shah Rukh Khan’s most ambitious project yet ‘Ra.One’ has set a record for highest box office collection on second day. ‘Ra.One’ that failed to break the highest collection on opening day, a record set by Salman Khan’s ‘Bodyguard’, made up by grossing Rs. 25 crore on second day.
‘Ra.One’ managed to collected Rs. 15.5 crore on Diwali and with the inclusion of Tamil and Telugu versions Rs. 18.25 crore which is far below than ‘Bodyguard’ which had an opening collection of Rs. 21 crore on 2,700 screens, where as ‘Ra.one’ released with over 6,000 prints on 3,200 screens.
According to trade analyst Komal Nahata, the release of the movie on auspicious Diwali worked against its success.
“Releasing the film on the Diwali day itself has turned out to be a dampener. Diwali is an auspicious occasion. Most people prefer to stay at home. This could be a reason for the low collections on Day One. But looking at the festive mood, the figures are likely to escalate at the weekend,” Nahata said.
Komal Nahata also thinks it’s wrong to compare ‘Bodyguard’ and ‘Ra.One’ so early in the day.
“It’s too early to compare. Salman’s film released on Eid, which is traditionally a bountiful period in terms of collections as most people throng to cinema halls then,” Nahata said.
Taran Adarsh, a well know trade analyst, who rated the movie 4.4 stars, is optimistic about its success.
“‘Ra.One’ is the most awaited film for SRK fans as it’s his first release in over a year after ‘My Name is Khan’. People will compare ‘Ra.One’ with ‘Bodyguard’, but one must remember the two films are as different as chalk and cheese. ‘Ra.One’s’ collections can escalate from the second day. Indeed, the entire weekend’s collections will decide its fate,” Taran Adarsh said.
‘Ra.One’ has already managed to gross £ 179,653 (Rs. 89.5 lakh) in the UK, and $ 34,946 (Rs. 18 lakh) in Australia on Day One. And out of all the three premiers in London, New York and Dubai, it received the best fanfare in Dubai.
The films budget is whooping Rs. 140- crore and Shah Rukh Khan spent Rs. 45 crore on promotion itself.
The team of the movie ‘Rockstar’ including AR Rahman and Ranbir Kapoor will perform at a live ‘Rockstar’ concert in Mumbai.
This is the first ever stage performance for Ranbir Kapoor and the producers are leaving no stone unturned to make the concert one of the biggest events this year. Ranbir Kapoor will be joined by the movie director Imtiaz Ali, co-star Nargis Fakhri, singer Mohit Chauhan, music maestro AR Rahman, along with eminent personalities such as Rahman’s long term associate Ranjit Barot (Music arranger) and Percussion guru Sivamani.
“Ever since his Bollywood debut, Ranbir has not performed live to an audience. This is what makes the Rockstar concert so much special for the team, as well as Ranbir’s fans. Plus, Rahman sir’s brilliant soundtrack has generated an incredible hype – the songs are topping the charts not only in India, but in US,UK, and several other markets. Hence, planning a concert made a lot of sense, given the craze and euphoria for the music,” said Producer Hiren Gandhi of Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd to TOI.
They will perform song from the movie which includes Jo Bhi Main, Kun Faaya Kun, Katiyan Karun, Nadaan Parinde and Tum Ho and also the current favorite ‘Saadda Haq’.
The concert will be performed at Bhavan’s College grounds, Andheri west on November 1, 2011.
‘Happy Days’ fame Nikhil Siddharth, who is putting all his efforts to score a hit, has bagged another exciting film titled ‘Kathi Srinu c/o Tirupathi’. Chinni Krishna, former assistant of VV Vinayak is going to direct this film. In an interactive press meet, film’s director Chinni Krishna said that failures are not new to anyone who works in the industry and Nikhil is no exception to it. He also predicted that Nikhil is going to register a big hit with this film.
Nikhil too expressed his confidence over the film’s success and said that he is playing the title role in this film and his character is that of a casanova and he proposes to every girl he sees without any second thought. He also said that his role offers lot of entertainment throughout the movie. Noted comedians from Tollywood are acting in this film, he concludes.
The film will go onto the sets soon. Nikhil’s next movie ‘Veedu Theda’ is hitting the screens on November 17. He is also acting in a film titled ‘Dreams’ under the direction of Puri Jaggannadh’s associate Hari Krishna.
Veteran director and former Union Minister Dasari Narayana Rao suffered a huge loss today. His wife Dasari Padma (65), who was a low-profile producer, expired today morning around 4:00 am following prolonged illness. She was admitted in Somajiguda’s Yashoda Hospital on October 25th and she was in critical condition. She is survived by two sons and a daughter. Her younger son Dasari Arun Kumar is also an actor.
Padma produced several hit films like Megha Sandesam, Sivaranjani, Majnu, Osei Ramulamma, Kondaveeti Simhasanam, Kante Koothurne Kanu, etc. Several celebrities from Tollywood are rushing to the hospital to pay their last respects to her. Later, her body will be shifted to Dasari’s residence, where funeral will take place.
Richa Gangopadhyay to romance Prabhas in new filmRicha Gangopadhyay to romance Prabhas in new film
Posted: October 28, 2011 in Tollywood News
Richa Gangopadhyay, who shot to fame with Ravi Teja’s ‘Mirapakai’, has failed to bag new projects in Telugu. Recently, she shifted her base to Chennai following few exciting projects in Tamil. She is awaiting the release of her new films ‘Osthi’ and ‘Mayakkam Enna’.
Now the news is that she has bagged a heroine’s role in Prabhas new film, which is being directed by writer Koratala Siva. The film also has another heroine who is yet to be finalised. Vamsi Krishna Reddy and Pramod Uppalapati are jointly producing this movie on UV Creations banner. Devi Sri Prasad is scoring music for this film.
The film will go onto the sets soon. An official statement with the details of cast and crew will be out in a couple of days.
Rakesh Roshan is having a tough time finding a female villain for his movie ‘Krrish 2’.
His original choice Chitrangda Singh walked out of the movie after reading the finished script and releasing that her character was nothing more than a cameo.
Rakesh Roshan later approached Jacqueline Fernandez who was very keen to work in the movie. But the actress refused to lock lips with Hrithik Roshan which led to her being dropped from the movie.
Now apparently the director has approached Nargis Fakhri for the role. According to sources, Rakesh Roshan is very impressed with Nargis Fakhri and her performance in the yet to be released movie ‘Rockstar’.
“Nargis really loved the script. The modalities are being worked out. It looks like Rakesh Roshan has finally found his heroine,” said a source to Daily Mirror.
“This is a bold role. And Nargis does not have any qualms about wearing a bikini or being intimate with Hrithik on-screen. Her physicality suits the character perfectly. This is exactly what Fernandez was supposed to do,” added the source.
Rakesh Roshan is not taking any chances this time and has a back up plan if things don’t go down well with Nargis Fakhri.
“Shooting begins next month and so, if Nargis is not finalized for the role, Rakesh has decided to offer it to Bipasha Basu,” the source concluded.
In a special episode to be aired this Saturday, Ranbir Kapoor along with the singer Mohit Chauhan will be visiting the sets of ‘Bigg Boss 5’ and interact with the contestants on the show to promote his upcoming movie ‘Rockstar’.
Whether Ranbir Kapoor will be entering the house or would he interact with them from the sets is yet unknown.
Sources say that Ranbir Kapoor is keen to talk to the female contestants especially because they are ‘trapped’ in the house with a handful of men. In fact it was Ranbir Kapoor who asked Mohit Chauhan to talk to Sanjay Dutt so that he could get a glimpse of the ‘Bigg Boss’ house and its housemates.
The makers of the show are keen to have Ranbir Kapoor aboard because they are sure that his presence on the show will show rocket their TRP’s.
Source:Movietoaster
Amitabh Bachchan is furious over the fact that someone has created a fake ID impersonating him and is writing rubbish about Shah Rukh Khan’s upcoming movie ‘Ra.One’.
“Fake ID of mine being used to write opinions on ‘RA.One’…I have not even seen the film and shall always wish the best for Shah Rukh,” Amitabh Bachchan twitted.
“Someone using my fake ID and writing rubbish…My ID is @SrBachchan …fake ID being disgustingly used is @SrBachhann. And not just these comments on ‘Ra.One’…many malicious, completely false accusations are being directed to me…I will not tolerate!” he wrote.
Amitabh Bachchan is also not happy with the recent slander coming his way either.
“Of late a great amount of negative, malicious, completely untrue remarks being written against me…I shall bear with silence…BEWARE, THE FURY OF A SILENT MAN,” Amitabh Bachchan posted.
“There’s a limit to what can be said, a limit to what I can tolerate .. much is in my control…think well before you malign me!!” he added.
Amitabh Bachchan has actually lent his voice for the movie ‘Ra.One’.
Kareena Kapoor with her wax statue at Madame Tassauds
The Bollywood Actress Kareena Kapoor on Thursday unveiled her wax statue at the Madame Tussauds museum inBlackpool,Britain.
“It is an honour and a privilege for me to have my own wax figure at Madame Tussauds Blackpool and even more so to launch a global Bollywood exhibition. This is a moment of pride for the Indian cinema,” said the actress in a statement.
“The figure looks incredible and is so life-like. I had to do a double take when I saw myself – they have really done a superb job at capturing my essence,” Kareena added.
Kareena Kapoor attended the event along with her mother Babita.
The wax statue took four months to create and cost 150,000 pounds.
This event also marks the beginning of Global Exhibition in which the wax statues of Bollywood celebrities like Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, will be taken to six major cities around the world before they are brought back to Blackpool in January next year.
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