‘Ra.One’ collects Rs. 25 crore on second day

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.

‘Rockstar’ concert on November 1 in Mumbai

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.

Nargis Fakhri in ‘Krrish 2’

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.

Ranbir Kapoor to visit ‘Bigg Boss’ house

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’s fake twitter id infuriates him

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 unveils her wax statue at Madame Tussauds

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.

Priyanka chopra wishes to lock lips with Deepika !

Simi Garewal’s latest chat show has, on several occasions, seen celebrities reveal their deepest darkest secrets. It was on this show that Ranveer Singh revealed his love for Anushka Sharma and Deepika Padukone spoke about her ‘friend’ Siddhartha Mallya.

However, when Priyanka Chopra graced the show, it wasn’t she who did the ‘controversial’ talking. In the episode shot way back in May, tarot card reader Munisha Khatwani predicted that Priyanka would soon get ‘involved’ with an actor.

A source informed Mumbai Mirror, “In the segment where tarot card reader, Munisha Khatwani predicts a celebrity’s future, Priyanka was told that she will be ‘deeply involved’ with an actor. ‘He is powerful and like a prince – so well established’, Munisha had said.”

The actress too revealed that in her professional life, if she were asked to kiss a girl for Dostana sequel, she would love to lock lips with Deepika Padukone.

Source:Behind Reels

Kicked out heroine is giving tough time to top league

Sexy hip beauty Ileana is out of tollywood because of her rift with big heroes and top producers.Now she is trying to establish her BASE in B-Town.In her first movie she had to share the screen with priyanka chopra.Ileana is known for splendid acting skills along with hot buxom label.

Enthralled by this Hot hip beauties performance on sets, Director decided to offer Ileana a major role, keeping Priyanka chopra, a top league heroine, for a less important role.

This did not go well with Priyanka and she is totally upset with this.The Jealous factor is making her act crazy on the sets.She even went to a extent of talking to director about this ill treatment, but director asked her to continue with the current role, as he felt the characterization of lead role suits Ileana better than it suits Priyanka.

Hopeless Priyanka is cursing Ileana infront of her close associates.So that’s Ileana and Priyanka for you folks !!

Source:BehindReels

Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha come together for a unconventional love story

The wish of Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha to work alongside one another has come true.

Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha have been cast together in Vikramaditya Motwane’s, the ‘Udaan’ fame director, quirky unconventional love story.

It comes as a shock that Sonakshi Sinha could manage to sign yet another movie as the actress is so clogged up that recently she was contemplating on walking out of Ajay Devgn starrer ‘Son of Sardar’.

“Sonakshi just couldn’t seem to fit all of it in. She was on the verge of opting out of ‘Son Of Sardar’. But somehow managed to squeeze it in. After Sonakshi completes ‘Joker’ with Akshay Kumar, she goes straight into Sajid Nadiadwala’s film with Shahid Kapoor, followed by ‘Son Of Sardar’, ‘Dabangg 2’ and Sajid Naidawala’s ‘Kick’,” said the source to a daily.

But the fact that Sonakshi Sinha has been wanting to work alongside Ranveer Singh has worked in favor of the film.

“Sonakshi was keen to work with Ranveer for a year now, and so was he. And besides which actress would want to say no to the director of ‘Udaan’?” added the source.

The film will be produced by Motwane, Anurag Kashyap, ‘Ghajini’ producer Madhu Mantena and UTV executive Vikas Behl under Phantom banner.

Prakash Raj main villain in ‘Dabangg 2’: Arbaaz Khan

Few days ago it was reported that Prakash Raj will play the role of a villain in ‘Dabangg 2’. But the question was whether he would play the role of the main villain or would play a second fiddle to Sonu Sood.

Arbaaz Khan put the controversy to rest and declared that in fact Prakash Raj will be the main villain in the movie.

“The extremely talented actor Prakash Raj is the main villain of Dabangg 2,” Arbaaz Khan tweeted.

Prakash Raj is thrilled to be a part of ‘Dabangg 2’ and also working alongside Salman Khan for the second time, his first being ‘Wanted’.

“Just heard the narration of Dabangg 2. Arbaaz has a sure shot winner on hand. Happy and excited to join Salman bhai once again. Cheers!!!” Prakash Raj tweeted.

This leaves question mark over Sonu Sood and his role in the movie.