Rajinikanth’s 2.0 to be released in 56,000 screens in China

After taking the box-office by storm all over, S Shankar’s 2.0 is gearing up for a wide release in China next year. According to a statement released by the film’s producers, Lyca Productions, their latest outing will be released in association with HY Media in a staggering 56,000 screens in China. Of these 47,000 screens … Read more

How Raazi came to be produced by Junglee Pictures and Dharma Productions

Alia Bhatt-starrer Raazi is one of the most successful films of 2018. At an interactive session at the 49th International Film Festival of India in Goa recently, trade analyst Komal Nahta cited Raazi as an example of how collaboration helps achieve a dream. Nahta and director Meghna Gulzar were on the same flight to Goa, … Read more

2.0 (Hindi) earns Rs95.25 crore in opening weekend

The Hindi version of 2.0 has enjoyed a fairly good run at the box office in its opening weekend, bagging Rs95.25 crore nett. The Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar-starrer earned an impressive Rs33.25 nett on Sunday (2 December), as reported by Boxofficeindia.com. Made at an estimated budget of Rs543 crore, 2.0 has released across 7,500 screens in … Read more

Schwarzenegger had even given dates for 2.0, reveals director S Shankar

Akshay Kumar’s menacing avatar from 2.0 has made heads turn ever since the film’s trailer was released. But the role was earlier meant for Hollywood action star Arnold Schwarzenegger. During the launch of the song ‘Tu Hi Re’ from the movie yesterday, director Shankar revealed why Schwarzenegger could not do the film and how the … Read more

Akshay Kumar’s Pad Man to be released in China on 14 December

After Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017), the Akshay Kumar-starrer Pad Man (2018), directed by R Balki, is gearing up for a China release on 14 December. This will be the ninth Hindi film to be released in the country after Secret Superstar (2017), Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015), Hindi Medium (2017), Baahubali: The Conclusion (2017), Toilet: Ek … Read more

Taapsee Pannu teases glimpse of Mission Mangal character

The multi-starrer Mission Mangal, which was announced earlier this month on 5 November, began filming yesterday on 23 November. The film is based on India’s first successful mission to Mars that launched the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) or Mangalyaan to study the red planet’s surface and atmosphere.   The star-studded cast includes actress Vidya Balan, … Read more

Akshay Kumar picks Ranveer Singh as ideal man to play him in biopic

Seldom does one see a leading actor and an Olympian-turned-politician together on stage in conversation with a filmmaker and TV show host. If you do, you would expect the politician to be the odd man out. But not if his name is Col (retd) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. The former soldier and sportsman now heads the Union information and … Read more

Akshay Kumar appears before SIT, denies mediating between Dera chief and Sukhbir Badal

Akshay Kumar appeared before a special investigation team (SIT) in Chandigarh today (21 November) in connection with a case of alleged sacrilege in Punjab. In a questioning session that ran for two hours, Akshay Kumar denied meeting the Dera Sachcha Sauda chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, and former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal at the actor’s … Read more

Kapil Sharma, Guru Randhawa, Badshah rally behind Akshay Kumar 

Celebrities having Punjabi roots like actor Kapil Sharma, rapper Badshah and singer Guru Randhawa have come out in support of actor Akshay Kumar who has been summoned by the Special Investigation Team formed by the Punjab government in the 2015 sacrilege cases. Earlier this week, the Punjab government had posted a tweet about the actor and … Read more