Junglee does average business, Notebook has poor first week

After Akshay Kumar’s Kesari (2019), there has been nothing much for the film trade to cheer at the box office with the subsequent releases failing to make much of an impression. Vidyut Jammwal’s Junglee made just Rs20 crore nett in the first week, as reported by BoxOfficeIndia.com. Made on an estimated budget of Rs35 crore, Junglee … Read more

Kesari sees minor drop on Day 2, still rakes in Rs17 crore

Though it has received mixed reviews, Anurag Singh’s Kesari is doing well at the box office. After an impressive opening day, the Akshay Kumar-led period war film saw a drop of 20% on day 2, bagging Rs17 crore nett, as reported by BoxOfficeIndia.com.  The Dharma Productions and Azure Entertainment film has made Rs38 crore nett in two days. Friday was … Read more

Kesari has a minor drop on day two, but still rakes in Rs17 crore

Though it received mixed reviews, Anurag Singh’s Kesari is doing fine at the office so far. After an impressive opening day, the Akshay Kumar led period war film had a minor drop of 20% on day two bagging Rs17 crore nett, as reported by BoxOfficeIndia.com.  The Dharma productions, Azure Entertainment film has had made Rs38 … Read more

Trisha Krishnan likely to star in Tamil remake of Badla

If the industry grapevine is anything to go by, Trisha Krishnan will be seen playing Taapsee Pannu’s role in the Tamil remake of Badla, which also featured Amitabh Bachchan and was directed by Sujoy Ghosh. Following the phenomenal response for the recently released film, which is based on Spanish thriller Contratriempo (2016), reports have emerged … Read more

Badla collects Rs2.50 crore, Captain Marvel posts Rs2 crore on second Monday

New releases from 15 March — Milan Talkies, Mere Pyare Prime Minister and Photograph — failed to get going at the box office. Holdover releases Badla and Captain Marvel were the first choice for the cinegoers. Badla, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu, made Rs2.50 crore nett on its second Friday, to take its India … Read more

Badla has excellent second weekend with Rs18.25 crore nett

Badla and Captain Marvel, which were released on 8 March, helped drive the box office even as this week’s releases (Photograph, Milan Takies and Mere Pyare Prime Minister) had a rough opening weekend. Badla, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu, had an excellent second weekend with Rs18.25 crore nett, as reported by Boxofficeindia.com. The thriller, … Read more

Move aside Ranveer Singh, Amitabh Bachchan is the new rapper in town

The success of Gully Boy (2019) seems to have pushed the love for rap music overboard among composers. The latest track, ‘Aukaat’, from Badla is another heavily rap influenced composition that tries to make the septuagenarian Amitabh Bachchan speak the ‘hip’ new language to appeal to a younger demographic. Composed by Clinton Cerejo, the song … Read more

Amaal Malik captures the dilemma of a woman in a poignant melody

Director Sujoy Ghosh’s Badla trailer might have caught attention for its taut thriller-like mystery, but the first song from the makers of the film captures the human drama in the midst of the thriller. The song, by Amaal Malik, builds on the dilemma of Taapsee Pannu’s character who is forced to choose between love and … Read more

Taapsee Pannu fights to prove her innocence in a battle of wits with Amitabh Bachchan

Actor Amitabh Bachchan might as well take up a secondary career as a lawyer. The actor returns as the lawyer for Taapsee Pannu’s character in the trailer to director Sujoy Ghosh’s upcoming film, Badla. The official remake of the Spanish thriller, Contratiempo, the trailer offers a glimpse into a Agatha Christie-an whodunnit murder that takes … Read more