Prithviraj acquires Rajinikanth’s Petta rights for Kerala market

Malayalam actor Prithviraj’s home production has acquired the distribution rights to Rajinikanth’s upcoming film, Petta. The production house has announced that the film will be released across 200 screens in Kerala on 10 January.  The film will also mark the debut venture for Prithviraj’s home production, The actor had launched the company, Prithviraj Productions in … Read more

Kedarnath breaks even in week two

Kedarnath, starring Sushant Singh Rajput and Sara Ali Khan, had slow business in its second week, but broke even nonetheless. After a two-week run, Kedarnath has collected Rs61.01 crore nett at the domestic box office, as reported by Boxofficeindia.com. Made at an estimated budget of Rs60 crore, the film, directed by Abhishek Kapoor, was released … Read more

I’d like to work with Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan or Vijay

Filmmaker S Shankar is on a sequel signing spree. After striking gold with superstar Rajinikanth’s 2.0, a sequel to 2010 blockbuster Enthiran; he is all set to commence work on Kamal Haasan’s Indian 2, which marks Shankar’s reunion with Kamal after two decades. Now, Shankar has revealed he has plans to make a sequel to … Read more

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

Santosh Sivan likely to join AR Murugadoss-Rajinikanth film

Actor Rajinikanth, who is basking in the success of 2.0, will next be seen playing a gangster in Karthik Subbaraj’s Petta, which is most likely to release for Pongal 2019. Reports have already emerged that Rajinikanth will next join hands with Sarkar director AR Murugadoss for a yet-untitled project, which is likely to start rolling … 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

Rajinikanth’s Petta to be a Pongal 2019 release

Sun Pictures, the makers of superstar Rajinikanth’s upcoming Tamil action drama Petta on Wednesday (14 November) announced that the film will hit the screens next year during the Pongal festival. Sun Pictures took to Twitter to make the announcement via a special poster, which features Rajinikanth and Simran as a happy-go-lucky pair. Petta, directed by … Read more

2.0 cost Rs600 crore, but will make its double: Rajinikanth at trailer launch

The trailer launch saw veteran actor Rajinikanth share the stage with Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson and director S Shankar. The grand launch of the trailer was only superseded by Rajinikanth’s revelation of the ‘Rs600 crore’ investment that has gone into the film. Praising producer S Subhaskaran and director Shankar, the actor was emphatic that the … Read more