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  • Eros signs Sanjay Sankla to helm untitled film

    Eros signs Sanjay Sankla to helm untitled film

    MUMBAI: Eros International has signed film editor Sanjay Sankla to direct their yet unnamed love triangle.


    Averred Sankla, “A lot of people have been asking me why I was not getting into direction, since they felt I did have a good sense of cinema. I finally decided to get into it after giving it a lot of thought.”


    “The story has been finalised and we‘ll start approaching the actors soon. The cast will include big names along with some very senior actors will be a big budget film.”


    It may be noted that Sankla was associated with films like Bodyguard, Double Dhamaal and Khap among others.


    The film is expected to go on the floors in the middle of next year.

  • Salman Khan to do a love story for Rajshris

    Salman Khan to do a love story for Rajshris

    MUMBAI: After doing a spate of action films like Dabaang, Ready and Bodyguard, Salman Khan is going back to Rajshri Productions once again for a romantic film.

    The film would supposedly be a love story in full Barjatya style in which Khan would again be seen in the role of Prem, a name synonymous with him in all the films he did with the Barjatyas.

    It is being said that Khan wanted Sooraj Barjatya to make a love story since he was tired doing a spate of action films of late. Barjatya, on his part, agreed to make a simple sweet romantic film. The film will have a single female lead.

    The cordial relation with Barjatya and Khan go back a long way. The filmmaker not only launched the star with Maine Pyaar Kiya, he also made Hum Aapke Hain Koun, one of Bollywood‘s highest grossing films of all times with him.

    It may be noted that Khan had a special appearance in Barjatya‘s niece Vidhi Kasliwal‘s Isi Life Mein.

  • Siddique to helm a film of Shyam and Narendra Bajaj

    Siddique to helm a film of Shyam and Narendra Bajaj

    MUMBAI: Siddique, who came into prominence with his Salman Khan starrer Bodyguard, has signed his next film.

    The director will helm a film for producers Shyam Bajaj and Narendra Bajaj. Confirming the same Shyam said, “Yes I asked Salman about Siddique and since he was happy the way Bodyguard was shaping up he told me I should work with him.” The producer who was looking for a good director asked Salman Khan about Siddique who was directing the actor then.

    Post the huge success of Bodyguard, Siddique had offers from many banners possible but since this was a commitment made even before the release of Bodyguard, he kept his word and told all the producers that he will first fulfill his prior commitment of making the film with Shyam Bajaj and then consider other offers.

    Commented Siddique, “It was nice of Salman to recommend me to Shyam and Narendra Bajaj, I immediately agreed. I also had to keep my word and I am happy that I will be directing a film for them. There is no doubt that it will be a commercial entertainer.”

  • Bodyguard takes Star Gold to new high with a 10 TVR

    Bodyguard takes Star Gold to new high with a 10 TVR

    MUMBAI: Bollywood star Salman Khan proved his power not only on cinema screens but also on TV screens this week.

    Khan‘s recent release Bodyguard, which had broken box office collection records in the debut week, has done the same with the world TV premiere on Star Gold. The Salman-Kareena movie clocked a staggering 10 TVR, helping the channel garner an all time high of 226 GRPs (gross rating points) according to TAM data for week ended 12 November, as provided by the channel.

    Bodyguard helped the channel in adding 67 GRPs with 124 million viewers tuning in to watch the movie.

    This milestone earmarked the biggest television premiere on a Hindi movie channel, ahead of Singham which had clocked an 8.7 TVR on the same channel.
     
    Even among the Hindi general entertainment channels, Bodyguard lagged only behind 3 Idiots, which had clocked a 10.9 TVR on Sony Entertainment. Bodyguard also surged ahead of Khan‘s previous movie Dabangg which had clocked a 9.2 TVR on Colors.

    Star Gold GM Hemal Jhaveri said, “We are thrilled with this achievement and the fact that Star Gold is setting new benchmarks for movie channels. We have always aimed at entertaining our viewers with the best and latest blockbusters.”
     
    Jhaveri added that the channel has taken some strong decisions, which has resulted in taking the share of the channel up by almost 50 per cent. “Thankfully, all our decisions have worked in our favour. We have taken the thought leadership and are trying to change the game. It is not easy, but it has never been an easy game. Even if you take out the ratings of Singham and Bodyguard, ourt average ratings are around 150-155 GRPs, which is 50 per cent up,” Jhaveri added.

    The channel will also premiere movies like Force, Ra.One and Rockstar, Jhaveri added.

  • Ra.One nets Rs 803 million at BO

    Ra.One nets Rs 803 million at BO

    MUMBAI: Shah Rukh Khan‘s most ambitious superhero film Ra.One, as things emerge, has mainly its special effects to offer sans a plausible script and entertainment. Eventually the film ends up with more than its share of detractors as the audience show thumbs down to the film.

    The film opened to average opening of Rs 146 million on 26 October, reached its pinnacle with an impressive Rs 235 million on day two but started to slide thereafter. The movie ended its five-day weekend with a net collection of Rs 803 million with an added advantage coming from 3,300 print release as well as from enhanced admission rates.

    The controversy created around the film‘s comparison with Salman Khan‘s Bodyguard, backfired as the campaign based on false figures fails to stand its ground.

    Ra.One‘s collections, as the new week opened today, are low and expected with little hope of sustaining.

    Meanwhile, both Tell Me O Khuda and Damadamm failed to make any mark with poor or nil audience turn out.

    However, Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge remained steady despite dull period. It collected Rs 19 million to take its two week tally to Rs 55.5 million.
    Azaan earned a symbolic Rs 5 million with a two week total reaching to Rs 23 million.

    Rascals added Rs 9 million to take its three week total to Rs 278 million.
    Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster added about Rs 10 million despite all odds to reach a total of Rs 99 million.

  • Force nets Rs 159 mn at box office

    Force nets Rs 159 mn at box office

    MUMBAI: Of the five releases last Friday, action oriented Force is the only one to stand its ground at the box office. However, coming as it does after a number of south action remakes, the film‘s weekend has posted average collections with Rs 159 million.

    Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster enjoyed good reviews but this did not reflect on its collections.

    Chargesheet, Hum Tum Shabana and Tere Mere Phere had poor collections.

    Mausam, which took a weekend of Rs 221 million, dropped drastically thereafter to finish the week with Rs 273 million, with almost Rs 200 million coming from Bombay circuit and North.

    Speedy Singhs netted Rs 36 million in its first week

    Mere Brother Ki Dulhan added Rs 33 million in its third week to take its total to Rs 579 million.

    Bodyguard totaled Rs 1.47 billion, with the fourth week contributing just Rs 18 million.
     

     

  • Mausam nets Rs 221 mn on box office

    Mausam nets Rs 221 mn on box office

    MUMBAI: Mausam, following bad reports, had an average opening weekend. The Pankaj Kapur-directed movie collected Rs 221 million on strength of multiplexes with single screen collections not being up to mark.

    The drop has been noticed with the start of the new week.

    Meanwhile, the box office collections of two other releases, Rivaaz and Jaana Pehchana, remained very poor.

    Mere Brother Ki Dulhan benefited in its second-week run due to no opposition as it added Rs 168 million to its first week collections of Rs 378 million. The two-week net collection of the film is Rs 546 million.

    Salman Khan-starrer Bodyguard collected Rs 90 million in its third week, taking its three-week total box office collection to Rs 1.45 billion.

  • Telugu version of Bodyguard on cards

    Telugu version of Bodyguard on cards

    MUMBAI: Going by the amount of money that Salman Khan’s Bodyguard had raked in Andhra Pradesh, producer Bellamkonda Suresh has decided to remake the film in Telugu titled Ganga-The Bodyguard.

    The script of the film, which will have Venkatesh playing the lead, will be altered to meet the sensibilities of the Telugu movie buffs.

    The Malayalam and the Tamil versions of Bodyguard, directed by Siddique, preceded the Salman Khan-starrer and the Telugu version will, thus, complete the square.

    While the Malayalam version of Bodyguard had Dileep and Nayantara in the lead, the Tamil version titled Kaavalan had Vijay and Asin in lead. Bodyguard stars Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor.

    The film, directed by Malineni Gopichand, is being shot on a rapid pace and is expected to release on 21 October.

  • Rajshri’s Jaana Pehchana bombs at the box office

    Rajshri’s Jaana Pehchana bombs at the box office

    MUMBAI: Jaana Pehchana, Rajshri Productions‘ experiment of a sequel to its 1978 hit Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se, has not worked despite a single screen, four shows release; after drawing some curious watchers in the opening show, the film has fizzled out.


    Rivaaz is an also ran.
     
    Mere Brother Ki Dulhan has collected about Rs 380 million in its first week; it benefited from the postponement of Mausam release, leaving the week open. The film netted another Rs 120 million in its second weekend.


    Bodyguard mopped up Rs 215 million in its second week, taking its net collections to Rs 1.36 billion. The collection figure in the third weekend is Rs 58.5 million.

  • Star Gold unveils new logo

    Star Gold unveils new logo

    MUMBAI: Star Gold has unveiled its new brand logo with a new tagline — ‘Karo Dil Ki‘.

    The new logo was launched during the television premiere of ‘Singham‘ on 10 September on the channel.

    The new identity was simulcast across Star India‘s network channels — Star Plus, Star One, Star Utsav, Star World, Star Movies, Pravah and Jalsha, via a network roadblock.

    The channel is backing-up the new identity with the screening of movies such as Zindagi Na Mile Dubara, Bodyguard, Rockstar and Ra.One.

    “Karo Dil Ki reflects the attitudes and aspirations of our viewers. As a brand we have always endeavored to give our viewers what they want to watch not just what we want them to watch. The TV premiere of Singham on 10 September is itself a landmark screening of this over Rs 1 billion grosser which is still running to packed houses,” Star India COO Sanjay Gupta said in a statement.

    According to an official communique, the refreshed Star Gold will have six-movie schedule every day. Other movie channels air five movies a day.