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  • Pro Wrestling League player auction on 3 November; bids to start at $50,000

    Pro Wrestling League player auction on 3 November; bids to start at $50,000

    MUMBAI: Over 200 players from 25 countries including India will go under the hammer on 3 November as the auction for the world’s richest Olympic style wrestling tournament Pro Wrestling League (PWL) is all set to take place in New Delhi. 

     

    Six franchisees will be bidding for players at the auction and each team will have a marquee player. The bid for the Olympic and World Championship winners will start at the base price of $50,000.

     

    “Each team has a player auction purse of Rs 2 crore. We are sure that all players picked will be delighted with the financial reward to play in the league,” said Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

     

    As many as 60 players will find buyers since each of the six teams will have a 10 players, including four women – a maximum of four overseas players and six Indians.

     

    Singh added, “The PWL Players’ auction will be a big landmark in the history of sport. It will give the six franchises the opportunity to bid for the best players and complete their squads. The player pool is so rich in talent that after the auction we will have six squads to offer highly competitive action for wrestling lovers.”

     

    About 100 top international wrestlers from 25 countries, including Olympic and World Championship stars, and over a 100 Indian wrestlers will come under the hammer. The wrestlers include more than 20 medal winners from the World Wrestling Championship held in Las Vegas last month. These include current European Games, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games champions and other international medal winners.

     

    Indian film industry’s Deol family and GMR Group, who also won the Delhi Daredevils IPL team, are among the six PWL franchisees.

     

    CDR Punjab team owner and veteran actor Dharmendra said, “I’m extremely happy that wrestling is being presented in a world class manner at a global platform, with Pro Wrestling League. I’m sure that Indian wrestling lovers will get abundant opportunities at a grass-root level.”

     

    Three-time women’s world champion Adeline Gray from the US has called the League a historic move in international wrestling. She said, “By bringing Pro event with huge sums of money, Indian organisers have taken a bold step in popularizing wrestling at the world level.”

     

    The mood is upbeat in India too. Double Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar is confident that the League will give a big boost to Indian wrestling.

     

    “It will be a great boost when the cream of world wrestling comes to India. This will be a great opportunity for our players to travel with them and learn a lot. Besides the League will keep the focus on the sport and motivate the upcoming wrestlers,” said Kumar.

     

    The PWL is a joint venture of Wrestling Federation of India and its commercial partner – Pro Sportify Pvt Limited, which is also the promoter and organiser of the league.

  • YPD 2 fails to make a mark at the BO; even as YJHD reaches 104 crore

    YPD 2 fails to make a mark at the BO; even as YJHD reaches 104 crore

    MUMBAI: Deol clan‘s family enterprise, Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 (YDP 2), tried to cash in on the moderate success of the original Yamla Pagla Deewana; more than that, it tried to cash in on the people‘s sentiments for Dharmendra and his vulnerable ways and his family bond. However, the makers did not share the sentiments of the people and a badly worked on comedy was the outcome where content was lacking and buffoonery was the norm. The film which opened to below average collections on Friday and dropped further on Saturday, ended its opening weekend with collections of Rs 17.5 crore.

    Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani (YJHD) is on its way to becoming a major blockbuster and start making profits for its investors as of today. It has been a long time since a pure romantic film hit it off with the audience in such a quick time. The film brings the Kapoor era back and establishes Ranbir Kapoor as the new generation star with a huge following (those few who have reservations about the film have none against Kapoor). The film also propels writer director Ayan Mukerji into the top rung. The film crossed the psychological Rs 100 crore barrier on day seven, ending its first week with Rs 104 crore. Still going strong in its second weekend, the film has added about Rs 27 crore for its second weekend collection.

    The multi-starrer Aurangzeb collected Rs 20 lakh in its third week to take its three week total to Rs 24.05 crore, the film has Arjun Kapoor in the lead after his debut film Ishaqzaadeplaying a double role. The film also stars Rishi Kapoor, Jackie Sharoff, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sasha Aagha and Tanvi Azmi.

    The run-away hit of the year Aashiqui 2 starring Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor managed to strike the right chord with the youth of the nation and having added Rs 1.25 crore in its sixth week is nearing the end of its dream run at the box office, the film‘s six week total stands at Rs 77.90 crore.