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  • Box Office: ‘Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2’ takes Rs 21 crore in opening weekend

    Box Office: ‘Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2’ takes Rs 21 crore in opening weekend

    MUMBAI: ‘It is the season for small budget comedies be it about romance or sex. Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 appeals hugely to youth and proves that a film has to be youth oriented for they are the ones who guarantee a decent opening at the box office and also spread good or bad word of mouth.

     

    Despite very limited promotions, the film took an impressive opening and the figures reflect the fact. The film only showed a marked rise in collections on Saturday and Sunday. And, despite being Navratri period, which is not the best of times for a new release, especially one counting mainly on its youth appeal. The film collected a heartening Rs 20.8 crore in its opening weekend.

     

    Wedding Pullav is poor and failed to get footfalls through its opening weekend.

     

    On the other hand, Jazbaa, a comeback film for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan after a five year break and an expected hat-trick for Irrfan Khan, who has given two much appreciated films in Piku andTalvar, falls prey to its bad scripting and inapt handling. The film could not sustain its collection after its opening weekend and the figures dropped through the week. The film could manage to put together just Rs 20.6 crore for its first week.

     

    Singh Is Bliing loses the plot in its second week with the collections dropping by a major chunk as the film collects Rs 10.5 crore to take its two week total to Rs 72.65.

     

    Talvar maintains a strong trend in its second week cashing in on the appreciation received. The film collects Rs 10.5 crore to take its two week tally to Rs 26 crore.

     

    Kapil Sharma’s Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon has added Rs 75 lakh in its third week to take its three week total to Rs 43.95 crore making a star out of the TV comedian in the process.

  • Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Shazam’ set to release before 2019

    Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Shazam’ set to release before 2019

    MUMBAI: The DC Comics adaptation Shazam will see the light of the day earlier than expected. Dwayne Johnson will be seen essaying the role of Black Adam, one of the villains in the movie.

     

    Back in October 2014, Warner Bros set the movie’s release date as 5 April, 2019. However, it’s not really surprising if the release date will be changed because Johnson had already teased about it in an interview at the 87th Academy Awards in February this year.

     

    Produced by Johnson, Hiram Garcia, Michael Uslan, Peter Segal and Michael Ewing, the movie centers on young Billy Batson, who finds himself gifted with the power of the wizard Shazam to fight against the forces of evil. No director has been tapped for the movie yet. 

  • Neeson’s Taken 3 is set for a February 2014 release

    Neeson’s Taken 3 is set for a February 2014 release

    MUMBAI: Liam Neeson is all set to use his remarkable skills yet again in the third instalment of EuropaCorp‘s Taken 3 which is slated to go into production by February 2014. Reports confirm that Neeson has been roped in to for the role of Bryan Mills, the retired CIA agent at nearly $20 million.

    Neeson who played Mills in the last two instalments of the franchise will join the original cast of Maggie Grace who played his daughter in the first two films, and Famke Janssen, who played his ex-wife.

    As of yet, it is unconfirmed as who will helm the project but speculations reveal that Oliver Megaton may direct the third instalment as he helmed the last instalment (Taken 2). Luc Besson shall return as the writer for the movie with 20th Century Fox releasing it. Although story wise the sequel was not up to the original, the franchise did churn out well at the box office paving the way for the third instalment.

    Taken 2 had cost around $45 million and grossed over $ 376 million as compared to the original Taken which grossed over $ 226 million.

  • Release of Yeh Jo Mohhabat Hai now on 3 August

    Release of Yeh Jo Mohhabat Hai now on 3 August

    MUMBAI: Ashim Samanta has postponed the release date of his upcoming film, Yeh Jo Mohhabat Hai, to 3 August. It was to release earlier on 27 July under the banner of Aradhana Films.

    The film, starring Aditya Samanta, grandson of Shakti Samanta, is set amongst a set of proud Indian families comprising Rathore and Choudhary who are both very wealthy hoteliers from Udaipur in Rajasthan. An unsolved murder of a family member, combined with business rivalry and the need to prove to each other their supremacy, deepens the enmity.

    However, God has other plans. A girl (Karishma) is born to the Rathore family while a boy is born into the Choudhary family. Almost 23 years later, unknown of their family backgrounds, the two meet each other one summer in the romantic and breathtaking locales of Poland where the journey of love and togetherness begins.

    Directed and edited by Narayan Singh, the film has screenplay and dialogue by Dilip Shukla, cinematography by Fuwad Khan, lyrics by Anand Bakshi, Faiz Anwar, Kausar Munir, Anu Malik and music by Anu Malik.

  • Release of Lootera delayed to 29 March next year

    Release of Lootera delayed to 29 March next year

    MUMBAI: The release of Balaji Motion Pictures and Phantom Films‘ Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha-starrer Lootera, which was earlier supposed to hit the screens on Valentine Day on 14 February 2013, has been pushed to 29 March.

    It is said that the producers wanted to release the film on 14 February and accordingly wanted to start the film‘s promotions a month earlier. But their plans got derailed because of the lead actor‘s date issues; he was shooting for a Sanjay Leela Bhansali film.

    Confirming the same, co-producer Vikas Bahl said, “Ranveer‘s dates were with Sanjay and as he is important for the promotion of the film, it makes sense for us to release Lootera in March.”

    It is also learnt that the other producer Vikramaditya Motwane, who was once an assistant of Bhansali, chose to let his mentor have his dates and delay his own film Lootera instead.

    This is not the first occasion that the film has been delayed. Earlier scheduled for a 26 October 2012 release, Lootera was rescheduled to hit the screens on 14 February in 2013.

  • Release of Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai deferred to 13 July

    Release of Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai deferred to 13 July

    MUMBAI: The release of Ashim Samanta’s Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai has been postponed to 13 July. Earlier, the film was scheduled to release on 22 June.

    Revealed Samanta, “While we were looking at releasing the film in June, my creative team came up with the13 July date as the best time. We are going as per the suggestion.”

    Produced under the banner of Aradhana Films, Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai stars Nazia Hussain opposite Aditya Samanta (grandson of Shakti Samanta).

    The film also stars Mohnish Behl, Rati Agnihotri, Farida Jalal, Mukesh Tiwari, Anooradha Pateland Preet Kaur Madan. The music is by Annu Malik.