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  • Salman Khan takes Colors to No 2

    Salman Khan takes Colors to No 2

    MUMBAI: If it was the charm and charisma of Amitabh Bachchan that kept Sony Entertainment Television (Set) ahead of Colors, it is now Salman Khan who has stolen the show post KBC.

    Just one week after the fifth season of Big B-hosted Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) ended on Set, Colors took the ‘Dabangg‘ Khan‘s help to reach number two.

    The Viacom18 Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) has added 43 GRPs (gross rating points) in the week ended 26 November to register 277 GRPs (last week 234).

    The channel aired Dabangg and Ready, back-to-back on Sunday (20 November) and Saturday (26 November), clocking close to 40 GRPs.

    Additionally, its shows like Bigg Boss 5, Parichay, and Phulwa saw slight increase in the ratings. The channel also aired maha-episodes of Balika Vadhu and Uttaran which clocked 3.6 TVR and 2.3 TVR respectively.

    Meanwhile, as per TAM data for the Hindi speaking markets (C&S, 4+), Set lost 38 GRPs post KBC and has slipped to third position among the GECs. The channel ended the week with 231 GRPs (last week 269). The two new fiction shows of the channel – Dekha Ek Khwaab averaged at 1.5 TVR while Parvarish did a 2.32 TVR respectively.

    Star Plus, the leading GEC has seen 2 GRPs drop but it continues to record 300+ GRPs and ended the week with 312 GRPs.

    Meanwhile, Zee TV lost 12 GRPs and ended the week with 149 GRPs. The fifth channel in the order, Sab, garnered 108 GRPs (last week 115) while Imagine TV registered 73 GRPs (last week 78).

    Star One with 42 GRPs (last week 45) and Sahara One with 36 GRPs (last week 40) followed.

  • 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.”

  • 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.

  • Release of Ek Tha Tiger deferred, makes way for Dhuan

    Release of Ek Tha Tiger deferred, makes way for Dhuan

    MUMBAI: The release of YRF’s Ek Tha Tiger has been postponed to an Eid release next year.

    The release has been postponed since Aamir Khan wanted to release his next film Dhuan, directed by Reema Kagti, on 1 June for which he requested Salman Khan and producer Aditya Chopra to reschedule the release of their project.

    “Owing to close relationship and mutual respect they share with one another, both Chopra and Khan were happy to oblige and shift the release to Eid,” a Yash Raj Films (YRF) statement said.

    Earlier, the film starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif among others was to release on 1 June 2012.

    Ek Tha Tiger is currently being shot in Dublin from where it will move on to Turkey for its next schedule.

  • Satish Kaushik buys remaking rights of Tamil film Pithamagan

    Satish Kaushik buys remaking rights of Tamil film Pithamagan

    MUMBAI: Satish Kaushik, who helmed the Salman Khan blockbuster Tere Naam, has bought the copyrights of the Tamil film Pithamagan.


    Remarked Kaushik. “I had seen Pithamagan way back in 2003 and was moved by the story, especially the character played by Vikram. For this film, I am going to cast two very strong actors. One of them will be an action hero with innocent looks. But I haven’t narrowed down on any names yet.”


    The story of Pithamagan, a movie directed by Bala, revolves around four characters. Chithan (Vikram), orphaned at a young age and devoid of all human contacts, lives on his animal instincts and ekes out a living as a graveyard caretaker. He seems to exhibit behaviour consistent with autism spectrum disorders.


    Gomathy (Sangeetha), a petty ganja seller, pities Chithan‘s condition and gets him a job at the ganja fields of the main villain.


    Sakthi (Surya Sivakumar), the conman, cons Manju (Laila), a polytechnic student, but does not get away with it. Sakthi meets Chithan in jail and takes pity on him and befriends with him. It is Sakthi’s affection that melts Chithan’s stony heart. Later, Sakthi gets into trouble with an influential narcotics dealer and the story moves slowly into a gory and fitting finale.


    Kaushik wants to either cast actor Saif Ali Khan or Hrithik Roshan for the character Vikram played in the Tamil version. “I have to start working on the project, which is going to take some time. Until such time, I really can’t talk about who I would like to cast in the movie,” said Kaushik.
     

  • Hindi remake of Dookudu to star Salman Khan

    Hindi remake of Dookudu to star Salman Khan

    MUMBAI: If everything goes well, Mahesh Babu‘s Telugu film Dookudu is set to be remade in Hindi with Salman Khan in the lead.

    Said script writer Kona Venkat, who worked on Ready in Telugu and Hindi and is also associated with Anees Bazmee‘s No Entry sequel and Sohail Khan‘s Sher Khan, “Sreenu, who directed Ready in Telugu, is keen to remake Dookudu in Hindi with Salman. In fact, the lead character‘s heroism suits Salman bhai perfectly. We won‘t need to make alterations for the Hindi version.”

    The Telugu film has been doing excellent business all over earning till date Rs 300 million. While the Mahesh Babu film cost Rs 350 million to make, the budget set aside for the Hindi version has been pegged at Rs 600 million.

    Interestingly, Dookudu was written keeping Khan in mind. But there is a hitch that needs to be solved. While the protagonist in the Telugu film is a cop, Khan doesn’t want to do a cop film till the Dabaang sequel. Airing his views Venkat said if the filmmakers of the Telugu remake decide to wait till Dabangg 2 is ready, then there should be no reason for Salman to decline the movie.

    The filmmakers are awaiting Khan to see the film and green signal its making.

     

  • 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.

  • Surinder Kapoor no more

    Surinder Kapoor no more

    MUMBAI: After having lost its luminaries like Shammi Kapoor, ace photographer Gautam Rajadakhsyha and director Jag Mundhra in the recent past, Bollywood has suffered another loss with the death of Surinder Kapoor today.

    The producer of films like Woh 7 Din, Judaai and Pukar among others,the 84- year old Kapoor suffered a cardiac arrest that caused his death.
     
    Kapoor leaves behind his sons Anil, Boney and Sanjay Kapoor and daughter Reena, who is married to Sandeep Marwah of Marwah Films & Video Studios and the Asian Academy of Film & Television in Noida Film City,

    His last film as a producer was Salman Khan and Anil Kapoor-starrer No Entry that was a hit at the box office in 2005.

    Before turning producer, Kapoor was the secretary of actress Geeta Bali, Shammi Kapoor’s first wife.

    The Dadasaheb Phalke Academy honoured Kapoor with the L.V. Prasad Award in 2009.

  • 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.

  • Salman to remake Tamil film Kanchana in Hindi

    Salman to remake Tamil film Kanchana in Hindi

    MUMBAI: After rounds of talks with the makers of the Tamil-Telugu film Kanchana, Salman Khan has decided to remake the film in Hindi. The actor has given his nod to act in the proposed project to be made in 3D.

    Kanchana is a supernatural thriller that has many twists to its plot. There are two main characters, the protagonist and the spirit. It‘s not just another gory horror movie but has a strong social message to it, which was well-accepted in the South. The film tasted success at the Tamil and Telugu box office.

    Directed by Sohail Khan, the yet-to-be-titled venture will roll only after Khan finishes work on YRF‘s Ek Tha Tiger.

    The Tamil version of Kanchana, written and directed by Raghava, was released on 2 July this year, while the Telugu version was released a week earlier.