Hate Story 3 had a good first week of 34 crore nett despite collections dropping on the weekdays. The film has done well in UP, Maharashtra, CP Berar, CI and Nizam but even these areas found it hard to hold in the weekdays. In fact the areas where opening was not so strong were holding a bit better. CP Berar grossed 2.50 crore nett in week one which is a very good total. The weekend was similar to last years hit Ragini MMS 2 which was a similar genre but the week ended lower as that film had grossed 37 crore nett in its first week as it held better. The film should be able to cross the 40 crore nett mark but that will depend on what happens on day eight as there will be a big drop due to dropping weekday collections but no competition from new releases there should be some respectable collections.
Tamasha dropped in week two with collections around 10.50 crore nett. the drop is 80% apprx. The film only really collected in Mumbai, Delhi / UP, East Punjab and Mysore in the second week. The business of Tamasha till date is as follows. Week One - 52,93,00,000 Week Two - 10,50,00,000 apprx Total - 63,43,00,000 apprx In Mysore it will become the fifth highest grossing film of the year after Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo and Piku - Motion Se Hi Emotion but that is only circuit where the business is decent. The film will add another 2-3 crore nett for lifetime business of 66 crore nett apprx..
Guru' star Abhishek Bachchan was super excited to have a family of eight million on Twitter. Abhishek thanked all his fans and followers and also asked them to come together to help flood-hit Chennai. Abhishek tweeted saying, "And our Twitter crew grows to eight million! Thank you all. Eight million of us...Must get together and do whatever we can to help namma Chennai get back to normal. Every little thing counts." Abhishek recounts the time and struggle that he had in Chennai, as he was also stranded in the city at the time of flood when the airport was shut due to the rising water level. He had to take a bus to reach Mumbai.
Smart and dashing actor Shahid Kapoor has started shooting for his next big project 'Rangoon'. The movie is directed by Vishal Bhardwaj with whom he had earlier worked in 'Haider'. From the past few months, Shahid had been letting out clues about his new look in the movie with different styles of beards. Sources say that, it was only Thursday that the movie started it shoot and nothing much has been revealed till now. Shahid also recently posted his new look with a slick moustache on Twitter. The movie 'Rangoon' is a triangle love story based in the 1940s against the backdrop of World War II. The movie features Saif Ali Khan and Kangana Ranaut in the lead.
Veteran actor and renowned personality Dilip Kumar turns 93 today. He is known to be one of the greatest actors of Hindi Cinema. His contribution to Hindi cinema is known world wide, the legendary movies that he has acted are Mughal-e-Azam, Daag, Naya Daur, Madhumati, Ganga Jamuna, Ram Aur Shyam and many more. During his career, he has worked with several generations of actors who not only respect and love him for the person he is but also adore and worship him. Recently he opened up saying that he is not interested to celebrate his birthday as in to show solidarity to those affected by the Chennai floods. Something to make this birthday more special is that the actor will be honoured with the Padma Vibhushan (the country's second-highest civilian award) at home on December 13. The award was announced on the eve of this year's 2015 Republic Day and it was later conferred in April, as Dilip Kumar was unable to attend the ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan due to his illness. Wife Saira said, "We got a call from Raj Bhavan and were informed that Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will honour Dilip Sahab at home two days after his birthday. This makes it special." She also adds to say, "We will have a quiet birthday this year with family only, we will have dinner together. He is saddened by the tragedy in Chennai. We don’t think it is right to celebrate anything." The Government of India has earlier honoured him with the Padma Bhushan award in 1991, the Dadasaheb Phalke award in 1994 and the Padma Vibhushan this year for his contributions towards Indian cinema. The Pakistan government also honoured him with its highest civilian honour - Nishan-e-Imtiaz, in 1997.
Tamasha had a good hold on its 15th day due to no competition. The film is only down 60% this week compared to 80% in week two. The business of Tamasha till date is as follows. Week One - 52,93,00,000 Week Two - 10,81,00,000 Day 15 - 60,00,000 apprx Total - 64,34,00,000 apprx This will not alter its fate but shows what a big difference lack of competition makes. The film is now looking at a 68 crore nett finish which is same as Rockstar.
Hate Story 3 beneffited from lack of competition, although collections are down over 80% from day one that is still okay for this genre considering it did open well. The drop would have 90% if there was competition from a new release. The business of Hate Story 3 till date is as follows. Week One - 35,08,00,000 Day Eight - 1.25-1.50 crore apprx Total - 36.25 crore plus The growth will be limited over the weekend compare dto other films which jump 75% plus on second saturdays but still it will be a respectable weekend and a lifetime total comfortably over 40 crore nett.
SRK on comedy nights bachao promoting Dilwale. On colors and colors HD now. Varun and Kriti also coming.
