Kapoor & Sons Review

Shakun Batra is one director that we’ve had our eyes on, to deliver good films ever since he debuted with the sublime and atypical story of love (not a love story) like Ekk Main Aur Ek Tu. Now he’s back with another quirky looking film Kapoor & Sons and has assembled quite a cast. It doesn’t look like a typical Dharma Productions film and we hope Shakun has stuck to his guns and has delivered another quirky entertainer. Does it pay heed to our expectations?

FAN Runtime compared to other movies

FAN is set to be one of the shortest Shah Rukh Khan films, as the runtime of the Maneesh Sharma directed film will be similar to the superstar’s highest grosser Chennai Express. The runtime of FAN is 142 minutes. Shah Rukh’s last release Dilwale was about 13 minutes longer. From a box office point-of-view, shorter films have an advantage as multiplexes can screen more shows, which could result in higher opening day and weekend collections.

Kapoor & Sons Box Office Prediction

Factors benefitting Kapoor & Sons on Day 1 at the box office: First major multiplex release after Neerja, which released about a month ago. Chartbuster music Sidharth and Alia’s fan following among the youth Good pre-release reports Factors that don’t fall in favour of Kapoor & Sons: Unfavourable release period: T20 World Cup and Exam season for students (target audience of the film and core fanbase of lead cast) Sidharth’s first release after the failure of Brothers and Alia’s after her first failure Shaandaar Negativity around Dharma banner: Last couple of films have failed at the box office, Alia has appeared in way too many Dharma films and the banner has been accused of producing films that aren’t too different from each other. Screen Count: 1500 screens in India Budget: 40 crore IndicineFBO (first day box office prediction): 5.8 crore

Kahaani 2 goes on floors, stars Vidya Balan and Arjun Rampal

The much-awaited sequel to Sujoy Ghosh’s 2012 classic ‘Kahaani’ has gone on floors. The second film, titled ’Kahaani 2′, features Vidya Balan and Arjun Rampal in the lead. Ghosh confirmed the news on Twitter and said “in gratitude for the love you gave our first film. we will work even harder to live up to your expectations”

Rajnikanth – Akshay’s Robot 2.0 to be shot at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Robot 2.o, starring two top superstars from the Hindi and Tamil film industry, will be shot at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in New Delhi on Thursday “Some high-octane action sequences will be shot in this schedule, which will last for over a month. Some key portions will be shot at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and the rest will be shot in and around the city”a source close to the film said.

‘Kapoor & Sons’ is a beautiful and special film: Karan Johar

Filmmaker Karan Johar has said ‘Kapoor & Sons’ is a beautiful film that the audience will be able to identify with the film when they watch it. “Kapoor & Sons is a very beautiful film. I have specified it to everybody that this film is the most identifiable film of Dharma Productions. It is special to all of us. I think it has a different perspective on family. Whoever you are, you will identify and see yourself in the film” said Johar, who also awaits the release of his own directorial venture ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ during Diwali this year.

Kapoor & Sons Dialogues

With less than two days to go for the release of Kapoor & Sons, the makers of the film have released 3 new dialogue promos. In the first promo, Arjun (Sidharth) and Tia (Alia) are meeting each for the first time. It’s a funny scene in the film, where Arjun says he has fought with his ‘bhai’ and Tia mistakes it for his ‘bai’!

Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu on the sets Pink

Amitabh Bachchan, who is currently in Delhi to shoot for his upcoming film, has announced that the Shoojit Sircar production has been titled ‘PINK’ “It is ‘PINK’! The title of the film now on shoot in Delhi” Bachchan tweeted. Big B had earlier said the title wasn’t finalised.

MS Dhoni The Untold Story Teaser

The short teaser of ‘M.S Dhoni: The Untold Story’ is a biopic on the life of legendary Indian cricketer and multiple World Cup winning captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Sushant Singh Rajput plays the role of Dhoni in a film that traces the cricketer’s journey from a humble ticket collector to India’s most successful cricket captain.

Rustom Vahi Song Video: Akshay Kumar performs on stage

Watch Akshay Kumar perform to the title song of ‘Rustom’ on the Zee Cine Awards 2016 stage. The superstar has already begun promoting his 3rd release of the year, a film that releases about 2 after ‘Housefull 3’ hits screens. The song has been composed by Raghac Sachar, sung by Sukriti Kakar, with lyrics by Manoj Muntashir.

First look: Nargis Fakhri in Banjo

The first look of Nargis Fakhri’s character in ‘Banjo’, also starring Riteish Deshmukh in the lead, is out. The film, directed by Ravi Jadhav, is about banjo players from Maharashtra and how this art has been neglected despite numerous youngsters involved in it. It revolves around Nargis, who plays the role of a girl born and brought up abroad and visits India for a purpose.