Sultan Advance Booking Report: Final Report

The advance booking of Sultan has set records all across India. Trade sources say, about 25 crore worth of tickets for the entire weekend have already been sold as of Tuesday night, something that no film has ever achieved. The advance booking sales is about 3.5 to 4 times more than any other release this year and could possibly be higher than the advance ticket sales of all 2016 films combined. Almost every multiplex chain has set records.

Keep going even after facing failure: Aamir Khan

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, who felicitated GQ’s 50 Most Influential Young Indians at an event here last week, says his advice to youngsters is that they must “keep going even when your chips are down”. “One advice that I would want to share with these young achievers is that when you are facing failure, one tends to feel like compromising but never do that. Keep going even when your chips are down” Aamir said in a statement. Aamir was recently in the capital to launch GQ’s latest special edition. Those featured in the list come from a diverse range of backgrounds and professions — from politics to entertainment. Aamir, who has himself been an achiever as an actor, producer and director, personally met and felicitated each of the achievers this year at the gala event which took place on July 2. Those to have featured on the list are names like Virat Kohli, Ranveer Singh, Ritesh Agrawal, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Prabhat Choudhary, Navroze Godrej, Umang Bedi, Arijit Bose, Krishna Ram Bhupal and Aditya Ghosh amongst others. IANS  

Salman Khan’s Eid Record: Blockbuster Galore

Salman Khan returns to a festive weekend that he created and has dominated for the last 6 out of 7 years. The only exception was 2013, when the megastar didn’t have a release. It all started with Prabhu Deva’s ‘Wanted’ back in 2009, when Salman was going through the worst phase of his career. The film didn’t do well at multiplexes, but brought back his audience in smaller towns. ‘Wanted’ was a massive hit at single-screens.

Raaz Reboot Poster

The first look of ‘Raaz: Reboot’ starring Emraan Hashmi in the lead is out. The 4th film in the super-popular ‘Raaz’ series is scheduled to release in theatres on 16th September. ‘The sound of Raaz will be out tomorrow’. The makers will be released a ”mysterious yet wonderful melody” from Raaz Reboot tomorrow. Check out the first look of Emraan Hashmi on the poster of Raaz Reboot and tell us what you think.

Sultan: Last set of dialogue promos before release

Here are the last set of dialogue promos of Salman Khan’s upcoming film ‘Sultan’ which releases in theatres tomorrow. The dialogue promos are titled ‘Ek Mein Dus Ka Vajan’, ‘Uska Ek Daav Dus Ke Barabar Hai’, ‘Pehlwan Kaise Ban Gayi’ Sultan is set get the first ‘bumper’ opening of the year. Until now, no other Hindi film, apart from ‘Baaghi’ has even managed a ‘excellent’ opening.

Akira Trailer and Poster

This September action will unleash as A.R.Murugadoss’ Akira. Watch Sonakshi Sinha in a never before action avtar. Here’s the official trailer. Akira is an action drama film directed by A.R. Murugadoss and produced by Fox Star Studios & A. R. Murugadoss starring Sonakshi Sinha, Konkana Sen Sharma and Anurag Kashyap. Releasing 2nd September 2016.

Ajay Devgn’s Shivaay on Jet Airways flight, 3 trailers in August

After AirAsia’s tribute to the superstardom of Rajnikanth and the craze around his upcoming film ‘Kabali’, Ajay Devgn’s Shivaay makes an appearance on a Jet Airways flight. Update: We’ve been informed that there is no official tie-up between Shivaay and Jet Airways. So the image (below) that has gone viral on the internet, is photoshopped (digitally altered). Ajay Devgn tweets: Ha Ha! Guys this plane pic is ridiculous and a hoax, nor me or anyone else is capable of @superstarrajini sir’s status It was also announced yesterday that the film will have three trailers – which will be released on three consecutive days – August 8, 9 and 10.

‘No film of mine has been copied’ Shirish Kunder

Filmmaker Shirish Kunder called a press conference in Mumbai on Friday, to clarify his standing on the ongoing controversy involving his short film ‘Kriti’. YouTube decided to take the film down, along with the other short film ‘BOB’ directed by Nepali filmmaker Aneel Neupane. The ‘Joker’ director was accompanied by his lead actor Manoj Bajpayee and lawyer Rizwan Siddiqui.

Thankful to live in a country not governed by religious contractors: Irrfan Khan

A day after his comments erupted into a controversy, actor Irrfan Khan has asked clerics not to try and scare him. He also said he is thankful to live in a country that is not governed by ”religious contractors” . In a series of tweets, the actor said: “Please Bhaiyon, who are upset with my statement, either you are not ready to introspect or you are in a hurry to reach to a conclusion”