Month: October 2014
Battle for Maharashtra: Amit Shah thanks people, promises better future
Lonavla, Oct.6 (ANI): Thanking the people of Maharashtra for supporting his party during the Lok Sabha elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Monday promised them a better future if his party gets elected.
‘Bang Bang!’ mints Rs.175.61 crore gross worldwide
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif-starrer “Bang Bang!” has turned out to be a money-spinner. The Rs.140 crore film has collected Rs.175.61 crore gross worldwide in four days.
Stop praising Modi, Kerala Congress tells Tharoor
The Congress in Kerala has asked Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor to stop praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
PM Modi says dynasty politics is threat to democracy
Kurukshetra (Haryana), Oct.6 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on the Congress party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said dynastic politics was a threat to democracy and urged the people of Haryana to vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming assembly polls.
Nobel Prize for medicine goes to discoverers of brain’s inner GPS system
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – American-British scientist John O’Keefe and Norwegians May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser won the 2014 Nobel Prize for medicine for discovering the brain’s “inner GPS” that makes it possible to orient ourselves in space and help understand diseases like Alzheimer’s, the award-giving body said on Monday. “The discoveries…have solved a problem that has occupied philosophers and scientists for centuries,” the Nobel Assembly at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute said in a statement when awarding the prize of 8 million Swedish crowns ($1.1 million). …
CPI, BJP slam Mamata Government for giving refuge to militant activities
New Delhi, Oct.6 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday alleged that the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) Government in West Bengal was giving refuge to various militant activities being carried out in the state.
‘Bang Bang!’ enters the 100 Crores club in 4 days
When Fox Star Studios decided to helm film ‘Bang Bang!‘ under its banner, they were confident enough about the film. Therefore, they never gave a second thought while investing 140 Crores for its making. Subsequently, this confidence has paid them a quick return by entering into the 100 Crore club in just 4 days.
‘Bang Bang!‘ had the benefit of the prolong weekend, yet its release wasn’t smooth as Vishal Bhardwaj‘s ‘Haider‘ collected the rave reviews. Still, ‘Bang Bang!‘ emerged out with the flying colours collecting 94.13 Cr on the domestic front, while its overseas collection counted to 36 Cr. Thus, within 4 days this thriller film has done the business of 130.13 Cr at the box-office.
On October 2, ‘Bang Bang!‘ banged the theatres releasing in 3350 screens. Such a wide release got a good response with 90-95% occupancy right from its first day. Plus, the performance in Delhi/NCR, Rajasthan, Mysore and Mumbai has worked well in the film’s favour.
‘Haider’ incurs the making cost within 4 days!
To get the privilege of national holiday and extended weekend, two films- ‘Bang Bang!‘ and ‘Haider‘ entered the slot on October 2. Where ‘Bang Bang!‘ has garnered the thunderous response at the box-office, ‘Haider‘ too has done a good business keeping its budget in note.
Made up of 30 Cr, ‘Haider‘ marked its release in 1300 screens, while ‘Bang Bang!‘ was produced with the budget of 140 Cr and had the wider release in 3350 screens. Taking these figures in note, ‘Haider‘ has performed pretty well in front of this giant release.
On day 1, ‘Haider‘ collected 6.14 Cr doing wonders in the cities of Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Mysore. Theatres of Rajasthan, East Punjab and West Bengal observed decent occupancy.
On day 2, ‘Haider‘ experienced the growth in all circuits with the positive word of mouth and the holiday of Dusshera acted as the bonus, making it earn 6.94 Cr.
On day 3, business dropped by a bit as Saturday was a working day in some of the metro cities. This made ‘Haider‘ garner 6.38 Cr in its account.
On day 4, Sunday being the holiday families and friends united to watch the dark action of ‘Haider‘ making it earn the maximum of all days 7.23 Cr.
These all figures summed up to 26.69 Cr on the domestic front and the overseas collection remained 4.90 Cr. Thus, the four days worldwide collection of ‘Haider‘ is 31.59 Cr.
Check Out: Anushka Sharma’s exclusive first look from ‘PK’
A month back, Anushka Sharma‘s leaked image from the sets of ‘PK‘ went viral which had reportedly miffed her. But today she has a reason to celebrate over a same issue as the ‘PK‘ team has officially released her first look from the film, divulging few shades of her character.
The exclusive look witnesses Anushka sporting in “crop-cut” hairstyle wearing a cream-coloured coat. She plays a journalist who moonlights being a prostitute to make her ends meet.
Director Rajkumar Hirani has finalized this look of Anushka as he felt keeping her hairs short will add a new dimension to her character. A source reveals that she was asked to go for a hair-cut for this particular role, but she didn’t approve it because of her simultaneous projects- ‘Bombay Velvet‘ and ‘NH10‘. Therefore, in ‘PK‘ she adorned the dark-brown haired wig to meet Hirani’s requirement.
Well, Anushka looks so real in her short-hairdo that it’s hard to make out the difference.