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Small wonder ‘Haider’ rides on word of mouth

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New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) It’s a small film made with a lot of heart. Vishal Bhardwaj’s “Haider”, his twist on William Shakespeare’s tragic play “Hamlet”, is climbing up the Bollywood box office ladder thanks to a positive word of mouth, say experts. It has earned a cumulative of Rs.13.07 crore within two days of its release.

‘Bang Bang!’ earns over 50 Crores in 2 days!

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Bang Bang!‘ has registered one of the biggest releases in Bollywood’s history by earning above 50 Crores at the box-office within two days of its release.

Fox Star Studios invested the sum of around 140 Cr and gave ‘Bang Bang!‘ a wider release in over 3350 screens in India. The film cracked the box-office with the whooping collection of INR 27.54 Cr on October 2 with 90-95% occupancy in the theatres. The evening shows in the metro cities Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore went house-full.

On October 3, being Dusshera mostly families stormed the theatres. Though, 15% drop in the occupancy was observed, still the film managed to collect INR 24.08 Cr at the box-office. Within two days ‘Bang Bang!’ managed to earn 51.62 Cr on the domestic front, while overseas collection cashed 6.42 Cr in the record. Thus, the worldwide collection of ‘Bang Bang!‘ is 58.04 Cr.

Projecting high-octane action sequences with the flakes of romance, film ‘Bang Bang!‘ is appealing the youth. Current, box-office figures make us predict the brighter future for this film, when compared to its contemporary release ‘Haider‘.

Akhtar family celebrates Javed Akhtar’s 50 years in Mumbai

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50 years ago, on October 4, 1964, Javed Akhtar stepped first on the land of dreams- Mumbai. He left his home-town Gwalior to try his luck in the film industry. No doubt, he had the potential yet he had to experience the struggle to make his stand in the running city. In 1969, film ‘Yakeen‘ he debuted as a lyricist and then there was no looking back. His earnest partnership with Salim Khan fetched Bollywood the biggest hits of all time with the films ‘Zanjeer’, ‘Deewaar‘ and ‘Sholay‘ to name a few.

Akhtar family met for a lunch to celebrate Javed Akhtar‘s golden jubilee in the tinsel town. After spending the quality time, Farhan Akhtar tweeted “Lunch with the family today to mark 50 years since @Javedakhtarjadu first stepped off a train at Bombay Central station with a big dream.”

While, Javed Akhtar‘s second wife Shabana Azmi took Twitter to address her husband’s struggle by writing “50 years ago Javed Akhtar came 2 Bombay 2 pursue career in films- slept on d streets no food 4days only talent n determination. RESPECT.”

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Must SEE Instapics of Bollywood celebs

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Celebs took to the social networking platform Instagram and shared a slice of their lives via pics with their fans. In case you all missed it, Tellychakkar.com presents the top Bollywood celeb instapics which you need to see. Enjoy!!!

Khamosh- Sonakshi Sinha

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Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami team felicitates Mahatma Gandhi

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Team Ekkees Toppon Ki Salaami celebrated Gandhi Jayanti with true fervor by giving an honorable 21 cannon salute to the father of the nation as a special respect for his deeds towards India.

The team also felicitated 11 common people who are unsung heroes and have contributed towards the wellness of the society. A core research team had been set up by the makers to identify these people and they were honored so that their story could reach out to the masses.

North Korea may have shut down reactor – U.S. think-tank

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A North Korean soldier looks through binoculars along the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong

VIENNA (Reuters) – North Korea may have shut down a recently restarted reactor which can yield plutonium for bombs, possibly for renovation or partial refuelling, a U.S. security institute said, citing new satellite imagery. North Korea announced in April 2013 that it would revive its aged five-megawatt research reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear complex, saying it was seeking a deterrent capacity. The isolated East Asian state, which quit the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty two decades ago, defends its nuclear arms programme as a “treasured sword” to counter what it sees as U.S.-led hostility. …