AR Murugadoss reveals the reason behind Sonakshi Sinha's scar in Akira

The poster of Akira has definitely created a lot of curiosity among moviegoers about the film. Whats interesting is that the scar that is visible on Sonakshi's forehead has an interesting back story to it. 

Director A R Murugadoss  wanted to establish that she has gone through enough but isn't weak to stand up and fight it out. Talking about the same, he says, "In life every scar that occurs on our body has a story behind it.Similarly Akira has a past wound that has dried up & remains a scar now .The moment we see her face we should come to know that she has had a painful past. that's why I created the scar under her eyes."

Finding Dory is all set to reach the coveted mark of 400 Million Internationally! Collection Update: Disney's 'Finding Dory' remains steady with 9.29 Crores in 2nd weekend in India

Alien invaders were no match for cute fish at the box office this weekend, as Finding Dory dominated for a second week in a row. Finding Dory continues to power along with a second global weekend over $100M, taking the estimated cume to date to almost $400M already.  In North America, the cume is already up to an amazing $287M after just 10 days of release, posting a strong hold of -46% this weekend and holding the #1 spot.  Internationally, Finding Dory is following a staggered release to take advantage of local holidays and has opened in only a few key markets.  New openings were strong in France and Spain while Finding Dory plays extremely strongly in Australia and New Zealand while in China it is about to be the #1 Pixar release of all-time.  Like the US, holds in the second weekend were strong, especially across Latin America.

With the gross to date earned on Finding Dory, that now means that Pixar releases have grossed over $10Bn globally over 17 movies starting in 1995 with Toy Story.

The Jungle Book continues to swing along strongly in Korea, taking the global cume to $929M with Japan still due to open in August.

Zootopia continues to perform well in Japan, with an 8^th consecutive weekend as #1 Western releases and no drop-off from last weekend.

The animated sequel has now earned $396.9 million globally.

As expected the film has done well at the box office despite local competition India!

Finding Dory collected 2.79 Crores GBOC (Gross box office collection) in the second weekend. 

Cumulative total GBOC - 13.46 Cr

2.01 Crores NBOC (Net Box Office Collection) 

Cumulative total NBOC - 9.29 Cr

Saturday was 139% of Growth of Friday and Sunday's growth over Friday is 170%

And it hold the #1 position for Disney-Pixar animation movie in India

Dory has been steady and is swimming consistently!The fun family film has been loved by people across all ages!!

The industry is abuzz about the historic DORY results globally.

The records that Finding Dory broke in just the initial few days are impressive and include the opening weekend record for an animated film, the largest single day and opening day for an animated film. It also took the record for the largest per-theater average for a wide opening animated release.

Good content always "finds" its audiences!! FINDING DORY is currently in theaters.

Steven Spielberg wants to be The Big Friendly Giant !!

After the last power-packed Oscar nominated movie, ‘Bridge of Spies’ -the visionary and celebrated filmmaker Steven Speilberg is back with fantasy adventure film ‘The BFG’ which is all set to release India on 15^th July.

The BFG which stands for ‘Big friendly Giant’ whose screenplay is by the very famous Oscar nominee Late Melissa Mathison (Ex-wife of Harrison Ford) and is based on the novel of the same name by Roald Dahl.

Before Steven Spielberg cast Oscar winner Mark Rylance to play the titular giant in “The BFG,” a convincing performer was already tied to the role: the director himself.

“‘The BFG’ had a nostalgic impact on me because it was one of the first books I read to my kids,” Spielberg about the 1982 Roald Dahl novel.

“I could be the BFG (Big Friendly Giant) to my own children, who looked up to me while I was reading that story. So I would do the BFG voice, I would pretend to be the BFG (acting it out) with my own personality.”

Those who didn’t get to hear Spielberg’s bedtime adaptation in person get the next best thing when “The BFG” opens on 15th July in India.

Reliance entertainment has a Pan India release for this friendly giant movie in 4 languages – English, Hindi, Tamil &Telugu. The movie is all set to release in India on 15^th July, 2016.

Disney's The Jungle Book collects Rs 48.07 Crores in 4 days!

Disney's #TheJungleBook continues its streak of breaking records and sustaining at an unprecedented collection at the Box Office! Another record shatters for HIGHEST Monday collection for any Hollywood movies EVER. Collects 7.60 cr on Monday taking the 4 day total to 48.07! 

(Fri: 10.09; Sat: 13.51; Sunday: 16.87)  

2nd BIGGEST Monday for 2016!

Language contribution: 48% English and staggering 52% for dubbed versions!!

The Jungle Book saw the second highest weekend in 2016! In fact Sunday was biggest single day Ever for any Hollywood films released in India and it is the second biggest weekend EVER for a Hollywood release in India.

Disney’s all-new live-action epic adventure has been truly unique for the local audience. Disney on boarded top actors from B-town to dub for the film. Priyanka Chopra lent her voice to the mysterious python Kaa, Irrfan is the voice of the friendly bear Baloo, Nana Patekar lent his voice to the Bengal tiger Shere Khan, Shefali Shah is the voice of the wolf Raksha and Om Puri lent his voice to the black panther Bagheera.

India got to watch The Jungle Book on April 8th, a week before US release.

Sharman Joshi, Meera Chopra and Pritam Launch The First Song Of 1920 London - Gumnaam

The first song from the movie 1920 London titled Gumnaam was launched yesterday amongst much fanfare.Present at the launch were the lead pair of the film Sharman Joshi and Meera Chopra along with music composer Pritam.

Also present at the occasion were debutant composers Akash and Kaushik who were introduced by Pritam to the media.  

 Gumnam has been sung by Zuber Nautiyal and Antara Mitra.

Sadma Is Not Being Shelved!, Says Director Lloyd Baptista

Mudslingers beware, filmmaker Lloyd Baptista isn't among those who'd take it lying low. While many are rubbishing off his much awaited remake of the critically acclaimed '80s hit Sadma by saying with Kareena's ouster from the project the film is shelved, Lloyd is going strength to strength to make it his magnum opus! 

Refuting the rumours Himanshu Jhunjhunwala of Dwapar Promoters, the spokesperson, says, "There's no truth in the stories doing the rounds. Neither has Kareena turned down the project nor has the film been shelved. We aren't saying Kareena is on board neither are we saying she rejected the film. My request to journalists is to at least confirm with us or the director before filing any rubbish."

It is learnt that even the reports of Vidya Balan being approached to essay the role played by Sridevi in the original film were false. Speaking on the matter Lloyd says, "I request media to relax on this matter and all details of the film shall come out soon. This is a very big film and I want to do full justice to its remake. No decision shall be rushed. We have roped in leading casting director Mukesh Chabra to do the casting for the film and the names will be revealed after being locked."

Sadma remake will be made both in Hindi as well as English. The casting even for the Hollywood project is on.

Sunny Leone and Daniel Weber Celebrate Their Anniversary During One Night Stand Promotions

Sunny Leone who is currently busy promoting her upcoming film One Night Stand was in for a surprise when she reached Jaipur to promote her film. The actress who completed five years of marriage with husband Daniel Weber today received a grand welcome by the hotel.

Not only did the hotel arrange for a horse carriage for the couple, they even welcomed them with garlands when they arrived at the hotel. They even arranged for a cake and had a small celebration with the hotel staff.

Sunny and Daniel were really touched by this gesture and they personally thanked the staff for making this day so special for them.

Now isn't that really sweet!