Big Announcement: Karan Johar Finally Reveals The Lead Actor Of Student Of The Year Sequel

Karan Johar’s “Student Of The Year” film is very much in the news since a very long time for the sequel of the film. Many speculated that Shahid Kapoor’s brother Ishaan Khattar and Saif Ali Khan’s daughter Sara Ali Khan will be the lead stars of the film. Well, the speculations die now after the confirmation from Karan Johar himself.

Yes, none other than Tiger Shroff is the lead actor in "Student Of The Year" sequel. Today morning, Karan Johar decided to reveal the good news. He tweeted, “It's OFFICIAL....Directed by Punit Malhotra STUDENT OF THE YEAR 2 ( SOTY2) with TIGER SHROFF @iTIGERSHROFF.”



Heropanti star Tiger Shroff who has given two hits including his debut is now officially a part of ‘Student Of The Year’  sequel. Well, Tiger must be surely on cloud 9 currently. We are now curious to know which actress will star opposite Tiger Shroff in SOTY sequel.

Apart from the much-awaited sequel, the actor will be seen in the film ‘A Flying Jatt’ opposite Jacqueline Fernandez. The new entrant is also roped in for ‘Baaghi 2′.

Akshay Kumar – Neeraj Pandey’s CRACK takes Independence Day weekend in 2017

Riding high on the super-success of ‘Rustom’, Akshay Kumar and Neeraj Pandey have announced their next film together, which will release during the Independence Day weekend in 2017.
Titled ‘Crack’, the film will be directed by Neeraj Pandey, who has previously directed Akshay Kumar in films like ‘Special 26’ and ‘Baby’.
“Friends, I’m happy to share with you that after Special 26 and Baby, in 2017, I’m collaborating with Neeraj Pandey once again! This time,we come together for ‘CRACK’ – A Neeraj Pandey film. Releases Independence Day weekend 2017.Need your love” Akshay tweeted on Monday.
The superstar now has three films that are scheduled to release in 2017; Jolly LLB 2 (10th February), Crack (11th August) and Robot 2.0 (Diwali tentative). He should also have one other film tentatively titled ‘Ikka’.
The announcement comes at a time when there were rumours within the industry that Shah Rukh Khan and Imtiaz Ali were looking at the Independence Day weekend for their next film.

Bollywood’s Independence Day Weekend: Box Office Analysis

The Independence Day has historically been a huge weekend for the Hindi film industry. The most iconic film of all time – Ramesh Sippy’s Sholay – released on this very day exactly 41 years ago. Even after nearly 4 decades, the lead hero of the film, the evergreen Amitabh Bachchan remains one of the busiest actors in the industry.

In the last 10 years, 12 Hindi films (small films were not taken into consideration) have released during the weekend. Both the biggest grosser and the lowest grosser of the Independence Day weekend belong to Salman Khan. It goes to show the phenomenal rise of the superstar in the last few years. Back then, not only did a film featuring a one-film-old Ranbir Kapoor release on the same day as a Salman starrer, but it held the upper hand and quite easily won the box office clash.

8 year later, Salman is the undisputed biggest star in the industry and even a top star like Shah Rukh Khan had to postpone his keenly-awaited film ‘Raees’ to let ‘Sultan’ take centre stage.

Rustom will be Akshay Kumar’s first success during the Independence Day weekend, his last two films during the same period – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobaara and Brothers – were huge failures at the ticket window.

Chak De India is probably the best and most acclaimed film to release during the ‘freedom weekend’ in the last 10 years. The film did not take a huge start at the box office, but went on to be a blockbuster with incredible word-of-mouth. For a lot of people, it could be the career-best film of Shah Rukh Khan.

Top 5 Independence Day Grossers:

Ek Tha Tiger – 199.6 crore
Singham Returns – 140.2 crore
Rustom – Still running, will take the third film
Brothers – 82.7 crore
Chak De India – 67.7 crore (would’ve more than tripled if it released today)

Salman Khan Wraps Up Tubelight’s Ladakh Shoot

Salman Khan recently gave us a blockbuster like Sultan and has now started working on his next project. The actor is now working on Kabir Khan’s next, titled Tubelight and the first schedule of the film recently kicked off in Ladakh.
After a 15 day shoot, looks like the team had a mini wrap up party. A few pictures were seen floating around in the social media. Salman Khan is seen along with Kabir Khan and their team.
Also present at the party was Salman’s rumored girlfriend Iulia Vantur. She seems to have accompanied the actor on his Ladakh shoot.
The film will be a period drama based on the backdrop of 1962 Indo-Sino war. We recently learnt that Chinese actress Zhu Zhu will be playing Salman’s female lead in the film.

Box Office: Akshay Kumar’s Rustom Vs Hrithik Roshan’s Mohenjo Daro First Day Collection

Akshay Kumar’s Rustom’ and Hrithik Roshan’s ‘Mohenjo Daro’ are now witnessing a deep battle at the box office. The Akshay Kumar starrer Rustom had raced ahead of the historic film with the opening of 35% to 40%. The opening of the Hrithik starrer film was around 25%. Hrithik Roshan’s film has fared amazingly well in the single screens while the multiplex crowds are opting for ‘Rustom’.
As earlier we reported, Hrithik Roshan and Pooja Hegde starrer Mohenjo Daro managed to collect around Rs. 8.75 crore nett (87 million) on its first day, which is, of course, poor. On the other hand, Akshay Kumar’s Rustom had a good first day of around 14 crore nett (140 million) on its first day.

The opening day of Rustom is the fourth best of 2016 after Sultan, Fan and Housefull 3. The principal markets of Mumbai, Delhi, UP and East Punjab have recorded a good collection for the Akshay Kumar film. Nevertheless, ‘Mohenjo Daro’ is a crowd puller in the south and is also making bigger collections in the areas of Nizam, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.
Rustom is racing ahead than Mohenjo Daro. It remains to see if both the films have a solid growth on the weekend. It is expected that four-day long weekend might take Rustom towards 60 crore nett.

Rustom records 4th highest opening day of 2016

Akshay Kumar’s Rustom has recorded the 4th highest opening day of 2016, behind films like FAN and Housefull 3. Salman Khan’s Sultan, of course, tops the list by a country mile and cannot be compared to any other film that has released in 2016.

Rustom has held strongly on Saturday too and the collections are set to grow towards the end of the day. If the film holds up, it could take advantage of the extended 4-day weekend at the box office.

Akshay Kumar now has 3 films in the Top 5, which includes Airlift and Housefull 3. In terms of occupancy, it’s the best opening for an Akshay Kumar film since Rowdy Rathore in 2012.

It’s also only the second Hindi film this year that can be categorised under ‘excellent’ because a total of 14.11 crore is outstanding given the fact that it was competing against a big film like ‘Mohenjo Daro’.

Guess Who Might Star In Dhadhkan 2?

It is speculated that Dhadkan 2 will be on the silver screen as the planning of the film is going on. Rumours were rife that Fawad Khan and Sooraj Pancholi will be cast in the films but that time there was no news for the lady love of both of them. We hear that Baaghi actress Shraddha Kapoor might bag the role as she is considered to be perfect for the role.
This will be the first time that this trio – Fawad Khan, Sooraj Pancholi and Shraddha Kapoor will work together in a film. Dhadkan was a love triangle film which featured Shilpa Shetty, Suniel Shetty and Akshay Kumar in the film. The film was released in the year 2000 and was a blockbuster back then.
According to media reports, Fawad Khan will be playing the role of Suniel Shetty as he was the villain of the film we will get to see a new avatar of Fawad Khan. Sooraj Pancholi will step into the shoes of Akshay Kumar who is a gentleman and the hero of the film. While Shraddha Kapoor will depict the role played by Shilpa Shetty in the film.