BOX OFFICE: Paid Previews Of ‘Chennai Express’ House-Full!

This year's most awaited film, 'Chennai Express', directed by Rohit
Shetty and starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone, is finally
released today. As expected, the box office anticipation is extremely
high.

Produced by Shah Rukh Khan's banner
Red Chillies Productions, 'Chennai
Express' is probably one of the biggest
Bollywood releases this year.
Expectations are already sky- high, with
the film grabbing eyeballs everywhere. Add to that is the festive season, and it
sure looks like the 'Chennai Express'
team has a true-blue winner on their
hands.

We spoke to a few top officials at multiplexes and single screen theatres,
to get a sense of what they predict will
be the opening for the film:

As Cinemax Deputy GM-Corporate Communications and Public Relations Mr.
Girish Wankhede says, "The buzz for
'Chennai Express' is awesome. For today,
all the paid previews are going housefull, while tomorrow also there
is heavy bookings. There is also block bulk
bookings for the weekend, so we predict
for the first two days the occupancy will
be a full 100%. Saturday and Sunday also
looks promising, with the occupancy will
be not less than 90%."

"I won't comment on which film's record
would be broken but I can confidently
say that Chennai Express is going to
create many records for sure, starting
with Paid Previews."

Elaborating on the reason for the
inclusion of paid previews, he said: "We
are glad to screen 10-12 shows on
Thursday itself for two reasons. First and
foremost the buzz is very high and it
makes sense to capitalize on that. Secondly, there is no other
blockbuster in the running that can't be moved. From Friday onwards
there would be an
average of 20 shows at all our major
properties."

A spokesperson of a leading single
screen theatre in Bangalore, Rex
Theatres, agreed with Mr. Wankhede by
saying that buzz is extremely positive.
"Since the film is a festive release, and
add to that it is a big budget Shah Rukh Khan-starrer, buzz is tremendous.
Advance booking trends have been very
encouraging, as the preview shows this
evening are almost sold out. Tomorrow
being a holiday for Eid, we expect
nothing less than an average 90-95% occupancy."

Chennai Express Movie Review: A Total Paisa Vasool Entertainer

Least did the 40-year-old Rahul know
that wooing the beautiful Meenamma in
Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (DDLJ)
style would land him up in such
jeopardy. That was possibly the biggest
mistake of his life. But, this mistake was for good, or in fact the best that
was about to happen in his life.

After ruling the hearts of the audience
for decades as Rahul, Shahrukh is back
in his trademark DDLJ romance in his
latest release Chennai Express, but this
time in Rohit Shetty 'ishtyle'. Chennai
Express is a super masala entertainment and promises a great deal of laughter as
expected from the typical Rohit Shetty
style flicks.

Story:-

It all starts when the 40-year-old
bachelor Rahul (Shahrukh Khan) boards
Chennai Express train that turns out to
be a life changing decision for him. SRK
as Rahul does a DDLJ again, when he
tries hard to woo the South beauty Meenamma Lochni (Deepika Padukone).
Fate plays a twist in such a way that
Rahul gets entrapped with Meenamma,
who is the daughter of an intimidating
south don. Both Rahul and Meenamma
try to elope, but everytime they fail to do so and end up in trouble.

Chennai Express will leave you
whistling, laughing and applauding in
the theatres. The flick is a thorough
entertainer as long as you don't search
for logic in it. Chennai Express makes an
impressive start, especially the train scene, where Shahrukh Khan meets
Deepika Padukone, is just hilarious.

Like almost all the Rohit Shetty movies,
even this one doesn't fail to offer good
dose of over the top action. Adding on
to this, the film also astonishes the mass
through its marvelous cinematography.
It gives you a rich desi village flavour, based on a South backdrop setting.

Performances:

Shahrukh Khan is splendid and
delightful. Even at 47, Khan retains his
old boyish charm onscreen. Though
there's a bit of overacting in parts by
SRK, on the whole, he's the soul of the
Chennai Express.

Deepika Padukone is a complete
stunner. Forget her breathtaking looks
as a South chick, Dippy does an
incredible act in the flick. She lets
herself loose and surrenders to her
character completely. Her performance is impressive.

Nikitin Dheer does justice to his
villainous act, while South star
Sathyaraj doesn't get much opportunity
to prove himself in the film.


Verdict:

Chennai Express is a light-hearted
entertainer, that stands strong and tall
on the shoulders of the super powerful
'Brand Shahrukh Khan'. It is colourful,
fascinating, fun-filled and yes, of course
not a mindless slapstick. And remember, you are going to watch comedy, drama,
lots of comic action and flying cars! In
one word, this one is a total paisa
vasool entertainer.

Rating: 4/5

Movie Review: Chennai Express

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Star- Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Sathyaraj, Nikitin Dheer;

Director- Rohit Shetty;

Music- Vishal &
Shekhar

The comedy along with the action is
rarely served with equal entertainment in today's cinema. We discern
Rohit Shetty for his mass leisure which includes cars fluttering from
the unknown corners and comedy which isn't slapstick but works.

What is amusing here is how Shetty
keeps these two triumphing facets at
the forth and submerges it with Southern touch along with SRK's
trademark romance in 'Chennai
Express'. Though for some it might sound a mix and mash of numerous
odd ingredients which might produce
a sour recipe in the end. But here is
where Rohit excels in. He carries the
intriguing premises with responsibility
without exploiting or hurtling any regional sentiments.

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He brings out the regional diction out
of Deepika (who chews the words and
deliver it with finesse) so brilliantly
that one might mistake her as South
actress, though we know that she will
be star opposite Rajinikanth soon.

Rohit Shettyy has shot Kerela
beautifully. He allows his cameraman
to zoom into the attractive hilly locales
like Meeshapulimala, Devikulam Lake,
Kannimala and Wagavara. Letting the
intoxicating beauty prevail, Rohit wastes no extra duration to bring
forth his business of combat which
shifts the focus from the blooming
romance of Deepika-SRK to the initial
avenge.

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It begins when Rahul (Shah Rukh
Khan) a well educated man from
North India is on a vacation. He boards
in Chennai Express by mistake where
he meets Meenamma ( Deepika
Padukone) a south Indian girl whose father is a well known don. Some
goons kill the ticket checker of the
train whose sole witnesses are Rahul
and Meena.

Meena takes Rahul to her city until the
matter calms down. How Rahul gets
rid of the dirty gangster game that is
how the story revolves around.

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With an army of heavy assailants and
a big queue of sedans, the screen
never looks light-weighted. With
characters like Durgeshwara, a don in
Tamil Nadu (played by Sathyaraj) and
Tangaballi (Nikiteen Dheer) the battle looks one-sided but Shah Rukh's tricks
(action resembling Karan-Arjun)
balances it all.

If we consider SRK's performance he is
back as a charming Rahul who is a
romantic feat action hero. His screen
presence is delightful which none
could replace. He tickles your funny
bone, makes you emotional at times and when it comes to action he
doesn't exploits but takes the punch
and delivers the same with full
strength.

Deepika playing his lady love after 'Om
Shanti Om' is surprisingly amusing. Her
Southern dialect sounds cute and she
looks innocent and beautiful.

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The veteran star Sathyaraj leaves a
desired effect with his villainous act
and this would surely bring him more
glory. The muscular Nikitin Dheer is
good.

Music by Vishal-Shekhar is great.
However, before its release the music
wasn't the high point of the flick but
there is some vitality which you can't
ignore and would love to watch the
songs on Youtube. Kashmir se Kanya Kumari and Tera Rasta tracks are my
favourites.

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Aditya Roy Kapur and Ranbir Kapoor bond over Cars!

Aditya Roy Kapur who was last seen in two back to back blockbusters
got himself a new car.
Aditya and Ranbir Kapoor bonded a lot during Yeh Jaawani hai Deewani.
When Aditya got the car the 1st person he took for a drive was his
good friend Ranbir Kapoor.

Ranbir also shared his feelings with Aditya when he had got his first
new car with his own Money.

"Ranbir didn't drive the car, but I took him for a ride on the first
day itself. He is happy for me. Ranbir was like, 'I know how it feels
to buy your first big car. He told me how he felt when he got his
maiden vehicle. I guess the feelings are the same," says Aditya.

"He is a car junkie who is constantly updating and upgrading," says Aditya.
As for Aditya, he has bought a new car after driving a very old
vehicle for years. "Yes, it was famous for all the wrong reasons," he
says with a laugh. "I drove that car for many years. I still have my
old car and love it a lot. I feel, the more the merrier."

Aamir gets emotional on visiting Godrej campus

Aamir Khan, known as the perfectionist
of the industry, recently visited the Godrej campus in Mumbai. There
Khan interacted with employees and kids as part of the company's brand
popularization exercise.

Khan, who recently signed on the brand
ambassador for the Godrej Group, met
around 500 of the employees in an
attempt to institutionalize the campaign 'Ideas that make life better'
that was launched in March.

The session that lasted for 40 minutes,
and hosted by Godrej India Culture Lab
head Parmesh Shahani, witnessed Aamir
getting teary eyed and also brought forth
engaging discussions on brighter ideas,
innovation and sustainability.

Varun and Alia in Dharma's next

Two of the three newbies, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt, who made their
debut with their Karan Johar's Student Of The Year will be back on
screen together soon. Karan, who is currently producing films with
debutant directors with the aim of encouraging new talent, has locked
one more project. The film titled Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania will be
helmed by debutant Shashank Khaitan and Varun and Alia have been
signed for this venture.

Karan who is quite excited to work with
his 'students' again, declared that the
film will be a fun, warm and a crazy love
story and it will be extensively shot in
Punjab.

While the film is yet to go on floor, the
release date of the film has been
finalized on June 27, 2014.

Bappi Lahiri to sing for Gunday

The disco king, Bappi Lahiri has been an
integral part of the industry. While his
music for The Dirty Picture was topping
the chartbusters, this talented musician
has been signed again for a Yash Raj
production. Earlier reports suggested that Priyanka will be doing a
cabaret number for her upcoming film Gunday with Arjun and Ranveer.

While the actress will be grooving to the
jazz music of Kolkatta, music composer
Sohail Sen believes that Bappi Lahiri is
the apt choice to lend voice for Arjun and
Ranveer in the song. This song will be a
combination of jazz with brass and drums, and will represent the 80s era.
Also, this special number will be the
introductory song for Priyanka Chopra in
the film.

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Urvashi Dholakia robbed, files complaint

TV actress who Urvashi Dholakia who won the Season 6 of Bigg Boss has
filed a police complaint stating that her laptop and some cash has
been stolen from her car on Friday, August 3.

Officials said that Urvashi had gone for a lunch to a five-star hotel
with her brother Anurup, mother Kaushal and the car was parked outside
the hotel by her driver. It was after she returned from the outing in
the night, she found Rs 51,000 along with her laptop missing from the
car. The actress then immediately drove to the Juhu police station and
filed a complaint. A case of theft has been registered by the Bandra
police.

A Bandra police officer confirmed the news by saying, "A case under
Section 379 (theft) under IPC has been registered against unknown
people. We suspect that when the driver left the car unattended, the
accused stole the valuables."

While talking to a leading daily, Urvashi did not disclose the reason
for carrying such a hefty amount. All she said was, "Yes, I did file a
police complaint and they are investigating the matter."

Nargis Fakhri: Ranbir Kapoor, not as stunning as John Abraham

The American model turned actor Nargis Fakhri, who made her debut with
Imtiaz Ali's Rockstar (2011), will now be seen playing an
International journalist in Madras Cafe. The 33-year-old says that her
co-star John Abraham is quite hotter than Ranbir Kapoor.

While talking to a leading daily, she said, "I feel great about
working with both of them. Girls might be getting jealous of me. John
is hotter if you ask me. They both are lovely people and for me its
personality that wins me over."

Nargis also said that she shares a good bond with the Casanova.
Talking about her experience with Jr Kapoor, she said, "We got along
like a house on fire and he was very helpful and considerate to me. He
was a friend when I had no one."

Praising John, she added, "I didn't know John before Madras Cafe and
he is soft spoken. I think I am nervous and shy in front of people. I
was worried whether he will be ok the wayI am performing. He is very
helpful and every where he made me comfortable."

Madras Cafe also stars Leena Mari and the Sri Lankan beauty Jacqueline
Fernandez. Directed by Shoojit Sircar, the flick will hit theaters on
August 23.

Miss Fakhri's upcoming ventures are Main Tera Hero and the remake of
the 1982 flick Shaukeen.

Kaun Banega Crorepati makers land into legal trouble

The most popular and the famous quiz show, Kaun Banega Crorepati has
begun campaigning of its upcoming 7th season and the recent reports
suggests that the makers including the host Amitabh Bachchan have
landed themselves into trouble.

The report stated that a promo of the show has criticized the
profession of a lawyer. So, some of the lawyers have filed a complaint
against the Mr Bachchan, the KBC producer, Big Synergy Media Ltd,
telecasting company Multi Screen Media Private Ltd, and sponsors
Cadbury India limited and Idea Cellular Limited.

One of the complainant's, advocate Nasir Ali has stated that one of
the show's promos has hit hard on the image of the lawyers. Also,
Nasir has asked the court to book the makers for defaming the lawyers
and also book them under the Information Technology Act.

The case will be heard on August 23.

'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' has set benchmark for others: Karan Johar

The ongoing season of the popular dance show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa has
come up with innumerable dance forms, raising the standard of any
other ongoing dance competition. The contestants of the show have
performed extraordinary acts with a variety of dance forms like Mukti
did some 'Tandav' moves, Sana showed her sensuous side by performing
on Spanish Paso Doble, following her was Lauren who showed her dance
moves in a Durga avatar and Shaan's afro jazz.

All these varied forms of dance have not
only raised the standard of the show but its TRP is also soaring high.
The judges of the show, Karan Johar, Madhuri Dixit Nene and Remo
D'Souza have been so fascinated by the different acts that in one of
the performances, Remo even applauded and praised the choreographer
for their extra ordinary choreography.

While talking to a leading daily, Karan said, "The contestants this
season are at competing with their own selves. I have learnt a thing
or two about dance from them. It is becoming difficult and challenging
to judge week after week."

He added, "The fabulous ratings only suggest that the viewers simply
love this weekend blockbuster. With such dedication from the
contestants and the rest of the team, Jhalak has raised the bar of
dance as an art form. It has set a benchmark for others."

The show is aired on Saturday and Sunday at 9pm on Colors.

Katrina Kaif trying her best to get over with Salman Khan!

B-Town actors Katrina Kaif and
Ranbir Kapoor have been in news for quite some time by now because the
two of them have been spotted innumerable times, partying and enjoying
till wee hours. Recently, the two of them were snapped enjoying in
Spain. Also, these continuous outings have made it very obvious that
Katrina has ousted Salman out of her life.

As per the reports of Times of India, Katrina was gifted a black SUV
on her 29th birthday by ex-boyfriend Sallu. But the report has stated
that Kat is selling the gift and has found a buyer for the car but is
keeping quiet so as to avoid any hullabaloo.

With this effort of Katrina, it seems that she is trying her best to
get over with Dabangg Khan. So, will Salman let Kat go her way like he
did with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan or not?

Keep surfing Star Report to get updated.

Katrina Kaif trying her best to get over with Salman Khan!

B-Town actors Katrina Kaif and
Ranbir Kapoor have been in news for quite some time by now because the
two of them have been spotted innumerable times, partying and enjoying
till wee hours. Recently, the two of them were snapped enjoying in
Spain. Also, these continuous outings have made it very obvious that
Katrina has ousted Salman out of her life.

As per the reports of Times of India, Katrina was gifted a black SUV
on her 29th birthday by ex-boyfriend Sallu. But the report has stated
that Kat is selling the gift and has found a buyer for the car but is
keeping quiet so as to avoid any hullabaloo.

With this effort of Katrina, it seems that she is trying her best to
get over with Dabangg Khan. So, will Salman let Kat go her way like he
did with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan or not?

Keep surfing Star Report to get updated.

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Salman's Kick kicks of in Glasgow on July 27

Rubbishing and refuting reports in a
section of the press that Salman Khan's
next project Kick has been delayed
because of the star's hit-and-run case
hearing, producer Sajid Nadiadwala who
turns director with this high-voltage actioner says the film is very much on
schedule.

"We were always supposed to start on
July 27, and we're starting on 27th," said
Sajid from London.

We hear the Scottish city has been
selected for its rugged outdoors. Says a
source close to Sajid, "Sajid wanted the
locations to be completely unexposed. He
intends to film some unique action
sequences in Glasgow. Lately Salman has avoided doing heavy-duty stunts because
of his neurological condition. But this
time Salman would be performing all the
stunts himself. Sajid has taken all
precautions to ensure Salman's safety."

Mallika to shoot for Bachelorette India in August

Mallika Sherawat who hasn't been seen
much in film these days will soon be seen
on the small screen with her reality show.
The show which is an adaptation of The
Bachelorette, titled Mere Khayalon Ki
Mallika, had been announced way back.

Now we hear that Mallika has finally
given dates to begin the shoot of the
show. When we contacted Mallika's
manager Rakyesh, he confirmed the news
saying, "Yes Mallika will begin shooting
for the Indian version of The Bachelorette in August. However apart
from this there
are no other details that can be revealed
about the show."

While Ms. Sherawat has given her dates
for the second week of August the
auditions for the show have already
begun in full swing. Announced in April
the show, will trace the leggy damsel's
search for her Mr. Right.

Bollywood box-office report of the week

This week's new releases include EROS's
Tusshar, Ranvir and Vishakha starrer
BAJATEY RAHO, Prateik-Amyra's ISSAQ,
NASHA featuring Poonam Pandey and the
Tanuj Virwani (veteran Rati Agnihotri's son) debut vehicle LUV U SONIYO. It is
obvious that the front runner is going to
be BAJATEY RAHO, thanks to the good
buzz and catchy music, with ISSAQ doing
decently in the Hindi belt.

Last Friday saw two major releases-Nikhil
Advani directed D-DAY and Tips Films'
RAMAIYA VASTAVAIYA. As predicted,
during the opening weekend the front
runner turned out to be the Girish-Shruti
starrer RAMAIYA VASTAVAIYA netting 14-15 crore while D-DAY netted 11-12
crore.

Moving on, UTV Motion Pictures Rakeysh
Omprakash Mehra directed BHAAG
MILKHA BHAAG saw a great first week as
it collected 7 crore from Bombay
(collections from other cinemas
unreceived), 80 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 40 lakhs from Surat, 41.50 lakhs from
Baroda (collections from 4 cinemas
unreceived), 15.25 lakhs from Rajkot, 1.75
crore from Pune, 34 lakhs from Nasik,
17.25 lakhs from Goa, 8.25 lakhs from
Belgaum, 7.50 crore from Delhi city, 1 crore from Noida, 65 lakhs from
Ghaziabad, 33.50 lakhs from Kanpur, 66
lakhs from Lucknow, 11.75 lakhs from
Agra, 17.50 lakhs from Allahabad, 6.15
lakhs from Meerut, 4 lakhs from Aligarh,
8.50 lakhs from Dehradun, 1.50 crore from Gurgaon, 23.75 lakhs from
Faridabad, 8.50 lakhs from Kurukshetra,
10.25 lakhs from Panipat, 56 lakhs from
Chandigarh, 30 lakhs from Jalandhar, 20
lakhs from Amritsar, 30.65 lakhs from
Ludhiana, 11.75 lakhs from Bhatinda, 9 lakhs from Ambala, 5.50 lakhs from
Jammu, 1 crore from Calcutta, 2.20 lakhs
from Darjeeling, 7 lakhs from Siliguri,
6.50 lakhs from Dhanbad, 6.75 lakhs from
Ranchi, 13.65 lakhs from Bhubaneshwar,
10.50 lakhs from Guwahati, 65.50 lakhs from Nagpur, 21.50 lakhs from Jabalpur,
30.75 lakhs from Raipur, 80 lakhs from
Indore, 14.50 lakhs from Gwalior, 41.55
lakhs from Bhopal, 1.50 crore from Jaipur
(collections from 3 cinemas unreceived),
14 lakhs from Ajmer, 7 lakhs from Bikaner, 25 lakhs from Kota, 24.50 lakhs
from Udaipur, 60 lakhs from Hyderabad,
15 lakhs from Aurangabad (collections
from 2 cinemas unreceived), 2 crore from
Bangalore, 6 lakhs from Mangalore, 5.75
lakhs from Vijayawada, 9 lakhs from Visakhapatnam, 3.65 lakhs from Madras,
2.50 lakhs from Coimbatore and 4.25
lakhs from Kochi. Netting 53 crore during
the opening week from India, BHAAG
MILKHA BHAAG is a hit, and given the
second week run, chances are that it may end up as a super hit. The Farhan-Sonam
starrer, BHAAG MILKHA BHAAG, has also
impressed in the overseas (very good in
the US) grossing and#163;186,000 from
UK $1,100,000 (approx.) from the US till
the second weekend (19-21 July).

Checking out Sanjay Dutt's POLICEGIRI,
the film sank in the second week (barring
a few single screens) collecting 15 lakhs
from Bombay (collections from other
cinemas unreceived), 2 lakhs from
Ahmedabad, 4.15 lakhs from Surat, 1 lakh from Baroda, 1.75 lakhs from
Rajkot, 1.50
lakhs from Pune, 1.50 lakhs from Nasik,
2.50 lakhs from Delhi city, 2.50 lakhs from
Kanpur, 2 lakhs from Lucknow, 1.50 lakhs
from Allahabad, 2 lakhs from Nagpur, 4
lakhs from Jabalpur, 2.15 lakhs from Raipur, 5 lakhs from Indore, 2 lakhs from
Bhopal (collections from 2 cinemas
unreceived), 6 lakhs from Jaipur
(collections from 5 cinemas unreceived),
1.50 lakhs from Ajmer, 1 lakh from
Udaipur, 2 lakhs from Hyderabad and 1.50 lakhs from Aurangabad. Adding another 3
crore POLICEGIRI has netted 18 crore in
two weeks from India and has failed at
the box-office.

Meanwhile Vikramaditya Motwane's
Ranveer, Sonakshi and Adil starrer,
LOOTERA crashed in the second week
collecting 70 lakhs from Bombay, 12 lakhs
from Ahmedabad, 7 lakhs from Surat, 5
lakhs from Baroda, 2 lakhs from Rajkot, 25 lakhs from Pune, 2.15 lakhs from
Nasik, 1.50 lakhs from Goa, 57.50 lakhs
from Delhi city, 10 lakhs from Noida, 5
lakhs from Ghaziabad, 3.75 lakhs from
Kanpur, 7 lakhs from Lucknow, 1 lakh
from Agra, 1.50 lakhs from Allahabad, 6.50 lakhs from Gurgaon, 1.15 lakhs from
Faridabad, 3.50 lakhs from Chandigarh,
1.65 lakhs from Jalandhar, 1.15 lakhs
from Amritsar, 25 lakhs from Calcutta, 1
lakh from Siliguri, 2 lakhs from
Bhubaneshwar, 2.15 lakhs from Guwahati, 3 lakhs from Nagpur, 1.15 lakhs from
Jabalpur, 2.50 lakhs from Raipur, 4.50
lakhs from Indore, 2 lakhs from Gwalior,
2.50 lakhs from Bhopal, 10 lakhs from
Jaipur (collections from 2 cinemas
unreceived), 1.50 lakhs from Kota, 1 lakh from Udaipur, 11 lakhs from Hyderabad
and 22.55 lakhs from Bangalore. With
4.50 crore during its latest outing
LOOTERA has netted 28.50 crore in two
weeks from India and is a below average
fare. LOOTERA has done reasonably in the overseas (good in US) grossing
and#163;120,000 from UK (approx) and
$585,000 from the US till the third
weekend (19-21 July).

Concluding with the Sonam, Dhanush and
Swara starrer, RAANJHANAA, the film is
ending its winning run as it collected 20
lakhs from Bombay (collections from
other cinemas unreceived), 2.65 lakhs
from Ahmedabad, 2.15 lakhs from Surat, l.55 lakhs from Baroda
(collections from 4
cinemas unreceived), 1.55 lakhs from
Rajkot, 6.50 lakhs from Pune, 1.50 lakhs
from Nasik, 16.25 lakhs from Delhi city, 5
lakhs from Noida, 2 lakhs from
Ghaziabad, 3.65 lakhs from Kanpur, 6 lakhs from Lucknow, 1.25 lakhs from
Allahabad, 4 lakhs from Gurgaon, 1.75
lakhs from Chandigarh, 5.15 lakhs from
Calcutta, 3.50 lakhs from Nagpur, 2 lakhs
from Raipur, 3.75 lakhs from Indore, 5
lakhs from Jaipur, 1.50 lakhs from Udaipur, 6 lakhs from Hyderabad and 5.50
lakhs from Bangalore. With another 2
crore, RAANJHANAA has netted 60 crore
in four weeks from India and is a super
hit. The film has also done very well in the
overseas (good in US) grossing and#163;150,000 from the UK and
$890,000 from the US.

"Salman and SRK just greeted each other" - Sohail Khan

By now we all know that SalmanKhan and ShahRukh Khan hugged at
politician Baba Siddiqui's Iftaar party on Sunday evening.

However, according to sources it would be foolhardy and utterly
unrealistic to presume that that the cold war between the two Khans is
over.

"Far from it," says a source close to Salman, "Bhai has said many
times in the past that he would never again be friends with Shah Rukh.
Their differences are irreconcilable. And that's how it remains.
The hug at the Iftaar party just happened because of circumstances.
Neither Bhai nor Shah Rukh could say no to their host when he led
Salman to Shah Rukh. They've the highest regard for him. And that's
why they were both there at the same place at the same time. It was
only because of the host that Bhai made that gesture. There is nothing
more to it."

Adds Salman's brother Sohail who was present at the supposedly
historic patch- up. "They just greeted each other. There is nothing
more to it."

Several mutual friends of the warring Khan superstars have tried to
bring them together. The most recent is Katrina Kaif, a close friend
of Salman, she worked with Shah Rukh for the first time last year in
Yash Chopra's Jab Tak Hai Jaan.

"Katrina tried to explain to Salman that Shah Rukh is a nice guy. But
Salman won't listen to anyone about patching up with Shah Rukh," says
a source.