MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA JUNE 01 , 2012 00.50 A.M.
Month of May ended without too many big or important films . Out of all the 11 films , which were released in May , only 2 could be called hits . ” Jannat 2 “ of Mahesh Bhatt and ” Ishaqzaade “ of Yash Raj Films are the sole exceptions .
” Ishaqzaade “ is released byYash Raj Films . It also marks the debut of Arjun Kapoor , son of Bony Kapoor and Late Mona Kapoor .
As usual , re – posting some of the relevant tweets of eminent trade analysts Mr. Komal Nahta and Mr. Taran Adarsh :
Tweets
taran adarsh #Jannat2 starts with a bang, Friday trends looks at Rs 9 cr + nett, 3rd biggest opener after #Agneepath & #Housefull2 http://bit.ly/Jwcl35
#DangerousIshhq movie review: No patch on Vikram Bhatt’s earlier achievements. Epic disappointment! http://bit.ly/JGo1T3
#Jannat2 collects Rs 35.55 cr in Week 1 … #VickyDonor 3-week total Rs 32 cr http://bit.ly/IHTBQ3
#VickyDonor added another Rs 6.5 cr nett to its total, taking the 3-week total to Rs 32 cr nett. Super Hit.
Update: #Ishaqzaade starts very well, one of the best starts of 2012 … #DangerousIshhq unexciting http://bit.ly/J2NlXU
#Ishaqzaade *actuals* Fri 4.54 cr, Sat 5.15 cr, Sun 6.22 cr, Mon 2.77 cr, Tue 2.64 cr. Total Rs 21.32 cr nett. Excellent.
#Ishaqzaade Wknd 2: Fri 1.77 Cr, Sat 2.40 Cr, Sun 3.21 Cr, Mon 1.43 Cr. Total: 8.81 Cr. Grand total: Rs 34.54 Cr nett. Fantastic.
#Ishaqzaade collected Rs 4.34 cr in Wknd 3, taking the total to Rs 42.52 cr nett. Fri 1.08 cr, Sat 1.51 cr, Sun 1.75 cr. Super Hit.
Komal Nahta Jannat 2 off to a fantastic start.Poised to be a big hit.Emraan, Randeep, Kunal, Pritam, Bhatt brothers, Fox, Shagufta, Masoom deserve kudos
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Obituary :
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Taruni Sachdev :
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A lovely child artiste and child model of repute , Taruni Sachdev died on May 14 , 2012 in a plane crash in Nepal . She was only 14 years old at the time of her death .
Her most famous commercial was Rasna campaign with tag – line ” I Love You Rasna ” . Colgate , ICICI Bank , Reliance Mobile , LG , Saffola and Kesar Badam Milk are her other big and successful commercials . She was the highest paid child model with more than 50 commercials to her credit .
Her filmography includes 2 super hit Hindi films : ” Koi Mil Gaya ” [ 2003 ] and ” Paa ” [ 2009 ] , 2 Malayalam films ” Vellinakshatram ” [ 2004 ] and ” Sathyam “ [ 2004 ] and 1 Tamil film ” Vetriselvan ” [ 2012 ] .
Gavin Packard :
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A British by birth and an Indian because of his connection with the Hindi film industry , Gavin Packard died on May 18 , 2012 in Vasai , Mumbai . He died at the age of 48 because of respiratory disorder .
He worked in many Hindi block – busters like ; ” Tridev ” [ 1989 ] , ” Sadak ” [ 1991 ] , ” Mohra ” [ 1994 ] and ” Karan Arjun ” [ 1995 ] .
He is considered a pioneer in body – building and trained and initiated many stars into body – building . Sanjay Dutt is one of them .
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New Hindi Film Releases & Me :
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First Week – May 04
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1 – Jannat 2 …………………………………………… Emraan Hashmi
2 – Fatso ……………………………………………….. x
Second Week – May 11
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1 – Ishaqzaade ………………………………………… Arjun Kapoor
…………………………………………………………….. Ashish Singh
2 – Dangerous Ishq …………………………………… Rajniesh Duggall
…………………………………………………………….. Jimmy Sheirgill
…………………………………………………………….. Divya Dutta
…………………………………………………………….. Aarya Babbar
Third Week – May 18
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1 – Department …………………………………………. x
2 – Mr. Bhatti On Chutti ………………………………. x
Fourth Week – May 25
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1 – Chutki Bajaa Ke …………………………………….. x
2 – Love Recipe …………………………………………. x
3 – MLA …………………………………………………… x
4 – Rakhtbeej …………………………………………….. x
5 – Yeh Khula Aasmaan ………………………………. x
In total …………… 11 …………….. films got released in May . Out of these ………….. 11 ………… released films ……….. 03 ………… films have …………………. 07 ………………. actors , who are my students . Out of …………. 07 ………… students ; Ashish Singh is an executive producer . So the tally comes to …………… 06 …………….. actors and the remaining ………. 01 ………… is from the other field of film – making .
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TV Trivia & Me :
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1 – Divyajyoti Sharma is essaying an important role in “ Amrit Manthan ” on Star Plus .
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