The Khiladi Kumar is ridding high on success after his latest blockbuster movie Airlift. The movie was a huge box office hit, earning 100 cores in 10 days. This time Akshay Kumar will be seen in a new avatar in his forthcoming film “Rustom.”  The Bollywood star is a versatile actor and has played various different roles. Audience has always loved the actor in his patriotic action roles. Akshay Kumar played an Indian Intelligence Officer  in “Baby” and an Army man in “Holiday” and also a patriotic do-good common man in “Airlift” and “Gabbar.” Now with “Rustom” Akshay is back as a naval officer.

• The Movie

The movie Rustom is based on a real life story that has shades of the late 1950’s. The movie is directed by Tinu Suresh Desai and the scripts are written by Vipul K. Rawal. Akshay Kumar plays the lead role as a naval officer named Rustom Pavri and Ileana D’Cruz in the lead role alongside. The movie is based on the real life sensational incidences of Nanavati murder case in 1959. The movie focuses on the theme of love and dignity for our country India.

• The Nanavati Murder Case 1959

Kawas Maneckshaw Nanavati was second in command of the Indian Navy’s flagship INS Mysore and a devoted family man. He had an English wife named Sylvia and two children. On the afternoon of April 27, 1959, Nanavati’s wife confessed to him that she has fallen in love with a family friend named Prem Ahuja. The officer without betraying any emotion, dropped his wife Sylvia and his children at a theater. The officer carrying a revolver and six bullets with him asked his senior officer permission to leave for Ahmednagar. Nanavati went to Prem Ahuja’s house and shot him with three bullets. He then surrenders himself up to the police and confessed that he has done the murder. The case went on for many years.  Eventually, Nanavati got a reputation as the “honorable killer.” Nanavati was finally pardoned in 1962. Later, Nanavati migrated to Canada with his family.

• The First Look

The first look of” Rustom” was revealed on Feb 25, 2016, where Akshay is seen with his intense look. The poster unfolds much of the mystery in the movie. The action hero this time is playing the role of a naval officer. Akshay Kumar in the poster is wearing a naval officer’s uniform with a thin moustache. The foreground of the poster is a zoomed newspaper with a small image of Ileana D’Cruz facing her back towards a man. The poster has a rose sepia tint with three bullet shot on the title, adding drama to the poster. The poster silently speaks of the real life incidence of 1956 saying “3 Shots that Shocked the Nation”.

• Movie Rustom and Love Affair Sharing the Similar Plot

The movie “Love Affair” of Pooja Bhatt is based on the similar subject. Hence, both the movies are sharing a similar story.  Speculations were made that the film-makers will drop the movie. Pooja Bhatt says the movie is not just about Nanavati, but the movie “Love Affair” is very human and has a woman’s perspective.

Finally, Rustom the much-awaited project release date has been announced by Akshay Kumar as Aug 12, 2016. Looking to the previous movies of Akshay Kumar, there is a confidence that Rustom will also be an excellent movie to be watched. The movie will surely do good business, as it will be released around the Independence Day weekend.

Rustom earning day wise

DAY 1     Rs. 14.11 croce

DAY 2    Rs. 16 crore (approx)

1. Alia Bhatt

She is just 23 and has already set benchmarks  for other Bollywood actresses with her stunning performances. She debuted as a main lead in ‘Student of the Year’ when she was just 19 yrs old. Though her performance in SOTY was marked as ‘dumb’, she proved everyone wrong with her acting skills in the critically acclaimed ‘Highway’. But sadly the same could not be said about her intelligence.

2. Kangna Ranaut

One of the successful actresses, she made her debut with Mahesh Bhatt’s ‘Gangster’ when she was just 20 yrs old. She was born in a middle class family settled in Manali, Himachal Pradesh. Today, she is one of the highest paid actresses in Bollywood. Her career graph wasn’t touching heights but with the release of ‘Queen’, she won everyone’s heart. She also has been the recipient of three National Film Awards.

3. Priyanka Chopra

Born in 1982, she was the winner of  Miss World pageant of 2000 and after that many films followed her. She won ‘National Film Award for Best Actress’ for ‘Fashion’ and five Filmfare Awards . Today she is an internationally  recognized star  with her show    ‘Quantico’ and her upcoming Hollywood film is ‘Baywatch’.

4.  Deepika Padukone

This stunning beauty started her career with modelling. She became popular when she was featured in Himesh Reshammiya’s song “Naam Hai Tera”. She debuted in 2006  with “Aishwarya”, a Kannada film directed by Indrajit Lankesh.Then in 2007, she made her debut with commercially successful and the highest-grosser  film of the year “Om Shanti Om”. Today she is a well known actress with hits like ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’, ‘Ram-Leela’ and many more. She is also the talk of the town because of her upcoming Hollywood film ‘XXX3’.

5. Sridevi Kapoor

She landed her first main lead role when she was merely 13 years old in Tamil film ‘Moondru Mudichu’ directed by K. Balachander. She then successfully emerged in Tamil Film Industry and made her debut in Bollywood with ‘Solva Sawan’ in 1979 when she was just 16yrs old. Her performance has been quite impressive and she has won ‘Civilian award’ and has been a recipient of Padma Shri as well.

6. Hema Malini

Bollywood’s dream girl portrayed her first lead role opposite Raj Kapoor in Sapno Ka Saudagar when she was 20 yrs old and began referred to as ‘Dream Girl’. Her another popular role was of ‘Basanti’ in Sholay. She is known for portraying challenging roles, for example as a young widow in Andaz(1971) and a poor woman in Lal Patthar(1971).

7. Bipasha Basu

At the age of 17, she won ‘Ford Models Supermodel of the World’ contest and that marked the beginning of her successful modelling career. At the age of 21, she made her debut in Vijay Galani’s ‘Ajnabee’, which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Today, she has numerous hits in her kitty and is one of the Bollywood’s highest-paid actresses.

“Sultan” is an upcoming Indian sport-drama movie of the year 2016. The fans of Salman Khan should be all geared up to watch the Dabangg Khan as the strong and rugged Haryana’s wrestler Sultan Ali Khan. Salman Khan had started his preparations for the role of Sultan as a wrestler under the supervision of a Hollywood fight choreographer, Larnell Stovall. The movie Sultan is going to hit the theaters on Eid 2016, which is expected to clash with Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees that would probably be released on the same date.

• About the Movie

 The movie “Sultan” narrates the story of a 40-year-old wrestler named Sultan Ali Khan from Haryana. The film is directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and produced by Aditya Chopra, under the Yash Raj Films banner. Salman Khan plays the lead role as Sultan Ali Khan. Anushka Sharma is the leading lady of the film.  Anushka Sharma did take wrestling lessons for the film; as she will be playing the role of a wrestler for the first time. The move centers around Sultan Ali Khan, a small town wrestler who is facing problems in his professional and personal life. The movie is all about the struggle and achievements of a man named Sultan.

• Casting

The film stars Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma in pivotal roles for the first time. According to a report in October 2015, American actor Sylvester Stallone was presumed to be playing the role of Khan’s on-screen coach. However, the executive producer of the film Raja Mukerji cleared that Stallone will not be starring in the film. There was also a rumor that Sanjay Dutt would play the role of the coach, but it was just a rumor. Later Randeep Hooda was signed to play the role of Salman Khan’s on-screen coach. Farah Khan is the choreographer of the film.

• Filming

In October of 2015 the pre-production of the film started were Salman Khan used Facebook to first post the photo of his character in the film.  Reportedly, the movie gets more exciting and thrilling with an action sequence between Salman and Anushka. The actor was also spotted in the various places in the city of Muzaffarnagar ridding a blue colored scooter like a common man. Huge crowed gathered to have a glimpse of the star where he was guarded by thousands of policemen. The 360 year old Jama Masjid of Delhi has been filmed in some of the sequence of the movie.

• The Teaser and Release Date

The official teaser of Salman Khan starred movie Sultan opens with a motivating quote from the film: “Wrestling is not a sport, it’s about fighting what lies within,” according to the official announcement made, the movie will be released on Eid 2016 making all the ‘Bhai’ fans ecstatic. For Salman Khan, his ‘Eid’ release have so far been the blockbusters and with “Sultan,” the next one coming our way too.

“Sultan” posters where Salman Khan with beefed up look, bulked muscles, cropped hair, and a moustache does make him to look like a powerful wrestler. Moreover after watching the mind-boggling trailer of the movie one can say that Sultan will in no way be a just another ordinary wrestling movie.

The movie Angry Bird an outstanding app adapted movie of the year 2016. This movie is a computer animated action-adventure comedy film. The film Angry Bird is based on the very successful video game series of the same name. The very idea of this movie came from the success of the Angry Birds Toons series.

About the Movie

The story of this movie is about a Bird Island inhabited by flightless birds. Red plays the leading animated character, who is a reclusive and grumpy clown. Red had lost his temper, which caused a premature hatching of a costumer’s egg and hence he is sentenced to anger management class.  Chuck, Bomb, and Terence are his classmates. These are the main characters of the movie and Red is the hero, who courageously saves the three eggs stolen by the piggy from the Piggy Island. The pigs enter into the Bird Island with an offering of friendship and peace, but Red is suspicious of their hidden motives. At first Red seeks help from Mighty Eagle, who is said to be the protector and the only bird in the Island who could fly. However, Red and his friends had a disappointing encounter with the Mighty Eagle, as he was overweight and largely in retirement. Nevertheless, Red takes the yoke on himself to rescue the stole eggs. The flightless angry birds attack the walled city of the pigs with the help of the same sling, which was gifted by the pigs. Red runs over his life to save the three eggs, which the pigs had stolen and were planning to cook and eat them. The Piggy’s island is destroyed by there own reserve of explosives. Red rescues the three little eggs, which hatches as a result of the explosion. Hence, Red is given a new home and is declared to be the hero of the Bird Island.

The Cast and Crew

The Movie Angry Bird is a directorial debut by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly. The film was produced by John Cohen and Catherine Winder. Jon Vitti is the author of the movie. The movie was animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks, and stars Jason Sudeikis, Danny McBride, Josh Gad, Maya Rudolph, Sean Penn, Kate McKinnon, Keegan-Michael Key, Tony Hale, Peter Dinklage and Bill Hader.

Promotion

The promotion of the movie Angry Bird began nine months before the release of the movie. The movie had a worldwide promotion with the help of Sony, as Sony partnered with 100 partners helping in the grand promotion of the film. An estimation of $300 million marketing effort helped in promotion. The entire budget of the movie including production budget and promotion budget, the spending has reached $400 million, which makes it the grandest campaign for an animated Sony movie.

Released  Date

The film Angry Bird was initially scheduled to be released on July 1, 2016, but later the release date was moved up to May 20, 2016. The teaser trailer was released on September 23, 2015.  The film’s official theatrical trailer was again released four months later onto YouTube. The movie Angry Bird was released in UK and Finland on May 13, 2016 and in the United States on May 20, 2016.

The Box-office Records

The movie Angry Bird is breaking records worldwide and earning big bucks at the box office. The movie has broke records for the May opening as an original animated feature film with $43 million haul.

The movie has written a new history of being the most accepted and loved video game movie, which were once very poorly received. The success of the movie Angry Bird should indeed be an encouragement for various other game studios that are starting to look into film development.