Aamir Khan’s latest movie Lall Singh Chaddha flops – could be removed from cinemas

Normally Aamir Khan’s movies are super-duper hits. However, his latest movie Lall Singh Chaddha is not doing well. Its performance at the box office has been miserable. Its business at the ticket counter fell by 85 per cent. It started off with a bang earning Rs 460 million in its first four days but lost its tempo. It dropped to Rs 18.5 million to Rs 21.5 million on its fifth day. Its total collection was Rs 480 million. This has come as a terrible setback and it is possible that LSC could be removed from cinemas. Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha expected to be removed from cinemas six days after premiere. The total collection was less than Aamir Khan’s last release c which also failed to do good business.

The media says LSC has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. LSC is an official remake of Forrest Gump, a film of Tom Hanks. The budget of Aamir’s film was Rs 1.8 billion. However, it did not appeal to the Indian audience. There were campaigns to boycott it because it shows disrespect to Hindu sentiments and the Indian army. This is a bit strange for a Bollywood man who gave movies like Sarfarosh (1999), Lagaan (2001), 3 Idiots (2009), PK (2014) Dangal (2016) etcetera,

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Aamir Khan's Dangal expected to cross Rs 100 crore in first weekend

Aamir Khan's latest film Dangal has collected Rs 29.78 crore in box office collection on the first day of its release and is expected to cross Rs 100 crore in first weekend itself. In spite of demonetisation, this film is the first one which has managed to escape its effects.
The movie is inspired by real-life wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat’s life and, apart from Aamir Khan, the other stars are Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sheikh, and Sanya Malhotra.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 24 December 2016.

The film is soaring high with all appreciation and love that it is getting from the audience. It witnessed around 75% plus occupancy during morning shows, which is terrific. Not just India, the film is doing well in the international circuit as well. After its first day showing in US, Middle East and UK, the film had earned Rs 7.81 crore and has opened well in Australia and New Zealand.
Dangal has been released on 4300 screens in the domestic market and on 1000 screens in the overseas market. The film has got the widest release in North America, UAE-GCC, UK and Australia.


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Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan to star together in Thugs of Hindostan

It has now been confirmed that Bollywood would now see two stalwarts of Hindi cinema join hands in the movie Thugs of Hindostasn - the actors are perfectionist Aamir Khan and the Shahenshah of Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan. They will come together for the first time in the history of Hindi cinema.
It will be Yash Raj Films’ new project titled Thugs of Hindostan which will be directed by writer-director Vijay Krishna Acharya. He has previously directed Aamir in Dhoom 3 but has never directed Amitabh Bachchan.
The movie is scheduled to release on Diwali next year and the leading lady of the film is yet to be announced.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 7 September 2016.

Right now Aamir Khan is busy with his next Dangal, which is based on wrestler Mahavir Phogat’s life and his struggles to make his daughters, Geeta and Babita, wrestlers. Dangal is scheduled for release this Christmas. Big B is, at present, busy promoting Pink starring Taapsee Pannu, Angad Bedi, Kriti Kulhari, Piyush Mishra and Andrea Taring. It will release on September 16.
Shooting for the film Thugs of Hindostan would start early next year.


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Aamir Khan's next season of Satyamev Jayate to focus on water scarcity in Maharashtra

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan has indicated that his reality TV show, Satyamev Jayate, is very much on in spite of his busy schedule and he wants to tackle the water scarcity problem in Maharashtra in his next season. This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 17 June 2016.

Aamir Khan is a busy man and is currently in the second phase of shooting for his upcoming movie Dangal. It is Ludhiana’s Leel village. Dangal is a biopic on wrestler Mahaveer Phogat and the 50-year-old actor is portraying the protagonist’s role. It has generated a lot of interest among his fans and cinephiles.
On the subject of the perfectionist actor's popular reality TV show, Satyamev Jayate, he has revealed that his team has already started work and necessary research. It is a very crucial and ambitious project to deal with water crisis in Maharashtra and make the state drought free in coming years. In view of focus on the water crisis in the state, the next season of Satyamev Jayate will be worth waiting for.


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