Jackie Chan comes to Mumbai with his 'Kung Fu Yoga'

Jackie Chan came to Mumbai to promote his upcoming film 'Kung Fu Yoga'. Bollywood actor Sonu Sood also acts in the action adventure film directed by Stanely Tong and scheduled for release in India on 3 February. Jackie landed in the city in the morning and was welcomed by Sonu at the airport here.
This has been reported in thestatesman.com dated 23 January 2017.

Jackie is scheduled to shoot for "The Kapil Sharma" show. The two of them will then dash off to a hotel in suburban Mumbai where Jackie will stay.
It seems a traditional grand welcome has been planned for Jackie in a Punjabi and Maharashtrian dhol group style. After that there will be a performance for Jackie on a song from "Kung Fu Yoga" that they had shot together in Rajasthan. Choreographer is Farah Khan. Co-stars Disha Patni, Amyra Dastur and Sonu will join the dance and it will be in the hotel lobby.
Subsequently, Sonu will host a party for the action star where superstar Salman Khan and Kangana Ranaut will be in attendance.


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Busan International Film Festival in Seoul, South Korea, will see several Indian films being screened. Two of these are superstars Shah Rukh and Salman Khan starrers “Fan” and “Sultan”. The festival runs from October 6 to 15 and it will screen Ali Abbas Zafar-directed sports drama in the ‘Open Cinema’ section.
“Fan”, directed by Maneesh Sharma stars Shah Rukh Khan in the dual role of a fan and a superstar and it will screen in the ‘A Window on Asian Cinema’ section.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 14 September 2016.

Some of the other films thst would try to get attention at the festival are Konkona Sengupta’s directorial debut “A Death in the Gunj”, documentary “An Insignificant Man”, which chronicling the birth of Aam Aadmi Party and the rise of its leader Arvind Kejriwal, the now Delhi Chief Minister.
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This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 9 September 2016.

While mentioning her name, Bravo said that she is his favorite star and that he had met her at Yuvraj Singh’s fashion event. As to whether he would like to romance Deepika in a movie, he admitted that he would definitely love to work with her.
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This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 5 August 2016.

As per trade analysts - Kabali has earned Rs 211 crore from the Indian box office out of which over Rs 40 crore came from North India which is not a traditional base for Rajinikanth films. The film's international box office has been spectacular. It did massive business not only in the US but also in Malaysia, Japan etc. It has earned Rs 259 crore in the foreign markets.
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The film is directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and features Anushka Sharma and it has a tight script, engaging storyline, mind blowing action and free-spirited romance. It released in around 4,500 screens all across India and, thanks to the strong word of mouth campaign and rave reviews, the collections of the second day surpassed the first day. It is hoped that by the end of Friday, Sultan will definitely cross Rs.100 crore. In the opinion of trade analysts, the film will fare more than Rs.150 crore in this week itself.
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