Tuesday 7 January 2014

'Dhoom:3' vrooms to global success, crosses Rs 500 crore

'Dhoom:3' vrooms to global success, crosses Rs 500 crore

`Dhoom:3` vrooms to global success, crosses Rs 500 crore
Rs.100 crore seems like a forgotten figure! "Dhoom:3", the latest instalment of Bollywood's successful action adventure franchise, has grossed Rs.501.35 crore ($83.56 million) worldwide since its release Dec 20 last year.

On Monday, its production banner, Yash Raj Films (YRF), issued a statement confirming the news.

"'Dhoom:3' continues to create history at both the Indian and overseas box office. It is now officially the first Indian film to cross Rs.500 crore worldwide," read the statement.

According to the breakup of the gross box office collections, in India, the action adventure movie, starring Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif, Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra, has grossed Rs.351.29 crore, while in the overseas market, it has collected Rs.150.06 crore ($25.01 million).



The collection totals Rs.501.35 crore.

The movie, directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya and produced by Aditya Chopra, is yet to open in international territories like Germany, Peru, Romania, Japan, Russia and Turkey.

Monday 6 January 2014

John-Priya Wedding Secret: Why the sudden announcement?

John-Priya Wedding Secret: Why the sudden announcement?

John-Priya Wedding Secret: Why the sudden announcement?
Saturday, January 04, 2014 10:55 IST
While sources say John Abraham has already been married to Priya, others say it was a recent impulsive decision. Some even speculate that Priya is in the family way

Like his buddy cricketer MS Dhoni whose marriage came as a bolt from the blue, John Abraham has done likewise. Early yesterday, he took to the social network site, Twitter, to state, `Wishing you and your loved ones a blessed 2014! May this year bring you love, good fortune and joy. Love, John and Priya Abraham.`



Signing off as John and Priya Abraham made B-Town go in a tizzy that the star was single no more.

While John did not reveal details about the big hint he dropped, there has been speculations about what prompted him to suddenly spill the beans after playing safe all this while. Sources state that he was already married in December 2011 and felt it's time to announce it in the New Year. While others maintain his decision could apparently be because Priya could be in the family way.

John was snapped at Mumbai airport on December 28 enroute to the US where he was to usher in the New Year with Priya. Ever since the two were spotted together in 2011, after his split with long-time girlfriend Bipasha Basu, there have been murmurs that the star had tied the knot with Priya. He preferred to remain guarded about his personal life.

Though those in the know claimed that he had met her at the gym which Bipasha and he frequented, John preferred to remain tightlipped about the woman in his life. Later, however, he revealed a bit about Priya, saying that she was a banker, her folks lived in the US and that he met her through common friends -- a lot was still left to conjecture.


In November 2011, he had come out in the open to HitList about the special woman in his life. Some sources had then said that John is fiercely guarded about Priya because he regretted being open about his earlier love story with Bipasha. Now that he has announced it, looks like John's inhibitions are finally down and he is open about accepting the relationship.

The star is slated to be back in Mumbai soon.

Was Veena really pregnant before getting married to Assad?

Was Veena really pregnant before getting married to Assad?

Was Veena really pregnant before getting married to Assad?

The controversial Pakistani actress Veena Mallik has again landed in an unsavory controversy with her ex live-in partner, Photographer Prashant Singh alleging that in 2012 Veena became pregnant and both of them decided to get the fetus aborted as none of them was ready for a baby.

The actress recently married Assad Bashir in Dubai dumping Prashant following which the photographer lodged a police complaint against Veena that she was issuing threats to him if he spoke out about the factum of their live-in relationship.

Prashant claims that Veena was again pregnant when she recently got married to Assad.

On the other hand Veena has retorted saying that Prashant was gay and was trying to defame her. She has rejected all the allegations leveled by Prashant.