Ajay Devgn Charges A Whopping Salary For 5-Film Deal With Amazon?

Ajay Devgn is one of the bonafide Bollywood superstars, and there is no doubt that he is a crowd puller. Recently we saw how there is a possibility that he might direct Amitabh Bachchan, there is one more big news in the pipeline. Devgn may sign a five-film deal with the Amazon studios, and that is set to being in a massive amount to his kitty. The agreement is just after his Star Network contract ends and below are all the details you would want to know.

Ajay was in a deal with Star Network that ends with his sports period drama Maidaan. Taking the opportunity, Amazon has entered the scene and seems to have cracked a deal with the star. Devgn is right now one of the most successful actors in Bollywood. His last film Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior went on to cross the 250 crore mark with shining numbers and become one of the biggest hit of 2020.

Meanwhile, as per a Bollywood Hungama report, a source close to Ajay Devgn, said, “Ajay slate is promising, and he was being chased by multiple giants for a deal, and it’s eventually Amazon, who has bagged his slate of releases. His deal in monetary terms per film is the second highest of all time after Salman Khan, who also has a deal with Amazon prime.”

The source added, “The star network, particularly on the satellite front, made a lot of money from Ajay Devgn films, which played a significant role in pushing up his market value. While a digital deal has been locked and signed, he is on the verge of closing his satellite deal too with a leading channel, the details of which has been kept under wraps.”

Meanwhile, the question that arises is that can the deal affect Ajay Devgn’s web debut show Luther with Disney Plus Hotstar? The source cleared that the show and the deal have no impact on each other. . “Luther is in his kitty and will take off next year, irrespective of the digital deal with Amazon,” said the source.

However, Ajay Devgn has gotten into a busy phase in his career yet again. The aforementioned film with Amitabh Bachchan is titled MayDay. The film will have Devgn direct and also act alongside Big B.

Priya Prakash Varrier Has Deactivated Her Instagram Account Having 7.2 Million Followers

Priya Prakash Varrier, the beautiful actress, became an Internet sensation and many people fell in love with her after watching a clip from the song “Manikya Malaraya Poovi” from the movie “Oru Adaar Love”. In that clip, Priya was seen winking at her co-star and that one magical wink gave her names like wink girl, wink sensation.

She gained 6 lakh followers on Instagram in a single day which was a record and she is the third celeb to hold this record. The other two celebs who have gained a huge number of followers on Instagram in a single day are Kylie Jenner (8 lakh) and Cristiano Ronaldo (6.5 lakh).

Priya has been quite active on the social media networks since then but recently, she gave her fans and followers the shock of the lifetime when she deactivated her Instagram account even without sharing the reason behind such an act.

What is more surprising is the fact that the online activities of the celebrities has increased manifold in this lockdown period while Priya who has more than 7 million followers has chosen to go offline. However, there are rumours that she was fed up of online trolling and abuses while as per a source, she has done it in order to take a break from the social media platforms and she will make a comeback when she will feel that it is the right time to do so. Till the time this article is written, Priya is still active on the video platform TikTok.

Priya Prakash Varrier’s movie “Sridevi Bungalow” hasn’t released till now and now due to the lockdown, nothing can be said as to when the flick will release.

What according to you could be the reason of deactivation of Priya’s account? Let us know your opinion.

Allu Arjun Fans, Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Achieves THIS Huge Milestone

Even while we are all stuck at home amidst the COVID-19 lockdown, South superstar Allu Arjun has a reason to celebrate. The music album of his film Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo has reached one billion music streams on their YouTube channel.

However, this doesn’t come as much of a surprise as the soundtrack of the Allu Arjun starrer had been well promoted. “Thanks to each & every music lover for making our scintillating audio such a big success. #AVPLMusic. 1 Billion music streams and counting on a single channel on @YouTubeIndia for #AlaVaikuntapurramuloo @alluarjun #Trivikram @hegdepooja A@MusicThaman #1BillionStreamsForAVPL,” Aditya Music had tweeted.

In early 2020, Allu Arjun along with Tabu had got together to promote the music of the Telugu film. The event, touted as South India’s “biggest musical night”, had seen participation from almost 50 artistes such as Armaan Malik and Sivamani. The album has numbers such as “Samajavaragamana” and “Butta Bomma“.

The songs have become a sensation. The soundtrack has become one of biggest trump cards of the film. Every actor has a strength. One of my core strengths is music. That’s why we have focused a lot more on the music of the film,” Allu Arjun had earlier said. The songs are also a rage on TikTok

Recently, Australian cricketer David Warner had also posted a TikTok video wherein he was seen using the platform’s popular freeze filter with the film’s “Ramuloo Ramulaa” song playing in the background

KGF: Chapter 2’s Digital Rights Sold At Three Times The Higher Price Than The 1st Part?

Yash starrer KGF: Chapter 2 is one of the highly awaited movies, especially after the mass popularity of the first instalment. Apart from theatrical success, the period action thriller is a huge hit on digital platform too.

Now, as KGF: Chapter 1 turned out to be a tremendous success, expectations from the KGF: Chapter 2 are sky-high Especially, with big guns like Sanjay Dutt joining in for a lead role. Considering all the buzz around the project, it is learnt that the movie has been offered a really huge deal by the online streaming giant, Amazon Prime.

As the rumours, Amazon Prime has offered an amount of 55 crores to seal the digital rights deal for KGF: Chapter 2, which is inclusive of all versions. Interestingly, the amount is three times higher than the amount of 18 crores, which was reportedly paid for the first instalment.

Meanwhile, KGF: Chapter 2 has been declared to release on 23rd October 2020, which seems to bit difficult considering the lockdown conditions.

Ajay Devgn’s Phool Aur Kaante & Jigar Proved That Industry Needs To Take Him More Seriously

Ajay Devgn is popular for standing out tough for his films’ decided release dates even if they have to clash with other biggies. Remember the clashes of Son Of Sardaar – Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Shivaay – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Golmaal 3 – Action Replayy, and All The Best – Blue – Main Aur Mrs. Khanna? Whenever Ajay Devgn’s films got competition he didn’t just stand there wave strongly but also managed to impress everybody.

However, it’s not just that Ajay Devgn has started acing the clashes only recently. Ever since he made his debut with Phool Aur Kaante, Ajay has been doing it and showing his Box Office power. We all know how Ajay Devgn was criticised for his unusual looks in the early days but he still managed to become a huge star thanks to his hard work and talent.

So it was his debut film Phool Aur Kaante which was slated to release on 22 November 1991. It was also the release date of Yash Chopra’s Lamhe starring Anil Kapoor & Sridevi. Considering Phool Aur Kaante a “no threat” they kept the release date same and even the makers of Ajay Devgn starrer didn’t move. The result was, Phool Aur Kaante turned out to be a huge hit. The film became 4th highest grosser of that year and Lamhe was nowhere close.

Then again in year 1992, Ajay Devgn’s film Jigar clashed with Feroz Khan’s biggie Yalgaar. Considering him a newbie, Yalgaar‘s release date wasn’t changed. It was a common perception in the industry at that time that Jigar won’t be able to face the heat of Yalgaar. But Jigar turned out to be among the biggest hits of that year again and Yalgaar was a disappointment.

Extraction’s 9 cr households viewership translates to Rs 6100 cr box office: ‘That’s a significant impression.

Filmmakers and producers of Extraction, Joe and Anthony Russo have reacted to Netflix’s projections that the film will be watched by 90 million households in the first month of release, breaking records for the streaming service.

Joe, who also wrote the script, told Collider, “It’s interesting, they don’t do a lot of projecting. They’re very guarded with their information, which is a good thing because you don’t set expectations up and then not hit them. So I’m happy with that as a filmmaker there’s not a lot of tracking to either get your hopes up or dash your hopes. It just performs and then you find out how it’s performing.”

Translating the viewership figures to a hypothetical box office haul, Joe added, “When you think about the amount of people and if you were to compare that to a box-office release, then that’s the equivalent of a movie making over a billion dollars in the market like that. But that’s a significant impression on an audience.”

In 2019, The Hollywood Reporter said that the average ticket price in the US was a little more than $9 (Rs 684). By that measure, Extraction would have made at least $810 million (Rs 6100 crore) at the box office in a month. This is around what a solidly performing Marvel movie does at the box office.

According to a recent Forbes report, Extraction could be summer 2020’s only blockbuster, thanks to the global shutdown of movie theatres because of the coronavirus pandemic. It outperformed other Netflix originals such as Michael Bay’s 6 Underground (83 million), Sandra Bullock’s Bird Box (80 million), the first season of Henry Cavill’s The Witcher (76 million) and the Adam Sandler/Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy Murder Mystery (73 million).

Joe’s brother Anthony chimed in, “Sometimes it’s hard to talk about in relation to box office because there’s more external. Those numbers are being released for an objective public narrative, and Netflix doesn’t handle things that way so it’s a little harder. But, yeah, at the very least we all know that it was a massive hit for Netflix. And like Joe was saying, it left an impression on our audience. I was just really grateful for that opportunity and that platform because it’s all about reaching audience.”

A follow-up to the action film has already been confirmed, with Joe returning to write the script, and star Chris Hemsworth and director Sam Hargrave expected to return. Extraction also features Indian actors Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Randeep Hooda, Pankaj Tripathi and Priyanshu Painyuli, in addition to David Harbour and Golshifteh Farahani.

Sooryavanshi Or ’83 Movie May Cross Baahubali 2’s Hindi Lifetime Box Office After Lockdown Release

Box Office: Coronavirus Pandemic has given a huge setback to the people and economy globally and even in India. From staying free at home and having no work to theaters being shut down, people are going through a huge mental suppression. Even though there are many OTT channels like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hotstar, and others serving fresh content to the audience, there’s nothing that can beat the experience of watching a film in cinemas.

It won’t be wrong to say that a huge section of entertainment seeking audience is starving right now. If Akshay Kumar & Katrina Kaif starrer Sooryavanshi and Ranveer Singh-Deepika Padukone starrer ‘83 movie was not enough, many more big films are on the verge of or have already got postponed. Even Salman Khan won’t be able to fulfill his commitment this year as his Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai won’t make it to Eid holiday. As of now, only God knows when will the lockdown lift-off and theaters will re-open but life is surely going to take a long time to get back on a normalcy.

If we talk about the past few years, there has been a dearth of big action and comedy films and we all know how big response films like Baaghi 2, War, Housefull 4, Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior and others received. The opening day business of War and Baaghi 2 was easily more than most of the people in trade had imagined. Who can forget Baahubali & Baahubali 2? No one could’ve imagined that these Telugu films dubbed in Hindi will drive the nation crazy. It happened and left everyone shocked. Baahubali 2, in fact, surpassed all the previous records by a huge margin and did 500 crores plus business just with the Hindi version.

Remember the period of 2009? There was a huge economic crunch going on and the waves were noticed in India as well. In the year 2009, not many films did well at the Box Office and then towards the end of the year 3 Idiots released. Not just it was the end of the recession, it was also the Christmas period and the film went on to cross 200 crores mark. For the Bollywood industry, even 100 crores club was a new thing and 200 crores was something very special. Of course, the extremely enjoyable content of 3 Idiots had a huge role to play in its performance but no one can deny the contribution of the post-recession effect. After 3 Idiots in 2009, Bollywood took 3 years to reach near 200 crores mark. Salman Khan & Katrina Kaif’s 2012 film Ek Tha Tiger collected 198 crores. Then in 2013, Bollywood finally crossed 3 Idiots with Shah Rukh Khan & Deepika Padukone’s Chennai Express.

Now, this Coronavirus Pandemic has affected the Bollywood industry on a much larger scale and the audience is starving like never before. This hunger will only increase in the coming months before the theaters actually getting opened and the situation getting normal enough for people to visit them. Big films, in fact, won’t hit cinemas until other big countries like the US, the UK, and others also recover completely. That’s why I strongly believe, whatever the next big Bollywood film will be it will create a Dhamaka at the Box Office even if the content is not really up to the mark. People are going to watch the cinema just for the sake of it. Just to have a good time with family.

And if the content of the film is also good, then there’s no doubt that Baahubali 2’s Hindi lifetime record could be surpassed. The All-Time highest grosser of Bollywood right now is Dangal. The film which released back in 2016 is the only one in Bollywood which has reached closest to 400 crores mark. It did a lifetime business of 387.39 crores back then. 4 years after Dangal, a big Bollywood film with the universal appeal can cross 500 crores mark and the entertainment hungry audience will be a huge driving force.

We hope the pandemic comes to an end soon, life returns to normalcy and we see big films on the big screen only. Big films like Sooryavanshi & ’83 movie have become hot favourites of OTT companies right now. Reportedly, a huge amount is being offered to producers so that they sell the rights of these films for Digital only release. But we seriously look forward to seeing these films setting new benchmarks and entering the 500 crores club. And then other big ones like Radhe, Brahmastra, Laal Singh Chaddha can, of course, help the Box Office revive.