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5 Dariya News

Mumbai 20-Jan-2019

As the old makes way for the new, Ranveer Singh is definitely the new superstar. In the year that all the three reigning superstars, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan, have let down their followers, Ranveer has given two blockbusters "Padmaavat" to start 2018 with and "Simmba" to wrap up the year.Salman Khan with "Race 3", Shah Rukh Khan with "Zero" and Aamir Khan with "Thugs Of Hindostan" (with no less than Amitabh Bachchan to prop up the film), let their audience down.In fact, the collections of Ranveer Singh's two films in 2018 have done more business (appox Rs 530 crore) than the combined collections of the three films of Khans (Rs 450 crore).That was last year, the New Year, 2019 gives us its first hit in "Uri: The Surgical Strike", with an emerging new star, Vicky Kaushal.

* Nationalism being flavour of the season, coupled with some interesting real life stories to tell, the stories that India and Indians can be proud, are being made and appreciated.

* "Uri: The Surgical Strike" had a decent opening on day one with figures of over Rs eight crore. The collections climbed over the next couple of days to account for a healthy weekend of a little short of Rs 35 crore. However, the film continued to hold well through rest of the week to show a tally of about Rs 70 crore, which is impressive.

* "The Accidental Prime Minister", based on the similarly-titled book written by Sanjay Baru, the Media Advisor to ex-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on his tenure, is as insipid as the PM's political life. No liberties are taken in the making of the film which sticks to the book account; no dramatisation."The Accidental Prime Minister", in such an event, had only curiosity value as its USP, mainly for those who did not read the book. The film has managed to collect about Rs 17 crore, which is decent considering the theme as well as its budget, (though the India distributor, having paid a high acquisition price, stands to lose on his investment).