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Ready has emerged the first blockbuster of 2011 with amazing business on weekdays after a bumper weekend. The B.O collections of Monday was 8.05 cr and the final figure for Tuesday was about 7.15 crore nett approx and Wednesday again looks over 6 crore nett as per early estimates. Break Up - Fri 13.28 cr, Sat 12.66 cr, Sun 16.22 cr. Weekend Total: 42.75 Cr Monday 8.05 cr, Tuesday 7.15 cr. 5 day Total: 57.36 cr The business of Ready so far is around 64 crore nett and the 1st week is likely to end at around 70 crore nett. The falls on the weekdays are just 10% daily with some circuits even less. There are places like West Bengal, Mysore and Tamil Nadu/Kerala which are not as strong as the rest but as the bigger circuits are so strong it does not make much difference to the overall picture. Delhi/UP is extraordinary as it heads for a week of 16 crore nett approx. Ready may well cross the lifetime nett business of Ghajini by the end of its run. The distributor share of Ghajin...

Ready has set the box office on fire over its first weekend with a fantastic opening, grossing around 43 crore over the opening weekend. It has emerged the second biggest opener ever after Dabangg - Second highest opening weekend ever and the biggest non holiday weekend surpassing the biggest non holiday weekend of Raajneeti by a huge 20% plus margin. Break Up - Fri 13.28 cr, Sat 12.66 cr, Sun 16.22 cr. Total: 42.75 Cr Update: Ready Box office collections on Monday 8.05 cr, Tuesday 7.15 cr. 5 day Total of Ready: 57.36 cr Monday is rock-steady; the morning and noon shows being 70% to 90% of friday numbers, which is fantastic. The Top 5 openers are as follows:- DABANGG - 49 cr, READY - 42.75 cr, 3 IDIOTS - 40 cr, TEES MAAR KHAN - 38 cr, GOLMAAL 3 - 36 cr The film has under performed slightly in West Bengal and Mysore but elsewhere collections are very strong be it multiplexes or single screens. Saturday had a noticeable drop at places but it was where opening was phenomenal and where th...

READY has opened very well at the box office in the international markets. As per initial trends, the film is expected to collect a fat sum in its opening weekend. Have a look at the Friday numbers… UAE In UAE, READY has embarked on a bigger start than DABANGG. The Thursday figures of DABANGG were 490,000 Dirhams, while that of READY were 740,000 Dirhams. UK The Friday numbers of READY are approx £ 67,000, which is lower than DABANGG [£ 100,000], but higher than GOLMAAL 3 [£ 47,000], PATIALA HOUSE [£ 66,000], TEES MAAR KHAN [£ 42,000] and THANK YOU [£ 46,000]. AUSTRALIA READY has collected Aus $ 36,350 on 13 screens. The breakup is as follows:- Sydney 13,987, Brisbane 4,168, Melbourne 11,922, Perth 3,128, Adelaide 1,861, Gold Coast 972, Canberra 812. 'Ready' - Australia Update: Thu Aus$ 9,342, Fri Aus$ 27,472, Sat Aus$ 46,802. Total: Aus$ 83,616. Good. New Zealand Box Office Fri NZ$ 11,881, Sat NZ$ 17,740. Total: NZ$ 29,621. Good. USA Friday: 'Dabangg' $ 160,000. ...

Ready Bumper First Day First Show at the Box Office. The Multiplex Box office Collection Figures of Ready around India are given below Ready stormed the multiplexes this morning and below are some numbers from multiplexes around India. Ahmedabad Wide Angle - 9.00am 430 footfalls - 98% Ahmedabad City Pulse - 9.00am 277 footfalls - 96% E Square Pune - 11.15am 16,140 - 100% Big Ghatkopar Mumbai -10.05 - 74% Big Vashi Mumbai - 10.00 am - 90% M2K Pitampura Delhi -10.30am 20,480 - 100% Wave Raja Garden Delhi - 10.30am 20,270 - 98% Spice Noida 10.00am 16,140 - 100% 10.30am 16,140 - 100% 11.30am - 100% in Advance Wave Noida - 10.00am 38,200 - 100% Big Gurgaon - 10.30am 18,420 - 100% Fun Chandigarh - 10.30am 16,210 - 99% Wave Ludhiana - 10.00am 40,800 - 95% Prasads Hyderabad 09.15am 39,200 - 100% 9.30am 39,200 - 100% 10.15am 39,200 - 100% Ready Opens Huge at the Box Office As Expected The 9.30 am shows at multiplexes are huge at 90-100%. The Mumbai multiplexes are lagging a bit but its always t...

So are you ready for the first biggie of the season? Who isn't, actually? Love him, loathe him, but you can't overlook him. Salman Khan is, without doubt, the sweetheart of the masses. No two opinions on that! Ready Movie Poster But here's a word of caution. READY is NOT for the rigid detractors or counterfeit scholars of Hindi cinema who masquerade as messiah of meaningful cinema. They rebuke masala films, ridicule big stars, detest anything and everything associated with 'commercial cinema' -- a genre cherished by a wide majority of audiences. They wrote off DABANGG [which recently won the coveted National Award], pulled down the super entertainer GOLMAAL 3, scoffed at YAMLA PAGLA DEEWANA [the biggest hit of 2011 so far], even panned the iconic 3 IDIOTS [which ranks as the biggest grosser of Hindi cinema], but these films had the mandate of the junta and that's what matters eventually. Isn't it? Remake of a Telugu hit, READY is a traditional, Southern-flav...

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Salman Khan's Ready has taken the best advance booking ever for a bollywood film at both single screes and multiplexes and is all set to take a humungous opening at the box office. Heres looking at the promos of Ready that have caused the impact. Videos: Ready Trailers Theatrical Trailer of Salman Khan nas Asin Starrer Ready Character Dheela Song Promo From Ready Humko Pyaar Hua Song Promo From Ready Meri Ada Song Promo From READY Dhinka Chika Song Promo From READY Dialogue Promos of READY Dialogue Promos 1, 2 and 3 together

A special screening of Salman Khan's latest film Ready was organised for Salman's family and close friends below are the images from the screening. Sonakshi Sinha Waheeda Rahman Atul Agnihotri and Alvira Arbaaz Khan and Malaika Arora Khan Salim Khan Helen Amrita Arora Shaina NC Shammi Arpita Khan organised another special screening of her brother Salman Khan’s latest film Ready at Ketnav, Bandra. Here are the pictures of those who attended the screening. Arpita Khan hosted the special screening of big bro's latest film Ready Dino Morea Kangana Ranaut at the Special Screening of Ready Nandita Mahatani Arpita Khan With Angad Bedi Salman Khan's Sister Alvira Khan Luv Sinha Kangana A Video From the Special Screening Of Ready

The advance of Ready opened at single screens and results were fantastic. All over India, it was a unanimous verdict from single screen exhibitors. The advance at single screens matched that of Dabangg and even bettered it at places. There is no doubt that the single screen opening on Friday is going to be humungous. It will be either best or second best ever. The results at multiplexes will tell if the right buzz and hype has been created for the film. Multiplexes advance booking results will be known from wednesday. As Ready is Salman's first release after Dabangg it will be compared to Dabangg even though Dabangg smashed all opening records by a distance. Most in the trade seem to feel it will not have an opening weekend like Dabangg as the feeling is that promos are not as strong as Dabanng's. But Salman is there and two hit songs, the Friday could come up to match Dabangg. If the film has good content then the Dabangg weekend is definitely under threat.

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Dhinka Chika' is the new song from the movie Ready. After Wanted, Dabanng here comes the new dhinchak song of salman khan. Enjoy! Dhinka Chika is an adaptation of Tamil hit Ringa Ringa Salman Khan wants Ready to have a surefire hit track. He insisted on adapting Ringa Ringa (from hit Telugu flick Arya 2) and transformed it to Dhinka Chika for his upcoming Ready. Not just that, he was unhappy with the lyrics of the Hindi film's song and asked for them to be changed. Salman Khan ordered a change for Ready's Dinka Chika lyrics... and reshot it too Better words, please A source reveals, "Salman rang up Bhushan Kumar saying the song needs new lyrics. In fact he refused to shoot the song until they came up with better words. Since they were on an outdoor shoot happening in Bangkok, the crew went ahead and shot the song nonetheless." On returning to Mumbai, Khan sat with Devi Sri Prasad, the composer of the original Telugu track and came up with new lyrics. "He want...

While '3 Idiots' & 'Tees MK' were Christmas releases & 'Dabangg' was an Eid release, 'Ready' should be the BIGGEST Box office openner ever for a non-festive period release. READY 1st Friday box office collections should be about Rs 13.5 crore, which makes it the No. 2 opener of all time, after Salman's own DABANGG. Salman Khan is competing with himself. His DABANGG set new records last year in its opening weekend and READY is expected to give a tough fight to that film, as far as the week end box office numbers are concerned. The opening day figures have started pouring in and as per initial trends, READY is expected to surpass the first day business of 3 IDIOTS [Rs 13 cr] and TEES MAAR KHAN [Rs 12.75 cr] and gross about 13.5 cr. First Day First Show Audience Reaction To READY While READY is much ahead of 3 IDIOTS and TEES MAAR KHAN in several circuits like C.P., C.I. and Rajasthan, it's slightly behind DABANGG in these circuits. What...

READY strikes like hurricane, fetches mindboggling start at the box office READY has had a wide release, with the distributors opening the film at practically every centre, big or small, where Hindi films get released. Looking at the hype and craze surrounding the film, the opening day, weekend and Week 1 numbers are expected to be earth-shattering. The morning shows were in the 80% range [at places, even 100%], but by 12 noon, the film was running to packed houses everywhere. Multiplexes as well as single screens. The multiplexes opened bumper for Ready ( Details >> ) but single screens are even better. UP, Bihar, CP Berar, CI, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Saurashtra are simple mind boggling and practically 95-100% at most major screens in these areas. Surat, Rajkot, Lucknow, Kanpur, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Nagpur and Indore, all A centres had a phenomenal response at single screens. The Mumbai multiplexes were not full this morning but they are never are due to spare capacity but single scr...

Director Anees Bazmee and superstar Salman Khan say that the song 'Character Dheela' from their upcoming film 'Ready' is a tribute to legendary Bollywood actors - Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and Dharmendra. In the song Salman and Zarine will be seen paying tribute to these yesteryear actors of Hindi cinema. Both will play different hit movie pairs of the past. "We often use this word 'character dheela hai' in a negative way. We were trying to make it sound good. Eventually the song should look good and presentable. Personally, my character is less 'dheela' as you can see my average is very less...and I am 46-year-old," said Salman. In one act, both will be seen playing Shahzada Saleem and Anarkali like Dilip Kumar and Madhubala in Mughal-e-Azam; in another act Salman and Zarine will be seen in the black and white era playing tribute to the showman Raj Kapoor along with Nargis. Yet another sequence will see the two recreate the magic of the 'Sho...

Salman Khan recently launched the music of his upcoming movie - Ready - at Mumbai's Filmcity. Produced by Bhushan Kumar under the T-Series banner, Ready stars Asin opposite Khan. Ready is slated to release worldwide on 3 June, 2011. After a performance by Salman on the song Character Dheela, he along with Asin and Zarine Khan felicitated and gave away gifts to the people who have been associated with Filmcity for a long time. Pictures From the Music Launch of Ready at Filmcity Ready cast and crew - Salman Khan, Asin, Zarine Khan, Bhushan Kumar, Anees Basmi at the music Launch of the film Ready cast Give away gifts to Filmcity workers at the Music launch Salman Khan With Kids of Film City Workers at the Music Launch of Ready Salman Khan at the Ready Music Launch Salman Khan and Asin at Ready Music Release Function Salman Khan and Asin Sharea Funny moment at the Ready music launch SalmanKhan and Asin at the music launch of Ready SalmanKhan and Asin at the music launch of Ready Salma...

Promos of Ready are out and what has caught instant attention is the sound of 'Dhinka Chika' which plays right through the duration of the theatrical trailer of Ready. Music lovers especially down South are referring to its obvious similarity to 'Ringa Ringa' which was heard in Allu Arjun's Telugu film Arya 2. Since the composer of Ready is Pritam, many were quick to scream 'It's a lift'. However the fact is that it was Salman influence at work as he wanted the song to be incorporated in Ready and the producers purchased the rights of the song. "Bhai had caught fancy to this song and played it continuously in his vanity van during breaks", informs a source from the film's crew, "He found the overall attitude of the song pretty exciting and wanted to include it in one of his films. He informed Bhushan Kumar, head honcho of T-Series and also the co-producer of Ready about it and asked him to reach out to the song's original composer ...

The film Ready stars Salman Khan and Asin with cameos by Arbaaz and Zarine Khan. The movie directed by Anees Bazmee also stars Arya Babbar, Paresh Rawal, Mahesh Manjrekar, Akhilendra Mishra, Puneet Issar, Manoj Joshi and Sudesh Lehri in supporting roles. "Ready" reunites producer Bhushan Kumar with Salman after "Lucky - No Time For Love". An interesting mix of action and comedy, the film is described as a complete entertainer. Ready is all set to hit the theatres on June 3. Here is the first look of the Salman Khan-Asin starrer Ready. The First Poster of Ready. The First Posters of Ready click on images to view full size The First Look Poster of Ready with Salman Khan The First Look of Ready Starring Salman Khan and Asin Ready Movie Poster, The First Look of Salman Khan's Ready

Ready is a romantic comedy film directed by Anees Bazmee. It stars Salman Khan and Asin in lead roles. The film also stars Paresh Rawal, Arya Babbar and Mahesh Manjrekar in supporting roles. The cinematography is handled by P. C. Sriram. The Salman Khan starrer Ready is all set to release on 27th May 2011. The film's story revolves around Prem (Salman Khan), a successful businessman, who falls in love with Sanjanna (Asin). Ready was shot in Sri Lanka and Mumbai. Salman Khan and Asin in Ready Salman Khan and Asin Photo from 'Ready' Salman Khan and Asin in Ready Salman Khan and Asin get married in Ready, Salman Khan and Asin wedding scene from Ready