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Tiger Zinda Hai has easily supassed Dangal which was the christmas release last year as far as the opening shows go. The difference has come outside the metros where the Salman Khan star pull and action factor has come into play. the collections in places like Mumbai city and Bangalore were just a little bette than Dangal but if we check the cities of places like UP and Rajasthan then it is double. The morning shows are very similar to Sultan but that was a national holiday where multiplexes very very strong while some mass areas were a little short as Eid fell a day late. So comparing with Dangal is like for like even the period while a comparison with Sultan is not due to the holiday factor. Below are the admit figures of shows before noon with the cinema counts taken from each centre listed next to the city. All figures are from same theatres. Mumbai (45 Cinemas) Dangal - 8,287 admits Sultan - 10,376 admits Tiger Zinda Hai - 9,475 admits Delhi (25 cinemas) ...

Salman Khan says it is not easy to lose and gain weigh for films as he prepares to do it again for Tiger Zinda Hai and Remo D’Souza’s dance film. Superstar Salman Khan, who had put on weight for his role of a wrestler in his last outing Sultan, says the physical transformation from fat-to-fit was a painful experience. In the film, Salman’s character Sultan was seen ageing from a young Haryana wrestler to an older man, for which he had to gain several kilos. “There is a lot of pain in undergoing physical transformation. I have been training for Tiger Zinda Hai and there is another film that I am training - it’s a dance film (referring to Remo D’Souza film). For Sultan, I was 96 kgs. I have shed 18-20 kgs,” Salman told reporters here last night. The 51-year-old actor was speaking at the Zee Cine Awards held here last night.

The record success of Aamir Khan’s Dangal, and Salman Khan’s Sultan before it, is a vindication of Bollywood’s faith in sports-based films. Many of these films scored a perfect 10 on the box office, and given India’s new-found love for action on the sports field, this is one trend that promises to make heroes out of real-life winners in the coming years. We take a look at sports films that created a storm at the domestic box office and highlighted the stories of real life sports personalities onscreen that courted both controversies and appreciation alike. Dangal Aamir Khan’s biopic on the heroics of wrestlers Geeta and Babita Phogat, mentored by their father Mahavir Singh Phogat, was in news ever since shooting for the film started. Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, Dangal has become only the second Bollywood film to cross the Rs 300 crore mark. MS Dhoni: The Untold Story India’s most successful cricket captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, was always a good subject for a biopi...

How does one even attempt a year-ender list like this, without expecting a bunch of abusive trolls and smart naysayers going, "What? Really?" Well, ideally, you don't. You can't compare apples and oranges. But hey, somebody has to. And it's fun, and apples and oranges are fruits, why can't you compare them? So well, here's what we thought were the 10 best Bollywood movies of 2016. I don't know how many of them you've already seen. Most of these I can catch again. But then again… Okay, so let the arguments begin! 1. Dangal: Yeah, it's become almost a cliché already to call it the best film of 2016. And our initial first was that it'd be a clichéd, strict-coach, underdog talent 'sports film', which it's so not, while it wonderfully explores not just wrestling as a sport, but relationships — between society and girls, father and daughter, sport and government, city and village… And most significantly, Aamir and his annual Christma...

Opening Show Box Office Figures - Dangal v Sultan The opening of Dangal is less than Sultan mainly due to the business outside the big metroes. Sultan released on a national holiday but it was still pre Eid as Eid fell a day later while Dangal has released on a normal day. If we take out the holiday factor for Sultan then the opening in places like Mumbai and Delhi is similar as Sultan is around 20-25% more but the difference is in other places especially where single screens are involved. Out of the centres below, only Kanpur also has single screen figures while others are multiplex only and the biggest difference is there. The collections in the evening should be closer as Dangal is likely to grow at places where the opening is lower. Below are the admit figures of shows below noon with the cinema counts taken from each centre listed next to the city. All figures are like for like.

A day before its release, Aamir Khan had arranged for a special screening of Dangal for his industry peers and it seems like the movie has got the entire B-town raving over it. After Ranveer Singh, it is Salman Khan who is all praises for the biopic and feels that it was even better than his Sultan. The 50-year-old actor today took to Instagram to post a special message for Aamir and wrote, “ My Family saw #Dangal today evening and thought it was a much better film than #Sultan. Love u personally Aamir but hate u professionally!” A photo posted by Salman Khan (@beingsalmankhan) on Dec 22, 2016 at 12:10pm PST

You are amazed, aren't you? Settle down because this is as true as it gets. On one hand, while Salman Khan's 'Sultan' will clash with Shah Rukh Khan's 'Raees' at the box office, with people already talking about a probable cold war between the two emperors of box office, here's the news that would put all the rumours about the rift between the two Khans to rest. According to a report on BollywoodLife, the trailer of Salman Khan's 'Sultan' will be attached with Shah Rukh Khan's 'Fan', which releases on April 15. It couldn't get bigger, better and grander than this. While 'Fan' is one of the most awaited films of this year, with its second trailer taking the audiences' breath away, Salman's 'Sultan' too is eagerly awaited by Bhai's fans. Now with this piece of news, we can say it will be a double bonanza for the fans of both the superstar Khans.

The only question on everyone’s minds, with regards to Salman Khan’s Sultan is who will be playing his leading lady. The film has already finished its first schedule but it’s still not been announced who will play Salman’s heroine in the film. Many names were floating in the media and most importantly Parineeti Chopra and Kriti Sanon were considered the strongest contenders for the same. But while Pari lost out midway, it was speculated that Kriti will indeed sign the film. The production house has now sent out an official release stating that Sultan won’t star Kriti at all. “Kriti Sanon was never offered Sultan. The actress was not approached or engaged by YRF. So the question of ‘Kriti Sanon refusing to sign contract with YRF for Sultan role’ does not arise thus making this news completely untrue and misleading,” the release stated. So now it can be told that it won’t be Kriti as well opposite Salman in the film. And the hunt for the heroine is still on!

Trust anything to do with Salman Khan always makes news. A picture of Salman Khan’s look for his upcoming film, ‘Sultan’ has been posted by the actor himself on social media. Taken during a training session, Salman Khan looks intense with an impressive handlebar moustache. While you generally consider the facial hairdo to be more hipster, Salman Khan is in fact playing the role of a wrestler in the film. The picture also gives us a peek of his bulked up muscles. Salman Khan playa the role of a wrestler from Haryana, Kesari Sultan, to be directed by Ali Abbas Zafar. The actor has already begun training for the film, which is said to be incredibly high on action. “Wrestling is not a sport. It is about fighting what lies within,” reads the image of Sultan. According to recent reports, the gruelling training sessions had left Salman Khan in pain. “In ‘Sultan’, I am a wrestler who goes into MMA (Mixed Martial Arts). It’s a different league of FITNESS. I have been training for the pa...