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Ranbir Kapoor's Sanju smashes records, joins Bollywood's Rs 3 billion club

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While the highest Hindi language grosser continues to be the Hindi version of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Current Affairs News : With Sanju, Bollywood got its seventh member in the Rs 3 billion net (after tax) box office collection club. While the highest Hindi language grosser continues to be the Hindi version of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) at Rs 5.11 billion, the Rs 3 billion club has been growing rapidly over the past few years. The first film to cross the Rs 3 billion mark was Aamir Khan’s PK in 2014 Since then, Bollywood has seen at least one Rs 3 billion grosser every year Of the seven films to have crossed the mark, five have come in the past 2.5 years While Shah Rukh Khan continues to be called The King of Bollywood, he is yet to mark his presence in the club. The same goes for Bollywood’s Khiladi Akshay Kumar Aamir and Salman Khan dominate the Rs 3 billion collection list with five of the seven films featuring either as the lead. Aamir has two fil...

Reel vs real: The politics behind the life and crimes of Sanjay Dutt

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As the debate about depiction of public figures in bio-pics continues, Sunil Dutt's attempts to bail his son out recounted. Current Affairs News : When a film about a public figure is made, many questions relating to the accuracy or inaccuracy of portrayals arise. In a vibrant democracy, multiple truths often jostle with each other, so that we can determine for ourselves which one (or ones) we prefer. We must also ponder if any biographical film, condensing a life into two-and-a-half hours, takes certain departures from reality. In this sense, Sanju, a biopic on actor Sanjay Dutt is no exception. In a particular scene in Sanju, Dutt is seen playing court to a political figure in Delhi, months after he was charged with the crime of possessing an AK-56 rifle and hobnobbing with those suspected of carrying out the bomb blasts in Bombay (now Mumbai) on March 12, 1993. The politician in the movie is rather indifferent and dismissive of Dutt’s plea. In real life, it was ac...