Top 4 Highest Grossing Bollywood Movies 2018

Can 2.0, Simmba, Zero beat Sanju or Padmaavat? All you need to know

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So far, we have already witnessed a lot of movies this year which have been quite fine and quite gross at the same time. 2.0 is around the corner and Zero is tagging along. All these movies are expected to do well and are expected to earn well at the same time. According to entertainment news Bollywood, it is expected that the movie Zero might be beating some of the leading movies of 2018 like Padmaavat and Sanju.

While some movies have already crossed their mark of 100 cr yet still remain flop, like the ‘Thugs of Hindustan’, it is time we overview the year 2018 and search for some of the best movies which were released this year.

1. Sanju (Rs 342.53 cr)

Sanju was the top-earning movie of 2018 which is a Rajkumar Hirani directorial and is a biopic of the Bollywood actor, Sanjay Dutt. It features some of the most dramatic and metamorphic changes which Sanjay Dutt witnessed in his life and shares the story to millions of people. It was starred by Ranbir Kapoor and this movie made an amazing amount of Rs 34.75 crore at the time of opening at the box office.

2. Padmaavat (Rs 302.15 cr)

This year, another amazing movie which quickly crossed the 300 cr mark was Padmaavat which is a Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s production. It featured the Bollywood’s superstar Deepika Padukone along with Ranvir Kapoor as well as Shahid Kapoor. This movie even though was surrounded by controversies, still it managed to do exceptionally well and gained a total of Rs 114 crore at the end of the opening weekend.

3. Race 3 (Rs 166.40 cr)

This movie was a quite awaited one and even though wasn’t that better as expected, still it managed to gross more than 100 crs because of Bhai’s fandom and thus became the third-highest Bollywood grosser of the year 2018. Along with that, it did fine in the first week of its release, yet didn’t manage to do good for the rest of the year.

4. Baaghi 2 (Rs 164.38 cr)

Baaghi 2 is one such movie which managed to do really well and stands on the fourth number of the highest earning movie of 2018. ranks fourth on the list to Bollywood’s top grosser of 2018 behind Race 3. Starring Tiger Shroff and Disha Patani in lead roles, this film earned Rs 73.10 crore at the opening weekend. The numbers went higher at the end of its first week at the box office with Rs 112.85 at the end of Week 1.

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5 important people in Sanjay Dutt’s life missing from “Sanju”

Important People Of Sanjay Dutt’s Life Who Are Not In Sanju’s Biopic

“Sanju” has taken Bollywood by storm, the film has earned more than 200 crores just six days after its release;. It was as if the audience was given what they had been hungry for far too long–a film that actual has essence in it. The people across IQs are loving the film, rumours have been doing rounds in Entertainment news-Bollywood that a second part of the movie may very well be pipeline. Maybe because there was only so much Rajkumar Hirani could inculcate in 2 and half hour long film. Sanjay Dutt’s life is vast and vivid and lot of details have yet been missed. For instance the other prominent people in his life that have not been shown in Sanju. In this article we show you who those people are.
Richa Sharma: She is the first woman 27 year old Sanjay Dutt married. They were married in the year 1986 to 1996 for 20 full years. She happens to be the mother of Trishala, Dutt’s first daughter. She passed away due to Cancer in the United States. Sanjay Dutt was much devastated after her demise and took a long time to cope up with the suffering.

Rhea Pillai: The second woman Sanjay Dutt married. They got married in 1998 and got divorced in 2005. He had met Rhea during a very crucial stage in his life. The couple met in the chamber of a senior lawyer who was fighting his case. Rhea is involved with Art of Living thus the spiritual path that Sanjay undertook was due to Rhea, which helped him heal to a very big extent.

Trishala Dutt: Trishala as mentioned above is Sanjay Dutt’s eldest daughter with Richa Sharma. In the movie there is no mention about her in the film. There is no mentioning of her and her mum in the entire movie. This could be the reason she hasn’t said anything about the movie on her social media profile.

Madhuri Dixit: Sanjay Dutt was many times linked with Madhuri Dixit during the time when they were at the peak of their film career. Though both the stars have had always dismissed the news as rumours. Entertainment news-Bollywood reported before the release of Sanju that there was celebrity gossip, that Karishma Tanna will be playing Madhuri Dixit. However, that is not true and she has another important character in the film.

Tina Munim Ambani: Yes, Tina Ambani,  the wife of business tycoon Anil Ambani. Before being linked with Madhuri Dixit, Dutt was also linked with actress Tina Munim Ambani. Tina Ambani also didn’t make it to the film, maybe this was just some celebrity gossip.

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Top 5 Trendsetting Iconic Movies of Bollywood

Bollywood is one of the most powerful industries. In 2003 a Bollywood romantic drama made an entire generation of young men part their hair from the middle. Three-second dialogues of three hour long movies remain in the Indian vernacular for as long as three decades. This the power of the Indian cinema or any cinema for that matter to influence people, right to their roots, give them stories they can relate too and fancy. Good cinema has the power to give hope to the people irrespective of where they are in life. It can also set trends that the color the culture permanently, this kind of movies are called trend-setting movies, or rather art pieces that moves something permanent in the mass’ psyche.

We at Connect Gujarat decide to honor the some of such old Bollywood masterpieces. The bollywood that is trending still in people’s hearts  

1. Don

Don is an Indian crime thriller. Directed by Mr. Chandra Barot it is one of its kind path-breaking action film. Written by Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar this film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Helen, Pran and other notable Indian actors. This movie surpassed the otherwise traditional action films that showcased only pointless fighting scenes. Don had a very strong story plot and that along with the macho personality of Amitabh Bachchan made this movie to the highest grossing Indian film of 1978. Catch-phrases like “Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi naa mumkin hai” is still evergreen and its sequels have had very little to contribute to it.

2. Pakeezah

Pakeeza is set up in a Mughlai theme screened in the year 1971 his movie was directed by Kamal Amrohi. Pakeeza according to Bollywood critics is one of the most poetic, fantastic and nostalgia-inducing film made on an epic scale. The reason could be that Pakeeza was made if not crafted by Mr. Kamal Amrohi who was an Urdu and Hindi writer and a poet.  People have held this film in their hearts, and visceral reason to that is Kamal Amrohi had dedicated this movie to the love of his life and actresses of the film Pakeezah.

3. Mother India

Mother India has not just been a film’s name since 1957, the year Mother India was released. Mother India has rather been a term of respect and endearment in the Indian Vernacular. Directed by, Mehboob Khan this epic movie starring Nargis and Sunil Dutt became the highest grossing film at that time. The films capturing of raw emotions and portrayal of motherhood made it one of the most memorable movies of all time.  Mother India was India’s first submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1958, where it lost the award by just one vote. The film won the All India Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film, the Filmfare Best Film Award for 1957, also Nargis and Mehboob Khan won the Best Actress and Best Director awards respectively.

4. Deewar

If you have heard this dialogue “Mein Aaj bhi pehke hue paise nahi uthata” or this “Bees saal pehle meri maa ne is building ki eetein uthayi thi, aaj yeh building mein apni maa ko tohfe mein dene jaa raha hoon” then you just witnessed the living legacy of Deewar. Deewaar is a 1975 film directed by Yash Chopra and starring Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor. This magnificent movie branded Amitabh Bachchan as an angry young man. His dashing style and aura made a very intense effect on the youth of India.

5. Hum Aapke Hai Kon

This movie brought about a push to the term “blockbuster” in the film industry so to speak. Produced in 1994 this musical romcom was. An avant-garde Sooraj Barjatya directed film starring Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit and many, many other notable characters. Hum Aapke Hai Koun brought about a very family-esque culture to the Bollywood cinema. After this movies a lot of movies were made with a large closely-knit family, showcasing the beauty and zest of the ordinariness of people’s lives. It also started Bollywood’s “big-fat-wedding-film” trend.

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