''Major'' is a 2022 Indian
biographical action film
Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...
directed by Sashi Kiran Tikka with story and screenplay by
Adivi Sesh
Adivi Sesh Sunny Chandra (born 17 December 1985) is an Indian actor, director and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu-language films. Sesh was born in Hyderabad and was raised in Berkeley, California. He made his film debut as a lead act ...
. Based on the life of
Major
Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...
Sandeep Unnikrishnan
Sandeep Unnikrishnan, AC (15 March 1977 – 28 November 2008) was an Indian Army officer, who was serving in the 51 Special Action Group of the National Security Guards on deputation. He was Martyred in action during the November 2008 Mumbai ...
who was martyred in the
2008 Mumbai attacks
The 2008 Mumbai attacks (also referred to as 26/11, pronounced "twenty six eleven") were a series of Terrorism, terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamist terrorist organisation from P ...
, it stars Sesh as Unnikrishnan and co-stars
Prakash Raj
Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam-language films, he is the recipient of several ...
,
Sobhita Dhulipala
Sobhita Dhulipala (born 31 May 1992) is an Indian actress and model who works primarily in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam films. She won the Femina Miss India Earth 2013 title at Femina Miss India 2013 pageant and represented India at Miss ...
,
Saiee Manjrekar
Saiee Manjrekar (born 23 December 1997) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi, Marathi language, Marathi and Telugu language, Telugu-language films. Daughter of actors Mahesh Manjrekar and Medha Manjrekar, she made her acting debut with ''Dab ...
,
Revathi,
Murali Sharma, and
Anish Kuruvilla
Anish Yohan Kuruvilla is an Indian actor and director who predominantly works in the Telugu film industry.
Before becoming a director, he was an executive producer with Sekhar Kammula, played the lead role in ''Dollar Dreams'' (2000), and play ...
. ''Major'' is produced by
G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment
G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment is an Indian film production company established by actor Mahesh Babu.
Film production
References
External links
Mahesh Babu Entertainment Pvt. Ltdon YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, ...
,
Sony Pictures International Productions, and A+S Movies
Filmed simultaneously in
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
and
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
languages, it follows the personal and professional life of Sandeep Unnikrishnan. Principal photography began in February 2020 and ended in December 2021. Filming experienced delays owing to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. Made on a budget of
crore
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, it was shot in 120 days and was filmed in over 75 locations.
''Major'' had
limited theatrical release on 24 May 2022 in selected cities across India and it was released worldwide on 3 June 2022. The film received critical acclaim for its screenplay, direction, emotional weight, cinematography, action sequences, score and performances (especially Sesh). It became a commercial success grossing crore worldwide and is one of the highest grossing Telugu films of 2022. The Hindi version is featured at the
53rd International Film Festival of India
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in the Indian Panorama section.
In addition to being filmed in Telugu and Hindi, the film was also dubbed in
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...
.
Plot
The movie starts with Sandeep Unnikrishnan entering the POK, which the Pakistani Army considers a threat and orders him to retreat. When questioned by the Indian Army Officials on why he did it and that the area belongs to Pakistan, he replies "It is ours". Young
Sandeep grows up with his sister, Sandhya, and his parents K. Unnikrishnan and Dhanalakshmi, in
Yelahanka
Yelahanka is now a suburb of Bangalore in the state of Karnataka and one of the zones of BBMP. It is the oldest part of present Municipal Bengaluru (Bangalore) city and is in the north of the city. It is Nadaprabhu Kempegowda I, of the Yelaha ...
,
Bangalore
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
. As a child, he was very curious about the world around him. When Unnikrishnan took him to see a
Navy ceremony with
military airplanes flying in the sky Sandeep developed an early fascination with the life of a soldier. In his later years as a
secondary school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
student, Sandeep falls in love with his classmate, Isha. Sandeep applied to join the
Indian Navy
The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates sig ...
without telling his parents, much to the fury of Unnikrishnan. However, the Navy ultimately rejected Sandeep's application, causing Sandeep to ultimately join the
army
An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...
. As the years progressed, Sandeep rose up the ranks to become an
NSG training officer.
In 2008, Sandeep is well established in his career as a training officer for the
51 Special Action Group of the NSG and is married to Isha, but their marriage is in trouble. Sandeep asks for leave to try and save his marriage. On the same day as Sandeep's leave though, Pakistani terrorists arrive in
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
by boat and they proceed to orchestrate deadly attacks in the city. Desperately crowds start heading to the
Taj Hotel
Taj Hotels is a chain of luxury hotels and a subsidiary of the Indian Hotels Company Limited, headquartered in Mumbai, India. Incorporated by Jamsetji Tata in 1902, the company is a part of the Tata Group, one of India's largest business conglom ...
for safety but the terrorists also enter the hotel and start shooting at staff and guests indiscriminately. The local police are called to the scene but they are ill-equipped to deal with the threat. Upon discovering the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, Sandeep requests
Commander
Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain.
...
Shera to allow him to participate in the NSG mission to neutralize the terrorist threat. They leave for Mumbai and commence the military
counterterrorism
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operation: ''
Operation Black Tornado'', but the NSG encounters a vast number of obstacles and problems upon arriving at the scene. They lack surveillance cameras to discover the number of people inside the building.
The terrorists have installed deadly booby traps and trip wires with bombs throughout the premises. Several hotel staff and guests end up crowded together in a locked room, all bound and gagged on the floor. To make matters worse there is an intrusive media circus swarming outside the hotel reporting the NSG's known operations and movements, information which ultimately proves useful to the terrorists. Meanwhile, a guest named Pramoda Reddy, who is trapped on the fifth floor, manages to keep herself hidden from the gunmen. She ultimately takes responsibility to rescue British tourist's young daughter, named Shirley. Sandeep talks to Isha over the phone. She is applying for divorce and scolds Sandeep for not being there with her when she had a
miscarriage
Miscarriage, also known in medical terms as a spontaneous abortion and pregnancy loss, is the death of an embryo or fetus before it is able to survive independently. Miscarriage before 6 weeks of gestation is defined by ESHRE as biochemical lo ...
, but she is horrified when she discovers that Sandeep is at the Taj Hotel. As the NSG rescue more hostages (several of whom remain tied up inside a locked banquet hall) and starts closing in on the remaining terrorists, Pramoda calls the downstairs lobby using a
walkie-talkie from one of the dead security guards.
Sandeep ultimately decides to go to the 5th floor to save them, saying that he would never be able to forgive himself if he did not save her. His colleagues subsequently use
tear gas
Tear gas, also known as a lachrymator agent or lachrymator (), sometimes colloquially known as "mace" after the early commercial aerosol, is a chemical weapon that stimulates the nerves of the lacrimal gland in the eye to produce tears. In ad ...
and Sandeep races up to the 5th floor. He ultimately rescues Pramoda and Shirley and heroically kills some of the terrorists. However, when his CO asks him whether he needs reinforcement or not, he refuses. His last words are "Do not come up, I will handle them." But as fate would have it, he is killed in action, laying down his life for his country. Major Sandeep's parents watch in horror as the
news coverage
News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different media: word of mouth, printing, postal systems, broadcasting, electronic communication, or through the testimony of observers and witnesses to events. New ...
shows that Sandeep was killed in action. They had thought that since Sandeep was a training officer he was not involved in the rescue mission at the Taj Hotel. After his death, there is a large
military funeral and a crowd of well-wishers gather to mourn Sandeep's passing. Isha is devastated at Sandeep's death and discovers that he never signed the divorce papers. Later, a 10-year commemoration ceremony in 2018 honoring the lives taken during the attack is held at the Taj Hotel. During the commemorations, Pramoda is reunited with Shirley whose life she had saved. Mr. Unnikrishnan gives an impassioned speech in which he says that Sandeep should be remembered not for how he died, but for how he lived.
As Unnikrishnan recalls during his speech, a flashback shows the continuation of the beginning of the movie. It is shown that Sandeep was playing cricket with the children from Pakistan, and when he was called back, he waves goodbye and promises the children that he would come to play another time.
Cast
*
Adivi Sesh
Adivi Sesh Sunny Chandra (born 17 December 1985) is an Indian actor, director and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu-language films. Sesh was born in Hyderabad and was raised in Berkeley, California. He made his film debut as a lead act ...
as
Major Sandeep unnikrishnan
Sandeep Unnikrishnan, AC (15 March 1977 – 28 November 2008) was an Indian Army officer, who was serving in the 51 Special Action Group of the National Security Guards on deputation. He was Martyred in action during the November 2008 Mumbai ...
** Amancharla Rama Kausik as young Sandeep
*
Prakash Raj
Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Malayalam-language films, he is the recipient of several ...
as K. Unnikrishnan
*
Sobhita Dhulipala
Sobhita Dhulipala (born 31 May 1992) is an Indian actress and model who works primarily in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam films. She won the Femina Miss India Earth 2013 title at Femina Miss India 2013 pageant and represented India at Miss ...
as Pramoda Reddy
*
Saiee Manjrekar
Saiee Manjrekar (born 23 December 1997) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi, Marathi language, Marathi and Telugu language, Telugu-language films. Daughter of actors Mahesh Manjrekar and Medha Manjrekar, she made her acting debut with ''Dab ...
as Isha Agarwal
*
Revathi as Dhanalakshmi Unnikrishnan
*
Murali Sharma as
Colonel
Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations.
In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...
and Team Commander Shera
*
Anish Kuruvilla
Anish Yohan Kuruvilla is an Indian actor and director who predominantly works in the Telugu film industry.
Before becoming a director, he was an executive producer with Sekhar Kammula, played the lead role in ''Dollar Dreams'' (2000), and play ...
as Rodriguez
* Greeshma Prudhivi as Sandhya
* Chanakya Tejas as NSG Captain Aakash
* Abhinav Singh Raghav as
NDA
NDA may stand for:
Military
* National Defence Academy (India), a military academy in India
* National Defence Act, legislation for organizing and funding Canada's military
* National Defense Academy of Japan, a military academy in Japan
* Nig ...
batchmate Harsh
* Veeru Madimetla as NDA batchmate Veer
* K Vineet Chandra as terrorist
Kasab
* Devtosh Mukherjee as Army Officer II
* Rocky Gondle as terrorist Ali
* Varun Gyanchandani as Zaki
* Gaurav Manak as terrorist leader Hafeez
Production
Development
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Sony Pictures or SPE, and formerly known as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.) is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment studio conglomerate that produces, ac ...
has registered two titles, ''Major'' and ''Major Sandeep'' with the producers' association, in their endeavour to make a biopic on his life. The studio entered talks with the family of Major Sandeep in January 2019 to get the rights with an aim to pay tribute to the soldier's life. The film was announced in February 2019, with Adivi Sesh in the lead role. The film is produced by actor
Mahesh Babu under his studio
G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment
G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment is an Indian film production company established by actor Mahesh Babu.
Film production
References
External links
Mahesh Babu Entertainment Pvt. Ltdon YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, ...
, in a collaboration with Sony Pictures International Productions and A+S Movies. ''Major'' is
shot simultaneously in
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
and
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
languages. Despite consisting of a predominantly Telugu cast and crew, director Sashi Kiran Tikka said that they opted to shoot the film in Hindi as well since the film is set in
North India
North India is a loosely defined region consisting of the northern part of India. The dominant geographical features of North India are the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the Himalayas, which demarcate the region from the Tibetan Plateau and Central ...
where Hindi is the dominant language.
Filming
Principal photography
Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production.
Personnel
Besides the main film personnel, such as actor ...
began in February 2020. But the filming was put on hold in March 2020 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in India.
By September 2020, more than 50% of the film had been shot, and further shooting is planned to take place in
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
in October 2020.
Sobhita Dhulipala filming completed her portions in November 2020. In August 2021, Sesh began filming the final schedule of the film. In December 2021, the shooting of the film was completed and the post-production work began with Sesh dubbing for the Hindi version. ''Major'' was shot in 120 days and was filmed in over 75 locations.
Music
The
film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...
and
soundtrack album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show. The first such album to be commercially released was Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' ...
of the film is composed by
Sricharan Pakala. The music rights were acquired by the
Zee Music Company
Zee Music Co. (ZMC) is an Indian music company, a subsidiary of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. It carries its business activities mainly from New Delhi. The company has captured a major chunk of market share in Bollywood music in a short ...
. The first single titled "Hrudyama" was released on 6 January 2022. The second single titled "Oh Isha" was released on 18 May 2022.
Release
Theatrical
''Major'' had
limited theatrical release starting from 24 May 2022 with special pre-release screenings in selected cities across India including
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
,
Lucknow
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,
Jaipur
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,
Ahmedabad
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,
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
,
Pune
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,
Hyderabad
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,
Vishakapatnam,
Bangalore
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
, and
Kochi
Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...
. ''Major'' was theatrically released worldwide on 3 June 2022 in
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
,
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
and
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...
languages.
Earlier, it was supposed to release on 2 July 2021 but was deferred to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
. Later, the release was rescheduled as 11 February 2022, but the release date was postponed due to uncertainty prevailing about the reopening of cinemas due to the
Omicron variant spread.
Later in February 2022, the film was rescheduled to release on 27 May 2022 before being pushed back to 3 June.
''Major'' has undergone pre-release theatrical business of 15
crore
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excluding the
Hindi belt.
Home media
The
digital distribution rights were acquired by
Netflix
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in all languages and the film was digitally streamed on Netflix from 3 July 2022. and the satellite rights of the Hindi and Telugu version were sold to
Sony MAX
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and
Gemini TV
Gemini TV is an Indian Telugu language general entertainment pay television channel. It was launched on 9 February 1995 by Gemini Group, owned by A. Manohar Prasad (grandson of L. V. Prasad), in association with Sun TV Network. In 1996-97, Sun ...
.
Reception
Critical reception
''Major'' received positive reviews from critics. Neeshita Nyayapati of ''
The Times of India
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'' rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Major might be an action drama for the most part where guns and bombs become the norm after a certain run-time, but the film does a good job of opting for a personal tone instead of a jingoistic one". Swati Chopra of ''
The Quint'' rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Adivi essays the role of a Major almost effortlessly.The screenplay and direction work for the film. This action-drama is not preachy, and the film does not lead with a patriotic tone". A critic for ''
Deccan Chronicle
''Deccan Chronicle'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded by Rajagopal Mudaliar in the 1930s & currently owned by Samagrah Commercial Pvt Limited. It is published in Hyderabad, Telangana, by Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited ( ...
'' rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Major movie is a fitting tribute to Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan. It's a classic film version of a story that deserves to be told!". Manoj Kumar R of ''
The Indian Express
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'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Major is far from being perfect. Nevertheless, it's an effective homage to the hero of 26/11".
Leslie Felperin of ''
The Guardian
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'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "A hero of the 2008 Mumbai hotel siege gets a relentlessly entertaining biopic, going all-out with the hagiographic bells and whistles". Arvind V of ''
Pinkvilla
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Overview
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'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Major' works because it is inspired by the life of a real hero. It's a masterstroke at one level". Mayank Shekhar of ''
Mid-Day'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "It recreates 26/11 with just enough creative liberties to remain believable still. It moves you, with a fine measure of empathy and patriotism". Shubham Kulkarni of ''
Koimoi
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Origin
On 23 November 2009, Contest2win.com and Komal Nahta's Faith Entertainment j ...
'' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "With some flaws, you can give Major a chance for its gripping second half". Sukanya Verma (Suku) of ''
Rediff
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, it had more than 300 e ...
'' rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Major is in a perennial state of exaggeration.The sighs, the misty eyes, the mushy speeches, its details are invested in highlighting all things in-your-face."
Box office
''Major'' grossed crore gross worldwide.
The film amassed a huge distributor share of 33.35 crore, and emerged as a ''blockbuster'' at the
box office
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.
On its opening day, ''Major'' grossed
crore
A crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 107 in scientific notation) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. It is written as 1,00,00,000 with the local 2,2,3 style of digit group separators (one lakh is e ...
with a distributor's share of crore.
According to trade analyst
Taran Adarsh
Taran Adarsh (born 13 June 1965) is an Indian film critic and trade analyst. He is best known for giving trade figures and box office updates on social media.
Career
Taran Adarsh started his journalism career at the age of 15 with ''Trade Gui ...
, the film made a nett collection of crore domestically from the Hindi version in its first weekend. the film grossed . After 13 days of its release, the film grossed worldwide as reported by ''
The Times of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...
''.
References
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