Golmaal Again box office collection day 7: Not-so-secret superstar, Ajay Devgn is enjoying his big win

Golmaal Again box office collection day 7: As 'Secret Superstar' is only touching the Rs 50 crore mark, the public superstar Ajay Devgn is happily raking in all the moolah. The festival of Diwali had been one of the factors that lead to the rise of the film.

This Diwali, Rohit Shetty returned with his popular comedy franchise, ‘Golmaal Again’. It was obviously the best Diwali gift for all the actors, Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Parineeti Chopra, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Kunal Khemmu, Prakash Raj, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Mukesh Tiwari, Sanjay Mishra, Johny Lever, Vrajesh Hirjee, and Ashwini Kalsekar who were featuring in the comedy series. Among various other comedy franchises, Rohit Shetty’s ‘Golmaal’ franchise remains popular among Bollywood audience. It has so far collected Rs 126.94 crore.

As ‘Secret Superstar’ is only touching the Rs 50 crore mark, the public superstar Ajay Devgn is happily raking in all the moolah. The festival of Diwali had been one of the factors that lead to the rise of the film. Festive seasons are the times when audience prefer to watch comedy, masala films with family over films with serious issues. Films with an element of comedy are preferred more during the time of festivals. The success of Varun Dhawan’s ‘Judwaa 2’ during the Dusshera, lies as another concrete example.

The success of ‘Golmaal Again’ was another major moment for Ajay Devgn and Parineeti Chopra who were earlier seen in ‘Baadshaho’ and ‘Meri Pyaari Bindu’. Both the films have failed to shine at the box office. Ajay Devgn’s ‘Baadshaho’ had clashed with ‘Shubh Mangal Saavdhan, back then as the latter performed better than the former.

This Diwali, Rohit Shetty returned with his popular comedy franchise, ‘Golmaal Again’. It was obviously the best Diwali gift for all the actors, Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Parineeti Chopra, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Kunal Khemmu, Prakash Raj, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Mukesh Tiwari, Sanjay Mishra, Johny Lever, Vrajesh Hirjee, and Ashwini Kalsekar who were featuring in the comedy series. Among various other comedy franchises, Rohit Shetty’s ‘Golmaal’ franchise remains popular among Bollywood audience. It has so far collected Rs 126.94 crore.

As ‘Secret Superstar’ is only touching the Rs 50 crore mark, the public superstar Ajay Devgn is happily raking in all the moolah. The festival of Diwali had been one of the factors that lead to the rise of the film. Festive seasons are the times when audience prefer to watch comedy, masala films with family over films with serious issues. Films with an element of comedy are preferred more during the time of festivals. The success of Varun Dhawan’s ‘Judwaa 2’ during the Dusshera, lies as another concrete example.

The success of ‘Golmaal Again’ was another major moment for Ajay Devgn and Parineeti Chopra who were earlier seen in ‘Baadshaho’ and ‘Meri Pyaari Bindu’. Both the films have failed to shine at the box office. Ajay Devgn’s ‘Baadshaho’ had clashed with ‘Shubh Mangal Saavdhan, back then as the latter performed better than the former.

Hrithik Roshan requests friends to not take sides in his spat with Kangana Ranaut

After giving explosive tell-all interviews, Hrithik Roshan has hit back hard with his responses to the allegations made by Kangana Ranaut. Their war of words has been on for quite some time now and people have slowly started opening up and taking sides on social media. While the 'Simran' actress has always been vocal about the ongoing controversy circling the alleged romance of the duo on various platforms, Hrithik broke his silence only recently.

Now Hrithik's friends and fans are coming out in support by posting his thoughts on public platforms. Hrithik addressed this issue in his latest post and asked people not to make it awar between two sides and let the legal agencies complete their course of action. He wrote, "I am writing this in response to the several interview requests that I am getting from various media houses. I have given two. Due to the media dynamics of our times there is a justified pressure on me to give more.

Print. Digital. Various other languages. Platforms that will give me much much wider reach.

I would apologise to those who have made these well meaning requests and would humbly say that I don't wish to speak on this issue. I have had to give out my side of truth under some very compelling circumstances.

In the interest of civility and human dignity we should not make a spectacle of this issue. Media is an integral part of our civil society and they would know that continued discourse on this issue is gaining toxic dimensions.

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I am no one to suggest what media should cover or not but if this under investigation case is factually covered through the developments of police investigation and courts, that would be a breather for a lot of us.

I am extremely thankful to people who have supported me in this painfully unfortunate episode. But my request to all friends and observers would be to stop taking sides in this issue. This is an unfortunate issue and not a contest of sorts. Before this is dangerously hijacked into a man vs woman, insider vs outsider, privileged vs non privileged issue we must stop. Please don't support me. Don't t

I am by no means seeking to close this issue. The only thing I am suggesting is to let the investigations be the only spokesperson in this issue henceforth.

Blade Runner,' 'West world' test our empathy

The following contains major spoilers about "Blade Runner 2049."Like HBO's "West world," "Blade Runner 2049" tinkered with the DNA of the original movie in re imagining it for the 21st century. In both, the formula includes asking an audience to empathize with artificial intelligence, at a time when such compassion -- even toward fellow citizens with opposing viewpoints -- is often in short supply.

"Westworld" toyed with expectations by essentially flipping the script. Set in an elaborate amusement park for adults, the series departed from Michael Crichton's original -- where the robots went wild and began killing guests -- to probe the dawning sentience of those creations. Suddenly, the people mistreating them were the bad guys, even if the androids could be rebooted after each sordid encounter.

"Blade Runner" adopts a similar approach. Its central character, K, played by Ryan Gosling, is a replicant, one charged with hunting down his misbehaving brethren.

Ridley Scott's first film also showed sympathy for these constructs, and there's still debate about the true nature of Harrison Ford's character. In the new plot, K hopes that he might be special in a way that evokes "Pinocchio," as did another movie about a not-quite-real boy, Steven Spielberg's "A.I."

Clearly, this is in the zeitgeist right now. Instead of robots running amok, they become a downtrodden class, meant to engender sympathy, while the worst of the humans are the real monsters.

The same tension provides a foundation for the AMC series "Humans," which deals with robots who have more depth and feelings than the people that employ them as synthetic servants. Movies like "Ex Machina" and "Her" have also explored the potentially complicated nature of human-machine relationships.

Variations on these questions have long been a source of fascination, dating back to science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov and memorable episodes of "The Twilight Zone."

In the context of big-budget entertainment, though, this dynamic can create dramatic challenges, beginning with the fact that the robots don't always face jeopardy in the same way humans do.

Ascertaining how and what they feel, especially at first, can make it harder to identify with them. Should we be equally moved when a robot dies, especially when (in some of these productions) it can be easily fixed and reanimated?

The ethical and intellectual issues raised -- including whether such creations possess what we'd think of as a soul -- are provocative, coming at a moment when technology has become so inextricably woven into our lives. Modern breakthroughs make "Westworld" or "Blade Runner" seem considerably closer than they did in 1973 and '82, respectively, advancing from toasters to phones that talk to us in soothing tones.

Most critics had no problem accepting "Blade Runner 2049's" concept based on the abundance of rave reviews (although the movie experienced a softer-than-expected box-office reception). This one, however, found that it initially blunted the emotional impact, just as it made "Westworld" harder to get into as its rules were being set in the early going.

Science fiction is nothing if not aspirational, which explains the hopeful spirit that allows us to see through a robot's eyes. Yet by framing the story in this fashion these projects also raise the hurdle that must be cleared to make us care about the characters, even when those eyes are as piercing as Gosling's.

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These women are showing Hollywood who's boss. 

On Monday, Elle released the cover stars of its annual Women in Hollywood issue. For 2017, Jennifer Lawrence, Margot Robbie, Laura Dern, Tessa Thompson, Jessica Chastain, Cicely Tyson, Riley Keough and Kathleen Kennedy earned strong individual covers, but spoke in unison on themes about emboldening fellow women in the industry, expanding the scope of female characters on TV and in film and taking action to move the needle in their own careers. 

"I never thought I'd want to be a producer. I'd always wanted to direct and write, but I got to a point as an actress where I felt like I was everyone's puppet," Robbie told the magazine. "I thought, Why don't I get a say in the art I'm making?"

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2016 Elle Women in Hollywood Awards

In addition to the I, Tonya star's perspective, 92-year-old industry icon Tyson spoke on the scope of beauty in her career while 28-year-old Keough discussed her experience with nudity on set. 

Here are this year's cover stars in their own words:

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TESSA THOMPSON

The Thor: Ragnarok actress is all for breaking down the walls that keep characters boxed in. "I think our ideas about what a young black person or a young Mexican person or a young white person should be like weren't as expansive then as they are now," she told Elle. "It made me think I had to fit into a box. The one-dimensional girlfriend or the sassy black friend—those weren't going to work for me."

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This Oscar-winning star puts worrying to rest after she's done in front of the camera. "The only time I find myself worrying about the result is when I'm filming, because I'm working all day, and then I come home and my brain's just like, What should we panic about?" she explained to Elle. "After I've finished the process, though, it's done for me. I've done my work, and I've gotten what I need to get out of it—I've fulfilled myself. What happens next doesn't really matter."

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JESSICA CHASTAIN

The Oscar nominee has portrayed a wide range of female characters in her career thus far, and now, she's working to bring those kinds of diverse opportunities to her colleagues by way of her production company, Freckle Films. "For me, it's for finding and creating opportunities for women and minority groups that might not have an outlet, whether it be as a writer or an actor or a director," she told the magazine. "It's important to me to create these stepping stones.

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CICELY TYSON

The TV icon may be a beauty, but that isn't what she credits for her long-lasting screen success. "At the very beginning of my career, I had a teacher whose name was Vinnette Carroll; she directed a number of Broadway shows. She kept saying to me, 'You know the problem with beautiful women? They tend to rely on their beauty.' And I said, How wrong she is! I never think of myself as being beautiful. I thought, What are you talking about?" she recalled to the magazine. "I work so hard. And I did. But I learned from her how important it is to learn your craft. When all else fails, you will land on that, and that alone."

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RILEY KEOUGH

The Girlfriend Experience star has stripped down for her role on the Starz series, but as she told the magazine, it wasn't all that hard. "I'd like to make the story more interesting and say it was a really difficult thing for me to do…but I don't find nudity difficult. America feels very…Oh my God, boobs! But I wasn't squeamish," she told Elle. 

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KATHLEEN KENNEDY

The acclaimed movie producer—who has credits ranging from the Jurassic Park franchise to Star Wars: The Last Jedi—is happy to send a message to women in Hollywood whether she's behind the lens or in front of it. "I don't like to step in front of the camera, but if I can be a role model for women to recognize they can make it in film, I'm happy to do that whenever I can."

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LAURA DERN

The Big Little Lies star is seeing a shift in her roles—one she welcomes with open arms. "In my twenties, the characters I was asked to play were limited by, well, she's just a girl—she doesn't mean it or she doesn't know who she is," she told Elle. "So I'm starting to play women who just don't know how to do it—they're not girls, but they haven't figured it out, still. That's so relatable! I'm having the time of my life."

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MARGOT ROBBIE

In the four years since she became a breakout star in The Wolf of Wall Street, the actress has taken the reins on the business side of Hollywood with producer credits on upcoming films like I, Tonya and Gotham City Sirens. "I never thought I'd want to be a producer," she told Elle. "I'd always wanted to direct and write, but I got to a point as an actress where I felt like I was everyone's puppet. I thought, Why don't I get a say in the art I'm making?"

As Laura Dern wrote on social media, "Honored to be part of this tribe of inspiring women. Thank you Elle!"

The issue hits newsstands on October 17.