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Mate’s Special - Nominations for Indian Film Awards 2007 (Revisited)
Best Movie
Chak De India - Winner
Guru
Jab We Met
Life in a Metro
Om Shanti Om
Taare Zameen Par
Best Director
Aamir Khan (Taare Zameen Par)
Anurag Basu (Life in a Metro)
Farah Khan (Om Shanti Om)
Imtiaz Ali (Jab We Met)
Mani Ratnam (Guru)
Shimit Amin (Chak De India) - Winner
Best Actor
Abhishek Bachan (Guru)
Akshay Kumar (Namastey London)
Dharmendra (Apne)
Shahid Kapoor (Jab We Met)
Shahrukh Khan (Chak De […]
Kumara Sangakkara - World No. 1 Batsman
Sorry guys, this is not a ‘filmi khabar’ but as ours is a cricket loving country so it should be a breaking news for all the cricket fans inside and outside the country and being a cricket lover i cant keep myself off from putting up this breaking news here. Finally this highly talented Sri […]
6Dec2007 | mate | 4 comments | ContinuedBOI Update: OSO 3 weeks’ Nett Collection is 76.49 cr. (Blockbuster)
BOI Update
4Dec2007 | mate | 17 comments | ContinuedBOI Update: OSO 2nd Week Nett in India = 25.45 cr
BOI Update
28Nov2007 | mate | 37 comments | ContinuedBOI Update - OSO collects 40.19 cr (Exact figures) Nett Gross in 1st Week in all over India
BOXOFFICEINDIA
20Nov2007 | mate | 15 comments | ContinuedOSO cross $ 3 million mark in its 2nd weekend in US
OSO cross $ 3 million mark in its 2nd weekend in US. It earns $ 945,000 in its 2nd weekend with a %age drop of 46%, which leads its total to $ 30,81,000 at the end of 2nd weekend. OSO is at No. 15 at US boxoffice charts this weekend, last weekend it was at No. 11.
On the other […]
Approx. 35 cr and 20 cr Nett Gross in India for OSO and Saawariya respectively: Business-Standard
Sony may fail to recover money from Saawariya
Bs Reporter / Mumbai November 16, 2007
The verdict on Saawariya and Om Shanti Om, which hit the screens during Diwali is clear. According to industry estimates, the first week domestic box office collections for Om Shanti Om would be around Rs 35 crore, thus covering the cost of […]
Mate’s Exclusive on Saawariya
Love triangle is by no means an innovative story in Hindi cinema but Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s direction has given this story a new dimension which has never practiced here. “Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam” and “Devdas” were social dramas of love, Saawariya is not. The story is centred on the intensified emotions of a dreamer, […]
15Nov2007 | mate | 14 comments | ContinuedSRK + Diwali + big hype = big bucks!
Business Talk With Taran Adarsh
November 15, 2007 - 09:25 IST
So should we celebrate? Now that the results are for all to see, is it celebration time in Bollywood? Yes, it is!
The volume of business that the two films — OM SHANTI OM and SAAWARIYA — did from Friday to Sunday clearly indicates that the market […]
Box Office Mojo: Om Shanti Om No 1 for weekend in overseas
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Overseas: ‘O.S.O. has a record start in U.K., U.S.A.
Overseas Boxoffice
By Taran Adarsh, November 14, 2007 - 09:38 IST
OM SHANTI OM has fetched a flying start in the major markets. In U.K., OM SHANTI OM is the second biggest opener ever, after KABHI ALVIDA NAA KEHNA. O.S.O. has crossed the 3-day total of biggies like VEER-ZAARA [£ 484,993], KAL HO NAA HO [£ 436,790], […]
OSO holds fort, Saawariya sees drastic drop
By ROHINI BHANDARI
12 November 2007, 10:57 PM
MUMBAI: Last week saw the release of two much hyped movies of the year - Farah Khan’s Om Shanti Om and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya.
One was director Farah Khan’s second film starring Shah Rukh Khan and model turned actress Deepika Padukone and the other was Bhansali’s fifth film with […]
Om Shanti Om v Saawariya:One horse race-13/11/07 10.00 IST
The diwali battle of the biggies has turned out to be a one horse race with Om Shanti Om emerging a clear winner. On Monday the collections of Saawariya had fallen to the 35-50% mark while Om Shanti Om was rock steady at 80-90% which is extraordinary for Monday in the multiplex era.
Our source at […]
It’s final: OSO wins Saawariya loses
The SRK-Farah Khan combo is setting new box office records
Johnny Vaz | Buzz18
Last updated : Nov 12, 2007
After the lavish publicity and hype created around the two biggest releases of the year, the box office verdict is out. Farha Khan’s Om Shanti Om has won the box office battle against Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya hands […]
Saawariya and OSO First Weekend Collection in Overseas
US Box Office Figures
OSO debuts at No. 11 in US charts collecting $ 1,764,131 (approx. 6.94 crore INR) in its first weekend with per screen average of $ 15,474 While Saawariya debuts at No. 24 collecting $ 542,192 (approx. 2.14 crore INR) in its first weekend with per screen average of $ 6,378 here in […]
U.K. update 2: ‘Om Shanti Om’ shows a 77% jump on Saturday
By Taran Adarsh, November 11, 2007 - 15:12 IST
Shah Rukh Khan’s OM SHANTI OM showed a 77% jump over Friday collections in U.K., by collecting a massive £ 201,899 on 49 screens on Saturday. The total so far is £ 316,211 in its first 2 days, which is superb. In the past, SRK’s KABHI KHUSHI […]