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Siddharth Anand to helm ‘Tiger vs Pathaan’

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Mumbai: The Bollywood spy-universe is witnessing a post Big Bang moment. After it was reported earlier that Jr NTR will join ‘War 2’ as the antagonist, another movie from the spy-universe has locked the face for designation of director. The film ‘Tiger vs Pathaan’ will be helmed by Siddharth Anand, who is basking in the historic success of ‘Pathaan’.
The film will showcase a ruthless face-off between the two of the biggest superstars of Indian cinema — Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan.
Talking about the new development, a veteran trade source said, “Aditya Chopra has immense trust in Siddharth Anand to deliver a grand visual spectacle that has never been seen before with ‘Tiger vs Pathaan’. Siddharth is getting a dream cast of Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan coming together for their first full-fledged film since ‘Karan Arjun’ and Siddharth will also be given all the support he needs to mount ‘Tiger vs Pathaan’ as the biggest film that India has ever produced.”

Earlier, the fans of Sidharth were disappointed with him not directing ‘War 2’ — the sequel to his 2019 blockbuster directorial when Ayan Mukerji was given the charge as the director but, it seems like producer Aditya Chopra is entrusting Sid with a bigger responsibility having seen his brilliant work of extracting the best out of SRK and Salman in the cross-over scene from ‘Pathaan’ and also looking at his brilliant track record at the box-office considering his blockbuster hattrick with ‘Bang Bang!’, ‘War’ and ‘Pathaan’.
The source further mentioned, “YRF’s war chest and its entire creative might is ready to roll out a film that should go down in the history of Indian cinema as a record-smashing blockbuster.”
YRF Spy Universe is now one the biggest IPs in Indian cinema.
From a timeline point of view, YRF’s spy universe started in 2012 when Salman Khan took charge as Tiger in ‘Ek Tha Tiger’. In 2017, Salman reprised the role of the super-spy in ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’. In 2019, Hrithik Roshan made his entry into the universe as the suave super-spy Kabir in ‘War’. With ‘Pathaan’, Shah Rukh Khan entered the YRF spy universe as the super-agent Pathaan and delivered a mammoth global blockbuster.
However, the crossover of spies from this universe only began with ‘Pathaan’ in what will go down in the pages of history as one of the best cinematic moments of mainstream Hindi cinema.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 6, 2023
‘Pathaan’ breaks ‘Baahubali 2’ Hindi record, director Siddharth Anand reacts

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Mumbai: There’s no stopping ‘Pathaan’. The Shah Rukh Khan-starrer has become highest grossing Hindi film ever, breaking ‘Baahubali 2’ record.
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh wrote on Twitter, “#Pathaan #Tamil + #Telugu [Week 5] Fri 2 lacs, Sat 3 lacs, Sun 5 lacs, Mon 2 lacs, Tue 2 lacs, Wed 2 lacs, Thu 2 lacs. Total: Rs 18.24 cr. NOTE: #Pathaan #Hindi + #Tamil + #Telugu combined biz: Rs 528.29 cr. #India biz. Nett BOC.”
The Hindi lifetime collection of Baahubali 2 stood at a staggering Rs 510.99 crore.
With ‘Pathaan’ surprassing the collection of SS Rajamouli’s ‘Baahubali’ in Hindi, director Siddharth Anand expressed happiness on Twitter.
“Crossed The Lifetime Collections Of #Baahubali2 In Hindi. Proud Moment For Me…!!!
Once Again Thanks To All The Audience Who Encouraged The Film #Pathaan,” he tweeted.
Released on January 25, ‘Pathaan’ also stars John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Dimple Kapadia and Ashutosh Rana among others. Produced by Yash Raj Films, the film is written by Shridhar Raghavan.
The film’s team recently held a success bash where SRK, Deepika and Siddharth shared their experience of coming on board for Pathaan.

“It’s nice to be back. I am not in a hurry to finish the film. Its always been my desire to spread happiness among people and make films to entertain. Whenever I fail to do so, nobody feels as bad as me. I am very happy that I was able to spread happiness and especially to those who are close to my heart – Aditya Chopra and Siddharth. And those who gave me the opportunity as you will notice the film is a very big film, it will be an expensive film. But to get me and give me a chance to come at the time I was not working and allow me to be a part of this film. I will ever ever be grateful to Aditya Chopra and Siddharth. And also to Deepika. I have forgotten those 4 years in these 4 days,” SRK said at the event.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 4, 2023
Agendas of boycott team failed, says Siddharth Anand amid Pathaan’s mega success

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Mumbai: As ‘Pathaan’created history at the box office by minting over Rs 630 crore worldwide in just a week, director Sidharth Anand expressed gratitude to the audience for making the film a blockbuster. He also opened up about how Pathaan crushed “Boycott Bollywood narrative”.
Speaking to ANI, Siddharth said, “I knew there was nothing offensive in the movie but the audience didn’t, because they hadn’t seen the movie at that time. Later, they watched the movie and made it a big success. Agendas of the boycott team failed.”
‘Pathaan’, which stars Shah Rukh Khan, John Abraham and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles, was embroiled in a massive pool of controversy after the release of the film’s Besharam Rang song last year. It received criticism from many due to the saffron colour of Deepika Padukone’s bikini in it.
Some people found the song objectionable over the use of saffron and green costumes. A slew of activists in several parts of the country even staged a protest and set effigies of Deepika and Shah Rukh on fire. The controversy around the movie started after Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra, aired his objections to ‘Besharam Rang’. The film even faced “Boycott” trend.
With the film’s mega success, the Pathaan team has definitely given a befitting answer to the #BoycottBollywood gang.
Reacting to such controversies, Sidharth requested those who wanted to boycott Pathaan to come and watch the film.
“I really hope the people who want to boycott Pathaan also come and watch the movie so that they will realise there is nothing in the movie that can hurt their sentiments,” he urged.
‘Pathaan’ is the fourth title in producer Aditya Chopra’s spy universe, following Salman Khan’s Ek Tha Tiger (2012) and Tiger Zinda Hai (2017), and War, featuring Hrithik Roshan (2019).

A few days ago, Siddharth along with SRK, John and Deepika held an interactive session with media in Mumbai to celebrate Pathaan’s success.
At the event, Siddharth hinted at the sequel to Pathaan.
“Pathaan aayi hai, hit hui hai. Uske baad kya banayege?”, audience screamed, “Pathaan 2.” Siddharth replied, “Insha allah.”
SRK also talked about the film’s sequel.
“This is a big day for us, my family. We haven’t experienced this happiness in a while. Whenever he (Siddharth Anand) wants me to do Pathaan 2, I’ll do it. If they want to make a sequel, it’ll be my honour to do it,” said Shah Rukh.
‘Pathaan’ marks the return of SRK to the silver screen after four years.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 4, 2023