www.WeeklyVoice.com Friday, June 14, 2019 | B-11 ‘Bharat’ Is Another Rs 100 Cr Truth Is Stranger Feather In Salman’s Cap Than Fiction for Anurag Kashyap MUMBAI: Filmmaker An- urag Kashyap, who has made ilms like “Paanch” and “Raman Raghav 2.0” based on the life of serial killers, feels that truth is stranger than iction. Anurag was interacting with the media at the launch of author Anirban Bhattacharya’s book ti- tled “The Deadly Dozen: India’s Most Notorious Serial Killers” here on Thursday. Asked what is it about the mind of a serial killer that draws him to make ilms on them, Anurag said: “It’s always inexplicable… MUMBAI: Superstar Salman ter page of the ilm, which has a day after the ilm released on I don’t understand what makes Khan’s box ofice success story Salman in six different looks -- the occasion of Eid. Directed by them the way they are and that’s has continued with “Bharat”, from a young circus champion , the ilm’s open- what is very interesting because pened? He said: “I feel we don’t which surpassed the Rs 100 croreto a 60-year-old man -- “strong ing day collection was Rs 42.30 you can’t make sense of it. need to ictionalise it, but the mark at the Indian box oficeword on of mouth” is helping in at- crore. “I feel the logic, the intelli- thing is sometimes circumstances the fourth day of release itself,tracting more family audience to “Bharat” has also helped gence and no kind of reasoning force you to ictionalise it. I genu- making it the actor’s 14th back-theatres. Salman add another feather worksto his there. It is just as it is and inely believe that truth is stranger to-back ilm in the Rs 100 croreWhile the ilm’s leading lady cap. “It becomes back-to-backthat 14is what is scary about them.” than iction because iction is still club, say trade experts. also thanked fans centuries for Salman,” accordingWhat kind of challenges does created from a mind that is still Atul Agnihotri, one of the forco- making it a success, Salman to trade expert Girish Johar.he face It when he ictionalises trying to think within its limited producers, tweeted: “The biggest Khan has already penned a note begun with “Dabangg”, to- besomething fol that has already hap- capacity.” family ilm of the year ‘Bharat’ to his fans for thronging theatres lowed by “Ready”, “Bodyguard”, gets more love and appreciation on the ilm’s Day 1, giving him “Ek Tha ”, “Dabangg 2”,Esha, Bharat Get Second Child at the box ofice. Fourth day col- his biggest opening ever. “Jai Ho”, “Kick”, “Bajrangi lection: Rs 26.70 crore. Total col- “Big thank you to all for giv- Bhaijaan”, “Prem Ratan Dhan lection: Rs 122.20 crore.” ing me my career’s biggest open- Payo”, “Sultan”, “Tubelight”, According to the oficial Twit- ing ever,” Salman had tweeted “” and “”. UNICEF’s Danny Kaye Award For Priyanka MUMBAI: UNICEF will her. “Here’s to peace, freedom honour Indian actress Priyanka and the right to education,” she Chopra with the Danny Kaye -Hu added. manitarian Award at the Unicef Priyanka has worked with Snowlake Ball in December. Unicef since 2006 and was- MUMBAI ap : Actress Esha Deol Proud parents Esha and Bharat.” Priyanka, a global Unicef pointed the national and global and her husband Bharat Takhtani She captioned the image: Goodwill Ambassador for Child Unicef Goodwill Ambassador for have welcomed their second bun- “Thank you very much for the Rights, took to and wrote: Child Rights in 2010 and 2016,dle of joy, a daughter and have love and blessings.” “So humbled. Thank you Unicef respectively. She promotes vari- named her Miraya Takhtani. Esha, who is the daughter of for honouring me with the Dan- ous causes such as environment, Esha took to Instagram, where veteran actor Dharmendra and ny Kaye Humanitarian Award health and education, and wom- she shared a poster which read: politician Hema Malni, mar- at the Unicef Snowlake Ball in en’s rights and is particularly “Welcome to our tribe. Baby girl ried Bharat in June 2012. The December.”The event will be The 36-year-old says her workvocal about gender equality andMiraya Takhtani. Born on June two welcomed their irst child, a held on December 3 in New York.for Unicef means everything feminism. to 10, 2019. Big sister Radhya. daughter named Radhya, in 2017.

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