Sunil Rajguru's World » Films http://www.sunilrajguru.com A little bit of everything under the sun. Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:19:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 Random musings about Bollywood’s Rs 500 crore club http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/random-musings-about-bollywoods-rs-500-crore-club/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/random-musings-about-bollywoods-rs-500-crore-club/#comments Sun, 31 Dec 2023 05:06:38 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9891 Baahubali 2 – The Conclusion in Hindi made Rs 511 crores at the box office in 2017 thereby creating the Rs 500 crore club. But it was a Tollywood movie. Bollywood had to wait till 2023 to enter the Club … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/random-musings-about-bollywoods-rs-500-crore-club/feed/ 0 Is this the end of Disney? http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/is-this-the-end-of-disney/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/is-this-the-end-of-disney/#comments Mon, 23 Oct 2023 06:03:14 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9860 In 2012, The Avengers was the world’s top grossing movie. Since then it’s been Disney all the way, which also owns the MCU, Pixar and Star Wars. In 2013, it took the following positions at the box office: 1, 2, … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/is-this-the-end-of-disney/feed/ 0 The Lost Years of Shah Rukh Khan http://www.sunilrajguru.com/published-stuff/the-lost-years-of-shah-rukh-khan/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/published-stuff/the-lost-years-of-shah-rukh-khan/#comments Mon, 11 Sep 2023 07:09:03 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9853 SRK is India’s ultimate superstar. Self-made. A Man of Destiny. A Game Changer. He made the transition from TV star to Bollywood superstar seamlessly. He ruled the 1990s and peaked in the 2000s. He virtually created the NRI market. He … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/published-stuff/the-lost-years-of-shah-rukh-khan/feed/ 0 The Dark Side of Bollywood http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/the-dark-side-of-bollywood/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/the-dark-side-of-bollywood/#comments Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:17:27 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9783 I am in the process of compiling all my columns and converting them into eBooks based on their themes. I wrote regularly for Sify.com and India Today’s DailyO.in on a wide variety of topics. Bollywood is not all happy romance, … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/the-dark-side-of-bollywood/feed/ 0 Did the multiplex culture peak in 2019? http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/did-the-multiplex-culture-peak-in-2019/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/did-the-multiplex-culture-peak-in-2019/#comments Sat, 11 Mar 2023 12:53:25 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9778 https://open.spotify.com/episode/5K1X3KN127bWZCqIvDWVRb Podcast summary… I read an article which claimed that 1994’s all-time blockbuster Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! had about 74 million footfalls while 2016’s Dangal had 37 million footfalls. That’s almost half. In 1994 India’s population was 945 million as … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/did-the-multiplex-culture-peak-in-2019/feed/ 0 The Force Awakens was why you got the shit fest of The Last Jedi http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/the-force-awakens-was-why-you-got-the-shit-fest-of-the-last-jedi/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/the-force-awakens-was-why-you-got-the-shit-fest-of-the-last-jedi/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2019 05:28:11 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9123 Everyone blasted Star Wars 8: The Last Jedi and I was no different—Read: Star Wars is dead! However very few people seem to realize that the problem was not The Last Jedi, but its predecessor Star Wars 7: The Force … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/the-force-awakens-was-why-you-got-the-shit-fest-of-the-last-jedi/feed/ 1 Oh God! Does anyone have sequel fatigue yet? The 2018 list… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/oh-god-does-anyone-have-sequel-fatigue-yet-the-2018-list/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/oh-god-does-anyone-have-sequel-fatigue-yet-the-2018-list/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:55:40 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=8743 20th Marvel Cinematic Universe film—Ant-Man and the Wasp 19th MCU film—Avengers (3) Infinity War 18th MCU film—Black Panther 11th X-men universe film—Deadpool 2 11th in the series: Halloween 10th Star Wars film—Solo: A Star Wars Story 10th JK Rowling universe … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/oh-god-does-anyone-have-sequel-fatigue-yet-the-2018-list/feed/ 0 Star Wars is dead! http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/star-wars-is-dead-long-live-the-new-star-wars-but-only-at-the-box-office/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/star-wars-is-dead-long-live-the-new-star-wars-but-only-at-the-box-office/#comments Sat, 23 Dec 2017 10:35:02 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=8658 Star Wars is officially dead. They may make dozens of more movies and make billions of more dollars, but the “galaxy far, far away” created by George Lucas is kaput. The Last Jedi is something out of a parallel universe … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/star-wars-is-dead-long-live-the-new-star-wars-but-only-at-the-box-office/feed/ 4 My Bollywood Columns http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/my-bollywood-columns-2/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/my-bollywood-columns-2/#comments Mon, 14 Aug 2017 04:53:37 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9453 10 films that made Akshay Kumar a superstar August 14, 2017, DailyO.in Five reasons why SRK looks totally finished August 9, 2017, Sify.com The 3 Khan Era is dead. Long live ‘Baahubali’! May 30, 2017, Sify.com Move over Aamir, Salman, … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/my-bollywood-columns-2/feed/ 0 Bollywood: Khan, Khaner and Khanest! http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/bollywood-khan-khaner-and-khanest/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/bollywood-khan-khaner-and-khanest/#comments Wed, 21 Jun 2017 06:21:10 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=8134 Box office… SRK Big. Salman Bigger. Aamir Biggest. Fan power… Aamir Big. SRK Bigger. Salman Biggest. Scope of heroine in the film… Aamir Small. SRK Smaller. Salman Smallest. Lack of logic in films… Aamir Big. SRK Bigger. Salman Biggest. Hype … Continue reading →

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