Sunil Rajguru's World » bollywood 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 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 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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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/bollywood-khan-khaner-and-khanest/feed/ 1 Dangal Baahubali musings… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/dangal-baahubali-musings/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/dangal-baahubali-musings/#comments Mon, 05 Jun 2017 04:52:27 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=8063 2017 beginning, zero Indian movies in Global 1000 box office list. Now both Baahubali 2 and Dangal in Top 500. Dangal made Rs 1000 crore in China. Baahubali 2 is planning a big China launch. Tubelight heroine is the Chinese … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/dangal-baahubali-musings/feed/ 0 The A to Z of Shah Rukh Khan controversies http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/the-abc-of-srk-controversies/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/the-abc-of-srk-controversies/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2016 13:48:17 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://sunilrajguru.com/?p=1065 A for Amitabh Bachchan One is the Shahenshah and one is the Badshaah. And of course, it’s impossible for them to get along. Or so the grapevine would have us believe. There’s a cold war that keeps brewing and we … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/the-abc-of-srk-controversies/feed/ 12 5 ways how Bollywood promotes misogyny http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/5-ways-how-bollywood-promotes-misogyny/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/5-ways-how-bollywood-promotes-misogyny/#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2016 14:20:53 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9880 Recently Bollywood superstar Salman Khan said that he felt like a raped woman during the shooting of his upcoming film Sultan. While this created quite an outrage, why are we surprised? Bollywood has been misogynistic in nature for decades and … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/5-ways-how-bollywood-promotes-misogyny/feed/ 0 The very versatile Mr Akshay Kumar… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/the-very-versatile-mr-akshay-kumar/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/the-very-versatile-mr-akshay-kumar/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2016 13:12:18 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=7523 Bollywood superstar has played a really wide variety of on screen roles. Just check them out… God (OMG – Oh My God!) Gigolo (Desi Boyz) Sexually harassed victim (Aitraaz) Blind robber (Aankhen) Counter terrorism expert (Baby, Holiday: A Soldier Is … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/the-very-versatile-mr-akshay-kumar/feed/ 0 #UdtaPunjab musings… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/udtapunjab-musings/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/udtapunjab-musings/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2016 09:05:36 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=7469 Shahid Kapoor visited Punjab as a squeaky clean kid in 2007 (Jab We Met) but returned as a hardened drug addict in 2016 (‪#‎UdtaPunjab‬). Punjab Problem (Udta Punjab) Kashmir Problem (Haider) Mumbai Riots, Kargil, 9/11, Godhra (Mausam) Match-fixing, drugs (Kaminey) … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/udtapunjab-musings/feed/ 0 Indian filmi musings… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/indian-filmi-musings/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/indian-filmi-musings/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2016 09:31:23 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=7423 Very soon we will need an underground film circuit where films can be screened without censor interference. ‪#‎UdtaPunjab‬ to ‪#‎NahinUdtaPunjab‬ 2016 in a parallel universe for India domestic Box Office… Hollywood film No. 1 nearing 200 crore ‪#‎JungleBook‬ Film on … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/films/indian-filmi-musings/feed/ 0 April 2016 Status Updates http://www.sunilrajguru.com/short-takes/april-2016-status-updates/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/short-takes/april-2016-status-updates/#comments Sun, 01 May 2016 09:57:32 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=7332 Top 3 films by Box Office in 2016 so far… 3rd: SRK film. 2nd: Akshay film. 1st: Chaddi pahan ke phool khila hai… (April 24) Domestically a superstar just needs half his film’s cost from domestic Box Office. Rest will … Continue reading →

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