“Baahubali 2” becomes highest-grossing Indian film of all timeMay 6, 2017 - 16:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Baahubali 2: The Conclusion” has emerged as the all-time Indian box office champion. The film released Apr. 28 in the Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi languages and has grossed $131 million worldwide, comfortably passing the $123 million achieved by “PK” in 2014, Variety said. In North America, the film collected $13.1 million, according to figures released by distributor Great India Films, making it the highest grossing Indian film in the territory, and passing the $12.3 lifetime collection of 2016’s “Dangal.” Both “PK” and “Dangal” starred Bollywood megastar Aamir Khan. In India, “Baahubali” swept past the local record of $83.7 million gross held by “Dangal,” collecting $106 million. Directed by S.S. Rajamouli, the film is a continuation of 2015 blockbuster “Baahubali: The Beginning” that grossed $100 million. It stars Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty and Tamannaah Bhatia. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |