Movie buffs are waiting for Shah Rukh Khan's Dunki and Prabhas' Salaar with bathed breath. The festive season promises an exciting lineup of movies for movie-goers.
Shah Rukh Khan's Dunki is set to release in theatres on December 21. The makers unveiled five Dunki drops now that include a teaser of the songs and a trailer of the film.
Salaar on the other hand is one of the most anticipated films of Prabhas and fans of both SRK and Prabhas have gone all out on social media and are rooting for their respective stars.
SRKians rejoiced as Prabha's film Salaar got an 'A' or Adult certificate from the CBFC.
The production for Salaar, Hombale Films shared on X, "Censor done for #SalaarCeaseFire Get ready for an intense ''ction drama in cinemas from December 22nd".
Meanwhile, Salazar is the second film to have received an A certificate and promises high-voltage action.
Countdown begins for #SalaarCeaseFire- The much-awaited action entertainer starring #Prabhas and helmed by #PrashanthNeel has passed the censor board test with an 'A' Certificate and is been locked with a duration of 2 Hours 55 Minutes. #Salaar #Prabhas #PrashanthNeel… pic.twitter.com/rneQYc2JtL
— Sumit Kadel (@SumitkadeI) December 11, 2023
Has Dunki been certificated in UA?
Upon knowing this SRK's fans started celebrating as Dunki will have a higher footfall in the Hindi belt, which constitutes a major chunk of any pan-Indian film's collection. Dunki trailer passed with U/A certificate, 2 Minutes 41 Seconds long Shah Rukh Khan
A Twitter page claims Dunki has been certificated with UA.
#Dunki " UA " RATING GIVING BY CENSORED.
— AMIR ANSARI (@filmy45539) December 13, 2023
LENGTH - 2 hours and 39 mints.
Can't wait for 21 December ???#ShahRukhKhan? #DunkiFirstDayFirstShow #DunkiAdvanceBooking #DunkiDrop5 #Dunki pic.twitter.com/rfJvwgtLVr
Dunki First Day First Show trends
SRK's both the films that were released this year before Dunki had made very good collections in the USA. And now Booking of Dunki has recently started in America.
This film has a total of 915 shows in the USA. For the first day, around Rs 5,000 tickets were sold there. Now according to reports, Shah Rukh Khan's movie Dunki is being released in around 320 locations in the USA.
According to reports, within a few days, around 6514 tickets for the film were sold abroad for the first day's show.
However, there are still 9 days left before the release of the film, so ticket sales are going to increase further. According to reports, Shah Rukh Khan's film has earned $90,292 from ticket sales so far.
According to trade analyst Girish Johar, advance bookings of Prabhas-starrer Salaar and Shah Rukh Khan's Dunki in Overseas stand at:
USA:
Salaar- $750k (Rs 6,25,38,074)
Dunki- $185k (Rs 15,42,6,141)
UK:
#Salaar- £120k (Rs 12528588)
#Dunki- £70k (Rs 7308343)
After the stupendous success of Jawan and Pathaan. SRK is gearing up for his film Dunki. The trailer of which was dropped last week. And the song O Mahi was unveiled on Tuesday.
SRK has been taking to social media and hosting AMA sessions with his fans, where he is answering questions related to his film.
Last week, a day after the release of the trailer the actor hosted an AMA session connected with his fans and answered a host of questions, he even addressed trolls and replied to a fan who asked whether the film can be watched with family.
During an AMA session, a fan asked King Khan if there were any sex scenes in the film in a Punjabi dialect.
Fan asks SRK if there's 'sax-sux' in 'Dunki'
The tweet read, "Sir #Dunki me sax sux to nahi hai na. Papa ke sath dekh sakte hai ? #AskSRK (sic)", 'Sir, there are no sex scenes (sax-sux) in 'Dunki', right? Can I watch it with my dad?'.
And SRK, being the wittiest ever, replied, "Sax Sux toh samjha nahi tickets pe Tax Tux zaroor hoga. Daddy se le lena. #DunkiTrailer (sic) (I don't know much about sax-sux (sex scenes) but there is tax-tux (tax) in tickets. Take it from your father).
Normally I don’t answer amazingly intelligent people like you. But in your case I am making an exception because I feel you need to be treated for constipation. Will tell my PR team to send you some golden medicines…hope u recover soon. https://t.co/FmKfCZxmyp
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) December 6, 2023
This question comes after the recently released film Animal which stars Bobby Deol, Ranbir Kapoor is high on action and violence. The film has explicit scenes which can't be viewed with family.
Although the film talks about a father-son relationship. The film can't be seen with one's father as per social media users.
The film has been receiving mixed responses from fans and critics.
The lead actress in the film Rashmika defended her role amid massive negative reviews.
SRK responded to several questions. He also reacted to a tweet that was quite negative.
One of the social media users called SRK's last two blockbuster films 'Pathaan' and 'Jawan', "sh*t".
"Due to your highly effective and efficient PR team last two tatti movies of your became a blockbuster.. do you still have faith in ur PR and marketing team that #Dhunki will also bcm a hit and will be a another golden tatti from #Bollywood #AskSrk ," the user wrote.
SRK mentioned, "Normally I don't answer amazingly intelligent people like you. But in your case, I am making an exception because I feel you need to be treated for constipation. Will tell my PR team to send you some golden medicines...hope u recover soon."
#Dunki " UA " RATING GIVING BY CENSORED.
— AMIR ANSARI (@filmy45539) December 13, 2023
LENGTH - 2 hours and 39 mints.
Can't wait for 21 December ???#ShahRukhKhan? #DunkiFirstDayFirstShow #DunkiAdvanceBooking #DunkiDrop5 #Dunki pic.twitter.com/rfJvwgtLVr
Ahead of Dunki's release visited the Vaishno Devi shrine to seek blessings.
This is the actor's third visit this year.
Previously, Shah Rukh visited Vaishno Devi exactly one year ago on December 12 before the release of Pathaan. It was SRK's comeback to the big screen after four years. Later in August, he visited the shrine again before the release of Jawan.
A video shared by news agency PTI shows Shah Rukh, along with his entourage of bodyguards. His manager Pooja Dadlani was also seen with him. The actor was back in the city on Wednesday.
Take a look.
VIDEO | Bollywood actor @iamsrk visited Mata Vaishno Devi shrine earlier today. pic.twitter.com/HbjW0YczUC
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 12, 2023
Box-office clash: Prabhas vs Shah Rukh
Shah Rukh Khan-Rajkumar Hirani's Dunki is releasing on December 21, 2023. While Prabhas's Salaar is also going to hit the theatre on 22, 2023.
It will be a delight to see Taapsee Pannu's pairing with Shah Rukh Khan for the first time in Dunki. On the other hand, Shruti Hasan will be seen opposite Prabhas in Prashanth Neel's directorial.