

#CHENNAI EXPRESS CAST MOVIE#
The movie was made on a budget of Rs 70 crore.Ĭhennai Express is now the fourth film to go over the Rs 300-crore mark in worldwide collections, after '3 Idiots', 'Ek Tha Tiger' and 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'. It managed roaring business not just nationally but also on foreign shores, including via paid previews. The film had already become the highest grosser ever in Nizam/Andhra and Tamil Nadu/Kerala after seven days over the weekend, Mysore was added to the list and soon it will also become the highest grosser ever in West Bengal.Ī tale of a north Indian man, who falls in love with the daughter of a don down south, 'Chennai Express' was heavily promoted by its cast and director across all quarters. The collections are the fourth highest ever for the second weekend after '3 Idiots' and 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' and 'Dabangg'. The film grossed Rs 5.50 crore on Friday of the week gone by, Rs 7.50 crore nett on Saturday and Rs 9.50 on Sunday.

Ek Tha Tiger had grossed Rs 310 crore in its lifetime run.ĭirected by Rohit Shetty and also starring Deepika Padukone, Chennai Express had a strong second weekend, collecting Rs 22.50 crore nett, taking the overall India business collections to Rs 168 crore nett. The film is now the second-highest grosser worldwide with Rs 314 crore collections after its second weekend. The latest Shah Rukh starrer has now surpassed Ek Tha Tiger's overall worldwide collections of Rs 310 crore in just ten days. Padukone has a busy slate of projects which includes Shah Rukh Khan-led Pathan, Fighter with Hrithik Roshan, an untitled movie with Prabhas and the Hindi remake of Hollywood movie The Intern.Chennai Express, having smashed known-records at the box office, has now taken the Shah Rukh Khan - Salman Khan 'rivalry' to the next level. The actor, who was most recently seen in Shakun Batra’s Gehraiyaan, made her Hollywood debut with the 2017 actioner xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, fronted by Vin Diesel. She found fame with her 2007 film Om Shanti Om, co-starring Shah Rukh Khan, and later featured in several blockbuster and critically-acclaimed movies like Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Chennai Express, Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela, Bajirao Mastani, Padmaavat and Piku. Padukone, 36, was earlier the chairperson of Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival for two years.Īlso Read: Merle Oberon, a Hollywood Star From India Who Wanted Her Roots Forgotten Culture helps the human soul to rise and hope for tomorrow”, Lindon said.

“With my jury, we will strive to take the best possible care of the films of the future, all of which carry the same secret hope of courage, loyalty, and freedom, with a mission to move the greatest number of women and men by speaking to them of their common wounds and joys.

“It is a great honour and source of pride to be entrusted, in the midst of the tumult of all the events we are going through in the world, with the splendid, weighty task of chairing the Jury of the 75th International Cannes Film Festival.” In a statement, posted on the official website of the festival, Lindon said the jury “will strive to take the best possible care of the films of the future.” Other jury members include actor-filmmaker Rebecca Hall, Swedish actor Noomi Rapace, Italian actor-director Jasmine Trinca, acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, French filmmaker-actor Ladj Ly, filmmaker Jeff Nichols and director-screenwriter Joachim Trier from Norway. Padukone is part of the eight-member jury which will reward one of the 21 films in competition with the Palme d’or during the closing ceremony on Saturday May 28. Mumbai: Actor Deepika Padukone will be a part of the competition jury at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, the organisers said.įrench actor Vincent Lindon will be heading the jury at the 75th edition of the coveted festival, which will run from May 17-28, the official Twitter account of the festival announced late Tuesday evening.
