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★ Indian film to arrive in Chinese cinemas !

2018-02-27 | Gu Liping

"Bajrangi Bhaijaan," Indian director Kabir Khan's 2015 production, will be shown on the Chinese mainland starting Friday.

The film, starring Indian film icon Salman Khan, tells the story of Bajrangi, an ardent devotee of Hindu deity Hanuman, who takes a six-year-old Pakistan girl to her homeland to reunite with her family.

"The story shows that love between people can transcend ethnicity, religion and nationality," Khan said Monday.

Indian films have extended their fanbase in China in recent years. "Secret Superstar," an Indian musical drama film produced by Aamir Khan, has raked in more than 700 million yuan (about 110 million U.S. dollars) since its release on the Chinese mainland on Jan. 19.

"Drawing lessons from Hollywood films and innovation, the Indian film industry has been focusing on disclosing social realities," said Ding Yaping, researcher with the Chinese National Academy of Arts.

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After 2 years, Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan is now set to release in China in few days. However, there is a funny story behind the release.

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Application filed against Salman Khan and Shilpa Shetty In Mumbai’s Bhoiwada court

An application has been filed against Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Shilpa Shetty in Mumbai’s Bhoiwada court for allegedly using casteist slur against the Scheduled Castes. They have been accused of humiliating and insulting the Scheduled Castes by using the word ‘bhangi’ in separate TV shows. (Also Read: Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan or Little Lolita Monkey God Uncle to release in China on…

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Well if few reports are to be believed then looks like Salman Khan starrer ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ is all set to release in China which will further solidify its status as a bonafide blockbuster. The film that shot Munni aka Harshaali Malhotra to fame is finally seeing the light of the day in China with a unique title, 2 years after its official Indian release. The film will allegedly be called ‘Little Lolita Monkey God Uncle’ in Chinese and this has sent fans into a tizzy. Although there has been no official statement from the makers, wonder what Salman’s reaction will be like when he finds out the new title of his super-hit film. Based on a request made by Geeta, the deaf-mute Indian girl stranded in Pakistan and set to return to India, Salman Khan-starrer Bajrangi Bhaijaan will be dubbed in the sign language so that special people like her can watch and appreciate the movie. According to PTI, the dubbing will be undertaken by the help centre for persons with special needs being run in Tukoganj police station. The report further claims that Geeta is a big fan of Salman and during the recent interaction, she expressed her desire to meet the Bollywood star along with her family members. The Times of  India : 6th. Dec,17

SALMAN KHAN’s ‘BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN’ RENAMED AS ‘LITTLE LOLITA MONKEY GOD UNCLE’ FOR CHINA RELEASE : Well if few reports are to be believed then looks like Salman Khan starrer 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' is all set to release in China which will further solidify its status as a bonafide blockbuster.

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`★ A Lost Girl Finds A Man With A Heart... Chinese Poster for Bajrangi Bhaijaan, releasing in China on March 2nd as ‘Little Lolita Monkey God Uncle’ !

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★ Bollywood comedy set for Lantern Festival release in China !

Zhang Rui | February 28, 2018

Nearly three years after its original release in India, the critically acclaimed "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" will hit Chinese theaters on March 2.

Director Kabir Khan and the film's young star Harshaali Malhotra, both wearing traditional Chinese clothing, attended the Chinese premiere held in Beijing yesterday. Malhotra, now 9, smiled throughout the event but spoke very little, just like the character she played in the film.

"We auditioned maybe 2,000 girls, and finally chose Harshaali because she not only has a pretty face but also had enthusiasm to do the film," the director said at the premiere, "and she is totally a natural-born actress."

He also revealed that although co-star Salman Khan was known as the biggest action star in India, the director felt they should do something different after their collaboration on the spy thriller action film "Ek Tha Tiger" (2012). Salman Khan agreed and happily took part in the "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" project, a movie that is instead, according to its director, "about love."

The film tells the story of how Bajrangi (Salman Khan), an ardent devotee of Hindu deity Hanuman, embarks on taking a mute six-year-old Pakistani girl (Harshaali Malhotra), separated in India from her parents, back to her hometown in Pakistan.

The director Khan said that he made this film to talk about "love within people and the fact that borders cannot divide people."

"Bajrangi Bhaijaan," which means "Brother Bajrangi," will be released in China under the title "Little Lolita's Monkey God Uncle." "Monkey God Uncle" refers to the character Bajrangi, who is named after Bajrangbali (Hanuman), the Hindi God who provided the inspiration for the Monkey King character in the classic Chinese novel "Journey to the West." "Little Lolita" in Chinese slang often has no sexual connotations, instead only meaning "cute little girl," in reference to the young character played by Malhotra. The Chinese version will also be cut down in length from 159 minutes to 140 minutes.

The worldwide gross of "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" has already been 629 crore (US$98 million) as of 2016, making it the second-highest-grossing Indian film ever at the time, behind Rajkumar Hirani's satirical sci-fi comedy film "PK." Now with its upcoming release in China, it may earn a much higher box office haul.

The Chinese film market has provided an unmistakable boost to Indian films' earnings and chart positions. Last year, the booming market shot "Dangal" to the number one spot as the highest-grossing Indian film ever. "Dangal" grossed over US$330 million worldwide, including more than US$204 million in the Chinese market.

Another Indian film, "Secret Superstar," also made 746 million yuan (US$118.28 million) since its release in China earlier this year, which helped the film become the third-highest-grossing Indian film of all time. India's domestic income for "Secret Superstar" pales in comparing to what it has done in China - by the end of 2017, the film only grossed 89 crore (US$14 million) in India.

Director Kabir Khan is not too surprised by the phenomenon. "India and China have so much in common, " he said, "they are giant Oriental civilizations that has been living next to each other for thousands of years." He said he believes the peoples of the two countries have the same way of looking at emotions, family structures and relationships. "We could find more relevance in China than in other parts of the world, and I'm sure Chinese films will find relevance in India."

The director's next film will be the travel drama "Zookeeper," an Indo-Chinese film production slated for release later this year which will be shot in China's Chengdu city and the surrounding area.

Building on the success of "Dangal" and "Secret Superstar," as well as positive word-of-mouth since 2015, "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" will be getting a wide release in China on March 2. The date coincides with the Lantern Festival that ends China's traditional Spring Festival and Lunar New Year holidays, a time of year when people celebrate family reunions, mirroring the theme of the movie. The film had advance screenings in 29 Chinese cities on Feb. 6, receiving positive feedback from audiences.

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★ Can Indian comedy drama ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ recreate the success of ‘Secret Superstar’ in China? 

Huang Tingting | 2018/2/27 

After Aamir Khan's extremely successful films Dangal and Secret Superstar, China is set to embrace yet another hit Indian movie Bajrangi Bhaijaan. Starring Bollywood star Salman Khan and the then 7-year-old Harshaali Malhotra in the lead roles, the 2015 film follows Bajrangi (Khan), an ardent follower of the Hindu deity Hanuman, as he brings a mute Pakistani girl (Malhotra) back to her family. The film is set to hit Chinese mainland cinemas on Friday, the same day as the traditional Lantern Festival. The choice of release date seems well thought out as the Lantern Festival celebrates families coming together and the story fits perfectly with this festive atmosphere. The now 9-year-old actress Malhotra and the film's director Kabir Khan appeared at the film's Beijing premiere on Monday, dressed in traditional Chinese cheongsams. The two greeted fans by saying "Happy Lantern Festival" in awkward Chinese and posed for photos holding a giant Chinese festive decoration. High anticipation "I think India and China have so much in common. We have civilizations that have lasted for five to six thousand years and we have so much in common in the way we express our emotions, our family structures and relations," Kabir Khan said at a press conference at the Monday event when asked why he felt Indian films have been gaining ground in China in recent years. "We often find more resonance with people in China than those living in the other parts of the world," noted the Indian director. "I am sure Chinese films can also find resonance in India." While the recent success of Dangal and Secret Superstar in China might serve as one of the prime motivators for Chinese investors to put more stake into Indian films, the film's impressive performance in the Indian market and its relatively high rating of an 8.1/10 on IMDB and an 8.6/10 on Chinese review platform Douban have also caused movie lovers to pay more attention to Bollywood. The latest popular Indian film to come to the Chinese mainland, Bajrangi Bhaijaan is receiving quite a lot of attention from Chinese press and movie fans. On Douban, the film is now the third "most-want-to-see" film among the nine imported films that are hitting theaters in the mainland in March, following Golden Globe-winner Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which is scheduled to debut on the same date and Shape of Water, a strong Oscar contender that is set to premiere on March 16. While admitting the parts of the film concerning religious beliefs and border disputes between India and Pakistan may be difficult to understand without certain background knowledge, reviews from Chinese moviegoers have been relatively positive so far. "Great film! Previously I thought I might fall asleep as 141 minutes is a bit too long for me, but I was moved to tears, especially by the end of the film," Xiao Lan, a moviegoer who attended Monday afternoon's VIP screening in Beijing, told the Global Times. "I think this film expresses the theme of religion better than [Indian film] P.K.," posted movie blogger Capital's Haha Brother on Sina Weibo on February 7, a day after a Beijing prescreening. "It uses specific scenes rather than the typical dance scenes to show the different religious beliefs that Indians and Pakistanis hold. And unlike the comical atmosphere in Aamir Khan's P.K., these scenes are usually very serious," he wrote. Growing a fandom The film's lead actor Salman Khan, one of Bollywood's most influential stars, was constantly introduced at Monday's premiere as one of "Bollywood's Three Big Khans" - the other two being Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan. Overseas media and netizens have already begun predicting whether Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Salman Khan's first film to show in Chinese mainland cinemas, will help the Bollywood star to become as popular as Aamir Khan has become. For many of Salman Khan's Chinese fans there is no need to compare the two. "Salman and Aamir are very good friends in real life and so are their Chinese fan clubs," Huo Huo, a manager for the Salman Khan China Fan Club, told the Global Times on Monday. Boasting some 30,000 followers on Sina Weibo and over 3,000 registered members on Baidu Tieba, China's equivalent to Reddit, the Salman Khan China Fan Club has taken on the mission of translating and updating the star's news on Chinese social media platforms. "We also make special videos every year for his birthday. Veteran fans often call him by his Chinese nickname Xiao Sa or simply Sa," said the 25-year-old fan club manager, who fell in love with the star in 2014 after watching his film Wanted. "He looks so hot in the film but it wasn't until a year later when I got to know more about him and his philanthropy that I officially became a hardcore fan," Huo explained. Though the Bollywood star's current Chinese fandom is not very large compared to other popular foreign stars, "the number is growing and we have had more new members join us over the past two years," Huo noted. The Chinese mainland release of Bajrangi Bhaijaan has excited Chinese fans such as Huo since previously they either had to make do with the Hindi-language versions of his films or wait desperately for Chinese subtitles. "The moment we saw Salman's face on the big screen for the first time at Sunday's prescreening, many of us including me couldn't help but burst into tears," Huo told the Global Times.

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★ Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan grosses Rs 875 crore at the worldwide box office !

It is produced under the banners of Salman Khan Films and Eros International

Ganesh Aaglave | March 22, 2018 

After enjoying a phenomenal run for over three weeks, Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan slowed down its pace at the Chinese box office. Though the humungous collections has helped the film to stand as one of the biggest Bollywood grossers. Till now, the cross-border social drama has raked in Rs 249 crore in China and with the contribution of this business, Bajrangi Bhaijaan now stands with the grand total of Rs 875 crore at the global box office. It is currently the fourth highest Indian grosser of all time after Dangal, Baahubali 2 and Secret Superstar.

Directed by Kabir Khan, the film also stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Harshali Malhotra, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sharat Saxena in pivotal roles. The film is released with the title of Little Lolita Monkey God Uncle in China. It is produced under the banners of Salman Khan Films and Eros International. Despite being the first outing of Salman Khan in China, the film has managed to attract the audience to the cinema halls due to its emotional content.

The story of Bajrangi Bhaijaan is about an ardent devotee of Hindu deity Hanuman, and his arduous journey to reunite a six-year-old Pakistani girl who somehow gets lost in India with her parents, back to her hometown in Pakistan. Given the success of Indian film releases in China, the studio and the makers are confident of the movie’s box office potential in China, one of more promising international markets for Indian films. Recognising the significant market opportunity in China, Eros and director Kabir Khan are once again coming together for a travel drama, “The Zookeeper” (working title) under its franchise studio Trinity. It will be shot in Hindi and Mandarin languages.

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★ Bajrangi Bhaijaan Chinese Box Office Prediction: Salman Khan’s Film Set For A Good Start !

Releasing on 8,000 plus screens, the distributors have allotted approximately 25,000 shows to Bajrangi Bhaijaan. As compared to this, Dangal was allotted 27,000 shows.

Himesh Mankad | March 1, 2018

Bajrangi Bhaijaan Chinese Box-Office Prediction: Bajrangi Bhaijaan is set to release in China tomorrow i.e. 2nd March 2018 and the advance booking of the film is currently in progress in the country. The makers had arranged a couple of preview shows in China last weekend, and the film fetched an extremely positive response from the viewers.

Despite a few drawbacks as mentioned by us earlier, the movie is set to take a good start at the box office in China on its opening day. As things stand currently, approximately 49,000 tickets of the film have been sold in advance and the count is expected to increase to 90,000 – 95,000 by the time the film releases. In terms of US Dollars, the movie has already collected $0.25 Million and the same is expected to surge to $0.45 Million by the end of advance sales.

Releasing on 8,000 plus screens, the distributors have allotted approximately 25,000 shows to Bajrangi Bhaijaan. As compared to this, Dangal was allotted 27,000 shows whereas Secret Superstar show count was as high as 57,000.

Given the response to the advance ticket sales as well as the word of mouth from preview shows, Bajrangi Bhaijaan is expected to take a very good opening of $1.25 – 1.35 Million (Rs 8.20 – 8.80 crores). The opening day footfalls of Bajrangi Bhaijaan as expected to be anywhere in the range of 2,10,000 to 2,25,000. The dynamics of business in China are far different from that in India wherein Saturday and not Sunday is the biggest day for the film business.

Comparing it with other Bollywood release in China, Bajrangi Bhaijaan is expected to go past the lifetime collections of films like Baahubali ($1.17 Million), Fan ($0.23 Million), Happy New Year ($0.40 Million) and My Name Is Khan ($0.07 Million) on its opening day itself whereas the likes of 3 Idiots ($3.02 Million) and Dhoom 3 ($3.23 Million) will be surpassed in its opening weekend. However, a point to be noted here is the fact that the Chinese market was not as lucrative as it is now for Bollywood films at the time when 3 Idiots, Dhoom 3, Happy New Year and My Name Is Khan released. It is PK, followed by Dangal and Secret Superstar that helped Indian films get popularity in China.

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While it would be difficult to predict the opening weekend business, our expectations from the film in terms of weekend biz is $6 – $6.25 Million (Rs 39 to 41 crore,) however a higher number cannot be ruled out. In the past, Aamir Khan’s Dangal opened at $2.15 Million and the opening weekend collections were around $12.51 Million as the biz escalated every passing day due to positive word of mouth. If the audience connects with the emotions, the possibility of a trend similar to Dangal (Weekend = 5.81 times of Opening Day) cannot be ruled out. The top Indian opener in China currently is Secret Superstar ($6.5 Million)

Box Office Prediction of Bajrangi Bhaijaan:

Opening Day: $1.25 to $1.35 Million Opening Day Footfalls: 2,10,000 – 2,25,000 Opening Weekend: $6 – 6.25 Million Opening Weekend Footfalls: 12,00,000 – 12,50,000

Directed by Kabir Khan, Bajrangi Bhaijaan stars Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Harshaali Malhotra and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in lead. Upon its release in India, the movie collected Rs 320 crore at the Box-Office thereby emerging the second highest grossing film of all time.

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