BMB ranks 15th in the US charts
Farhan Akhtar starrer Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, which narrates the life of Indian athlete Milkha Singh, has raked up $647,112 in the first week of its release in the US. Filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's biopic has scored the 15th spot on the popularity chart of movies in the United States this week. According to Box Office Mojo, the website that tracks top American movies, the film is playing across 140 theaters in the United States. “A biopic gets the Bollywood treatment in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, which dramatizes the life of record-breaking Indian sprinter Milkha Singh, played by the talented Farhan Akhtar,” wrote The Washington Post.
“If you stop learning in life, you will stop tasting victory,” says megastar Amitabh Bachchan, in the first promotional trailer of the forthcoming season of popular game show Kaun Banega Crorepati. The communication campaign for the show's new edition is centred around the theme — Seekhna bandh toh jeetna bandh. It flashed on Tuesday. The new season of KBC, which is based on international show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, will go on air on Sony Entertainment Television towards August-end or early September.
Robert Downey Jr tops Forbes list
The Avengers star Robert Downey Jr has been named as the world's most profitable celebrity according to Forbes magazine's annual list of highest paid actors. The 48-year-old actor has earned approx USD 75 million since last year with profiting huge amounts from starring in The Avengers and Iron Man 3 as he had his share in the film's total earnings at the box office, reported Forbes. Director Steven Soderbergh and Robert independently financed and produced Magic Mike which also grossed in good profits. Downey Jr has taken the top position in 10 highest paid actors from June 2012-13 in the world ahead of several well-known celebrities like Channing Tatum, Hugh Jackman, Mark Wahlberg and leonardo DiCaprio.