Many artists came into Hindi cinema but only a few were able to make their mark even beyond the borders of the country. Saeed Jaffrey was one of those selected names. As big as his success was on screen, his real life was equally complicated and full of pain.

Saeed Jaffrey was far ahead of today’s times
Today, if a Bollywood actor does a Hollywood film, it is considered a big achievement. But in the sixties, when the doors were almost closed for Indian artists in foreign films, Saeed Jaffrey made his strong presence felt in British and American cinema.

Childhood hobby became the purpose of life
Born on 8 January 1929, Saeed Jaffrey was fond of acting since childhood. Growing up, he made this hobby his career. He started as an English announcer in All India Radio where his voice was liked a lot. After radio, Saeed Jaffrey came into the world of theatre. In the year 1951, he started ‘Unity Theatre’ along with Frank Thakurdas and Benji Benegal. Theater gave depth to his acting which he benefited from in films.

Six decade long and memorable film career
The career of Saeed Jaffrey, who entered cinema with the film ‘Guru’, lasted for almost six decades. He worked in more than 150 films, which included Hindi as well as British and American films. In Hollywood, he played strong roles in films like ‘The Willoughby Conspiracy’, ‘The Man Who Would Be King’, ‘Sphinx’ and ‘A Passage to India’. His work in the film ‘Gandhi’ was also highly appreciated and he became the first Asian artist to be nominated for an International Award.

Played memorable characters in Hindi films
In India, Saeed Jaffrey won the hearts of people with films like ‘Shatranj Ke Khiladi’, ‘Chashme-Baddoor’, ‘Masoom’, ‘Dil’, ‘Hina’ and ‘Ram Teri Ganga Maili’. Raj Kapoor’s films gave him special recognition. Despite so much success on screen, Saeed Jaffrey’s personal life was not happy. He himself believed that he was successful as an actor but considered himself a failure as a husband and father.

First marriage and growing distance in relationships
His first marriage was with Madhur Jaffrey, who was an actress and later became a writer. The meeting during the theater turned into love and they got married in 1958, but with time the differences between the two increased. It is said that Saeed Jaffrey was greatly influenced by the British lifestyle and wanted to see his wife in the same way. This created sourness in the relationship and despite having three daughters, they got divorced in 1966. After the divorce, Saeed Jafri started living with a foreign woman but later he deeply regretted his decision. He continued to consider himself guilty of his first wife and daughters.

Fame doesn’t teach you everything. Life doesn’t teach you everything.
In many interviews, Saeed Jaffrey admitted that in the pursuit of his career he neglected his relationships. His life teaches that along with fame and success, it is equally important to manage relationships. Even though Saeed Jaffrey’s personal life remains incomplete, the impression he has left with his brilliant acting. She will always keep him alive in people’s memories.

‘Avatar Fire and Ash’ is not only staying at the Indian box office for two weeks but is also making big records. The film has created the record of number 1 Hollywood film, surpassing the collection of all Hollywood films released in India in 2025.

Now after entering the year 2026, today i.e. on the 14th day, there has been an increase in the earnings of the film again. The film has also broken the record of Hollywood’s biggest film of 2019 on the 14th day itself. So let us know the collection of the film and also know which record has been broken today.

Box office collection of ‘Avatar Fire and Ash’

The film made a spectacular collection of Rs 109.5 crore in the first week. Entering the second week, the film’s earnings were Rs 7.65 crore on the 8th day and Rs 10 crore on the 9th day. The earnings of 11th and 12th day were Rs 5 crore and Rs 5.25 crore.

After earning Rs 5.25 crore on the last day of 2025 i.e. yesterday, the film has earned Rs 5.86 crore till 7:10 pm on the 14th day, taking the total to Rs 159.26 crore. Today’s data available on SACNILC is not final. There may be change in this.

‘Avatar Fire and Ash’ breaks the record of ‘The Lion King’

‘Avatar Fire and Ash’ has crossed the lifetime collection of Disney’s 2019 film ‘The Lion King’ in just 14 days. This film, dubbed in the voices of Shahrukh Khan and Aryan Khan, was able to make a spectacular collection of Rs 159.10 crore, which is now broken.

Budget and Worldwide Collection of ‘Avatar Fire and Ash’

According to Sacknilk, this sci-fi film of James Cameron has made a spectacular collection of Rs 7400 crore in 13 days. Let us tell you that the last two parts of this film also earned well worldwide. Now the third film is also maintaining its charm at the box office.

Famous Hollywood director James Cameron’s film ‘Avatar Fire and Ash’ came at the box office at a time when any Indian film was incurring losses as soon as it hit the theatres. The reason was Ranveer Singh’s ‘Dhurandhar’.

Despite coming in front of such a big Indian blockbuster, this sci-fi film was not only successful in earning well at the box office, but also became Rs 100 crore. After this it also became the highest grossing Hollywood film of the year 2025 in India.

Now finally this film has come close to making that record which no Hollywood film has been able to make in India since the year 2022. So, after knowing the earnings of the film, let us find out which record it is.

Box office collection of ‘Avatar Fire and Ash’

The film earned Rs 109.5 crore in a week. The earnings of 8th and 9th day were 7.65 crores and 10 crores. There was a collection of Rs 10.75 crore on the 10th day and now till 7:05 pm on the 11th day, the film has earned Rs 3.31 crore and a total of Rs 141.21 crore.

Please note that today’s data available on SACNILC is not final. There may be change in this.

‘Avatar Fire and Ash’ becomes the first film to make this record after 2022

‘Avatar 3’ is still a little away from making Rs 150 crore. Earlier, this record was made by the second part of the same film series, ‘Avatar the Way of Water’ in the year 2022. This film has also created the record of the highest grossing Hollywood film in India by earning Rs 391.40 crore in India.

After this, many big Hollywood films were released in India but none crossed the Rs 150 crore mark.

Budget and Worldwide Collection of ‘Avatar Fire and Ash’

‘Avatar Fire and Ash’ has been made for Rs 2200 crore, according to Sancil, it has collected worldwide Rs 6825 crore in 10 days.

James Cameron’s film ‘Avatar Fire and Ash’ may not have reached even half of the box office collection of its previous part ‘Avatar the Way of Water’ (Rs 391.40 crore) in India, but the film has made a new record in India.

The film has made its place in the list of top 10 grossing Hollywood films in India, leaving behind many films. Besides, it is also going to overtake that film which was made everyone’s favorite film in India by Shahrukh Khan and Aryan Khan. Know here what special this film is going to do.

Box office collection of ‘Avatar Fire and Ash’

‘Avatar 3’ collected Rs 109.5 crore in the first week. The film made a strong comeback at the box office with earnings of Rs 7.65 crore and Rs 9.6 crore on the 8th and 9th day respectively.

Now on the 10th day i.e. today till 7:05 pm the film has earned Rs 8.61 crore and has collected a total of Rs 135.36 crore. Please note that today’s data available on SACNILC is not final. There may be change in this.

‘Avatar Fire and Ash’ broke the records of these Hollywood films including ‘Oppenheimer’

According to the list of Saknilk, ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ had earned Rs 131.15 crore and ‘Oppenheimer’ had earned Rs 131.75 crore in India. The records of both the films have been broken. Now in the coming few hours the records of these two films are also going to be broken.

• Deadpool and Wolverine- 136.15 crores
• Mufasa The Lion King- 137.75 crores

Shahrukh Khan and Aryan Khan’s film will also be left behind

‘Mufasa The Lion King’ released in the year 2024 and was able to make a strong collection of Rs 137.75 crore. The reason for such a big collection of this film was not only that the film was very good. In fact, it was also that the characters Simba and Mufasa were voiced by Shahrukh Khan and Aryan Khan. Because of this also the Indian audience was drawn to watch the film. However, now ‘Avatar 3’ is a few steps away from breaking its record.

The big Hollywood film franchise ‘Predator’ was reimagined and released in theaters on November 7 as ‘Predator Badlands’. The nostalgia that cinephiles had about the film started appearing at the box office from the very first day.

The film left ‘Haq’ released on the same day behind in the daily collections while Emraan Hashmi has no less fans. Despite this, the impact of this Hollywood film was such that it gave hope that the record of lifetime earnings of many big Hollywood films released in India may be broken.

Box office collection of ‘Predator Badlands’

This film earned Rs 2.4 crore on the first day and Rs 3.45 crore on the second day in India. On the third day i.e. till 5:15 pm today, the film has collected Rs 1.73 crore and has collected a total of Rs 7.58 crore.

This data is according to SACNILC and is preliminary. This may change after the final data comes.

‘Predator Badlands’ a threat to ‘Captain America Brave New World’?

Marvel Cinematic Universe films are well-liked in India, but ‘Captain America Brave New World’, released this year, collected only Rs 16.6 crore in India, according to Sacknilk. Whereas ‘Predator Badlands’ has earned more than half of it in just 3 days.

Apart from this, many films are also in danger in the list of highest grossing top 10 Hollywood films. Among these, ‘Thunderbolts’ (22.39 crores) comes first. If ‘Predator Badlands’ passes the Monday test, it can break the lifetime collection records of ‘Captain America’ and ‘Thunderbolts’.

Budget and Worldwide Collection of ‘Predator Badlands’

According to ‘Variety’, the budget of the film is 105 million dollars. If we convert this into Indian currency, it comes to around Rs 930 crore. If we look at the worldwide collection of the film, according to Saknilk, it earned Rs 100 crore worldwide on the opening day.

According to the report of ‘Deadline’, it can do business of more than 39 million dollars i.e. about Rs 350 crore in the first weekend.

On one hand, when the film ‘Haq’ based on Shah Bano case was released, users gave very good reviews on social media and many reviewers called it a great film. On the other hand, Thaama-Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat and Baahubali The Epic are already gathering audiences in cinema halls.

In such a situation, a Hollywood film comes and among all these films, it starts doing wonders at the box office on the very first day. Not only this, it also earns more than almost all the films present in cinema halls. We are talking about the fierce action thriller ‘Predator Badlands’ released today in many Indian languages.

Opening day collection of ‘Predator Badlands’

Gen Z may not be well acquainted with this film franchise, but Millennials and people of the generation before them have been fans of this film series. Arnold Schwarzenegger used to play the lead actor in this film franchise that started in the 80s.

This time the story is a little different. This time the Predator, who was the hunter himself, has himself become the prey and is fighting to keep himself alive. Action film lovers are liking this film so much that according to Sacknilk, the film has done a business of Rs 97 lakh in India till 6:30 pm.

These figures are still preliminary. These may change after the final data comes.

‘Predator Badlands’ beats ‘Thama’, ‘Deewaniyat’ and ‘Haq’

• This Hollywood film has been made by director Dan Trachtenberg, who made pure hunter films like ‘Prey’. Indian fans liked the exciting action and spectacular visuals between the fight between the hunter and the hunter so much that the film earned more than both Thaama and Diwaniyat.
• Till now, Thama has earned only Rs 35 lakhs, Diwaniyat has earned only Rs 41 lakhs, whereas Predator Badlands has earned more than double that amount. Whereas Emraan Hashmi’s ‘Haq’ has earned Rs 60 lakh so far.

Dalip Tahil is a well-known Bollywood actor. He has played the role of villain in many films. On the basis of his strong acting, Dalip still maintains his place in the film industry. Let us know some interesting things related to his career and life.

Dalip Tahil was born on 30 October 1952 in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. He did his studies from Nainital and Aligarh Muslim University. The actor has been very fond of acting since childhood. Gradually, Dilip made his hobby his career and fulfilled his dream.

Started career at the age of 10
Dalip started acting in plays at the age of just 10. His father wanted to train him to sail, but his entire focus was only on acting. His journey from plays took him to theater and later filmmaker Shyam Benegal noticed him. He got his first film, but he did not get any big opportunity for the next 6 years. Gradually, film offers started coming and he got real recognition by playing the role of Madan Chopra in Shahrukh Khan’s film ‘Baazigar’.

Identity created through TV
Dalip has also worked on TV. He played an important role in the TV show ‘Buniyaad’. He also worked in the British TV series ‘Bombay Blues’. It is said that Dalip’s career in Hollywood started with the movie ‘Gandhi’, but he got international recognition from ‘The Deceivers’ and ‘A Perfect Murder’.

Dalip was impressed by Juggler
Dalip got his real recognition in 1993 from Shahrukh Khan’s film ‘Baazigar’. In this film, he played the role of Madan Chopra, which the audience still likes. Then he did many big films, but people liked his work in Aamir Khan and Ajay Devgan’s movie ‘Ishq’. This character of his was completely different from his previous role.

Even today Dalip is continuously maintaining his hold in many films and web series. The audience likes his acting very much. Be it the role of a villain or any other important role in the film, Dalip Tahil fits into every role.

One of the best actors in the industry, yet he is unable to pay a hit for 6 years, takes fees in crores

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