Director Meghna Gulzar’s career in Bollywood has completed 23 years. A lot has changed in the world of cinema in these 23 years. If nothing has changed then it is Meghna’s approach towards serving films. Even today, deep human emotions, social issues and glimpses of true events are clearly visible in his films.

Let us tell you that his superhit film Raazi, released in the year 2018, was banned in Pakistan. This film was based on Harinder Sikka’s novel Calling Sehmat. The story of the film was set during the 1971 India-Pakistan war.

On the occasion of Meghna’s birthday, let us tell you about her film Raazi and other special films. Along with this, we will also know about Meghna’s net worth…

‘Filhaal’ was the first film

• Meghna Gulzar’s first film was ‘Filhaal’. Apart from Tabu and Sushmita Sen, Akash Khurana was in the lead role in this film.
• This film, released in 2002, proved to be a disaster at the box office.
• According to Box Office India, the total earning of the film was Rs 1.91 crore.

Film ‘Just Married’

• Just Married was released in the year 2007. Esha Deol and Fardeen Khan worked in the film.
• This film was about a couple trapped in an arranged marriage. But this film also proved to be a disaster
• According to Box Office India, the film’s earning was Rs 4.17 crore.

movie ‘talwar’

• ‘Talwar’ was a crime thriller. It is based on the 2008 double murder case of Aarushi Talwar and her domestic help.
• Irrfan Khan and Konkona Sen Sharma were in lead roles. It proved to be a semi-hit at the box office.
• According to Box Office India, the total earning of the film was more than 30 crores.

movie ‘raazi’

• The superhit ‘Raazi’ was a women-oriented film. Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal were in lead roles in the film.
• The budget of ‘Raazi’ was around Rs 20 crores. Its box office collection was 138 crores.
• ‘Raazi’ won the hearts of audiences and critics with its low budget and huge profits.
• It was one of the highest grossing films of the year 2018.

Movie ‘Chhapaak’

• ‘Chhapaak’ was based on acid attack survivor Lakshmi Agarwal.
• The film starred Deepika Padukone, Vikrant Massey and Madhurjeet Sarghi.
• This film was released in 2020. This film proved to be a flop at the box office.

Film ‘Sam Bahadur’

• The film ‘Sam Bahadur’ is a biopic of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw.
• The budget of the film was around Rs 55 crore.
• It earned a total of Rs 128 crore at the box office.
• Vicky Kaushal played the lead role in this film.

With the journey of these 6 films, Meghna is counted among the richest film directors of Bollywood. According to media reports, his net worth is around Rs 830 crore. Even though he has done very few films till now. But far ahead in terms of earnings. He has made his special place in Bollywood by directing 6 films.

Film director and producer Mahesh Bhatt’s wife Soni Razdan may be away from the screen, but in the 80s and 90s, Soni was known for her excellent acting.

Soni Razdan had given many hit films in her film career, but after marriage, she stayed away from films because the work had reduced. Soni Razdan will celebrate her 69th birthday on Saturday 25th October.

Soni Razdan was born on October 25, 1956 in Birmingham (England). His father was a Kashmiri Pandit and mother was British-German. Soni adopted the culture of both, but at the time of her marriage with Mahesh Bhatt, she accepted Islam, because Mahesh Bhatt was already married.

Early Bollywood career and hit films

Soni was already interested in acting. He honed his acting skills in English theater and worked in the English film John Fowles’ The Collector. This film, which came in the 70s, did not achieve much success. Soni worked in the Hollywood Bengali film ’36 Chowringhee Lane’ released in 1981. In this film, the sorrows and pain of the Anglo-Indian people have been shown seriously on screen. Liked the film a lot. In the same year, she played the role of Deepa in her first Bollywood film ‘Ahista-Ahista’.

Soni Razdan introduced the nuances of her acting in Mandi in 1983, Saransh in 1984, Trikaal in 1985 and the film Khamosh released in 1986. She appeared in the Hindi TV serial ‘Buniyaad’ in 1986. However, after love and then marriage, Soni Razdan’s career started derailing. Sony itself had revealed this.

⁠Career break after marriage

She had told in an interview that earlier it was very difficult for women to work in films and make their mark, because a format was prepared for the actress as to what she would do. He told that before marriage everything was going very well and after marriage he stopped getting work. After this it spread in the industry that I am married, then what is the need to work.

Soni Razdan was very shocked by all these things, but she did not give up and continued searching for work, after which she got an offer for a TV serial.

⁠Screen share with daughter Alia

Not only this, Soni worked in ‘Monsoon Wedding’ in 2001, daughter Alia’s film ‘Raazi’, ‘War’ in 2019, and Amazon’s series ‘Peepa’. At the age of 62, he shared the screen with daughter Alia Bhatt in the film Raazi, released in 2018.

Soni also tried his hand in direction and writing and directed the film ‘Girvi’.

Renuka Shahane, Kanchan Rawal, Kunal Khemu and Avtar Gill were in lead roles in the film. Now the actress is going to be seen in Amazon’s series ‘Song of Paradise’.

The animated film ‘Mahavatar Narasimha’ has dominated the box office. The film’s debut was slow at the box office but it got a tremendous benefit of Word of Mouth. Now ‘Mahavatar Narasimha’ is collecting crores not only on weekends but also week days. With 15 days of dhansu earnings, now the animated film has also left behind Alia Bhatt’s blockbuster film.

• According to the report of Caiknilk, ‘Mahavatar Narasimha’ earned just Rs 44.75 crore in the first week.
• The second week the film increased tremendously in earnings and earned Rs 73.4 crore.
• Now the third Friday has also collected a great collection of 8 crores.
• The total collection of ‘Mahavatar Narasimha’ at the domestic box office has now increased to Rs 126.25 crore.

Alia Bhatti’s blockbuster film surpassed
‘Mahavatar Narasimha’ has defeated the lifetime collection of Alia Bhatt’s film ‘Raji’ with 15 days of earnings. Released in the year 2018, the film collected a total of Rs 123.74 crore in India and proved to be a blockbuster film.

The film will be delayed on OTT!
Seeing the magic of ‘Mahavatar Narasimha’ walking at the box office, the makers have decided not to release it on OTT soon. The film’s production house Hombale Films wrote on social media- ‘We are thankful to the audience’s excitement and OTT discussion regarding’ Mahavatar Narasimha ‘. But at the moment, this film is only running in theaters around the world. No OTT deal has been finalized so far. Please trust only the updates coming from our official handle. Your trust gives strength to Sanatani thunder.

6 films of Mahavatar Cinematic Universe Line Up
‘Mahavatar Narasimha’, made in the budget of 15 crores, is the first film of the Mahavatar Cinematic Universe. In the coming 12 years, 6 more films of this franchise will be released, which has been announced. These films are- Mahavatar Parashuram (2027), Mahavatar Raghunandan (2029), Mahavatar Dwarkadhish (2031), Mahavatar Gokulanand (2033), Mahavatar Kalki Part 1 (2035) and Mahavatar Kalki Part 2 (2037).