‘Siddharth Anand’ has definitely proven to be a master-in-class director when it comes to the art of making successful commercial films. The fantabulous filmmaker started his journey in Bollywood as a writer for his 1st film, YRF’s ‘Hum Tum’. Anand got his 1st break as a full time director in the ‘Saif Ali Khan’ and ‘Preity Zinta’ Starrer ‘Salaam Namaste’ and since then the cinematic genius has never looked back. Siddharth is credited for delivering super hit films like ‘Ta Ra Rum Pum’, ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’, ‘Bang Bang!’ and ‘War’. Sid’s previous release ‘Pathaan’, which also marked Shah Rukh Khan’s comeback, resulted as a mega blockbuster which broke all major records at the box office last year.
Being veteran actor Tinu Anand’s nephew, Siddharth is surely taking the family legacy forward in a tremendous way. Pathaan which also starred ‘John Abraham’ and ‘Deepika Padukone’ with SRK, was released on the Republic Day Weekend (25th January) last year. The movie monstrously bombed the box office and ended up minting a massive sum of ‘Rs. 543 Crores’ net.
Anand is all set to repeat history by replicating 2024 as 2023 with his next power-packed venture ‘Fighter’, releasing on the same Republic Day weekend day ’25th January’ (identical to Pathaan). The highly anticipated film flants a legendary cast including starry names like ‘Hrithik Roshan’, ‘Deepika Padukone’ and ‘Anil Kapoor’. The movie happens to be a war-genre cinematic creation celebrating the valour and sacrifices of ‘Indian Air Force’, showcasing perfect feeling of patriotism & Indianness at the silver screens.
As per eminent cinema trade analysts, Fighter is expected to cruise over the ‘Rs. 175 Crore’ mark in 2024 republic day weekend due to its humongous hype, plus the film drops as an exclusive solo release avoiding clash with any potential project. Last year 4 Bollywood Biggies: ‘Pathaan’, ‘Gadar 2’, ‘Jawan’ and ‘Animal’ grossed the golden ‘Rs. 500 crores’ milestone.
In accordance to advance statistical estimations and mind-boggling buzz of Fighter, the high-budget movie is also projected to cross the ‘Rs. 500 Crores’ and could additionally glide over the collections of Sid-Anand’s last venture Pathaan in turn cruising over the ‘Rs.575 Crores’ magic number, ONLY & IF the film passes in winning hearts of film fanatics and audiences.
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