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Shubhchintak Box Office Day 9: Swwapnil Joshi’s Gujarati Debut Enters Top 10 Highest Grossers Of 2025! (Photo Credit – YouTube)

Swwapnil Joshi’s Gujarati debut Shubhchintak starring Manasi Parekh has achieved a milestone at the box office. In 9 days, the film stands at a total of 1.24 crore at the box office. However, it has already achieved its first milestone at the box office!

Rated 8 on IMDb and helmed by Nisarg Vaidya, the film marks the debut of Swwapnil Joshi. It is produced by Manasi Parekh, who also stars in the gangster drama. The official synopsis of the film says, “Novice Meghna and her two accomplices plot to honey trap Sanjay for revenge, facing humorous and moral challenges. Will she let revenge consume her?”

Shubhchintak Box Office Day 9

On the 9th day, the second Saturday, June 7, Shubhchintak earned 8 lakh at the box office. This is a 100% jump from the previous day, which earned 4 lakh.

Shubhchintak Box Office Collection Day 4 (Photo Credit – Instagram)

The Manasi Parekh starrer Gujarati crime-thriller Shubhchintak is witnessing a dismal run at the box office. The film did start off at a good note but the collections are failing to witness a good upward graph. Here is taking a look at the box office performance of the film on its 4th day.

Shubhchintak Box Office Collection Day 4

The Manasi Parekh starrer opened at 14 lakhs which was not a very bad opening. In fact, it also found a place within the top 5 Gujarati openers of 2025. It saw a slight growth of around 14% on its second day and amassed 16 lakhs.

On its third day, however, the film saw an impressive growth of 93% and amassed 31 lakhs. However, on its fourth day, the movie saw a decline and minted the same as its opening day. The collections saw a drop of around 54% and earned 14 lakhs.

Housefull 5 Box Office: Akshay Kumar Starrer Is Likely To Be Among Bollywood’s Top 3 Opening Day Pre-Sales Of 2025 (Photo Credit – Instagram/YouTube)

Housefull 5, starring Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Abhishek Bachchan, and others, is just 5 days away from hitting the big screens. Unlike Akshay’s previous releases, this one is actually enjoying genuine interest around its release. Being an out-and-out commercial entertainer, it is likely to open big. But before that, all eyes are set on how the film performs in day 1 advance booking at the Indian box office.

Enjoying a good buzz on the ground

As we all know, Housefull is one of the most popular movie franchises of Bollywood. So, the upcoming fifth installment is naturally enjoying the benefit of the Housefull brand value associated with it. Apart from this, the comedy thriller is backed by a superb cast, and the recently released trailer has also elevated the buzz.

Shubhchintak Box Office Day 1: Opens 76% Lower Jhamkudi (Photo Credit – YouTube)

Swwapnil Joshi has made an entry into the world of Gujarati film, and his debut film, Shubhchintak, has opened to a fair start at the box office. Also starring Manasi Parekh, the Gujarati crime thriller is making all the right kind of noises, and it might grow over the weekend!

Manasi Parekh’s Last Release

Manasi’s last theatrical release was Jhamkudi, which earned 60 lakh on its opening day. The horror comedy was the highest-grossing Gujarati film of 2024 and earned 18.7 crore at the box office in its lifetime! Manasi’s new arrival has opened 76% lower than Jhamkudi!

Shubhchintak Box Office Day 1

On the opening day, Friday, May 30, Shubhchintak earned 14 lakh at the box office. While it marks Swwapnil Joshi‘s first Gujarati outing, the opening day collection is in the same range as Swwapnil’s last Marathi film, Susheela Sujeet,...

Director Aditya Dhar takes a look back at Uri, which starred Vicky Kaushal, Yami Gautam, Paresh Rawal, Kirti Kulhari, Rajit Kapur, Mohit Raina, Akashdeep Arora, and Manasi Parekh.

Says director Aditya Dhar, “All the memories of shooting Uri is still fresh in my mind, it was one of the most difficult, yet the most rewarding experiences of my life. It almost feels like God was holding our hands to make Uri happen. The love and respect we got and still getting for the film feels absolutely incredible. All my thanks, love and respect to the Indian Army, our audiences and my entire team.”

Uri, which released in 2019 was made at a cost of Rs 25 crores. It collected over 250 crores at the boxoffice. Aditya remembers working under extremely tight budgetary circumstances in Uri “That was good. Because it kept us constantly on our toes, forever anxious. I think anxiety is a...

Anand Ekarshi’s Malayalam-language “Aattam” (“The Play”) was named best film on Friday at India’s National Film Awards. The film also won editing for Mahesh Bhuvanend and original screenplay for Ekarshi.

Sooraj R. Barjatya won best director for Bollywood film “Uunchai,” starring Amitabh Bachchan. Neena Gupta won supporting actress for the film.

Rishabh Shetty’s Kannada-language “Kantara” won the award for ‘best film providing wholesome entertainment,’ while Shetty also won best actor.

The best actress award was shared by Nithya Menen for Tamil-language “Thiruchitrambalam” and Manasi Parekh for Gujarati-language “Kutch Express.” “Thiruchitrambalam” also won the choreography award for Jani Master and Sathish Krishnan, while Niki Joshi won the costume designer award for “Kutch Express.”

Pawan Malhotra won supporting actor for Haryanvi film “Fouja,” which also won best debut director for Pramod Kumar and lyrics for Naushad Sadar Khan. Sreepath won the child actor award for Malayalam-language film “Malikappuram.”

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Veteran actor Mohan Agashe, who is known for playing the Defence Minister in ‘Rang De Basanti’, is set to be seen in the upcoming streaming series ‘Do Gubbare’. The actor shared that the series celebrates connections that happen unexpectedly.

The series marks the Hindi debut of director Varun Narvekar, who is known for the Marathi film ‘Muramba’, and follows the story of Rohit, a young man who relocates from Indore to Pune and becomes a paying guest at Ajoba’s (Mohan Agashe) house. Ajoba, a grandfatherly figure who has traversed a similar path, offers guidance and support to Rohit, making his transition into adulthood a smoother journey.

Ajoba, who grapples with loneliness after his wife’s demise, finds solace and companionship in Rohit’s presence. As they navigate their new lives together, they fill the voids in each other’s lives and also bring humour to their everyday encounters until...

Mumbai, March 8 (Ians) Television actress Manasi Parekh on the occasion of Women’s Day, said that she would love to see her daughter Nirvi as a strong woman when she grows up as much as she would want her to be a happy and loving person.

Manasi shares: “I would like to tell Nirvi to become a kind, compassionate and joyful woman when she grows up so that everybody loves to be around her. I would tell her to speak her mind and always make sure that her thoughts and actions are in sync. To be unfiltered and honest, raw and adventurous, and to never diminish her light to keep others happy. I would always want her to be a spark!”

“Also with evolving times the definition of a woman is rapidly changing and in a very positive way. Society now is looking at women very differently. Hence, I’m...

Veteran actress Ratna Pathak Shah, who is known for her iconic character Maya Sarabhai from the Indian sitcom ‘Sarabhai vs Sarabhai’ is set to make her foray in Gujarati cinema with ‘Kutch Express’. The actress called the film an “unusual opportunity”.

The film, the poster of which was recently released, also stars Manasi Parekh, Darsheel Safary from ‘Taare Zameen Par’ and Dharmendra Gohil.

Speaking about the film, Ratna Pathak Shah said: “I’ve been looking forward to doing a Gujarati film for a long time, but couldn’t find anything really interesting. Then came this film with a good script and a good team and to be shot in Kutch, so this was irresistible.”

She also mentioned that the reason she chose the film is because it has a point to make: “It also happened to be a film that had a point to make and was not sentimental or regressive.

Actress Manasi Parekh is all set to share the screen with veteran star Paresh Rawal in the upcoming film ‘Dear Father’. Manasi reveals, “Pareshji had offered this role to me some time back, when he was making the play. But I couldn’t, because I was already doing a television show and a Gujarati play at […]...

Actress-singer-talk show host Manasi Parekh, also a mother, made her Bollywood debut this year with Uri: The Surgical Strike. She says that as long as people are good at their jobs, they will always get work even after having children. The mother of a two-year-old girl has been juggling between motherhood and career. The "Sumit Sambhal Lega" actress has some advice for new mothers. "Artistes who want to become parents, especially actresses... I would say have a baby only when you're ready for it. There will be moments when you'll have to give up on work and things won't go your way but that little bundle of joy will make it all worth it," Manasi said in a statement.

"The industry is extremely welcoming and as long as you're good at your job, you'll always get work even after children. I made my debut in Bollywood after having Nirvi so,...

Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films presents short film ?Laddoo? by debutant director duo Sameer Sadhwani and Kishor Sadhwani. Starring Kumud Mishra, Manasi Parekh and child artist Kabir Sajid, the movie showcases the journey of an inquisitive young boy who is on a quest to find answers to his mother?s religious beliefs. Kumud Mishra who portrays the character of Maulvi delivers a power-packed performance and leaves a lasting effect on the minds of the audience.

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