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^Dudee, is there a way to watch the CP24 live thing?! I wanna see me hugging him!!!! LOL.

Quick Tidbits from Toronto that i wanna share with my SRK lovers

crazy fanatic...glad you had a good time at the red carpet! It just makes me wish even more for the premiere in NY. Oh well...maybe next time. My first meeting with SRK was too short (yet, a good one) so I'd definitely wouldn't mind meeting him again!

Originally posted by: anna143

no because if you go on twitter and see who exactly those people are you'll know why thr saying bad stuff about the movie 😉 half the ppl in this thread didnt even see it yet thr constantly posting about how its not that great. ... just love it 🤣

Fanatics on both sides exaggerate. Nothing surprising there (though it's entertaining). I was just pointing out that two theatre experiences do not represent what's happening in India as a whole.

MUMBAI: Shah Rukh Khan's Ra.One could create a record at the box-office, say trade pundits who predict that the first-day collectionscould touch Rs 22 crore. "The Hindi version will collect more than Rs 20 crore, and if one adds the collections of the Tamil and Telugu versions, it will go up to Rs 22 crore," says trade analyst Taran Adarsh.

The Rs 145-crore film was released on Wednesday in 3,200 screens across India. Every multiplex has about 18 shows a day, and for this reason alone the collections should be very substantial. "The fact that ticket prices are upwards of 20 per cent from the regular price point will also add to the collections," says Vishal Anand, head of operations, Fun Cinema.

"One more factor which works in Ra.One's favour is that it has been released at a time when there are four consecutive holidays in most parts of the country."

Not everyone is sure about the holiday factor. Some in the trade feel the film should have been released the day after Laxmi Puja, which is traditionally not good for business since the puja takes place in the evening. Some exhibitors say the evening shows on the first day did take a dip because of the puja time, but expected the night shows to make up the loss.

Salman Khan's Bodyguard, which was released in 2,700 screens across India, was the last film to create a record first-day collection of Rs 21 crore. "I am not sure if Ra.One will beat Bodyguard's first-day collections, but it will break Bodyguard's record in five days," says Delhi-UP distributor Sanjay Ghai of Mukta Arts.

"Bodyguard collected about Rs 80 crore in the first five days-my estimate is that Ra.One will collect between Rs 90 crore and Rs 100 crore."

Originally posted by: crazy fanatic

Yeah it still hasn't sunk in...feels so surreal. He was right there...I was tempted to kiss him while I was hugging him LOL. but yeah, feels like it wasn't real. And he's come to Toronto after so long this year! I couldn't meet him during IIFA so I was pretty upset about that. And yeah..he's a sweetie...so many stars don't bother greeting their fans and just go pose for the cameras. But he went through the whole line even though it was chilly and he must be exhausted...even came towards us again cuz we were calling him, but security pulled him away literally.

Hheheeh I would have 😆 Actually I think I would have behaved like those crazy fans that everyone loves to make fun of because they go overboard 😆

any members watched the movie yet? any reliable members?