Bollywood actors Sushant Singh Rajput and Disha Patani – who starred together in “M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story”, and superstar Salman Khan’s “Sultan” were amongst the top searches on Google in 2016.

Google India on Wednesday issued a statement of the 2016 recap of trending stories — biggest moments, major events and user interests based on the searches made by Indians on Google in 2016, and the names of the personalities who dominated Google.

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Among the Bollywood leads, Sushant and Disha emerged on the top trending charts of male and female stars.

Among the female actors, Urvashi Rautela, Pooja Hegde and Mandana Karimi were also part of the searches.

After Sushant, Kabir Bedi was the Top Trending Bollywood Actor (Male), followed by Harshvardhan Kapoor, Pulkit Samrat and Salman Khan.

In terms of movies, Salman’s blockbuster film “Sultan” peaked among the top trending titles, followed closely by Rajinikanth’s blockbuster film “Kabali”. Shahid Kapoor starrer “Udta Punjab”, Akshay Kumar’s “Airlift” and Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma starrer “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” also made it to the list.

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YouTube on Wednesday released the top 10 trending videos, music videos and bollywood trailers of the year 2016.

While Rajnikanth-starrer “Kabali” bacame the top trending movie trailer, comedian Kapil Sharma’s show featuring actor Salman Khan was the top trending video of the year, YouTube said in a blog post.

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A video showing the “embedded GPS chip” in the new Rs 2000 currency note was also among the top viewed videos.

In music, 2016 seemed to be all about “Kala Chashma” music video which topped with 45 million views.

“Collectively, the top 10 videos have 70 million views and the channels which make them have more than 45 million subscribers who tune in regularly to watch the content they create/upload,” posted Satya Raghavan, Head of Entertainment Partnerships, YouTube.

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Rajinikanth Kabali movie has taken the nation by storm and registering a huge turnout in theaters across India. Watch a Rajinikanth Crazy Fan dancing and celebrating the success of the movie. The facial movements and dancing style may not be like the Thalaiva but is really wacky and hilarious. And for a bulky figure he shows unbelievable energy. You can’t afford to miss this.

We just saw the Salman Khan starrer galloping past 500 crore mark. It is slated to cross Bollywood’s biggest grosser ever – PK, an Aamir Khan-starrer. But the fan frenzy one is witnessing for the latest Rajinikanth release beats them both hollow. The Rajini mania is way beyond all the three Khans put together.

Even before its release, Kabali has generated business of 200 crore. According to reports, Kabali released in 12,000-plus screens worldwide in 30 countries. Dubbed in five languages; it is the first time a Tamil film has also been released in Malay.

The revenge drama has witnessed endless pre-release publicity. For a change Rajini plays his age, a dapper gangster with salt and pepper hair and beard. Kabali attempts to recreate some history about Malaysian Tamils.

First Day First Night

The First Day First Show started in the wee hours of the morning; as the earliest show in Chennai started around (hold your breath) 4 o clock in the morning. Celebrations had begun on Thursday night itself. So Friday for the fans effectively started Thursday night as the celebrations began before midnight.

Huge crowds gathered around plazas and movie theatres and were seen having a gala time on the streets. The ticket counters were flooded and the fans were seen complaining about lack of tickets. Many offices in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu declared Kabali Day a holiday.

Few Rajini fans from Japan also flew down to Chennai to watch the film; such fan fervor throughout the day marked Kabali’s release. Be it the fantabulous personality, the classy walking style or the quick-witted dialogue delivery, the Thalaiva rules.

The mixed review by the critics notwithstanding the movie has already been declared a super hit. But anyway, a Rajinikanth film is just a medium to have a look at Rajini’s evergreen aura onscreen. Whatever the plotline, Rajini stands invincible.

The fans are just crazy to hear and repeat his easy-going dialogues, imitate his posture of sitting and having a cigar. They wait, rather too anxiously for the thrill of seeing the bad guys being broken down to pieces while the hero stands erect over their lifeless bodies in the climax.

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Will Rajinikanth’s Kabali manage to 500 crore mark at the box office, and become even a bigger hit than Baahubali? According to Kalaipuli S Thanu, producer of the movie, Rajinikanth’s stature and fan following will help the film in shattering records at the box office.

Kabali, one of the most anticipated movies of Rajinikanth, is hitting the silver screens on July 22. The movie, also featuring Winston Chao and Rosyom Nor, is releasing in more than 5,000 screens worldwide, and also be dubbed in foreign languages, like Chinese, Thai and Japanese.

According to an estimate, Kabali has already racked up 200 crore even before releasing, through branding, theatrical distribution, digital sales and other rights. Thanu, meanwhile, is expecting it to cross the 500 crore mark on its release.

“I expect the movie to make more than Rs 500 crore when it releases,” Thanu said. “It will be bigger than Baahubali because that is the power and stature of Rajinikanth. He has fans all over the world, across all age groups. But I have still not sold the satellite rights, I’m waiting for the film to release.”

Thanu said that both Rajinikanth and his daughter Soundarya liked the movie when he showed it to them. He added that this movie will be the ‘crowning glory’ in already illustrious career of Rajinikanth. “After watching the film, he told me how happy he was,” Thanu said.

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After delays and painful suspense for fans, Rajinikanth’s Kabali is set for a July 22 release with a ‘U’ certificate. Producer Kalaipuli S Thanu informed that Kabali was cleared by the censor board on Monday, and is all set to entertain the fans across the world.

Kabali, based on a life of a don, will be released in three languages, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, in nearly 4,000 theaters. A two hours and 32 minutes long movie will also be dubbed in Malayalam. It will also release in Malaysia on July 29.

The producers were initially targeting a July 15 release, but the film didn’t get the slot immediately, as other Tamil movies, who had applied prior, were waiting in the line. According to reports, Rajinikanth asked the producers to follow the censor board’s schedule, without jumping the queue.

Getting a ‘U’ certificate from the censor board is a major boost for Kabali. Now the Rajinikanth-starrer is eligible for entertainment tax exemption in Tamil Nadu. Because of Rajinikanth’s massive fan base, Tamil Nadu is supposedly the core box office constituency for the movie.

Kabali is likely to do a 200 crore pre-release business from theatrical distribution, digital sales and other rights. The hype around the movie is such that recently Air Asia imprinted a larger-than-life Rajinikanth’s poster on its aircraft.

By: Glint TV Staff