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Army officers had to persuade Neeraj Chopra’s family to let him join Rajputana Rifles under sports quota

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Army officers had to persuade Neeraj Chopra’s family to let him join Rajputana Rifles under sports quota

As a budding athlete, Neeraj Chopra, the only gold medal winner for India in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, underwent world-class training and strict discipline under the Indian Army. But his parents were hesitant for him to join the ranks in the army.

The officers of the Rajputana Rifles had visited Neeraj’s home to persuade his parents to let him be a part of the army for his brighter future as an athlete.

Lieutenant General (Retd) Abhay Krishna, the then commanding officer of the Rajputana Rifles, said a team of army officers, who identified the talent of Neeraj in the year 2016, had to visit his home to convince his parents to let him join the army under the sports quota.

News source: India Today

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Singham Again worldwide box office day 5: Ajay Devgn film leaves behind Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, crosses ₹ 230 crore

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Singham Again worldwide box office day 5: Ajay Devgn film leaves behind Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, crosses ₹ 230 crore

Singham Again worldwide box office collection day 5: Rohit Shetty’s cop universe film has taken a clear lead globally. Both films released on November 1.

Singham Again worldwide box office collection day 5: Rohit Shetty’s Singham Again, starring Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor in lead roles, has been performing well globally. Released in November 1, the latest installment in the cop universe has collected more than ₹230 crore gross worldwide, despite facing stiff competition from the other big Diwali release, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3. (Also read: Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 worldwide box office collection day 5: Kartik Aaryan film sails past ₹200 crore after strong Tuesday)

Singham Again worldwide box office update

The latest report on Sacnilk.com states that the film has collected ₹ 232.25 crore so far. On its fifth day, Singham Again minted ₹ 48 crore to its global collections. The film has made a gross collection of ₹ 184.25 crore in India so far.

Meanwhile, the report also stated that Singham Again collected ₹ 153.75 crore at the domestic box office within five days of release.

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Singham Again is the third instalment in the Singham franchise, which began with the 2011 hit.It is also part of Rohit Shetty’s larger Cop Universe, which also includes Simmba and Sooryavanshi, starring Ranveer Singh and Akshay Kumar. Salman Khan makes a cameo as Chulbul Pandey, his iconic character from Dabangg, in the film. It introduces new cops in the mix with Deepika Padukone’s Shakti Shetty and Tiger Shroff’s Satya Bali. Arjun plays the antagonist called Danger Lanka.

Rohit Shetty took to his Instagram on Tuesday to thank the audience for the bumper response to Singham Again. He wrote, “SINGHAM AGAIN my 10th and fastest 100 cr film. For the past 16 films one thing that has remained constant is your love, thank you for all the support and love, humbled.”

Singham Again maintained its lead over Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, which has taken its worldwide total to ₹208 crore in five days of release. Singham Again benefitted because it got the better share of screens in India, with 60 percent average. The rest of the 40 percent were taken by Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3.

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