Talk:Chennai Express/Archive 2

Edit request on 10 August 2013
Please correct the opening day collection as Boxofficeindia.com is turning out to be a ANTI-SRK site. As it has also reported huge 20 crore less lifetime business of Jab Tak Hai Jaan as compared to other trade analysts. Now, the site has reported huge 4 crore less for Chennai Express in it's opening day itself.All the trade analyst have claimed that CE has broken opening day record but only boxofficeindia.com denying it. Please go through sources as wikipedia is meant for correct and unbiased information.

SUMITKRISHNAGUPTA 19:17, 10 August 2013 (UTC)


 * ANTI-SRK site, huh? Would you kindly provide sources to establish your claim or is it some sort of conspiracy theory put forward by you? Fideliosr (talk) 19:23, 10 August 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm similarly intrigued, and amused by this in fact. If you go to the "down the years" part on the BOI website, and click on top actors, you will see a section that summarises each actor's success over recent years. There are many pro-SRK comments for the years his films were doing the best business! Is that enough evidence against Mr Gupta's claims? Factual Proof (talk) 19:45, 10 August 2013 (UTC)


 * That's exactly what I had told Tarandhoni only two minutes ago (on 19:43). Isn't that hilarious? Fideliosr (talk) 19:50, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

The information provided is wrong cheenai express has earned 33.12 cr ,i know that wiki follows BOI fig but why it is only done with Shahrukh movies same thing happens with jab tak hai jaan .why BOI figures in movies like Son of sardar was used BOI said son of sardar earned 80 crores but acc to wiki page it earned 104 crores why is it so?? this link show son of sardar fails to collect 100 crores and Box office india also states that then also wiki updated the other stats but in case of shahrukh movies they don't we all shahrukh fans feel like cheated kindly chnge the figures of cheenai expresss from 29 cr to 33.12 cr which is confirmed by nation tv news too please it is humble request to atleast give the other data too as wikipedia has given the stats of other sites for movies like son of sardar which BOI said earned 80 cr but wiki shows 104 cr .why is this done to shahrukh movies only

Anubhav1792 (talk) 19:48, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Get consensus for the edit first before making a request. Qwyrxian (talk) 04:52, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry or Meatpuppetry
There different accounts created on 13:48, 10 August 2013, 17:35, 10 August 2013 and 15:54, 10 August 2013. Too many IPs and newly registered users. This sort of suspicious activity on this article suggests traces of sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry. Fideliosr (talk) 19:53, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Then open an WP:SPI. The truth is, you're could well be wrong: the huge Indian film openings always draw lots of IP editors and new accounts. But if you want to make the accusation, do it formally, not here on the article talk page. Qwyrxian (talk)
 * I've done that and notified you on your talk page already. The editing patterns of some editors are strikingly similar which couldn't be mere coincidence. Thanks. Fideliosr (talk) 08:51, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 10 August 2013
here in the jab tak hai jaan page it clearly says that Son of sardar according to BOI earned 88 cr but in son of sardar wikipedia page the figure is 104 cr .why is so ????? if wikipedia follows BOI then why it is done only in case of Shahrukh only .one can atleast mention other stats if there is a conflict

Anubhav1792 (talk) 20:10, 10 August 2013 (UTC)


 * I'd also previously corrected Son of Sardaar page if you can go through its history, and I've done it now. WP:OSE but still the issue is over I guess. Fideliosr (talk) 20:34, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 10 August 2013
Sorry to say this as it has been repeated, but why is CE being referred to have a first day collection lower than ETT when UTV in their official statement say that it collected 33.12cr? If this is according to BOI, is there a concrete proof that the website is more reliable than the OFFICIAL figures?

182.68.185.37 (talk) 20:40, 10 August 2013 (UTC)


 * This cannot and should not be done as, for uniformity, we would have to change every other Hindi film's box office details. This is practically impossible due to the volume of releases every year. Factual Proof (talk) 22:10, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 10 August 2013
chennai express movie has collected 33.12 cr on its first day it is all over the national news so why u guys are giving BOI figures only.Wikipedia is considered most reliable across the globe so you should mention all the facts and conflict if any.so plz mention fig of other sites too

Edit request on 10 August 2013
Also, the budget of the movie is 70cr and not higher. Source: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/chennai-express-mints-rs.33.12-crore-on-opening-day/1/298931.html

182.68.185.37 (talk) 21:03, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Edit protected requests
I've marked all of the edit requests as answered, because they're obviously all controversial. Edit protected requests are only for things that either are 1) obvious and uncontroversial, or 2) have already been agreed to by discussion. Now, the article is protected, so start talking, and use dispute resolution as needed. Qwyrxian (talk) 01:25, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Let me add a point. If I have to, I'll make this the relevant test case. Veteran editors cannot insist that there is one and only one source for a particular kind of information. Our policies (WP:NPOV is the main one) require that where there is conflicting information, we provide all of it, with due weight, verified by multiple sources. Of course, the reality is that things would be a lot better if people would stop trying to update the bloody results minutes after a new newspaper announces a new number--we'd have much much better articles if people would just wait for more solid, verified results. But I know that's not going to happen, so that means that you have to include conflicting results. And it doesn't matter if that means changing thousands of other articles; that can be done over time. Qwyrxian (talk) 01:46, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 11 August 2013
The box office section is wrong. Most other sources say the movie gained 33.12 crore on opening day, making it the highest opening day collection.

http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office/update/id/334/date/2013-08-09 http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/box-office-chennai-express-breaks-salmans-ek-tha-tiger-opening-day-record/1/298947.html http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/498101/20130810/chennai-express-box-office-collection-opening-day.htm http://www.apunkachoice.com/content/article/sid100015963-box_office_chennai_express_breaks_ek_tha_tiger_opening_day_record/

Abhinav.naman (talk) 03:07, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Edit requests may not be used for changes that there is not consensus for. Discuss and get consensus. Further edit requests that do not already have consensus will be considered disruptive editing. Qwyrxian (talk) 04:50, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

In this case, since it seems that box office india is the only site that is showing a different figure and every other source or official statement is showing 33.12 crore, hence this must be changed. Also if this is from JTHJ, then why is son of sardar showing 100+ crore. SOS is also present in the article bollywood 100 crore club. It is because if the movie had achieved something it shouldn't be denied recognition just because of one particular source denying it. Also CE broke the record for second day collections held by Ek tha tiger by almost double the amount. Day 2: Rs 28.05 cr. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/chennai-express-vs-ek-tha-tiger-who-will-be-the-ultimate-winner/413373-8-66.html http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/chennai-express-mints-rs-33-12-crore-on-opening-day-403904?pfrom=home-latest http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/box-office-chennai-express-breaks-salmans-ek-tha-tiger-opening-day-record/1/298947.html Similarly Bol Bachan, Rowdy Rathore are all on the wiki article bollywood 100 crore club. The source provided for Rowdy Rathore in BOI does not even open anything:^ a b "Top Ten 2012 Lifetime Grossers". BOXOFFICEINDIA. Retrieved 31 October 2012. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pmnikhil (talk • contribs) 06:44, 11 August 2013 (UTC) We should really discuss and decide on legitimacy of BOI as 'the sole' source.Pmnikhil


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Please discuss this here so that you can reach a consensus. If edit requests keep being abused　this manner then I will briefly lock this talk page or start handing out blocks. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 07:15, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 11 August 2013
To add on to my edit request, box office india is not a reliable website at all. Look at this for an example: http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=317&catName=MjAxMC0yMDE5 Veer is in that list...enough said

Abhinav.naman (talk) 03:22, 11 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Stop adding edit protected requests. Have a discussion and come to consensus about what to include. Qwyrxian (talk) 04:39, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Fidliosr last version deleted my sourced insertions
EVEN IN ADMIN BLOCK MY LAST VERSION WITH 6 NEW REFRENCES BE RESTORED BCOZ IT WAS VANDALED BY fidliosrShirinla (talk) 04:21, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Don't talk in all caps, it's considered shouting and is rude. Second, calling someone's good faith edits vandalism is a personal attack. Finally, the protected version is not the "right" version, it's just the last one. Now, start a civil discussion about why you think those sources/info should be included. Please note that just because something can be verified does not mean it should be included for certain. Qwyrxian (talk) 04:36, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

request /discussion
I simply want to say that if there is an conflict one should mention other figures too .whats wrong in that ,wikipedia is known for providing the reliable information and one can not say that the info provided by only one source is correct and others are wrong .i understand it will take time but please rectify.

Iamabhu (talk) 06:24, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: The point is that you need to actually discuss the edits here so that we can reach a consensus. There are more ways of doing this than just choosing one version or the other. Also, as I said above, if edit requests keep being abused　this manner then I will briefly lock this talk page or start handing out blocks. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 07:17, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Dispute resolution noticeboard discussion
Just to let everyone know, there is know a discussion about this article at Dispute resolution noticeboard. Please leave a statement over there if you are interested in finding a solution for this content dispute. If a solution is found then we may be able to unprotect the article early. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 07:28, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 11 August 2013
First Day collection is 33.12 Highest in Hindi cinema... http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1872682/report-chennai-express-mints-rs33-12-crore-on-opening-day

1.38.16.113 (talk) 10:33, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Do not make another edit request. Engage in the ongoing discussion. There is a discussion open at WP:DRN about this matter. This page will not be changed until there is consensus for it. Note that I do not actually agree with the current version; in fact, I don't even care about it. But edit protected requests may only be completed when there is an existing consensus to change. Qwyrxian (talk) 10:36, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 11 August 2013
122.162.72.144 (talk) 17:24, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

admin please edit the first day collection of ce it is 33.12 cr
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please read the responses to the edit requests above. Thanks — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 17:50, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
 * You can wait for a week, the right figures will be around us anytime soon. OwnDealers (talk) 18:12, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Start the plot?
Hi. Anyone care to start the plot section? I have not seen the film, otherwise could have started.--Dwaipayan (talk) 23:38, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 12 August 2013
Hi team, This is to bring to your notice about the reference in wiki articles. consider this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Express here in the collection for the india: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Express#India_2 the data reported here has written: The film went on to collect INR29.25 crore (US$4.9 million) on its first day, thus making it the second highest opening day of all time behind Ek Tha Tiger. The above data is totally false & wrong & as it is talking about highest earning ever in india so i consider this as my duty to bring right info to you. please see the references below, in all the below links it clearly mentions that Chennai express has highest 1st day collection in India: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/box-office/Chennai-Express-beats-Ek-Tha-Tiger-on-day-one-earns-Rs-33-crore/articleshow/21741131.cms? (the foremost & biggest news site in India) http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1872682/report-chennai-express-mints-rs33-12-crore-on-opening-day ( a very reputed site from india) http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Shah-Rukh-Khan-starrer-Chennai-Express-mints-Rs-33-crore-on-opening-day/Article1-1106072.aspx (from hindustan times- one of the reputed newspaper from india) http://ibnlive.in.com/news/chennai-express-earns-rs-3312-cr-on-its-first-day/413196-8-66.html (a very big media group from india) I am pointing this out because with boxofficeindia.com data someone is trying to forge the data. As wiki is based on people collaboration so it is very important for me to bring this issue out of wrong journalism and using wiki to play with the real data. Hope you will change the link (or you can give me authority to do the same) & make people aware of the fraud being done by giving wrong data to our esteemed user community. P.S: i have no association with any one, i am here to raise my voice against the wrong data :)

Also regarding BOI it is no official site so you cant keep this as official data. May be if we want to keep this data than a disclaimer with other sources link should also be provided.

Thanks & best — Preceding unsigned comment added by Movierdb (talk • contribs) 05:59, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Malaya213 (talk) 04:52, 12 August 2013 (UTC) the boxofficecollection of chennai exprees on friday surpassed the collections of ek tha tiger by earning 33.12 crore. and within 3 days it crossed the 100 cr mark in india. courtesy : - bollywoodhungama.com, boxofficecapsule.com, boxofficereport.com Malaya213 (talk) 04:54, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Chennai Express Smashed all records and earned 100 crore in 3 days/in first weekend. Also beating the record for highest second day and third day collections. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/chennai-express-smashes-all-records-earns-rs-100-crore-in-its-opening-weekend/413569-8-66.html http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=5947&nCat= http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=5952&nCat= http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office/top5-hindi-movies/id/989/date/2013-08-12 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.99.194.39 (talk) 05:58, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 12 August 2013
Hello, according to Box Office Mojo, Chennai Express had the highest opening for any Bollywood film in the United States with a total collection of $2.2 million. Sources: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3713&p=.htm and http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2013&wknd=32&p=.htm. Thanks, Plea$ant 1623 ✉  06:24, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 12 August 2013
117.196.89.254 (talk) 07:54, 12 August 2013 (UTC) plzz show some dignity and at least post a article about showing the conflictions between box office india and other official figures its a humble request...

117.196.89.254 (talk) 07:54, 12 August 2013 (UTC)sahil jain117.196.89.254 (talk) 07:54, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

Compromise made due to disruptive editing by socks
As it has been now confirmed, there were more than nine (actually three "independent" groups of) sockpuppets working on this article. These socks continued with their disruptive editing further to gain consensus in favor of the inclusion of random sources stating inflated box office figures. I guess that really weak consensus is totally void now because majority of the socks have been banned indefinitely. Need views from other editors to enforce Box Office India again for the sake of uniformity. Fideliosr (talk) 03:19, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, we can now remove the conflicting reports part.Plea$ant 1623 ✉  13:37, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

what the fuck u guyz are too lazy to update real data or what?nobody uses boxofficeindia.com data anymore.even ormax media which is leading company in analyzing boxoffice trends use boxofficeindia.co.in data .and why cant u give data given by the production house? thats the actual not data of a shit old website like boi.and also u guyz seem to have some grudge against other sources it seems accusing them to be paid or biased. u editors are paid or biased or what?.continue this and nobody will give any fuck to your credibility anymore.
 * Don't you dare attack us again.Plea$ant 1623 ✉  16:41, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Trivia section
Is it possible to include the following trivia: Ali Fazal (talk) 12:06, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
 * After helping Deepika getting on board a moving train, Shahrukh Khan is heard saying 'I've done this before' - a reference to the end scene of his 1995 film Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge.
 * After being arrested with fuel smugglers in international waters between India and Sri Lanka by the Indian Marine Police, SRK said in his defense 'My name is Rahul and I'm not a terrorist' - a reference to his 2010 film My Name Is Khan.

Edit request on 23 August 2013
Highlights of Chennai Express - Highest collections in Previews ever - Biggest 1st day ever - Highest 2nd day ever - Highest 3rd day ever - Highest weekend ever - Fastest to 100 crore - Highest week 1 - Fastest to 150 cr - Biggest grosser of 2013 - Third highest grosser of all time

Ranjeetahlawat (talk) 17:14, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please make your request in a "change X to Y" format. 00:25, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Chennai Express was not released in ten different language-versions
I deleated the sentence:
 * Chennai Express was dubbed in ten different languages – English, French, Spanish, Arabic, German, Hebrew, Dutch, Turkish and Malay.

Just the French and German language areas use to dub foreign movies, but due to the minor interest in Hindi-films only few screens were released as VOSTF (="version originale sous-titres français") and OmU (="Original mit Untertitel"). But the latter dvd-releases are announced as dubbed versions. Hoerestimmen (talk) 22:09, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

Critical reception
The domestic critical-reception section is insanely too long. We're supposed to give a representative list, not quotes from what (I hyperbolically say) look like every newspaper in India. It needs to be trimmed, and to concentrate on critics giving analytical statements as to the film's qualities, and not just whether they liked it or not. --Tenebrae (talk) 14:41, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Tenebrae, extremely valid point mate. I am with you in this regard. The domestic critical-reception is full of copy-vio's. Its just either quotes or whether the critic liked the film or not. There is no critical analysis in the sense of the word.  Sohambanerjee1998  11:20, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Still its full of copy-vio's and suffers from close paraphrasing problem.  Sohambanerjee1998  12:52, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 31 August 2013
171.51.195.110 (talk) 20:51, 31 August 2013 (UTC) inr 750000000
 * Please be a bit elaborate as to the info you want to add, since the reference you added is to this talk page that is because it lacks a ref list but I managed to get hold of the link - 1 but since there is lot of info in that + you did'nt clarify what, just fun ride. So next time onwards mention what to add. Hope this helps -   ☸    06:03, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Chennai Express tops Amazon’s DVD sales
The DVD of 2013′s biggest blockbuster Chennai Express, priced at $11.62, is selling like hot cakes in the overseas markets. In the ‘Foreign Films’ section on Amazon.com, Chennai Express tops the list of ‘Most Popular’ DVD’s that are currently on sale.http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/chennai-express-tops-amazons-dvd-sales/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.235.68.251 (talk) 04:57, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
 * ❌ trivial info + unreliable sources.  Sohambanerjee1998  07:26, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

Box Office
The film collected INR329.20 million (US$5.06 million) on its opening day, making it the highest opening day collection ahead of Ek Tha Tiger. Sources: http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/box-office/2013/chennai-express-7-days-first-week-collection-box-office-117402.html

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/chennai-express-earns-rs-3312-cr-on-its-first-day/413196-8-66.html http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/chennai-express-collections-cross-rs-100-crore-in-4-days/1/197692.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Parneetsinghc (talk • contribs) 16:23, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
 * ❌: Exactly how many times I have to tell you guys? Box Office India is only used here!--Jionpedia ✉  16:29, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Article excessively long
25 kB is Huge, needs to be splitted up. I could have stuck a tag but instead of that I would provide some suggestions—
 * 1) Create a different article for OST (if anyone does take the initiative I'll help with that)
 * 2) Create a different article for awards list should include prose not just a bare list.

—Soham 16:06, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Copy from movie "A walk in clouds"
'Chennai Express' is copied from Keanu Reeves's hit movie A Walk in the Clouds. Administrator pls add this information.
 * Do you have any reliable source for this claim? Ethically (Yours) 14:32, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Just watch both films or read the plots from wikipedia. 192.108.116.129 (talk) 03:34, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
 * We are not here to judge that or deduce something. —Soham 16:08, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Box Office
It would be nice if contributors mention Lakhs or Crores instead Million. It's a just suggestion. Thanks.-- 25 CENTS VICTORIOUS ☣ 08:04, 28 June 2014 (UTC)


 * As per this policy, we use the term "million" as it is international in value, and so that non-Indians can understand. Kailash29792 (talk) 08:25, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

Komban????
There is nothing called "Komban". It must be Cumbum.-117.193.193.126 (talk) 10:36, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 January 2015
- Let's talk! 14:45, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

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