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Kabali (film) is a recently released Tamil-language Indian film that has been the subject of a lot of questionable record-breaking box office claims, with some sites claiming grosses as high as 650 crore rupees (6.5 billion or about USD$97 million) and more conservative estimates placing it in the 350 crore range (USD$52 million). So it's a big difference. For the last few weeks at the Kabali article and at Talk:List of highest-grossing Indian films I've been trying to manage the introduction of high grosses against more conservative reports.

A lot of SPAs have sprung up, including Arunkxip, who first drew my attention for making a request to inflate the box office claims of Kabali. He did it again here where he writes:
 * "Kabali has earned a total of 450 crores worldwide.most of the websites report saying that Kabali has collected 650 to 700 crores.we all know that these values aren't true.But on closer examination, each of these websites have clearly mentioned that the 650 crore is including the pre-release sales(200 crores).Neglecting them, we would still get the total collections of Kabali as 450 crores and not 350 crores.Kindly change it. Only International Business Times state that the film has earned 350 crores.The IBT reported saying that the film has grossed over 200 crores in the domestic market.whereas the above mentioned websites state that Kabali has collected around 220 crores and the end of its 2nd week. The values match!." [snip]

"The values match!" was a memorable exclamation. So when I saw these edits by Prasannainfo, it became very suspicion-inspiring to read:
 * "Kabali has earned a total of 470 crores worldwide.most of the websites report saying that Kabali has collected 650 to 700 crores.we all know that these values aren't true.But on closer examination, each of these websites have clearly mentioned that the 650 crore is including the pre-release sales(200 crores).Neglecting them, we would still get the total collections of Kabali as 470 crores and not 350 crores.Kindly change it. Only International Business Times state that the film has earned 350 crores.The IBT reported saying that the film has grossed over 200 crores in the domestic market.whereas the above mentioned websites state that Kabali has collected around 220 crores and the end of its 2nd week. The values match!." [snip]

I would not be the least bit surprised to learn that they are the same person. Granted, maybe Prasanna copied Arun's post for his own plagiaristic reasons, but they both seem to have a clear agenda to inflate Kabali's numbers by using Financial Express's data. For the last week or so I've become convinced that the source these people are using is just parroting claims made by the producers without doing any independent research. But that's a rant for another day. If there's any way to check for other related accounts, that would be appreciated. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:26, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
 * According to their edit histories, both Prasannainfo and Arunkxip have edited almost entirely at Talk:List of highest-grossing Indian films and Talk:Kabali (film).

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 * to be directly connected. If there is a connection, it's more likely to be the promotional meat farms that run rampant in this topic area.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 16:55, 12 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking, ! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:04, 12 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  13:47, 13 August 2016 (UTC)