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Female protagonists are ruling <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> nowadays and we were definitely looking forward to some spectacular showing when Kangana Ranaut-Vir Das-starrer comedy-drama <keyword id="1132893" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Revolver-Rani">Revolver Rani</keyword> and Subhash Ghai-directed <keyword id="2214753" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Kaanchi-The-Unbreakable">Kaanchi: The Unbreakable</keyword>, yet another <keyword id="2097207" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Woman-centric-movie">woman-centric movie</keyword>, were released on April 25. <keyword id="1718118" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Samrat-Co-">Samrat &amp; Co.</keyword>, a whodunit movie directed and co-written by <keyword id="1097593" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Kaushik-Ghatak">Kaushik Ghatak</keyword>, was the third release of the week. 
 Going by the numbers, it was an extremely poor weekend at the <keyword id="827271" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Domestic-Box-Office">domestic box office</keyword> and the Monday business did not look up either, predicting more gloom and doom. After her stellar performance in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Box-Office-Queen-OutshinesGulaab-Gang-Total-Siyapaa-Tanks/articleshow/31848837.cms">Queen</a> (it has netted around Rs 60 crore at home and grossed nearly Rs 93 crore worldwide), Kangana-led Revolver Rani has turned out to be a surprise slow-starter at the <keyword id="25892" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="box-office">box office</keyword> in spite of an intriguing storyline. Sure, it had the best start among the three but netted around Rs 6 crore at home after the first three days in spite of hype and the positive word of mouth. Debut day occupancy was as low as 15% although the movie has hit around 1,500 screens, nearly double the number of <keyword id="6377522" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="queen">Queen</keyword>. 
 
Interestingly, Queen, too, picked up pace pretty late, but managed to nett around Rs 9 crore after the first three days. For Revolver Rani, the crucial Day 4 (Monday, April 28) business was equally dismal and the movie collected around Rs 1.4 crore at home. It has an estimated budget of Rs 24 crore. 
 
However, <keyword id="1417195" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Kaanchi">Kaanchi</keyword>, directed by <keyword id="6354581" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Subhash-Ghai">Subhash Ghai</keyword>, suffered a worse fate. This one looks like a clear <keyword id="2076872" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Box-office-bomb">box office bomb</keyword> and collected a paltry Rs 75 lakh on the opening Friday. Weekend earnings remained extremely disappointing and the romance-cum-revenge drama could only manage Rs 3 crore in the first three days. Monday collections stood at an estimated Rs 1.1 crore. With the budget of the movie projected to be Rs 30 crore-plus, industry experts are already calling it another disastrous outing by Ghai. Kaanchi has opened in 1,150-1,200 theatres at home, but the occupancy was less than 15%, especially at single screens. In fact, Kaanchi is the lowest debut-day grosser among Ghai’s recent flops including Yaadein (Rs 1.6 crore on opening Friday), Kisna (Rs 1.5 crore) and Yuvraaj (Rs 2.9 crore). 
 <keyword id="2218677" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Samrat-and-Co-">Samrat and Co.</keyword>, a <keyword id="25276" type="POSITION" weightage="100" keywordseo="detective">detective</keyword> thriller starring <keyword id="15130" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Rajeev-Khandelwal">Rajeev Khandelwal</keyword>, <keyword id="110704" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Madalasa-Sharma">Madalasa Sharma</keyword> and <keyword id="1600791" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Gopal-Datt">Gopal Datt</keyword>, hit around 500 screens at home and was immediately declared a flop. First day collections at the domestic box office were an appalling Rs 25 lakh and total earnings in the first three days stood at Rs 1.45 crore, as per trade figures. Interestingly, first Monday (Day 4) collections were better than the opening day, amounting to Rs 60 lakh. But keeping the film’s budget in mind – in the zone of Rs 18 crore or so – this rahasya (mystery) ride won’t be going anywhere in terms of <keyword id="1996031" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Box-office-performance">box office performance</keyword>. 
 
 
 If you are still wondering what has led to the wholesale box office debacle, a close look at all the three flicks may help decode the failures. Directed by <keyword id="2218682" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sai-Kabir-Shrivastav">Sai Kabir Shrivastav</keyword> (he also did the story and the screenplay) Revolver Rani narrates the story of <keyword id="315181" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Alka-Singh">Alka Singh</keyword> (<keyword id="2201" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Kangana-Ranaut">Kangana Ranaut</keyword>), a dacoit-turned-politician in the thick of power game and in love with Bollywood aspirant <keyword id="1555785" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Rohan-Mehra">Rohan Mehra</keyword> (<keyword id="671" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Vir-das">Vir Das</keyword>). Kangana plays the <keyword id="2218683" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Chambal-girl">Chambal girl</keyword> to perfection – raw, raunchy, power-loving and trigger-happy. But one must not write it off as another one of the Bandit Queen saga. The ground realities, the ingrained satire and the layers of turbulence unfold well in the movie, but the story fails at times – losing the smooth flow and meandering during the second half. Overall, it has loads of merit, but it’s hardly a feel-good movie and that could be one of the key reasons behind the slow business pick-up. As <keyword id="122490" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="film-critic">film critic</keyword> Anupama Chopra so rightly said, “If you can enjoy bad people doing bad things, then Revolver Rani will be fun.” 
 
Kaanchi, on the other hand, simply drags on and loses all the suspense of a revenge drama that it later turns out to be. The movie features two newcomers in lead roles, <keyword id="562167" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Kartik-Tiwari">Kartik Tiwari</keyword> (aka <keyword id="2104801" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Kartik-Aaryan">Kartik Aaryan</keyword>) and Hindi movie debutante Indrani Chakraborty (aka Mishti), while the ‘big baddies’ are played by <keyword id="6357910" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Rishi-Kapoor">Rishi Kapoor</keyword> and <keyword id="14672" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Mithun-Chakraborty">Mithun Chakraborty</keyword>. The naïve rural beauty Kaanchi fights against power and corruption as her love Binda, her land and her life are at stake. But as is the Bollywood norm, the twists and turns get too filmy to be convincing, the characters become stereotypes and the dialogues are mere lip service. At the end, we are looking at a mere shell instead of a strong script, powerful performances and the ‘gale’ of change. 
 Samrat and Co. does no better in terms of cinematic art. Rajeev Khandelwal (<keyword id="239627" type="POSITION" weightage="100" keywordseo="private-investigator">private investigator</keyword> Samrat Tilakdhari) lacks the earlier sparkle of Table No. 21. And if you are expecting Rajeev and Gopal (Samrat’s <keyword id="6419345" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="assistant">assistant</keyword> and friend, <keyword id="2218675" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Chakradhar-Pandey">Chakradhar Pandey</keyword>) do a Holmes-Watson act, you could be mightily disappointed. But currently you have a mystery to solve. Try and predict if these three would do well at the domestic box office over the first week. Your guess is as good as ours. 
 
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Box Office: Kangana Fails To Lift Revolver Rani; Kaanchi Lacks Ghai’s Golden Touch

Superstar <keyword id="2823" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Akshay-Kumar">Akshay Kumar</keyword> on Sunday said he has tested <keyword id="6439681" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="positive">positive</keyword> for the novel coronavirus and is under <keyword id="58995" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Home-quarantine">home quarantine</keyword>. The 53-year-old actor took to Twitter to share his diagnosis and said he is following all the necessary protocols. "I wish to inform everyone that, earlier this morning, I have tested positive for <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword>. Following all the protocols I have immediately isolated myself. I am under home quarantine and have sought necessary medical care," he wrote. The star, who was shooting for "Ram Setu" in the city, urged all those who came in contact with him to get themselves tested. "I would sincerely request all those that have come in contact with me get themselves tested and take care. Back in action soon!" he said. Kumar is the latest Bollywood celebrity to have tested positive for COVID-19 after Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Aditya Narayan, Rupali Ganguly, Kartik Aaryan and Aamir Khan among others. On Saturday, <keyword id="13126" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</keyword> reported 49,447 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest rise in a day so far, taking the tally to 29,53,523. On the work front, Kumar is awaiting the release of Rohit Shetty's "Sooryavanshi". He also has Aanand L Rai's "Atrangi Re", Farhad Samji-directed "Bachchan Pandey", Ranjit Tiwari's "Bell Bottom" and Yash Raj Films project "Prithviraj" in the pipeline. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/nasa-estimates-pandemic-could-cost-it-around-3-billion-quick-look-at-projects-to-take-the-biggest-hit/slidelist/81869940.cms">NASA estimates the pandemic ballooned costs by $3 billion — here are the projects to take the biggest hit</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/a-5-5-billion-british-fintech-start-up-may-have-200-jobs-to-offer-in-india/articleshow/81867620.cms">A $5.5 billion British fintech start up may have 200 jobs to offer in India</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/for-revolut-india-is-just-the-first-in-a-series-of-countries-it-plans-to-enter-in-the-next-18-months/articleshow/81883114.cms">For Revolut, India is just the first in a series of countries it plans to enter in the next 18 months</a>

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Courtesy of Starsky RoboticsA truck (sans trucker) and Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, CEO and cofounder of Starksy Robotics</div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/starsky-robotics" data-e2e-name="category-link">Starsky Robotics</a>has accomplished a feat in autonomous <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/trucking" data-e2e-name="category-link-more">trucking</a>- <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/self-driving-trucks" data-e2e-name="category-link">self-driving trucks</a> that don't have a person in the cabin.</li><li>As of June 16, Starsky began operating truly driverless semi-trucks on the Florida turnpike.</li><li>That means the company beat <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/tesla" data-e2e-name="category-link">Tesla</a>, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/waymo">Waymo</a>, and a host of other self-driving truck startups to the same goal</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/starsky-robotics" data-e2e-name="category-link">Starsky Robotics</a> is now testing autonomous trucks that have no driver inside, the San Francisco Bay Area startup announced on Wednesday.As of June 16, Starsky began operating truly driverless semi-trucks on the Florida turnpike.It's a first in the industry. To be sure, there are plenty of autonomous trucks on the road. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tusimple-autonomous-trucking-beating-tesla-waymo-2019-1">TuSimple</a> has a fleet of more than 50 trucks making three to five revenue-generating routes per day in Arizona. <a href="https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/29/waymo-resumes-testing-self-driving-trucks-in-arizona/">Waymo</a> resumed testing its self-driving trucks in Phoenix, after ending the tests two years ago.<a href="https://www.ttnews.com/articles/self-driving-truck-startup-embark-releases-performance-data">Embark</a>'s trucks drove more than 124,000 automated miles last year. And <a href="https://futurism.com/teslas-autonomous-semi-truck-spotted-california-highway">Tesla</a> has been spotted testing some autonomous semis.But these companies still have at least two people in the cabin for safety purposes - usually two truck drivers or a trucker and an engineer. Starksy's trucks have neither.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/starsky-robotics-self-driving-semi-trucks-tesla-2018-6">A company you've probably never heard of is quietly building a fleet of self-driving semis that could revolutionize the trucking industry. And the founder says it has one big advantage over Tesla, Uber, and Waymo</a>Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, CEO and cofounder of Starksy Robotics, said his company achieved the industry feat by way of one key difference between Starsky and the rest of the autonomous-trucking cohort.That is, the trucks do have a driver. It's just that he or she is remotely controlling the vehicle, and several others, as many as 500 miles away.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCNSZKXvi64&amp;feature=youtu.be">Starsky Robotics/YouTube</a>The workplace of a remote Starsky trucker</div></div></div>"Starsky isn't so much an autonomous R&amp;D lab as much as we are keen in trying to solve a very distinct problem, and that problem is the persistent long-haul truck driver shortage in US trucking," Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, CEO and cofounder of Starksy Robotics, told Business Insider."Our focus is not so much building general autonomy in this really exciting pipe dream of artificial intelligence that can drive anywhere," Seltz-Axmacher said. "What we really, really care about is making it so that trucks can drive without a person in them."Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/aws-powering-tusimples-long-range-perception-technology-2019-2" data-analytics-position="11">Amazon Web Services is underpinning the technology at a $1 billion driverless trucking startup - and it shows how Amazon wants to control its supply chain and cut its $28 billion yearly shipping bill</a>The American Trucking Associations <a href="https://atri-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ATRI-Top-Industry-Issues-2018.pdf">has said that the US has a shortage of 50,000 truck drivers</a> and that the industry will need to recruit and train 898,000 new truckers by 2026. Trucking companies ranked the driver shortage as their top industry issue in 2017 and 2018.Meanwhile, salaries for truck drivers are falling. A <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trucking-shortage-eld-mandate-cdl-truck-driver-salary-2018-6">Business Insider analysis</a> found that median wages had decreased by 21% on average since 1980, while in some areas they have fallen by as much as 50%.Seltz-Axmacher said, because of that, there are fewer folks coming into the industry to drive goods across the country.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Courtesy of StarskyStarsky co-founders Kartik Tiwari and Stefan Seltz-Axmacher</div></div></div>"The problem in the trucking industry is trucking's commoditized, so you have a cap on the productivity of a driver, which means you can't pay them more than $60,000 a year," Seltz-Axmacher said. "$60,000 a year isn't enough money to get someone to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trucking-truck-driver-british-american-2018-8">spend a month at a time</a> in a truck."But shifting trucking from a job on the road to an eight-hour office job could keep the trucking industry staffed, Seltz-Axmacher said.Some trucking executives see the autonomous feature as a way <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/tesla-stock-price-electric-truck-good-thing-for-trucking-industry-2018-12-1027830720">to cut labor costs</a>. According to <a href="https://www.ttnews.com/articles/itech-trucking-may-save-168-billion-annually-driverless-vehicles-report-concludes">a Morgan Stanley report</a>, implementing fully driverless trucks could save the industry $70 billion per year. 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The much-awaited Golden Kela Awards that honour the worst of Indian Cinema are back. This time around, they would be awarding the worst of <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> in 2014, and as always, have some out-of-the-box awards other than the best, we mean, Worst Actors Awards. 
 
The awards would be announced on March 14, 2015 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. 
 
Have a look at the list of nominees. 
 
Worst Actor (Male) 
 
· Arjun Kapoor for Gunday &amp; Everything Else 
· Saif Ali Khan for Humshakals 
· Salman Khan for Jai Ho &amp; Kick 
· Ajay Devgn for Action Jackson 
· Rani Mukerjee for Mardaani 
 
Worst Actor (Female) 
 
· Katrina Kaif for Bang Bang 
· Sonam Kapoor for everything she did 
· Sonakshi Sinha for Action Jackson, Lingaa and Holiday 
· Tamannah for Entertainment 
· Jacqueline Fernandes for Kick 
 
Worst Film 
 
· Kick 
· Bang Bang! 
· Action Jackson 
· Humshakals 
· Happy New Year 
 
Worst Director 
 
· Sajid Khan for Humshakals 
· Prabhu Deva for Action Jackson 
· Rohit Shetty for Singham Returns 
· Sajid Nadiadwala for Kick 
· Sohail Khan for Jai Ho 
· Siddharth Anand for Bang Bang! 
 
Most Irritating Song * Played Endlessly on Radio and TV 
 
· Blue Hai Paani Paani from Yaariyan 
· Yaar na Miley from Kick 
· Baby Doll from Ragini MMS 2 
· Galliyan from Ek Villain 
· Tu Mera from Bang Bang 
 
Most Atrocious Lyrics 
 
· Sameer for Caller Tune from Humshakals 
· Shabbir Ahmed for Ice Cream from The Xposé 
· Yo Yo Honey Singh for Blue hai Paani paani from Yaariyan 
· Vishal Dadlani for Tu Meri from Bang Bang! 
· Mayur Puri for Johnny Johnny from Entertainment 
 
Worst Debutante 
 
· Tiger Shroff for Heropanti 
· The Xposé Girls for The Xposé 
· Mishti &amp; Kartik Tiwari for Kaanchi 
· The Whole Cast &amp; Crew of Yaariyan for Yaariyan 
· Daisy Shah for Jai Ho 
 
Baawra Ho Gaya Hai Ke Award 
· Raj and DK for Happy Ending 
· Abhishek Sharma for Shaukeens 
· Nawazuddin for Kick 
· Ram Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan for Humshakals 
· Shashanka Ghosh for Khoobsurat 
 
RGV Ki Aag Award for the Most Pointless Remake/Sequel 
 
· Shaadi Ke Side Effects 
· Ragini MMS 2 
· Singham Returns 
· Bang Bang! 
· Khoobsurat 
· The Shaukeens 
· Bhoothnath Returns 
· Hate Story 2 
 
Why Are You Still Trying Award 
· Sonam Kapoor 
· Jackie Bhagnani 
· Himesh Reshammiya 
· Subhash Ghai 
· Ayushman Khurana 
· Yami Gautam 
 
Voting opens on February 18th, 2015 at <a href="http://www.goldenkela.com/" target="_blank">www.goldenkela.com</a>. 
 
“This just keeps getting better every year! Bollywood never ceases to amaze, and we at Golden Kela actually look forward to the bizarre imagination of some of our filmmakers!” says, Jatin Varma, Founder, Golden Kela Awards. “After having to sit through the excruciating screenings of the likes of Jai Ho, Humshakals, Action Jackson and “Xpose” amongst many others, we got to the fun part – having a good laugh and listing the nominations for the crappiest movies of the year!”, he went on to say.

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