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Scientific Criticism
editWe need a new section to talk about the misinformation spread by this film.
The subject of the film, mobile phone radiation affecting birds, is just an urban legend, and is not endorsed by scientists. This article published by National Audubon Society addresses the topic, and also mentions the impact created by this film (2.0) in spreading the conspiracy theory further. https://www.audubon.org/news/no-5g-radio-waves-do-not-kill-birds
Indian ornithologist, Asad Rahmani, former director of Bombay Naturalist Society, who also headed the parliament panel to study the ill effects of mobile phone radiation on birds, said "There is no scientific proof between electromagnetic radiation and absence of sparrows."
The panel was set up after a Parliament member raised the issue of ill effects of mobile towers on birds in the Lok Sabha. After an exhaustive study of the published scientific papers – the 88-page report carries a bibliography running into 55 pages – the panel concluded that there are no long-term data available on the environmental impacts of electromagnetic radiation and studies on the impact of radiation on birds and other wildlife are almost non-existent in India.
Source of the above info: https://www.deccanherald.com/india/rajni-movie-20-does-cell-phone-705685.html
In addition to creating a new section to talk about this, the reference numbered "e" in the Notes section has to be removed, as the links there are just sensational articles, ignoring actual science. Amaravind (talk) 07:04, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
- Apart from the fact that the theme of the movie is totally unscientific, the ornithologist character who is the antagonist in the film, utters several statements which are factually wrong, and those need to be pointed out too.
- 1. He claims Arctic Tern visits Vedanthangal Sanctuary in India, which is not true, as it doesn't visit India.
- 2. He claims that Jacobin Cuckoo controls the monsoons in North India, and that monsoons fail if the birds do not migrate in a year.
- The depictions of birds are incorrect too. Birds from other continents are all shown in Chennai, with barely any Indian birds being depicted in the film.
- I am not sure if I myself can link my article here, but all of these have been covered in this article: https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/tamil-features/straight-out-of-whatsapp-university-a-birdwatchers-reading-of-shankars-20-rajinikanth-jigarthanda-doublex-akshay-kumar Amaravind (talk) 07:27, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
Final worldwide collection is 665 crores according to pinkvilla
edit665 collection in final run...not 700-800
https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/box-office/highest-grossing-kollywood-films-worldwide-box-office-vijay-led-leo-fifth-tops-400-crore-in-record-5-days-1253410?_gl=1*c2cnlv*_ga*TmdhZ0Y4ZVB0UjFLVkdPbmNMb2lBQWFsNDBROUNreFg1Y2hnVVBWMWdzZ1kzSFhXREo0Z1BUa09zakdabGg0SQ..*_ga_KWM8YHE0VD*MTcyOTI2MDM1OC4zLjEuMTcyOTI2MDM2MC4wLjAuMA.. 2409:4072:713:30EA:0:0:1256:80AC (talk) 14:08, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
Final worldwide gross
editPinkvilla is one of the most reliable sources for box officr and it says 666 is final gross...another is prediction of 800 crores as mentional in the box office is too much of a jump from 666 crores(almost 150 crores)..it is very highly inflated...atleast make it 666 to 700 2409:4072:6EBE:6BA3:0:0:E6CA:8B0B (talk) 15:18, 19 October 2024 (UTC)