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Tips open to floating new JV for scaling up movie biz
MUMBAI: Tips Industries is open to the idea of floating a new joint venture company with an investor as partner for scaling up its movie production business.
Tips is also exploring opportunities to enter into joint venture arrangements with different companies on a project basis. The investment will be done by the partner while Tips will focus on its expertise in filmmaking.
“We are not looking at diluting stake to raise money and scale up. The best route is to do joint ventures on a project basis where we get funding from our partners. The other option is to open a new joint venture company and raise money from the partner to scale up the movie production business,” Tips Kumar chairman and managing director Kumar S Taurani tells Indiantelevision.com.
Tips‘ focus will be to make two good movies a year. “We will scale up only if the other routes open up,” adds Taurani.
Prince, Tips‘ latest release, has clocked Rs 200 million gross in the opening weekend. “The movie is getting a good response at the box-office. We plan to release Hari Om, an international movie, this fiscal. We will do one-to-two movies more during the year if we get to distribute them,” avers Taurani.
Tips is likely to end FY‘10 on a revenue of Rs 800-900 million with Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahani accounting for Rs 600 million.
The satellite telecast rights of Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahani have been syndicated to Colors and Imagine TV. “We are in talks with other broadcasters for syndicating the rights,” says Taurani.
On the music front, Tips will release the repertoire of titles that had stayed idle with it ever since it had acquired music companies like Weston, Time, Oriental and Vatsa years back.
“The bottom line is stabilised because of our music revenues. Digital is far to take off in India. But we get good revenues from radio, public performance and mobile,” says Taurani.
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Dhurandhar 2 hit by YouTube leak amid record box office run
Cam-rip surfaces online but blockbuster streak continues at record pace
MUMBAI: It has been a dramatic week for Dhurandhar: The Revenge. Even as the espionage thriller smashes box office records, a piracy scare briefly threatened to steal its thunder after a full-length version surfaced on YouTube.
The leak emerged on March 30 via a channel titled “A2z movie”, which uploaded what appeared to be a cam-recorded print of the film. Clocking in at nearly three hours and 49 minutes, the footage was reportedly blurry but complete enough to spark spoilers and fan outrage online.
Soon after, users on X began flagging the issue, explicitly naming the “A2z movie” channel in their posts while tagging the film’s makers and urging swift legal action. Fans of director Aditya Dhar and lead star Ranveer Singh were particularly vocal, helping the issue gain rapid traction.
Within hours, the video was taken down, likely through a mix of platform detection systems and intervention by producers Jio Studios and B62 Studios.
Despite the leak, the film’s theatrical run remains virtually unshaken. As of March 31, the sequel has raked in an estimated Rs 872.17 crore net in India, with worldwide collections soaring to Rs 1,392.23 crore. Its Hindi opening day alone brought in Rs 102.55 crore, setting a new benchmark.
In a notable milestone, the film has matched Pushpa 2 as the fastest Indian release to cross the Rs 1,000 crore mark globally, achieving the feat in just seven days.
Interestingly, the version leaked online is believed to be an earlier cut. Midway through its theatrical run, the makers issued revised prints after eagle-eyed viewers spotted a fleeting editing error involving a cameraman’s reflection. The corrected version now plays across cinemas, adding an unusual twist to the film’s release journey.
Directed by Aditya Dhar, the high-stakes sequel stars Ranveer Singh alongside Sanjay Dutt, R. Madhavan, Arjun Rampal and Sara Arjun. The film has drawn praise for its scale and action sequences, though some critics have pointed to its intense violence and layered political themes.
For now, piracy may have made noise, but it has not slowed the juggernaut. If anything, the episode underlines the film’s cultural grip, proving that even a leak cannot derail a box office storm already in full force.
