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Reliance ADAG in pursuit of Fame, ups stake
MUMBAI: Reliance Capital Partners, a Reliance ADAG (Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group) company, has increased its stake in Fame India through open market purchases. This move comes in the wake of Inox Leisure acquiring a majority stake in Fame.
Reliance has taken its total holding in Fame to 8.13 per cent, after failing in earlier attempts to gobble up the multiplex chain. The move has fuelled speculations that it may come out with a counter offer to buy more stake in Fame.
Inox, which holds 50.5 per cent of Fame, has already announced the open offer for 20 per cent at Rs 51 per share.
Relaince ADAG also has cinema exhibition and production business under Reliance Mediaworks. Incidentally, Reliance MediaWorks claims that it was offering to buy out Fame’s promoter stake for a “much higher” price than what Inox offered. Reportedly, the company is in process of seeking action against Fame India for selling the promoters‘ stake at a price “much lower than what it had offered”.
“Reliance MediaWorks will bring all relevant facts to the notice of all regulatory authorities, including inter alia Sebi (Securities and Exchange Board of India), Ministry of Company Affairs, Reserve Bank of India, Income Tax, etc. for such action, if any, as they deem appropriate,” it said in a statement.
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Dhurandhar the revenge storms past Rs 1,000 crore in a week, rewrites box office records
Aditya Dhar’s spy thriller sets fastest run to Rs 1,000 crore with record-breaking weekday hold
MUMBAI: The box office has a new juggernaut—and it is moving at breakneck speed. Dhurandhar the revenge has smashed past the Rs 1,000 crore mark worldwide in just a week, clocking a staggering Rs 1,088 crore and resetting the rules of the blockbuster game.
Backed by Jio Studios and B62 Studios, and directed by Aditya Dhar, the spy action sequel opened to the biggest weekend ever for an Indian film globally—and then refused to slow down. Unlike typical tentpole releases that taper off after Sunday, this one powered through the weekdays with rare muscle, posting Rs 64 crore on Monday, Rs 58 crore on Tuesday, Rs 49 crore on Wednesday and Rs 53 crore on Thursday.
The numbers stack up to a formidable first-week haul. India collections stand at Rs 690 crore nett and Rs 814 crore gross, while overseas markets have chipped in Rs 274 crore, taking the worldwide total to Rs 1,088 crore in just eight days.
The film’s opening weekend alone delivered Rs 466 crore, laying the foundation for what is now being billed as the fastest climb to the Rs 1,000 crore club in Indian cinema. Every single day of its first week has set fresh benchmarks, from the highest opening weekend to the strongest weekday hold—metrics that typically separate hits from phenomena.
A sequel to the earlier hit Dhurandhar, the film has not just built on its predecessor’s momentum but obliterated previous records, emerging as the biggest global blockbuster run by an Indian film to date.
At this pace, the film is not merely riding a wave—it is creating one.
