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Shemaroo brings lives of 3 great leaders on home video
MUMBAI: With Republic Day round the corner, Shemaroo Entertainment has brought together three great Leaders – Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Sardar Patel – in a two-DVD pack titled, Great Leaders on the Path of Non-Violence.
The pack consists of a documentary on the lives of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela and the National Award winning feature film Sardar, starring Paresh Rawal.
The documentary of Mahatma Gandhi explores his struggle against the mighty British Empire and its colonies of South Africa and India. It shows various historic events like – the Dandi March and Non-Cooperative Movement that he initiated.
The documentary of Nelson Mandela shows his struggles, his triumphs and the adversity which ultimately drove him to greatness as an African leader.
The biographical epic on Sardar Patel concentrates largely on the last five years of Sardar‘s life, from 1945 to 1950 when he strode on the national scene, wresting India‘s Independence and integrating the nation.
The film deals with all the myriad and debilitating problems that India faced in its pre and immediate post Independence period, which turned out to be Sardar Patel‘s finest hour.
Avers, Shemaroo Entertainment Director Hiren Gada, “Through this two-DVD pack, Shemaroo has attempted to combine education and entertainment. We would like to give today‘s youth and school children an opportunity to understand the principals and philosophies of such great leaders whose accomplishments influenced, and will influence generations to come.”
Hindi
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.
