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Road, Movie to have European premiere at Berlin fest
MUMBAI: The Indian Film Company‘s (TIFC) Road, Movie is set to have its European premiere at the 60th Berlin Film Festival that will be held between 1 to 21 February, next year.
Directed by Dev Benegal, the film is an endearing tale of a young man who takes a travelling cinema truck on a life-changing journey across the sublime Indian landscape.
The film follows Vishnu as a restless young man who rejects his father‘s faltering hair oil business and hits the road with a travelling cinema in search of freedom. Along the journey, Vishnu ponders his life‘s priorities as he learns to appreciate his culture and the power of friendship and love.
“This is a moment of glory for us at the TIFC. This is the fourth festival that the film will make its presence in. The film‘s presence at Berlin demonstrates its audience-appeal after its world premiere in Toronto in September last followed by representation in similar international festivals in Tokyo and Doha,” said Indian Film Company CEO Sandeep Bhargava.
Road, Movie, co-produced by TIFC along with Susan B. Landau and Academy Award nominee Ross Katz, stars Abhay Deol, Tannishta Chatterjee and Satish Kahshik among others.
Dev Benegal‘s debut English feature film, August, made in 1994, ignited a wave of independent Indian filmmaking. The film was hailed as a landmark in contemporary Indian cinema.
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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.
