Hindi
Jail and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani to hit theatres on 6 November
MUMBAI: After last week‘s two big releases Aladin and London Dreams, comes the release of another two big films this week – Ramesh Taurani‘s Ajab Prem Ki Amar Kahani and Percept Pictures and Madhur Bhandarkar‘s Jail.
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, touted to be a fun film, is a love story packed with lots of laughs.
The philosophy of Prem (Ranbir Kapoor) is to spread joy for and for this ‘The Happy Club‘ helps him. However, each time he tries to cast a spell of happiness, chaos reigns.
Prem accidentally kidnaps Jenny (Katrina Kaif). Both fall in love with each other so much so that Prem gets set to do all that he can to make her feel the same way about him including helping her run away from her own wedding.
Jail, on the other hand, is a serious film. Going by Madhur Bhandarkar‘s earlier films, this film might turn out to be his vision of today‘s jails.
It is rumoured that the story of Jail is inspired from the life of a techie from Pune who was reportedly picked up by the police for sending a supposed anti-national mail, that subsequently was found to be incorrect, but the life of the techie indeed went for a toss.
The story of the film revolves around Parag Dixit played by Neil Nitin Mukesh who leads a happy and comfortable life with his girlfriend Maansi (Mugdha Godse). However, he lands up in jail following a series of unfortunate events.
Going back to the films that released last week, London Dreams opened strongly and remained mediocre throughout the first week. The film, according to trade pundits, will do good business, if not very good.
On the other hand, Aladin proved to be a debacle right from the opening day. It‘s low business has sent shock waves across the industry. Understandably, its distributors would lose a massive chunk of their investment.
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.
