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Mumbai Film Festival to showcase 200 films from 56 countries
MUMBAI: The Mumbai Film Festival (MFF) that commences in the metropolis from 29 October is set to showcase 200 films from 56 countries.
While Academy-Award Winning Director Steven Soderbergh‘s feature film The Informant will open the 2009 festival, Greek master Theo Angelopoulos‘s review of the past century,The Dust of Time will close the festival on 5 November.
13 features by first-time directors from across the world will compete for cash awards worth a combined $150,000 in the main competition section.
The five-member jury includes US director and screenwriter Paul Schrader, Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, director Brillante Mendoza from the Philippines, Indian filmmaker Shaji N Karun and former director of the Locarno Film Festival, Irene Bignardi.
Other sections include ‘Indian Frame‘ that will showcase 15 Indian films made last year and ‘Reel Real‘ for feature length documentaries.
Meanwhile, veteran Indian actor and producer Shashi Kapoor will be honoured with the Indian Lifetime Achievement Award while Angelopoulos will receive the International Lifetime Achievement Award. Legendary Indian producer-director Yash Chopra whom FIAPF, the international federation of film producers association, will felicitate.
The festival will also pay tribute to the late legendary filmmaker B R Chopra with a screening of his film, Naya Daur.
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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.
