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PNC’s Fatso to premiere at South Asian Film Festival in New York
MUMBAI: Pritish Nandy Communications‘ film Fatso will have its premiere at the 2009 South Asia Film Festival to be held in New York between 28 October to 3 November. It will be the first Indian film to be accorded a red carpet premiere at the Festival.
Announcing the film‘s premiere, New York Film Festival director Galen Rosenthal says, “Fatso is a fantastic film and it‘s a great pleasure for us to make it our centerpiece premiere.”
Producer Pritish Nandy and director Rajat Kapoor will attend the event as special invitees and will walk the red carpet for the film. Joining them would be Ranvir Shorey, Gul Panag, Purab Kohli, Gunjan Bakshi and Neil Bhoopalam.
A romantic comedy, Fatso is Rajat Kapoor‘s fourth film after Raghu Romeo, Mixed Doubles and Mithya all of which were critically-acclaimed.
Says PNC creative director Rangita Pritish Nandy, “Fatso will be releasing globally in January.”
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.
