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Manmohan Shetty re-elected Guild president
NEW DELHI: The 55th Annual General Meeting of the Guild was held in Mumbai recently. Senior film distributor and entrepreneur Manmohan Shetty has been re-elected President of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India.
Said an elated Shetty, “I am happy that I have been re-elected. A president of the Guild normally has a two-year term. I have just completed a year. In fact this election is a continuation of my post. Though I have no special plans, I will keep on tackling matters as and when they come.”
Raj Tilak, Ravi Chopra, Bobby Bedi and Dheeraj Kumar were re-elected vice-presidents and so were filmmakers Karan Johar and Mukesh Bhatt.
Manish Goswami and Sushilkumar Agrawal were re-elected treasurers.
Filmmakers Ashutosh Gowariker, Farhan Akhtar, Karan Johar and Vishal Bharadwaj were inducted into the Council of Management of the Guild.
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.
