Hindi
Manna Dey gets Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2007
MUMBAI: Veteran singer Manna Dey was today named as the recipient of the country‘s highest honour in cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke Award, for the year 2007.
The award was announced by the Information & Broadcasting Ministry in recognition of Dey‘s contribution to film and classical music spanning more than five decades.
The award has been named after DG Phalke, who made the country‘s first indigenous feature film Raja Harishchandra in 1913 and is, therefore, known as the “Father of Indian Cinema”.
The award announcement for 2007 has been delayed in view of a court case pending in the Delhi High Court relating to the National Film Awards on which the judgment had come early this year.
Prabodh Chandra Dey, born on 1 May 1919 and better known by his nickname Manna Dey, is one of the greatest playback singers in Hindi and Bengali films. Along with Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Mukesh he dominated Indian film playback music from the 1950s to the 1970s. He has recorded more than 3500 songs over the course of his career.
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.
