Hindi
‘Baabarr’ lands in court for showing community in bad light
NEW DELHI: The Mumbai High Court will hear a petition on 19 September challenging the grant of a censor certificate to the film Baabarr on the plea that it was a negative portrayal of a particular community and was likely to lead to ‘public disharmony’.
The public interest litigation by Anwar Hussein Mukeri against director Ashuu Trikha, producer Ridhi Sidhi films, Union of India, State of Maharashtra and Central Board of Certification says the film should not have been issued even an ‘adults only’ certificate.
Released on 4 September, the film is about the faction fights between two criminal gangs in Uttar Pradesh and how a twelve-year old gets embroiled in the underworld.
The petitioner says certain characters and incidents are clearly identifiable with real life personalities and screening of the film may lead to ‘public disharmony‘. The director and producer have been accused of showing the ugly side of an entire community. It is alleged that the film has tried to show that woman and children of the families are involved in crime and entire areas where the community lives is part of the underworld.
The grant of a censor certificate to a film showing children involved in crime has also been challenged in the petition.
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.
