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Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s Janala to be premiered at Toronto Intl Film Fest
MUMBAI: Janala, filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta‘s latest, is slated to be premiered in the Masters of World Cinema section at the Toronto International Film Festival to be held from 10 to 19 September.
Produced by Big Pictures, the film touches on the nostalgia of childhood and the quest to get back to roots while struggling to keep one‘s neck above the waters of the present day muck.
Janala, the sixth Dasgupta film to be showcased at the Festival, will be premiered in the masters of World Cinema section on 11, 12 and 13 September.
“I am glad that my film based on a simple dream of a not-conventionally-successful man has found a coveted space in the Masters of World Cinema section of the Toronto International Film Festival this year. Janala is an attempt to be a reminiscent of the times when we sometimes try to make a simple dream come true, but the cogs of destiny leave us feeling unfulfilled,” said Dasgupta.
According to Big Pictures COO Mahesh Ramanathan, “This is a momentous first entry for Big Pictures in the biggest film festival in North America. We are delighted Buddhadeb Dasgupta and Big Pictures will rub shoulders with the world‘s best cinema talent at Toronto.”
Other films of Dasgupta that have been showcased earlier at the film festival are Uttara in 2000, Mondo Meyer Upakhyan in 2002, Swapner Din in 2004, Kaalpurush in 2005 and Ami, Yasin Aar Amar Madhubala in 2007.
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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.
