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Dev D pockets Rs 95 million over weekend at BO
MUMBAI: The new and contemporary Dev D, Anurag Kashyap’s latest directorial offering, has raked in Rs 95 million in its opening weekend in India.
Producer by UTV Spotboy Motion Pictures, the small budget film was released with 450 prints in India on 6 February across various territories; it saw a very limited release in the US market.
Says UTV Spotboy Motion Pictures CEO Vikas Bahl, “The film saw almost 76 per cent occupancy during Saturday and Sunday. Delhi witnessed roughly 90 per cent occupancy while Mumbai observed approximately 75 per cent.”
Standing against perceived trends, Dev D has fared well not only amongst the multiplex audiences but has also notched good numbers from single screen theatre goers.
“Dev D has received extremely good response from the single screen viewers as well. Apart from Delhi and Mumbai, the film has batted quite well across single and multiple screen theatres in Pune, Bangalore, Chennai and the interiors of Punjab,” Bahl adds.
Hindi
Rashmika Mandanna, Shanaya Kapoor and Naila Grrewal climb IMDb’s Indian celebrity rankings
Upcoming films and returning shows are driving fan interest across Bollywood and streaming
MUMBAI: Bollywood’s popularity contest has a new weekly scorecard, and the numbers are telling. IMDb’s Popular Indian Celebrities list for this week places Shanaya Kapoor at number six, buoyed by buzz around her film Tu Yaa Main. Naila Grrewal slots in at seven on the back of the returning comedy series Maamla Legal Hai, while Rashmika Mandanna climbs to eighth, riding mounting anticipation for Cocktail 2.
The list, available exclusively on the IMDb app for Android and iOS, tracks trending Indian entertainers and filmmakers each week, drawing on data from more than 200m monthly visits to the platform worldwide.
Further down the rankings, Raaka is keeping two of its biggest names in the spotlight. Deepika Padukone holds 11th position, with Allu Arjun close behind at 13th, as the film continues to find traction with audiences.
The list offers fans a weekly pulse on who is breaking through, who is holding steady, and who is fading. It is a barometer as unsparing as the box office itself.
