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Films Division launches two schemes for making short films
NEW DELHI: The Films Division has launched two schemes for making short films – one by private producers and the other as a public–private partnership with non-governmental organisations.
Films Division chief producer Kuldeep Sinha said that the division was today making around 70-80 films on its own every year.The division was presently working on a marketing policy for its films.
While regretting that his proposal for a documentary television channel had not been cleared so far by the Centre, he said that it was important to consider all aspects including the financial viability.
Meanwhile, Sinha announced that a total of 7600 of the 8000 films in the archives of the division had been digitised and would not be processed for screening. He said that the division had also set up an International Digital Archive and acquired around 10,000 films in the matter.
While the Museum of the Moving Image was to be constructed at the FD complex in Mumbai, the Delhi office will house a permanent gallery of cine equipments from the initialisation of filmmaking.
Meanwhile, the eleventh edition of the Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, short and animation films in February next year will have only one competition section featuring both Indian and international films, unlike the practice of separate competitions for both the categories.
Sinha, who is also MIFF director, said the award money would remain the same – Rs 2.8 million – and there would be an additional award for the Best Student Film in Video.
The festival, which is held every alternate year, will take place between 3 and 9 February next year.
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.
