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Oscar-winning director Megan Mylan coming to India
MUMBAI: Megan Mylan, who won the Oscar earlier this year for the short film Smile Pinki based on treatment given to Indian children with cleft lip deformity, is coming to India next week on a five-city tour to celebrate her victory.
The film was made by her for the non-governmental international organisation Smile Train.
During her tour, Megan will share the Indian story with audiences across the country and help thousands of children across India suffering with clefts. The film is a celebration of Indians helping Indians and the work of the Smile Train.
Director Megan Mylan, along with the children profiled in the film and the surgeon Dr. Subodh Kumar Singh, will tour with the film. They will travel to Mumbai on 1 October, Chennai (6th), Bangalore (7th), Delhi (8th), and Varanasi (9th).
The journey kicks-off in Mumbai with a star-studded red carpet premiere. It will conclude in Varanasi, the sacred city where it was filmed. Each city will have a premiere event followed by a special one-week engagement open to the public.
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.
