Hindi
Priyadarshan in a $ 20mn deal with Woodpecker Pictures
MUMBAI: Four Frames, director Priyadarshan‘s production house, has inked a $20 million deal with Woodpecker Pictures & Entertainment Ltd to produce two Hindi feature films.
The two films involving Woodpecker Pictures, the Indian subsidiary of US-based entertainment fund Woodpecker Holding Inc, will be directed by Priyadarshan.
As part of the deal, Woodpecker will be forwarding the entire investments for the productions.
The first of the two productions will go on the floors in April with a start-to-finish 60-day schedule in Lucknow and abroad. The first project will be based on a hit Tamil film featuring four friends. The second will be another start-to-finish venture between September and December 2010.
Woodpecker is also in negotiations for a mainstream international movie with a top Hollywood cast to be shot in Mexico that Priyadarshan would be directing as part of the third project of this joint venture.
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.
