Hindi
PVR Cinemas forays into Pune
MUMBAI
Said Plaza Centers president and CEO Ran Shtarkman, “We are proud to launch our first venture in Pune, which will cater to local flavour with international standards and hope to be completely functional by 2011. We plan to follow it up with more such state-of-the-art malls in the country.”
He added that the company planned to invest a total of Rs 3,000 crore in India over the next three years. The company has identified Hyderabad, Cochin, Chennai and Bangalore for their future ventures.
Avered PVR Cinemas Group President Pramod Kumar Arora, “We are extremely delighted by this alliance. Our association with Plaza Centers is based on modern facilities and infrastructure. We will offer six screens and 1500 plus seats.”
PVR Cinemas, which pioneered the multiplex revolution in India with an 11-screen complex, operates 26 cinemas with a total 108 screens in Delhi, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Ludhiana, Ghaziabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Indore, Aurangabad , Baroda and Latur.
Plaza Centers,India is an indirect subsidiary of an Israeli company- Elbit Imaging Ltd that is listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.
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.
