Hindi
Rakesh Maria rolls piracy ball into producers’ court
MUMBAI: Joint police commissioner Rakesh Maria is leaving no stone unturned to unearth the root cause of piracy. Going a step further, the commissioner gave a stern hearing to a film producers‘ delegation that had called upon him to get the latest on the What‘s Your Rashee? piracy racket.
Talking to Indiantelevision.com, Maria said, “In my meeting with the film people, I told them in clear terms that some big players from the industry were definitely involved in piracy and have asked them to try and trace them.”
During the interaction with the fraternity, the commissioner broadly laid out the modus operandi which the pirates have been following and asked the industry people to block leakages from laboratories and studios.
Said Association of Motion Picture Producers and Television Programme (AMPTPP) senior vice president Vikas Mohan, “The meeting with the commissioner was vey fruitful. This has opened our eyes to the dangers that lie amongst us.
“We have taken the matter very seriously and have convened a meeting of producers, distributors and lab owners on 29 September when we will discuss the matter and arrive at a new game plan. The momentum against piracy would not die down till we are able to eradicate piracy.”
Association of Motion Picture Producers and Television Programme (AMPTPP) president Ratan Jain is of the view that entities like Adlabs and UFO Moviez cannot get away from this murky situation just by saying that their employees acted in their individual capacities. “Will I not have to take responsibility for a folly made by an employee of mine!,” he asked. Jain cautions that laboratories and studios have to tighten their belts and be answerable.
On the other hand, Adlabs, UFO Moviez, Big Cinemas and Shemaroo, whose employees have been apprehended in the piracy case, have started tightening up and are taking no chances of further embarrassment.
While officials at Adlabs are working out on ways to arrive at a solution to the matter by next week, people at UFO Moviez have also tightened their security and screening process.
Said UFO Moviez CEO Rajesh Mishra, “We have almost finalised our line of action in this matter and once we are done it, we will come out with a ‘white paper‘ that will be enough to show how concerned we are.”
“To my knowledge the pirates have made Adlabs, Shemaroo and UFO Moviez a scapegoat while their operations were being carried on another level,” Mishra added.
Said Shemaroo Entertainment vice president, Hiren Gada, “On our part, we have already tightened our security measures. We will not allow our name to be tarnished just like that.”
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.
