Hindi
Reliance Big Pictures to release Abohomaan on 22 January
MUMBAI: Reliance Big Pictures will release Rituparno Ghosh‘s Abohomaan on 22 January.This would be the first Bengali release coming from the Big Pictures stable in 2010.
Says Reliance Big Pictures‘ CEO Sanjeev Lamba, “After Shob Charitro Kalponik, we are extremely glad to extend our relationship with Rituparno Ghosh to release Abohomaan. The film‘s response across various festivals is a testimony to the maestro‘s craftsmanship brilliantly with the most talented actors in Bengal.”
The film that has travelled extensively in the international festival circuit will be the production house‘s second dealing with Ghosh. It has been well received at various international film festivals including Montreal World Film Festival 09, Pusan International Film Festival 09, Mumbai Film Festival 09 and Morocco Film Festival 09.
Says director Ghosh, “Abohomaan has garnered a very heartening response from film festivals all across the world and is finally set for a theatrical release in Bengal. I am very eager to know how the cineastes in our home territory will respond to the film.”
Abohomaan explores the nuances of relationships as a married Aniket, one of Bengal‘s finest directors, falls in love with Shikha, an actress as young as his son. Shikha bears an uncanny resemblance to Deepti, Aniket‘s wife as she was in her younger days. And thus begin the trials and tribulations of what was till then a picture perfect family with a father, mother and son.
The film has Deepankar De, Mamata Shankar and Jishu Sengupta essaying stellar roles. It also has Ananya Chatterjee and Riya Sen who makes her debut in Bengali films with Abohomaan.
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.
