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UTV’s ‘Oye Lucky’ grosses Rs 46 mn in opening week
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures‘ Oye Lucky Lucky Oye (OLLO), which was released on 28 November in India, has grossed Rs 46.1 million at the box office during its opening weekend.
“The film has garnered Rs 46.1 million in India during its first weekend. As far as the overseas collection goes, we have not compiled it as yet,” said UTV Motion Pictures CEO Siddharth Roy Kapur.
OLLO hit the US theatres on 26 November, two days prior to its India release where the film opened with 200 prints.
Directed by Dibakar Banerjee (Khosla Ka Ghosla fame), the movie was released in the UK with 15 prints.
OLLO casts Abhay Deol, Neetu Chandra, Archana Puran Singh and Paresh Rawal in a triple role. OLLO is inspired by true events and is a buddy movie as well as a satire.
“Despite the depressing mood all around us, Oye Lucky Lucky Oye has managed to do steady business over the weekend. While Friday was slow, collections picked up dramatically over the weekend driven by rave reviews and positive word of mouth. We are confident that the film will hold and have a long sustained run in theatres,” opines Kapur.
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Rashmika Mandanna, Shanaya Kapoor and Naila Grrewal climb IMDb’s Indian celebrity rankings
Upcoming films and returning shows are driving fan interest across Bollywood and streaming
MUMBAI: Bollywood’s popularity contest has a new weekly scorecard, and the numbers are telling. IMDb’s Popular Indian Celebrities list for this week places Shanaya Kapoor at number six, buoyed by buzz around her film Tu Yaa Main. Naila Grrewal slots in at seven on the back of the returning comedy series Maamla Legal Hai, while Rashmika Mandanna climbs to eighth, riding mounting anticipation for Cocktail 2.
The list, available exclusively on the IMDb app for Android and iOS, tracks trending Indian entertainers and filmmakers each week, drawing on data from more than 200m monthly visits to the platform worldwide.
Further down the rankings, Raaka is keeping two of its biggest names in the spotlight. Deepika Padukone holds 11th position, with Allu Arjun close behind at 13th, as the film continues to find traction with audiences.
The list offers fans a weekly pulse on who is breaking through, who is holding steady, and who is fading. It is a barometer as unsparing as the box office itself.
