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UTV’s What’s Your Rashee well received at Toronto film fest
MUMBAI: UTV and Ashutosh Gowariker‘s forthcoming romantic comedy What‘s Your Raashee? had its world premiere on 19 September at the Toronto Film Festival.
Stars of the film Harman Baweja and Priyanka Chopra, along with Gowariker and producers Ronnie Screwvala and Sunita A. Gowariker graced the premiere.
Commenting on the overwhelming response the film got at its screening, UTV Motion Pictures CEO Siddharth Roy Kapur said, “What‘s your Raashee? has indeed made us proud with the stupendous response it received at the festival. Being one of the most anticipated films of the year, we are looking forward to an equally exciting response worldwide.”
Averred Gowariker, “I feel especially privileged and honoured to be at the same festival twice – in this case, the Toronto Film Festival. I was here with Lagaan in 2001.
“This time around what is special is that What‘s Your Rashee? is premiering at TIFF. So I was looking forward to the premiere where an audience close to 2000 viewed the film.”
What‘s Your Raashee? based on a Gujarati novel ‘Kimball Ravenswood‘ by Madhu Rye is a story revolving around a young Gujarati man in pursuit of his dream girl with the catch to find her within 10 days in order to save his family from an unforeseen ordeal, which leads to an array of confusion, chaos and a hilarious joy ride.
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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.
