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Zee Studio’s Film Club to feature ’13th Floor’
MUMBAI: Zee Studio’s film club, Shut Up and Watch (Saw), is all set to bring screen actor Luke Kenny’s directorial debut 13th Floor in its fourth nationwide series of free movie screenings for cinema buffs at Oxford Bookstore outlets in the five metros.
Featuring actors Purab Kohli and Sandhya Mridul, the film was theatrically released only in a select few multiplexes in Mumbai in March 2006.
The 80-minute film shot in six days is set in the crowded and bustling city that never sleeps, Mumbai. Two strangers Suraj and Naina get stuck in an elevator overnight, due to a massive power failure. They have no choice but to get talking. And as the night wears on they begin to reveal themselves to each other leading on to a climax.
In Kolkata the film screens today 17 August at 6 pm. In Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore it screens on 21 August at the same time. In Chennai it screns on 22 August.
In June, the film club took The Basketball Diaries featuring Leonardo Di Caprio across the country. July saw the cinema buffs relishing the old Clint Eastwood classic, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.
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.
