Hindi
QUATIMD features Sonali Bendre in a cameo
MUMBAI: Milan Luthria‘s Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobara (OUATIMD) features Sonali
Bendre in a “guest appearance”. Her association with the director goes back a long way and that is why she agreed to be a part of the underworld drama.
Produced by Balaji Motion Pictures, the film features her as Mumtaz. She will be seen on the big screen after a gap of nearly a decade when the film releases on 15 Aug.
Sonali‘s last big screen outing was again a guest appearance in Shah Rukh Khan, Priety Zinta and Saif Ali Khan starrer Kal Ho Naa Ho, in which she had played a doctor.
OUATIMD stars Akshay Kumar, Imran Khan, Sonakshi Sinha in the main lead.
Another reason for Sonali to give a nod to OUATIMD was its producer Shobha Kapoor, who is a good friend of her mother-in-law.
“Shobha aunty has been friends with my mother-in-law for the past 40 years. So, when she calls her and asks for me to do something, I can‘t say no to her. So it‘s just that,” said the actress known for films like Sarfarosh and Zakhm.
“I have not charged them for anything. So it‘s not a professional kind of a thing for me, it‘s just a guest appearance that I am doing for the people that are involved in it. It‘s a very interesting literal role,” added the 38-year-old actress.
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.
