DRISHYAM THE CONCLUSION has seen an extraordinary first day of around 61-62 crore nett making it the fourth highest opening day collection for Hindi film in history behind DHURANDHAR THE REVEGE, JAWAN and PUSHPA 2 - THE RULE. The film got over the 60 crore nett mark but could not reach 65 crore nett. The film has not set any record in any circuit but has come very close in Mumbai, Delhi/UP and East Punjab.

In the Maharashtra belt it actually beat DHURANDHAR THE REVEGE in places but the collections in Mumbai city and Pune were less which kept the circuit under the Ranveer Singh-starrer. The shocker is Delhi/UP and East Punjab as the NCR area records the highest collections ever seen on the opening day and this is for a film which has Maharashtra regional feel while DHURANDHAR THE REVEGE had that Punjab touch. It is simply unbelievable though the holiday will have a lot to with it. The overall collections though in Delhi/UP and East Punjab are just a little short of DHURANDHAR THE REVEGE.

If we take out the holiday factor, then this film is still getting a 35-37 crore nett opening which is extraordinary for the genre and production cost and shows how this sequel factor can make a film a lottery today. The film had issues when it began as Akshaye Khanna left the film mainly due to remuneration issues but it has made no difference and character artistes have to understand they dont make much of a difference even if the character has made an impact. The only person who is indispensable in this franchise is Ajay Devgn.

There will be a drop in collections on Saturday as is the norm after a huge holiday but the film is sure to go over 175 crore nett for the weekend and could even get around 190 crore nett which is phenomenal for this film.

The Overseas has also seen excellent results with Australia at 300k and USA/Canada looking at around $750k which should mean an overseas total of over $1.75 million. This is easily the best for Ajay Devgn and from here should be the first $10 million film Overseas for Ajay Devgn.

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DRISHYAM THE CONCLUSION had a fantastic Saturday as it grossed around 51 crore nett which is a drop of under 20% from the first day and takes the two day total to 113.50 crore nett. The film will be targeting a Sunday which will be similar to day one and that will be enough to take the film to 175 crore nett.

The collections are simply superb all over with the two bigger areas of Mumbai and North India leading the way. Gujarat, which was maybe a little less on day one, held up better on the second day. North India is outstanding especially considering the Maharashtra fell to the film. Both Delhi/UP and East Punjab are showing very surprising collections to the upside.

Despite being the widest release, it held up better than all the rest even when coming out of the big holiday with a huge number up on the board. The final first day collections have come in the third highest in history for a Hindi film (dubbed or original). There were no circuit records and these are mainly held by DHURANDHAR THE REVENGE and some by TOXIC (Hindi).

The wait is for the weekdays as today, when a film works like this, you never know how big it is going to be. It is also fantastic overseas and is looking at a weekend of $6.5-6.75 million. The biggest Ajay Devgn film in overseas is SINGHAM AGAIN at $9.5 million and DRISHYAM THE CONCLUSION will cruise past the $10 million mark making it a first for Ajay Devgn.

The collections of DRISHYAM THE CONCLUSION till date are as follows.

Friday - 62,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 51,00,00,000 apprx

THE VVAAN had a good second day as collections went into double digits. The growth of the film is 45% but this is coming with a low ratio of business coming from the national chains. So, its actually a better result than what 45% suggests. The film has jumped well in mass circuits like Rajasthan and CI which is not the norm on Saturday and this trend ensures the film will become a success though its about going holding up on the weekdays and into week two and emerge a HIT film.

The film continues to do excellent business in Bihar and if this trend continues, its going to be a BLOCKBUSTER in the circuit. West Bengal is excellent also as it went up on day two after a very good start on the first day. The sentiment/devotion angle has worked for the film across the core Hindi circuits and now time will tell at to which level this has worked. Its another film which signals the shift in the audience demographics as content made for the bigger Hindi speaking states now has more chances than the metro content when it comes to smaller films which was not the case 10-15 years back.

This was always likely to happen at one point as the industry goes back to the pre 1995 days when things were more equal. Its not exactly back to those days but thats because infrastructure in many of the states has not moved as fast as the metropolitan areas and its still playing catch up. THE VVAAN now stands at 18.25 crore nett after two days and with the mass circuits on board it should be a very good Sunday and then its about the weekdays.

The collections of THE VVAAN are as follows.

Friday - 7,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 10,75,00,000 apprx

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THE VVAAN took the fourth highest opening this year in Bihar and is only behind the big three, that is, TOXIC, DHURANDHAR THE REVENGE and BORDER 2. The collections of TOXIC were an all time record for the circuit becoming the first film to cross 3 crore nett in the circuit despite its eventual failure.

THE VVAAN has beaten AWARAPAN 2, WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE, DHAMAAL 4 and BHOOTH BANGLA in the circuit just because of the song and the Chhath puja angle in the film. It was expected to out perform in Bihar but not to the extent it has. Never in the modern era has Bihar been a 13% ratio circuit. It would have not even happened in the past also as very few prints were released in Bihar and it took a long time to fully monetize the circuit.

The top five collections in Bihar this year are as follows.

1. Toxic - 3,19,00,000

2. Dhurandhar The Revenge - 2,68,00,000

3. Border 2 - 1,77,00,000

5. Awarapan 2 - 96,00,000 

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THE VVAAN had a good hold on Monday as it collected around 4.50- 4.75 crore nett which is a drop of 35-40%. The film showed a stronger trend in the Hindi Mass circuits with Bihar again leading the way with a lesser drop than the national average. This now takes the film to 36.50 crore nett with the crucial day being Wednesday as Thursday should do well as its a holiday the next day.

The film is probably looking at a first week total of around 50 crore nett and though the trend of the film is good a lot depends on what happens when DRISHYAM THE CONCLUSION comes. If there was no DRISHYAM THE CONCLUSION, then this film would have been on its way to HIT business but now its a wait and see situation. The film is a SUCCESS but remains to be seen if the film can become a HIT.

The plus is that the film is a rare film to succeed which is not a franchise/Sequel film this year. The only other one was BHOOTH BANGLA but that film was marketed on nostalgia while here THE VVAAN has no such thing. On top, there is not that huge budget/scale which gives hopes for new titles made at these low to medium costs can also score at the box office. The minus point for the film is that it could not do much overseas.

The collections of THE VVAAN are as follows.

Friday - 7,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 10,75,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 13,75,00,000 apprx

Monday - 4,65,00,000 apprx

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THE VVAAN collected 3.50 crore nett on its first Wednesday which was a drop from the previous day but its a little more than 20% down from Monday and still only 53% down from the first day. The collections should hold today and can even edge up due to the evening shows being better as its a huge holiday tomorrow.

The film has a huge task facing it in the second weekend as it faces up to DRISHYAM THE CONCLUSION. The franchise factor takes DRISHYAM THE CONCLUSION into that list of 4-5 films of the year which you don't want in the second week especially when you are doing well as no doubt you will have to take a some sort of hit. Your second week would have better if you had a HAIWAAN, VIBE, DAAYRA or even MIRZAPUR THE MOVIE coming the week after you.

The Friday for THE VVAAN can get the collections due to the holiday but its going to be a flat weekend. On the present, the trend the film should be doing a 20 crore nett plus second week but that will be hard due to the release of DRISHYAM THE CONCLUSION.

The collections of THE VVAAN till date are as follows.

Friday - 7,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 10,75,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 13,75,00,000 apprx

Monday - 4,65,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 5,50,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 3,50,00,000 apprx

HANUMAN ANSH had another incredible weekend as it collected 27.25 crore nett plus in its seventh weekend. The collections are such that only nine films have done this much over the first weekend in 2026. DHURANDHAR THE REVENGE had collected 5.25 crore nett in WEEK seven while DHURANDHAR was 12 crore nett over the whole seventh WEEK.

Here its looking at the seventh week that can be around the 40 crore nett mark depending on the weekdays trend. This trend is not as strong as earlier in its run when the Monday collections were similar to Friday but its still trending very strongly if we compare with other releases. The Sunday collections were extraordinary again as it caters to the family audience and generally an older age audience. It remains to be seen if it reaches 300 crore nett and its present trend should be enough as it should remain in theaters till Diwali.

The collections of HANUMAN ANSH till date are as follows.

Friday - 4,85,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 9,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 13,25,00,000 apprx

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HANUMAN ANSH saw a phenomenal seventh week with collections of 41.50 crore nett apprx which now takes the film to over 270 crore nett at almost 272 crore nett. Despite this insane record in week seven, it has seen a drop as compared to the trend of the last few weeks. The film fell around 46% from the last week. For the record books, the previous best for week seven was 12 crore nett for DHURANDHAR (2025) while for a film with multiple versions, it is KANTARA (2022) with 16 crore nett.

The film is a HISTORIC BLOCKBUSTER and the second biggest of ALL TIME for its genre and its just about seeing if the film crosses the 300 crore nett barrier. It does not really matter much as its more than done its job but as its come this far, you might as will get over 300 crore nett. The film probably needs to show a 2.50 crore nett eighth Friday to remain on course for 300 crore nett.

BORDER 2 is the second highest grosser this year with 312 crore nett and HANUMAN ANSH is unlikely to reach that total but that does not matter much also as BORDER 2 is a far bigger film. As far as the best business goes it will be Delhi/UP and CI followed by East Punjab as its most likely that UP, MP and Haryana have the most followers of Neeb Karori Baba whom the film is based on. In CI, it will beat the likes of CHHAAVA, JAWAN and PATHAAN and maybe even KGF - CHAPTER 2 (Hindi).

The collections of HANUMAN ANSH till date are as follows.

Friday - 4,85,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 9,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 13,25,00,000 apprx

Monday - 3,50,00,000 apprx

Tuesday - 4,50,00,000 apprx

Wednesday - 3,25,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 3,00,00,000 apprx

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HANUMAN ANSH hit the 300 crore nett mark on its eight Friday as it continues to set weekly records. The eighth week collected a huge 27.25 crore nett which smashed past the 5 crore nett record of DHURANDHAR (2025). The records will continue in week nine as its already collected 2.25 crore nett on its ninth Friday and is sure to beat the long standing ninth week record of GADAR - EK PREM KATHA.

The interesting thing here is that the second highest collection ever in week nine in India at the moment is actually a Hollywood film. F1: THE MOVIE collected 2.62 crore nett in week nine and that is second highest collection ever and this includes films released on multiple languages. HANUMAN ANSH collected 2.25 crore nett in two days of week nine. In other words, it will have the highest ninth week collection of all time.

The film will see a drop in collections this week as it faces up to the force of DRISHYAM THE CONCLUSION and it will be the biggest weekly drop unless the miracle continues from Monday. The film now stands at 301.75 crore nett and is probably looking at a close of somewhere around the 320 crore nett mark. In recent times THE KASHMIR FILES had done 250 crore nett apprx which was the ballpark and now HANUMAN ANSH has taken the ballpark figure to 300 crore nett plus.

The collections of HANUMAN ANSH till date are as follows.

Friday - 2,25,00,000 apprx

TOXIC will be ending its run at 230 crore nett across India on all versions with the Hindi version finishing at 137 crore nett. The film is the fifth highest grosser this year after DHURANDHAR THE REVENGE, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, BORDER 2 and HANUMAN ANSH if we take all films released in India this year. But it is also the most costly film released this year at almost 500 crore. In fact, it would be among the the top three most expensive films ever made till this point.

The film collected 95 crore nett on the first day which is an insane 41% of its total business. This ratio is almost the same with the Hindi version as it collected 39% of its lifetime collection on the first day. It is the highest grossing South Indian film this year as it edges past the 225 crore nett of PEDDI.

The film does hold first day records for non sequels in Rajasthan, CP Berar, CI, Bihar and Odisha and no matter what happened post release there was a huge craze for the film. There are some huge films to be released this year which are not sequels and it will be very interesting if these records can hold by the end of the year.

The overseas collections ended at $4.5 million which will give it a worldwide close of around 320 crore.

The all India collections of TOXIC are as follows.

Week One - 2,21,05,00,000

Week Two - 7,85,00,000

Week Three - 99,00,000

Week Four - 10,00,000 apprx (5 Days)

MIRZAPUR THE MOVIE continues to do well in its third week as it takes its total collections to over 211 crore nett. The film has collected 12.25 crore nett so far in its third week and should do around 16 crore nett plus. The drop will be there of around 70% but the job is done for the film with a huge total up on the board already. The film is now probably looking to close around the 225 crore nett mark.

The film has hit the 60 crore nett mark in Delhi/UP while Bihar is outstanding as it will eventually cross the business of the likes of RRR (Hindi), KALKI 2898 AD (Hindi) and even films like WAR and TIGER ZINDA HAI. The film will be looking at a 13 crore nett close in Bihar. The UP/Bihar area is the best performer for the film.

If we take non star films (or when the faces were relatively new), not including the ones form the South, then it will be fifth best performer in terms of collections after SAIYAARA, HANUMAN ANSH, THE KASHMIR FILES and URI. THE KERALA SRORY stands at 220 crore nett at MIRZAPUR THE MOVIE should cross that figure.

The collections of MIRZAPUR THE MOVIE till date are as follows.

Friday - 2,50,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 4,00,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 4,25,00,000 apprx

Monday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

DAAYRA collected 1.75 crore nett on Saturday adding to the 1 crore nett total on Friday which takes it to 2.75 crore nett in two days. The film had a BOGO offer on Saturday which was not there on Friday. So, the film probably grew more than it would have on fair value. The offer remains on Sunday and it remains to be seen where the film goes on the thirs day.

VIBE collected 2.75 crore nett on Saturday taking its total to 4.6 crore nett in two days. the jump here is less than DAAYRA as this film had 50% discount offer on Friday AND Saturday, which remains on Sunday. If these collections came without the offer, they would be respectable for the cast of the film though not the costs. Now, there is nothing much to say as you really don't know how much higher they are than fair value - 10%, 20% or 30%.

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DAAYRA did dull business in its first weekend collecting only 4.50 crore nett. There was some growth on Saturday but part of that would have been driven by the buy one get one free offer and even still it was not good enough. With such a low start, you probably have to be more than double the first day at the very least.

The film suffered on the account that there is so much of these crime stories on television that getting the audience to the theatre for similar content is probably an impossible task. You have a chance on word of mouth but that has to be outstanding when hardly anybody comes in the first place. The film had a Malayalam version also as the male lead is from that industry but the collections were negligible.

The collections of DAAYRA are as follows.

Friday - 1,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 1,75,00,000 apprx

Sunday -  1,75,00,000 apprx

VIBE has a done a little better than DAAYRA as it collected 7.50 crore nett plus over the weekend but there was an offer of discounted tickets for all three days which means collections were at least 10% higher than they should have been. It could be more than 10% as well. The growth over the weekend was like most regular films when it needed more.

The film has done better in Mumbai circuit as this type of comedy tends to do better in Mumbai city but even here the collections cant be called good. The film probably needed better support in the big centres of North India but with the film looking like a spoof, that was going to be tough. The film needs Monday to be around Friday which is hard but if it can fall around 25-30%, it can get some collections after the first week.

The collections of VIBE over the first weekend are as follows.

Friday - 1,85,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 2,75,00,000 apprx

Sunday -  3,00,00,000 apprx

Sex has always been a taboo topic in Indian society, often brushed under the carpet and not spoken about openly. However, actor Abhishek Banerjee, who recently starred in Lust Stories 3, feels that the current generation is changing that narrative by coming out and speaking more openly about things like wants and desires.

“Probably, when I was in college, I used to always feel that why don't people really talk about sex more openly, about their desires and needs. It was always about going indirectly but I think being direct is really cool. And this generation is doing it very well. Gen Z's as we call them. They are very vocal about whatever they want and need. If other people can do that too, especially the way the younger ones are doing, hopefully India will change over the period of next 10 years,” he says.

Abhishek Banerjee also gives credit to the millennials who evolved with time and are now inculcating that openness in their kids today.

“I really feel the millennial parents are doing a great job because I keep seeing this around my relatives and friends. It's opening up at least in the metros. Even schools are also taking note of it. In our time, it didn’t happen much. In biology, when that one chapter of reproduction would come, everybody would be like ‘oh’ and the teachers would also not talk about it. Now, at least it's a little more open than what it was,” he insists.

As for his part in his recent film, Banerjee admits he felt quite special being the object of affection of two women – Radhika Apte and Konkona Sen Sharma – in the film.

“For the first time, I have been objectified, that too with Radhika (looking at me) and it felt great,” he quips. However, his character falls under the grey shade in terms of loyalty. In his story, directed by Vikramaditya Motwane, Apte and Sharma’s characters decide to swing with their husbands.

Ask Banerjee how one decides when it is right or wrong to explore such avenues, and he says, “Usually when somebody faces neglect in a relationship, they would succumb to such temptations and that's exactly what I felt about my character. I really thought that Shona (Sen Sharma) and I are good, but something is not working out between her and me and probably this is not the first time he's done it.”

Having been part of the film industry for over 16 years, actor Rajkummar Rao recently opened up about how he steers clear of labels imposed on him by the industry or audiences.

The 42-year-old, who was part of a panel discussion at FICCI Frames on Wednesday, said, “Whatever terms people give you: star, superstar, brand, it does not concern me. My love for my art would always be first.” He added, “When I go on set, when I take a script in my hand, and I start working on that script, that’s the most powerful. And the purest form of perceiving my art.”

Rao emphasized that his relationship with his craft has always taken precedence over the labels that come with success.

“It’s been 16 years in the industry, but I have never seen myself as a brand,” he said, adding, “Growing up, when I started doing theatre, my dream was to be a film actor one day. It was never to be a brand.” He also said, “These are the terms that people give you. Or your colleagues give you.”

Rao added that he does not want the idea of being a “brand” to influence the choices he makes as an actor.

“When I am working on a character, I don’t want to deviate and think, ‘Is this story going to match my brand value?’ I don’t think like that. So for me, I am always going to be an actor. People can call you whatever they want.”

That approach is particularly relevant as Rao finds himself increasingly associated with biographical films. With Prahaar – The Ujjwal Nikam Story being his latest project, in which he plays public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, the actor says he is happy that filmmakers see him as someone who can take on the genre.

“I’m glad that people think of me when they think of a biopic. Biopics are a very difficult genre. And it takes a lot of guts and courage for everybody involved to make a biopic.” Rao also reveals that the biopics he has done are only part of the offers that have come his way. “I have been offered a lot of them apart from what I have done,” he says.

Neeraj Kabi played the character of Mahatma Gandhi in the TV show Samvidhaan more than a decade ago, but the actor believes the Gandhian way of life holds extreme relevance, especially today. “His relevance will remain for generations to come. Such a human will never become irrelevant,” he tells us on Gandhi Jayanti today.

The actor attributes his relevance to his six qualities: ahimsa, satyagrah, sacrifice, leadership, humanity and equality.

“He treated them as weapons, not as a gentle way of meditation. Just as you need weapons for war and train a soldier with those weapons, the training has to be there for these too,” Kabi insists, adding, “If you want to get the highest version of every human being on this planet, then you need to follow these six Gandhian rules.”

Neeraj Kabi feels the young generation is already exhibiting the power of Gandhian principles, as proven by the student protests at Jantar Mantar earlier this year against NEET paper leaks. “The baton of change was carried forward by the youth of the nation during the freedom struggle, and even today, they brought about a change by majorly sticking to non violence and working towards their goals,” he says.

While Gandhi preached non-violence, the Hindi film industry today is increasingly showing violence on screen and it is also emerging a success with the audience. Mention that to Kabi and he says, “Just as you have smoking and drinking, violence in cinema has become like a drug that people go to enjoy because sensibility levels are going down across the world. The only way to mark the success of a country is not GDP, it’s about where you have taken your citizens to reach their higher versions. And our levels are going down, and we are becoming insensitive. Violence has become the drug, and we are supplying that drug through cinema. Gandhism is the antidote to that and we need to understand this quickly before it becomes a shame for us.”

However, he asserts that he isn’t against violence being shown on screen, but it needs to serve a purpose. “There needs to be a higher sensibility that we should have as an artiste. If you make films only to create money and therefore you're making violence, then it's a dichotomy, because then you're going against not just Gandhism, it goes against art itself. Unless your violence is leading to something much bigger in your story, and you are able to use violence as a genre to give away something much more powerful, like it was in Schindler’s List, that makes sense, otherwise not. People look up to cinema and then you inspire them the wrong way,” he ends.

With the public interest in her life, Shehnaaz Gill often becomes the subject of nasty rumours and reports too. The actor, last seen in the Punjabi film Singh Vs Kaur 2, has faced linked up rumours and has often been the subject of trolling. But she has quite a fun take on how to deal with such rumours.

“The ones making headlines, I can understand their intention as they want views, warna wo bechare news kaise bechenge agar kharab headline nahin lagayenge. If I have a slip of tongue and that becomes the headline, I just pray ki becharon ko views aa jaye meri wajah se. Itni achi baaton se to kuch faayda nahin hua hai, par kisi ka to bhala ho,” she quips.

Ask her where this quirkiness comes from and she says, “Khoon Punjabi hai na, to comedy karti nahin hun main, comedy lagti hun. People find it fun and they like it. I don’t try to do it, it just comes naturally.”

Elaborating on how she manages to stay true to her nature and not get influenced by the voices around her, Shehnaaz Gill says, “I have never let someone overpower me and tell me how to talk, walk or behave in front of the media. I was told a lot of things, but I believe, jo ho wahi raho. If you stay true to yourself, people will accept you, otherwise the whole industry is that way. They can rather watch them but you. Everyone is different and has their individual personalities, and they should stay true to that.”

The impact of being true to herself has been that people relate to her more. Explaining with an example, she shares, “On one single day, I was at the airport and two people said the same thing to me. Ek tu aur dusri Shraddha Kapoor, in dono ladkiyon se milne ke liye hum marr rahe the. Once was a coincidence, but twice the same thing got me curious. I asked them why they took both our names in the same breath and they told me, ‘Aap jo ho waise hi rehte ho, aap apni bhasha ko pyaar karte ho and wo bhi waise hi hain’. I thought that if two people are thinking that way, how many people would be thinking the same too.”

But does she feel Punjabi media treat her better than Hindi media? “Punjabi media used to treat me casually too, but I don’t know what changed. Now everyone there comes and hugs me and tells me that they will give me special treatment because I have won their hearts. Hindi media gives me love too, but there is a different connection I feel with them,” she responds.

The actor goes on to add, “When people tell me that they feel inspired from my journey and they relate to me, I feel so special. I have received so much love that even I feel I must have done something right.”