Category: Release Dates

It was a fair Sunday for Devara: Part 1 (Hindi) as Rs. 4.20 crores came in. Yet again, growth from Saturday to Sunday was limited, though this time it wasn’t surprising since after that Thursday drop, the numbers have moved just incrementally from Friday onwards and not jumped in a major way. It has been...

Two absolutely distinct films release this Friday – Jigra and Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video. Former is a serious escape drama with action whereas latter is a fun film, albeit with a naughty subject. The Alia Bhatt starrer has a more upscale theme and target audience whereas Rajkummar Rao led film is catering to...

The Rajkummar Rao and Triptii Dimri film, Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video, directed by Raaj Shaandilyaa and produced by Bhushan Kumar has sold around 16,000 tickets across the national multiplex chains for Day 1. As per estimates, the film will be looking to close with advance booking of around 23,000 tickets by mid-night. The...

The Vasan Bala-directed Jigra led by Alia Bhatt and Vedang Raina is headed to take a slow start at the box office in India. As of Thursday at 7 PM, Jigra has sold around 20,000 tickets across the top three national chains – PVRInox and Cinepolis – and is looking at a final advance booking in...

Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video has opened on the expected lines as estimates indicate first-day business in the range of Rs. 5.25 crore to 5.75 crore. The film has opened better than competitor Jigra and this can be termed a win, as VVKWWV is a much smaller film than Jigra. The film has done...

The Vasan Bala directed Jigra led by Alia Bhatt has taken a slow start at the box office in India as early estimates suggest first-day business in the range of Rs. 4.75 to 5.25 crores. The film has taken an opening below the conservative expectations too, as the most pessimistic people had expected first-day business in the...

A still from the play | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Last Page Collective’s upcoming production, The Earthquake, promises a poignant exploration of a universal theme: the weight of unspoken words in human relationships. Directed by Samragni Dasgupta, the play is an adaptation of Bhūmikampa – Das Erdbeben, originally written in a confluence of English, German,...

The cast of Wildcats: The Musical | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement For everyone who grew up watching the Disney Channel in the Noughties, the High School Musical movies were a rite of passage. We watched starry-eyed, as Troy and Gabrielle burst into song on New Year’s eve, truly experiencing the start of something new as...

M.K. Raina at his house in Noida. On the wall behind him hangs a photograph of his adaptation of King Lear in Bandh Pather form of Kashmiri folk theatre. | Photo Credit: Anuj Kumar Unhappy is the land that needs a hero.” Maharaj Krishna Raina prefers to practice what German playwright Bertolt Brecht famously said in a...

Margi Sajeev | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Margi Sajeev Narayana Chakyar as the love-smitten Ravana sits glued to his peetam (stool) for a little over three hours and slowly, using only his eyes and face, portrays the expressions on Ravana’s ten faces as they react to Sita’s beauty. As Soorpanakha, his act evokes sympathy for...