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Drishyam: The Conclusion added ₹13.35 crore net on its seventh day, lifting India net to about ₹243.7 crore and capturing roughly 62% of the top-twenty theatrical week through 8 October.
JioHotstar secured simultaneous streaming rights for a five-film Diwali slate and will beam premieres to partner single screens in Indore, Patna and Coimbatore under a revenue-share deal.
Actor Chiranjeevi called on Telugu film bodies to form a cyber support cell with police after Janhvi Kapoor condemned AI-altered clips from Devara: Part 1 as abusive misuse of synthetic media.
Zee Studios locked more than 310 single-screen prints for Rajkummar Rao’s Prahaar outside the Mumbai circuit ahead of its 16 October release on prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam’s casework.
Actor Prabhas confirmed a Spirit teaser launch for Dussehra weekend after dubbing wrapped on the multilingual action film, positioning it against crowded October theatrical slates in Telugu and Hindi markets.
Makers of Ayushmann Khurrana’s spy thriller Udta Teer moved the release to 23 October, citing crowded October bookings after an earlier October 19 date slipped.
Zee Studios released a multilingual family serial pilot timed to Sharadiya Navratri, betting on co-viewing across Hindi, Gujarati, and Marathi feeds.
Exhibitors in Hyderabad and Bengaluru locked prime Dussehra showtimes for Pushpa 2’s trailer rollout as Vijayadashami bookings held strong.
Yash Raj Films booked limited Navratri week re-issue screens for Tiger 3 in Indore and Surat multiplex chains, targeting family crowds between garba nights and the Gandhi Jayanti holiday.
Nani's Telugu hit The Paradise is within a few crore of ₹100 crore India net after a ₹4.62 crore fifth weekday, while Hanuman Ansh crosses ₹400 crore globally.
Sony Pictures Networks ran a Gujarati dub simulcast of Asian Games weightlifting medal sessions after linear broadcasters skipped live coverage of Aichi-Nagoya lifts.
PVR Inox opened advance booking windows for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 across metro circuits after fantasy re-release weekends dominated screens, testing Kartik Aaryan's horror-comedy draw before the Diwali corridor.
Mumbai's premium-format booking boards are tilting toward the Avengers: Endgame re-release, even as Hindi fantasy Vvaan posts a strong two-day gross. The weekend's real contest is screen share, not total footfalls.
The Vvaan opened on September 25 with Chhath Puja in its visual grammar and a Panchayat director behind the camera. The opening weekend is now a counting exercise — and part of Sunday's audience belongs to cricket.
Balaji Motion Pictures, TVF and 11:11 Productions open The Vvaan: Force of the Forest nationwide on September 25, with Sidharth Malhotra and Tamannaah Bhatia in a folklore thriller inspired by Bihar’s Van Devi Temple lore and primed for a later Amazon Prime Video run.
Devotional hit Hanuman Ansh crossed roughly ₹366.45 crore worldwide on day 47, passing Yash’s Toxic, while Mirzapur: The Movie neared ₹315 crore globally as the Dasara week pits Vvan’s September 25 release against both holdovers.
Netflix India listed Navratri concert specials for mobile-only plan subscribers after telecom partners asked for lower-bitrate live streams that fit Jio and Airtel prepaid data buckets during festival commutes.
JioHotstar added a four-feed Asian Games multiview tile to select prepaid recharge plans from ₹299, letting viewers pin hockey, athletics and kabaddi streams on one phone screen without a broadband subscription.
Zee Music Company fixed encoder profiles for Navratri garba live streams after direct-to-home partners complained that variable bitrates were stuttering on set-top boxes during peak aarti hours, publishing a partner memo that caps HD partner feeds separately from mobile simulcasts.
Zee Studios finalised a Diwali week theatrical window pairing a Hindi family comedy with a Tamil action release, locking minimum show counts with PVR-Inox and regional chains before OTT holdbacks expire in late November.
Zee Entertainment told distributors it will hold Hindi OTT premieres until revised Central Board certification rules for dubbed catalogue titles are published, leaving finished dubs in vaults while rival platforms race Navratri weekend slots.