Abhishek Pathak Drishyam The Conclusion Archives

Big Stars, Bigger Starts… The Directors Who Are Driving Bollywood’s Opening-Day Record In Bollywood’s box-office game, stars may bring the crowd in, but the director still has to turn that star power into an event. The latest opening numbers underline that point, with a mix of filmmakers from different generations and schools of filmmaking sitting behind some of the industry’s biggest starts. Aditya Dhar - Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge Aditya Dhar has gone straight to the top with Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge. The Ranveer Singh-led actioner has put up an opening weekend of a staggering 466 crore, leaving the rest of the current Hindi market’s biggest openers some distance behind. For Dhar, who arrived in the big-league commercial space with Uri: The Surgical Strike, this is a remarkable es...

Ajay Devgn and Abhishek Pathak’s Drishyam The Conclusion Turns a Family Suspense Thriller Into a Box-Office Event A thriller is supposed to keep you guessing. Drishyam has done something harder: it has made audiences emotionally invest in the guessing game. As Drishyam The Conclusion hit theatres today, the numbers around the franchise are telling their own story. Advance bookings crossed the ₹18 crore gross mark early on, while national chains alone recorded more than 1.25 lakh tickets by Wednesday morning. Trade tracking has the film heading towards one of the biggest openings for a Hindi film this year. For a family suspense thriller, those numbers are significant because Drishyam has never been sold as a spectacle film. There are no superheroes, elaborate action set-pie...