Drishyam Movie Review

After 6 disastrous months, Bollywood has been going through some of its best times two back to back blockbusters in the form of Baahubali and Bajrangi Bhaijaan. The promos of Drishyam have generated a silent intrigue amongst the audiences as it promises a family thriller after a long time. Ajay Devgn’s return to playing intense characters and Tabu’s presence in the film lends it a lot of gravitas. Does Drishyam work as well in Hindi as it has in all the 4 South Indian languages? Let’s find out.

Drishyam Preview Shows (Thursday) Box Office Collections

‘Drishyam’ had a limited multiplex release on Thursday evening. Since the movie was always expected to rely on word-of-mouth publicity, preview shows were meant to spread the word out faster that ‘Drishyam’ is a family thriller with strong emotions.

Bajrangi Bhaijaan Second Week Box Office Collections

Bajrangi Bhaijaan has recorded the second highest second week business in the history of the Hindi film industry, with the collections only behind Aamir Khan’s PK which released during Christmas last year. PK collected Rs 95.64 crore in its second week, while Bajrangi Bhaijaan has collected Rs 87.63 crore. The difference is around 8 crore, but PK had the advantage of Christmas – New Year partial holiday period.

Prem Ratan Dhan Payo: The next Salman Khan blockbuster?

The last time a festive Salman Khan release was NOT a blockbuster was when ‘Wanted’ released during Eid 2009! Since then, the superstar has released 6 films during one of the three major festivals (Eid, Diwali, Christmas) and all 6 films have gone on to be blockbusters or better.

Phantom New Posters

A new poster of Phantom directed by Kabir Khan has been released. Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and Siddarth Roy Kapur...

Tamasha First Look – Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor

Here is the first glimpse into Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone’s look from their upcoming film ‘Tamasha’ directed by Imtiaz Ali. After three back-to-back disasters in ‘Besharam’, ‘Roy’ (extended special appearance) and this year’s biggest disaster ‘Bombay Velvet’, Ranbir will be looking to make a strong comeback with ’Tamasha’ later this year.

Bajrangi Bhaijaan is the 3rd Highest Grosser of All Time

‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ has gone past the lifetime collections of ‘Krrish 3′ to become the 3rd highest grosser of all time. The film is now challenging the records of ’Dhoom 3’ and ‘PK’. Salman Khan now has 3 films in Top 10, joint best with Aamir Khan who also has three films. In the Top 20, Salman has a record 6 films. Since the release of Dabangg in 2010, all Salman films have crossed the 100 crore mark and all films, except ‘Jai Ho’, have attained ‘Blockbuster’ status.