Ramayana: Part 1, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Yash, has earned Rs 346.35 crore net in India so far. It is now being measured against Dhurandhar: The Revenge, which took Rs 674.17 crore in its first week.
It opened at Rs 67.85 crore, slipped on its second day, then climbed to Rs 107.50 crore on day five. Analyst Komal Nahta says it could challenge that first-week figure depending on how it holds up, while exhibitor Akshaye Rathi sees real potential for it to top Dhurandhar: The Revenge's lifetime earnings over time.
Actress Neetu Singh has looked back on her career. She began as a child performer at eight, and by 15 she was among the best-paid actresses of the 1970s, with a Mercedes-Benz and about five properties bought from her own earnings.
She quit films at 21, at the height of her fame, to marry Rishi Kapoor, saying she was exhausted from working since childhood. She returned to acting full-time after her husband's death, because she felt lonely.
Her son Ranbir Kapoor is now in cinemas with Ramayana: Part 1, a film made for Rs 2,000 crore that is the costliest Indian film yet.
Actor Vivek Oberoi has said parts of Bollywood shut him out after he took a stand he believed was right in the early 2000s.
In a Relearn podcast interview, he described projects slipping away despite his hits. He claims some filmmakers who wanted to work with him were threatened by the underworld, and a few who had backed him later pulled out. He did not name anyone.
He played Vidyutjiva in Ramayana: Part 1 this year and is now in Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Spirit, starring Prabhas and Triptii Dimri, due next year.
Indira Krishna is getting praise for playing Mata Kaushalya in Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana: Part 1, where she plays Ranbir Kapoor's mother. The two were also co-stars earlier in Animal, where she played Rashmika Mandanna's mother.
In an interview, she recalled the scene where Rama leaves for exile and said she did not use glycerine, so the tear fell exactly when Nitesh Tiwari wanted it. She said the emotion came from working with Ranbir and the atmosphere on set.
She described Kaushalya as a calm, confident queen who keeps her feelings hidden under the surface.
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