Overview
- Mithun Chakraborty, in an IANS interview published Wednesday, rejected the 'propaganda' tag for Dhurandhar 2 and contrasted its wide release with The Bengal Files being stopped from screening in West Bengal last year.
- He argued the label surfaced only after release and said diverse audiences watched Dhurandhar 2 multiple times, which he cited as the reason for its strong business.
- Box office reports from Free Press Journal show Day 13 India collections of Rs 27.75 crore, taking the India gross to Rs 1,077.41 crore and worldwide totals to Rs 1,435.41 crore.
- At the International Film Festival of Delhi, Piyush Mishra said Dhurandhar 2 is cinema rather than propaganda, and Anupam Kher urged the industry to ignore those applying the label.
- Chakraborty described The Bengal Files as a film on the pre-independence Noakhali massacre and used its West Bengal blockade to question what he sees as selective exhibition decisions rather than a new formal action against Dhurandhar 2.