Overview
- Trade reports say exhibitors plan to trim roughly 30% of Avatar: Fire And Ash shows on December 25 to free screens, while Dhurandhar’s programming remains intact.
- Advance-booking tallies vary widely across trackers, with Pinkvilla citing about 1,750 tickets in top chains by Monday evening, Sacnilk-based reports citing roughly 17,000 tickets and about ₹73 lakh within 24 hours, and Republic reporting around 14,863 tickets and ₹62.85 lakh on Tuesday.
- The film holds a U/A (16+) certificate after CBFC-mandated edits, including a cut of about 15 seconds from a sexually suggestive scene and muting of certain words and gestures; the certified runtime is 2 hours, 25 minutes and 41 seconds.
- Dharma’s distribution team has asked cinemas for minimum show counts — from 2 daily shows at single screens up to 16 at 7-plus-screen multiplexes — but negotiations continued on Tuesday with many smaller venues yet to open sales.
- A Bombay High Court copyright case has been reported over the recreated song Saat Samundar Paar, even as the leads push social media promotions and a new version of the track draws online criticism.