The two Diwali releases, Singham Again and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 have raked in excellent results on the opening day as the two films have collectively scored Rs 70 crore on the opening day. The collective business is the biggest first-day figure in the history of Hindi Cinema, surpassing the previous best, Jawan, which opened around the Rs 64 crore mark. Leading in the Diwali 2024 battle is Singham Again, which has collected in the range of Rs 36.50 to Rs 38.50 crore on the opening day as per early estimates, with the potential to go higher depending on the actuals from mass belt.

The Rohit Shetty Cop Universe Film led by Ajay Devgn has done the best business in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, CP, and Bihar. The film has collected approximately Rs 16.75 crore in the top 3 national chains – PVRInox & Cinepolis – which have contributed 45 percent to the total business as per the early estimates.  Rajhans chain, which has a large chunk of properties in Gujarat, has collected Rs 1.35 crore nett for Singham Again. MovieMax on the other hand has clocked Rs 80 lakh for Singham Again. Taking all these ratios into account, the first-day business is expected to be in the range of Rs 38 to 40 crore.

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 on the other hand is looking at opening day business in the range of Rs 30.50 to Rs 32.50 crore, with national chains – PVRInox & Cinepolis – collecting Rs 14.50 crore. The Kartik Aaryan-led horror comedy has done exceptionally well in CI, West Bengal, Rajasthan, and Delhi UP, and has emerged the career best for the actor. Rajhans has done Rs 1.05 crore for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, whereas MovieMax has done Rs 80 lakh for the feature.

Taking all the ratios into account, the first-day business of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 seems to be in the range of Rs 30.50 crore to 32.50 crore, which is an excellent opening for the Anees Bazmee directorial especially in the clash like scenario with a beast like Singham Again. The two films have collectively put up a total of approximately Rs 70 crore, and the hope is on both of them to jump on Saturday and Sunday, to push the three-day business in the North of Rs 200 crore. The trend over the next two days will give an idea of where the two films will settle in the long run.

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 is a HIT film already with this start, as the film is made on a very controlled budget, and it’s now on the film to target the lifetime business of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 in the long run.Stay tuned to Pinkvilla for more updates.

Note: These are estimates & actuals shall be updated on Saturday Morning by 11.30 AM!

Trigger warning: This article includes references to sex and assault 

Another accusation at Sean Dissy Combs as he fights a legal battle over assault and sex trafficking charges. A former Playboy model, Rachel Kennedy, claims that the rap mogul allegedly made her watch Jennifer Lopez’s videos at one of his parties which is infamously dubbed as Freak Offs. 

On November 1, she appeared on the Daily Mail’s The Trial of Diddy podcast and opened up about her experiences. She recalled the footage allegedly playing in a loop in Combs’ Tokyo hotel room during their interaction in 2000. She further alleged that he was on the phone with the On The Floor singer with whom he was in a relationship at the time. 

“It was kind of an odd thing to find out that we were watching [Lopez’s] video,” she said. “It seemed a little bit creepy to me, very disrespectful,” Kennedy added. As per her narration, she and two of her friends were invited to Combs’ room for a party after meeting him at Seventh Heaven, a topless club in Japan. However, before entering the room she realized that it was just him and it didn’t seem like a party. 

“This is not the kind of party that we were all expecting,” she recalled. But they still went in and allegedly maintained a friendly composure.  We didn’t think anything weird. He was friendly enough to where we decided, ‘OK, we’ll just hang out with him,’” she added. 

She claimed that one of her friends performed oral sex on him but implied that it wasn’t forceful. However, Kennedy notes that the encounter turned “angry and violent” when one of the Grammy winner’s bodyguards stormed in and found him with the girl. She recalled him allegedly screaming, “He said, ‘That’s my girl! That’s the girl from last night! What’s going on?’”

In a previous interview with The Post, she alleged that at the “party of one,” he showed them music videos of his girlfriend (Lopez) back to back. “It felt weird because we were in his hotel room and he’s showing us videos of his girlfriend. That happened for a while,” she claimed.