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Surpasses Dashavatar In 31 Days, Becomes 5th Highest-Grossing Marathi Film Post-COVID

Surpasses Dashavatar In 31 Days, Becomes 5th Highest-Grossing Marathi Film Post-COVID

Krantijyoti Vidyalay Box Office: Beats Dashavatar To Become 5th Highest-Grossing Marathi Film Post-COVID (Photo Credit: YouTube) Sachin Khedekar-led Krantijyoti Vidyalay has already emerged as a blockbuster success at the Indian box office, and it continues to enjoy its glorious run. After ending the fourth week on a solid note, the film entered the fifth week with a super steady pace, and yesterday, on the fifth Saturday, it witnessed a big jump. In the meantime, it has finally surpassed the lifetime collection of Dilip Prabhavalkar’s Dashavatar. Keep reading for a detailed report of day 31! How much did Krantijyoti Vidyalay earn at the Indian box office in 31 days? The Marathi social drama scored an estimated 40 lakh on its fifth Saturday, day 31. Compared to day 30’s 17 lakh, it jumped by 135.29%. Overall, it has earned an estimated 24.6 crore net at the Indian box office. Adjusting for GST, the gross domestic sum stands at 29.02 crore gross. Very soon, it’ll reach the 25 crore milestone. Here’s the week-wise collection breakdown: Week 1 (8-day) …

46% Drop From 2024 Despite Successful Films Like Dashavatar & Jarann!

46% Drop From 2024 Despite Successful Films Like Dashavatar & Jarann!

Marathi Box Office Report 2025: Collections Down 46% From 2024 Despite Successes Like Dashavatar & Jarann! (Photo Credit: YouTube) While Marathi cinema continues to win praise for its content-driven films, its box office performance remains inconsistent. Every year, we see notable commercial successes, but the industry has yet to achieve its true potential with back-to-back blockbusters in a single year. Speaking about 2025, the year was disappointing, as despite some good success stories, collections dropped alarmingly compared to 2024. Keep reading for a detailed report! Underwhelming year for Marathi cinema According to Ormax, Marathi films registered a cumulative gross collection of 96 crores at the Indian box office in 2025. This is a disappointing number compared to 2024’s 177 crores. If calculated, the collection was dropped by 45.76% or 46%. With this, collections of Marathi films dropped below the 100 crore mark for the first time in the last decade (excluding the pandemic period). Even footfalls were less than 1 crore, which is really a worrying sign. What went wrong in 2025? Last year, there …

Subodh Khanolkar’s Marathi film Dashavatar makes it to the Oscar contention list; details inside

Subodh Khanolkar’s Marathi film Dashavatar makes it to the Oscar contention list; details inside

In a landmark moment for Marathi and regional Indian cinema, filmmaker Subodh Khanolkar’s feature film Dashavatar has officially entered the Oscar contention list ahead of the upcoming 98th Academy Awards (Oscars 2026). The news was confirmed by director Subodh Khanolkar. A still from Dashavatar The Oscar contention list is curated from over 2,000 submissions from around the world, and only a select 150–250 titles make it through to this stage. Inclusion in the list marks the first official step in the Academy’s evaluation process and puts Dashavatar in direct competition with some of the year’s most acclaimed international films. A milestone moment for Marathi cinema The news was confirmed by Zee Studios on social media, which hailed the development as a “historic moment for Marathi cinema.” The studio described Dashavatar as a story “born of red soil” that has now found a place on a global platform. Director Subodh Khanolkar also confirmed the news on Instagram, sharing a screenshot of an email from the Academy. “Dashavatar has been selected in the main competition’s open film …

Is Marathi film Dashavatar set to become the first movie to be dubbed in Malayalam? Know when to catch it in theaters

Is Marathi film Dashavatar set to become the first movie to be dubbed in Malayalam? Know when to catch it in theaters

The hit Marathi movie Dashavatar, starring veteran actor Dilip Prabhavalkar, became a massive success in theaters when it was released on September 12, 2025. Now, the film is all set to become the first-ever Marathi film to be dubbed and released in Malayalam. Marathi movie Dashavatar to be released in Malayalam In a recent post by the makers, it was confirmed that the Marathi film Dashavatar will be dubbed into Malayalam. The movie, now titled Dashavataram, is set to hit the big screens on December 12, 2025, just three months after its original release. The official post read, “The divine saga awaits you, Dashavatar now in Malayalam,” announcing its release date in Malayalam-speaking regions. See the post here: Dashavatar follows Babuli Mestri, an aging traditional folk performer in Konkan,  Maharashtra. After a personal tragedy turns his world upside down, the old man becomes distraught and struggles to comprehend the sinister circumstances surrounding him. At the same time, Mestri discovers foul play linked to a mining project that threatens his village. Blending modern elements with traditional …

Dashavatar presenter Varun Gupta calls out unfair distribution costs

Dashavatar presenter Varun Gupta calls out unfair distribution costs

Last month, as Rasika Dugal and Arjun Mathur-starrer Lord Curzon Ki Haveli released, it marked the beginning of a new chapter for Varun Gupta’s MAX Marketing. After a decade of spearheading marketing on some of the biggest hits, including Kalki 2898 AD (2024), Animal (2023), Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (2022) and RRR (2022), Gupta turned a presenter with the Anshuman Jha-directorial. Now, a month later, he has another offering in his new role— Dashavatar. The superhit Marathi thriller that released in September has arrived in theatres again, but this time in Malayalam. For the first time in India, a Marathi film has released in Malayalam. Gupta, who calls it an “honest experiment”, says that even though in his research he never found that the Malayalam audience particularly consumes Marathi stories, he knew Dashavatar was a film that it would be drawn to.  Varun on releasing Marathi film for Malayalam audience “What Malayalam audience consumes is something that’s cerebral, at the same time emotional and deep-rooted in the tradition. All these tick marks were there in Dashavatar. …