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Mumbai witnessed a starry Friday night as some of the biggest names from the industry assembled under one roof for the opening ceremony of the Jio MAMI Film Festival 2023. Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Sonam Kapoor, Kamal Haasan, Karan Johar, Diana Penty, Jim Sarbh, Randeep Hooda walked the red carpet in their festive finery. Richa Chadha-Ali Fazal, Arjun Rampal-Gabriella Demetriades made appearances together. Shanaya Kapoor, Kritika Kamra, Tejasswi Prakash also rocked the red carpet in style. Shabana Azmi, Oscar-winning producer Guneet Monga also marked their presence. Let's take a look at their OOTNs from the event.

Despite some progress, women still hold only 13% of senior leadership roles in Indian media and entertainment (M&E) companies, according to the third edition of the 'O Womaniya!' report. While this is slightly higher than the 10% reported in 2021, it underscores a persistent gender gap in the industry.

The 'O Womaniya!' study, conducted by media consulting firm Ormax Media and Film Companion with the support of Prime Video, assesses the representation of women in various aspects of content production, marketing, and corporate leadership within India's entertainment industry.

Indian films are liked a lot in foreign countries too and this is the main reason why majority of Bollywood films are released all over the world. Recently many Indian films like Pathaan, Gadar 2, Jawan, Leo, Jailer and others did good business outside India. But do you know which is the Hindi film to earn Rs 100 crore outside India? The film had no big star still it proved to be a hit at the box-office. The film was made at a modest budget of Rs 5 crore and it had Naseeruddin Shah, Shefali Shah, Vijay Raaz, Rajat Kapoor, Soni Razdan, Tilottama Shome and Randeep Hooda in significant roles.

Nandamuri Balakrishna's film Bhagavanth Kesari directed by Anil Ravipudi and co-starring Kajal Aggarwal, Sree Leela, Arjun Rampal and others had a reasonable extended opening weekend as it grossed around Rs 53.78 crores in 4 days. The hold over the weekend was solid but the clash with other Dussehra releases impacted it adversely. The total recovery in terms of share stands at just around 50 percent and there still is some work there to be done in order for the Nandamuri Balakrishna film to emerge profitable for everyone involved.

Leo Box office Collections: Leo has delivered the biggest global opening gross across all Indian film industries, out-performing the likes of Rajinikanth starrer Jailer, Shah Rukh Khan starrer Jawan and Prabhas’ Adipurush.  Leo which was released on 19th October is winning the hearts of the movie lovers.

According to the latest report, Leo has collected Rs 405.5 cr gross at the worldwide box office in 4 days. The makers confirmed the same by releasing a new poster on X and revealed: Highest Weekend Worldwide Collection Ever for a TAMIL Film #Leo Grossed over 405.5 Crores+ in Just 4 Days.