Ramayana sets a ₹107.50 crore Monday record, Russell Brand is jailed for 10 and a half years, and Pawan Kalyan announces his separation

Ramayana: Part One, with Ranbir Kapoor, Yash and Sai Pallavi, posted its biggest day yet on its first Monday. Trade tracker Sacnilk put India Day 5 at ₹107.50 crore net across 23,911 shows, a 91.5% jump from Sunday’s ₹56.15 crore, with occupancy at 64.9%. Hindi brought ₹87.25 crore, Kannada ₹7.50 crore, Telugu ₹6 crore, Tamil ₹4 crore and Malayalam ₹2.75 crore. That takes the five-day India net to ₹346.35 crore and India gross to ₹413.90 crore. Sacnilk estimated overseas Monday at about ₹25 crore, for an overseas gross of about ₹250 crore and a worldwide gross of about ₹663.90 crore. The Economic Times reported that this is the biggest Monday for an Indian film, ahead of the ₹60 crore net Dhurandhar 2 took on its first Monday. These are early trade estimates, not studio-audited totals, and Sacnilk notes that overseas figures are rough and can change.

In London, Russell Brand was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on Monday 9 November to 10 years and six months in prison, after a jury last week found him guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault involving four women between 2004 and 2009. The BBC reported that Mr Justice Bennathan called the 51-year-old a “sexual predator” who showed “staggering arrogance”. The sentence is nine years for the rape plus consecutive terms for the sexual assaults; he was cleared of two counts of rape and one of attempted indecent assault. The Metropolitan Police said he will be on the sex offenders’ register for life. The women are entitled to lifelong anonymity.

Telugu star and Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan and his wife Anna Konidala announced their separation after 13 years of marriage. In a joint statement shared late on Monday by his party, Jana Sena, and reported by India Today, the couple said: “After sharing a significant part of our lives together, we have decided to part ways with mutual understanding and respect,” adding that they remain good friends and devoted parents and that their children’s happiness and well-being will always be their shared priority. Neither has given a reason for the decision.

Pakistani actress Durefishan Saleem has responded on Instagram to the online debate over a Dar-e-Nijaat scene in which her character, Zaryab Habib, turns down a sleeveless dress because she no longer feels comfortable in it. BBC Urdu and 24 News reported that she described the moment as part of Zaryab’s own changing life and faith rather than a message about what other women should wear, and argued that women who wear sleeveless outfits and women who do not should not have to justify either choice. Daily Times reported that she also said she is personally comfortable wearing sleeveless clothes, and that definitions of modesty differ from person to person.

Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna’s period drama Ranabaali will stream on Netflix from 13 November in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam, NDTV and India Today reported. Directed by Rahul Sankrityan, the film opened in cinemas on 16 October; Hindustan Times described its theatrical run as disappointing.

In the US, Beverly Hills, 90210 actor Ian Ziering has sued The CW, claiming he was not paid his full $260,000 fee for hosting The Great American Road Rally, the New York Post reported. According to the suit, he received $60,000 and was promised two further payments of $100,000 due on 23 August and 21 October 2026. These are claims in a lawsuit; The CW’s response was not included in the report.