Drishyam 3 passes ₹560 crore, Bigg Boss 20 nominates seven, and Geo’s Bano settles in

Drishyam: The Conclusion, Ajay Devgn’s third and final Drishyam film, collected ₹2.65 crore net in India on its 20th day, Wednesday 21 October, according to Sacnilk figures reported by the Times of India. That takes its India net total to ₹359.75 crore and its worldwide gross to ₹560.02 crore. It opened on 2 October with ₹62 crore, the biggest opening of Ajay Devgn’s career.

The two Hindi films that opened on 16 October are running close. Yami Gautam’s horror-comedy Nayyi Navelli had ₹20.65 crore net in India after six days, against ₹15.95 crore for Rajkummar Rao’s Prahaar: The Untold Story of Ujjwal Nikam, as reported by NDTV. Prahaar has had the warmer reviews. On Friday 23 October Udta Teer, Aakash Kaushik’s spy comedy with Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan, joins them.

In the Bigg Boss 20 house, seven housemates face eviction in week 7: Uditi Singh, Aamrapali Dubey, Manish Goel, Arishfa Khan, Love Gill, Kushal Tanwar (Gullu) and MC Mary Kom. Captain ScoutOP nominated Uditi directly. Voting on JioHotstar closes at 10:00 am IST on Friday 23 October, and the result comes on Weekend Ka Vaar. Aman Gandhi was evicted last week.

On Pakistani television, Geo’s new daily serial Bano, with Hina Tariq, Haris Waheed and Aqeel Yousaf, reached episode 9 on 21 October after taking over the 9:00 pm strip from Kaisa Yeh Ishq, which ended at 62 episodes on 12 October. Mahira Khan and Wahaj Ali’s Mitti De Baway reached episode 9 on Green the same night, and HUM’s Khushi reached episode 39.

Coming up: Ramayana: Part One releases worldwide on 5 November, with advance bookings already open, and Gunmaaster G9, with Emraan Hashmi and Genelia Deshmukh, is dated for 27 November.