Ramayana crosses ₹500 crore worldwide on Diwali Sunday, Katrina and Vicky introduce Vihaan, and Bigg Boss skips eviction

Ramayana: Part One, with Ranbir Kapoor, Yash and Sai Pallavi, closed its Diwali Sunday with another heavy day. Trade tracker Sacnilk put India Day 4 at ₹56.15 crore net across 21,770 shows, a 19.6% fall from Saturday’s ₹69.80 crore but still enough to push the four-day India net to ₹238.85 crore and India gross to ₹285.20 crore. Hindi led Sunday with ₹36.75 crore; Kannada added ₹7.25 crore, Telugu ₹6.25 crore, Tamil ₹3.15 crore and Malayalam ₹2.75 crore, with overall occupancy at 38%. Sacnilk estimated overseas Sunday at about ₹53 crore, taking overseas gross to about ₹222 crore and worldwide gross to about ₹507.20 crore. The film crossed ₹200 crore India net on Day 4. These are early trade estimates, not studio-audited totals; Sacnilk notes that overseas figures are rough and can change. Variety, cited on Sacnilk’s Day 4 page, also reported that the film posted the biggest worldwide IMAX opening for an Indian title, with the premium format about 11% of opening-weekend global business.

On Diwali Sunday, Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal shared the first public photos of their son Vihaan, marking both the festival and his first birthday. The Indian Express reported that the couple posted colour-coordinated family pictures on Instagram with the caption: “Our brightest Diwali yet… Wishing everyone love, light and happiness. – Vicky, Katrina & Vihaan.” Industry friends including Farah Khan, Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh left public comments on the post.

Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor celebrated their first Diwali in their new home with daughter Raha, with Neetu Kapoor joining them as they waved to photographers outside. Alia posted festival pictures with the line: “The light of my life. Happy Diwali to you and yours. Hope you’re surrounded by lots and lots of love,” The Indian Express reported. The same Diwali weekend also coincided with Ramayana: Part One clearing the ₹500-crore worldwide mark in Sacnilk’s early tallies.

Amitabh Bachchan wrote on his blog that hand discomfort had slowed replies to fans after he missed a Kaun Banega Crorepati shoot. WION quoted him saying he had wanted to answer well-wishers himself: “However, I have been experiencing some discomfort in the hand I use for writing, which has caused a delay. I sincerely apologise.” He also thanked viewers for gifts and greetings that had filled his space at home.

Farhan Akhtar told IANS that he and producer Ritesh Sidhwani decided to take the Mirzapur universe to a feature film after the response to the first two seasons, aiming for a story that even viewers who had never watched the series could follow. With the film now heading to Prime Video, he called the move a kind of homecoming for an audience that already made the series a streaming hit.

On television, Bigg Boss 20 episode 64 skipped eviction for Diwali. Times Now reported that host Salman Khan thanked viewers for helping the season pass 100 crore watch hours on JioHotstar, that Mohit Chauhan’s performance of a Salim Khan song left him emotional, and that nominated housemates Mahhi Vij, ScoutOP, Arishfa Khan, Uditi Singh, Manish Goel and Amrapali Dubey all stayed in the house. Separately, Romaisa Khan defended her Dar-e-Nijaat character Hamna in a FUCHSIA Magazine conversation reported by 24 News, saying Hamna’s attachment to Abu Bakar grew from an unhappy marriage and the kindness she was not getting at home.