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Zubeen Garg’s Final Film Opens to Record Box Office as Assam Mourns

Public grief is fueling fresh pressure for answers in the Singapore death probe.

Overview

  • Roi Roi Binale, written, produced and led by Zubeen Garg, released on October 31 as his posthumous final film, completed by director Rajesh Bhuyan with co-producer Garima Saikia Garg.
  • Day 1 collections reached a reported 1.53 crore net in India, or 1.80 crore gross, the biggest Assamese opening to date according to Sacnilk.
  • The rollout spans 91 theatres across Assam and major cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, with the distributor also citing 100 screens outside the Northeast.
  • Theatres added shows and dedicated entire multiplex lineups, with sold‑out runs in Guwahati and other hubs and security deployed for crowd management.
  • Screenings have doubled as tributes, with chants for justice and tearful audiences, while police say seven arrests have been made in the ongoing investigation into Garg’s death.