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@FilmCompanionNews
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124,093subscribers
-4,416 since we began measuring on 6 August 2026
Risers and fallers across the register · movement among entries of 100,000–316,228.
| Telegram ID | -1001308112121 |
|---|---|
| Type | Channel |
| Username | @FilmCompanionNews |
| Description | Your go to for movie reviews, celebrity interviews & entertainment news. |
| Created | Between 1 March 2018 and 31 July 2021 — estimated from Telegram’s id allocation, not measured. How this range is calculated. |
| First recorded | 6 August 2026 |
| Last confirmed live | 4 October 2026 |
| Measurements held | 35 |
| Confirmed unchanged | 1 time, most recently 4 October 2026 |
| On Telegram | t.me/FilmCompanionNews |
Film & TV — a classification, not a measurement. An on-box language model (Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-Q6_K_XL, prompt version 1) read this channel’s own recent posts on 9 August 2026 and assigned it the closest of 31 fixed categories, at 100% confidence. This is a model’s judgement about what the channel is likely to be about, not a fact this register measured the way a subscriber count or a view count is measured — it can be revised on a later pass, and it carries no weight anywhere else on this page. How this classification works, and why it has no browse page of its own yet.
| Measured (UTC) | Subscribers | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026, 09:37 | 124,093 | -747 |
| 25 Sept 2026, 16:38 | 124,840 | -389 |
| 19 Sept 2026, 00:20 | 125,229 | -133 |
| 16 Sept 2026, 15:21 | 125,362 | -129 |
| 14 Sept 2026, 21:57 | 125,491 | -121 |
| 13 Sept 2026, 08:17 | 125,612 | -187 |
| 11 Sept 2026, 09:20 | 125,799 | -147 |
| 8 Sept 2026, 18:35 | 125,946 | -262 |
| 5 Sept 2026, 12:58 | 126,208 | -161 |
| 3 Sept 2026, 14:17 | 126,369 | -74 |
| 2 Sept 2026, 10:25 | 126,443 | -99 |
| 1 Sept 2026, 10:37 | 126,542 | -108 |
| 31 Aug 2026, 10:25 | 126,650 | -122 |
| 30 Aug 2026, 11:45 | 126,772 | -102 |
| 29 Aug 2026, 10:08 | 126,874 | -94 |
| 28 Aug 2026, 06:37 | 126,968 | -97 |
| 27 Aug 2026, 05:14 | 127,065 | -52 |
| 26 Aug 2026, 02:24 | 127,117 | +16 |
| 25 Aug 2026, 03:16 | 127,101 | -90 |
| 23 Aug 2026, 21:04 | 127,191 | first reading |
20 posts held, back to 24 March 2023 — the reader has not yet reached the start of this channel’s public history, so older posts may sit further back, unread. Read across 122 pages of Telegram’s post history, 20 posts per page.
Nothing published in the last 30 days. ERR and ER are rolling 30-day measures, so there is nothing to compute — we hold 20 posts for this entry, the most recent from 10 April 2023. An engagement rate over an empty window would be a number about nothing.
Lifetime counters from Telegram’s own channel header, read 4 October 2026 — not the date at the top of this page, which is when the subscriber count was last read. A count marked ≈ was rounded by Telegram before we ever saw it — t.me prints these counters in full below 1,000 and to three significant figures above, so ≈142,000 means somewhere between 141,500 and 142,499.
Join us tomorrow for an exclusive FC Front Row as Anupama Chopra hosts the team of Jubilee, where they talk about everything from researching about the golden era of Indian Cinema to executing such an elaborate period piece. Register here: https://forms.gle/vT6r3DdxfuGmCJgi6
From Gaslight on Disney+ Hotstar to Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga on Netflix, here's a list of the most-viewed shows and movies from the Indian streaming space of last week: https://www.filmcompanion.in/streaming/best-shows-on-web-ott-april-week-1-gaslight-sara-ali-khan-aashiqana-season-3-chor-nikal-ke-bhaga-hunter-amazon-prime-video-disney-hotstar
Ajay Devgn's Bholaa earned Rs. 11.20 crore on its first day, which is considerably more than the opening collections of the three films he has previously directed. Read the box office report here: https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/indepth-stories/bholaa-earns-rs-44-crore-in-first-weekend-box-office-ajay-devgn-tabu
Abhishek Chaubey's heroes are never what they seem. Rhea Candy deep dives into what makes Udta Punjab's Tommy Singh or Ishqiya's uncle-nephew duo so memorable: https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/bollywood-features/abhishek-chaubey-and-his-shapeshifting-heroes-udta-punjab-alia-bhatt-shahid-kapoor-sonchiriya-sushant-singh-rajput
Director Pavan Kirpalani's Gaslight released today on Disney+Hotstar. He spoke to us about horror and storytelling here: https://www.filmcompanion.in/interviews/streaming-interviews/five-questions-with-gaslight-director-pavan-kirpalani-sara-ali-khan-vikrant-massey-chitrangada-singh
With Gaslight, there was a chance to show that horror need not be manufactured these days; it’s all around us. But the film squanders this opportunity. Read Rahul Desai's review of the Sara Ali Khan film here: https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/streaming-reviews/gaslight-review-sara-ali-khans-ott-debut-works-better-in-theory-than-in-execution-vikrant-massey-chitrangda-singh-disney-plus-hotstar-new-movies
hananjaya is sincerity personified in Gurudev Hoysala, but the film suffers from predictable writing and some dated dialogues, writes Subhaj Rao https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/kannada-review/gurudev-hoysala-movie-review-the-dhananjaya-starrer-is-taut-and-reasonably-engaging-vijay-naagendra-amrutha-iyengar
Nani and Santhosh Narayanan's music bridge most gaps in Dasara, making its immersive world exciting to watch, discuss, and dissect, writes Mukesh Manjunath. https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/telugu-review/dasara-review-nani-and-santhosh-narayanan-excel-in-a-distracted-film-keerthy-suresh-telugu-movie
Pathu Thala throws up cleverly imagined action set pieces and a smart play on the Ravana myth. But it’s the STR myth-making that dilutes the mass action film, writes Vishal Menon https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/tamil-review/pathu-thala-movie-review-silambarasan-gautham-menon-str-clever-themes-and-set-pieces-get-left-behind-as-myth-gets-overlooked-for-mythmaking
"As it stands, Bholaa is a tiresome pileup of action scenes and details that feel derivative. The film leaves the bad guys with broken bones and audiences, with questions," writes Deepanjana in her review: https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/bollywood-review/bholaa-review-ajay-devgn-takes-out-bad-guys-leopard-and-logic-tabu-sanjay-mishra-gajraj-rao
Ajay Devgn's Bholaa looks like an algorithm-produced movie, a soulless attempt to impress the audience rather than express a sense of masala and scale, writes Rahul Desai. Read his review of the film here: https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/bollywood-review/bholaa-review-this-is-no-kaithi-and-ajay-devgn-is-no-nicolas-cage-tabu-lokesh-kanagaraj-pathaan-john-wick-4-latest-action-movies
Here's what legendary writer-director Akira Kurosawa had to say to young filmmakers: https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/notes-from-a-legend-akira-kurosawas-advice-to-young-filmmakers-rashomon-seven-samurai
Showing the 12 most recent of 20 posts we hold for @FilmCompanionNews. View and reaction counts are the latest single reading for each post, not a live figure, and a recent post is still accumulating both. A view count marked ≈ was rounded by Telegram before we ever saw it — t.me prints views in full below 1,000 and to three significant figures above, so ≈1,200,000 means somewhere between 1,150,000 and 1,249,999. Unmarked counts are exact. Text is reproduced from the public post preview and truncated for length.
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| Label | Film Companion |
|---|---|
| Description | Indian entertainment journalism platform |
| X / Twitter | @FilmCompanion |
| YouTube | UC55os7K-eMLTJy_aXzm5sHw |
| Official site | https://www.filmcompanion.in/ |
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“Film Companion” (@FilmCompanionNews), 124,093 subscribers as measured 4 October 2026. Telegram Register, tgregister.com/channel/FilmCompanionNews.
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