Zubeen Garg's final film Roi Roi Binale opens at 100% occupancy across Assam, all shows sold out for a week

Zubeen Garg's final film as an actor, Roi Roi Binale, released in theatres on October 31, taking all the screens in Assam.

Updated on: Oct 31, 2025, 15:35:39 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Fans of the late, iconic singer Zubeen Garg have converged on movie theatres in the state to pay a final tribute to him. The singer's last film as an actor - Roi Roi Binale (Tears still flow) - has released in theatres this Friday. Early reports indicate that it has opened to packed theatres across Assam.

Zubeen Garg in a still from his film, Roi Roi Binale.

Roi Roi Binale opens to packed shows in Assam

Zubeen, who died in Singapore last month, stars in Roi Roi Binale, which has taken over all available screens in Assam. In many theatres, shows began as early as 4:30 am, and many theatres packed the schedules with 7 shows in a day. Screenings of all other films were halted for the week, with Hindi films like Thamma and Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat taken off, while the Baahubali re-release got no screens.

PTI reported that despite being screened in every theatre across Assam, Roi Roi Binale still opened to packed shows.

All tickets sold out for a week

With tickets of all shows for the next one week sold out, Zubeen Garg's musical is expected to break all past box office records for Assamese cinema in the future.

In Roi Roi Binale, Zubeen plays a blind musician. The film has 11 songs, all composed by Zubeen himself. The film revolves around the life of a musician and his struggle. The trailer showed that his character was lying senseless on a sea beach and one person was trying to wake him up, a startling coincidence with his death.

Zubeen Garg, an icon in Assam, died while swimming in the sea in Singapore on September 19. His death was mourned in the state, with cities shutting down for days, and his funeral was attended by thousands.

As a mark of respect for his final on-screen appearance, the Assam cabinet on Wednesday announced that the government will hand over the state's share of GST from Roi Roi Binale to Kalaguru Artiste Foundation, set up by the singer for the welfare of the downtrodden.

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Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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