Mumbai, September 20, 2026: Sony Pictures Networks India’s (SPNI) newest entertainment property, Family Full House with Rohit Sharma, has made a record-breaking debut across Sony Entertainment Television and Sony LIV. On Sony LIV, the show registered the biggest-ever launch-day for any non-fiction property on the platform following its premiere on September 19.

The landmark premiere was accompanied by extraordinary social media momentum, with the show trending at #1 worldwide on X through Saturday evening. The response reflects the anticipation around Rohit Sharma in a never-seen-before avatar and the enormous strength of his global fan following. Even before its premiere, glimpses from the show had generated millions of views and engagements across social media.

Rohit’s effortless humour, spontaneity and easy camaraderie emerged as some of the biggest talking points from the premiere. His candid reactions, quick wit and natural chemistry with the guests delighted audiences, with fans celebrating a side of Rohit they have rarely seen beyond the cricket field. The response brought to the fore a refreshingly unguarded and entertaining side of one of the biggest names in world cricket.

Based on the globally successful Family Feud format and produced by Fremantle, Family Full House with Rohit Sharma also offers brands a distinctive environment built around family entertainment, participation and shared viewing. Multiple brands have partnered with the property, leveraging SPNI’s television and digital ecosystem, along with contextual integrations, to become an organic part of the audience experience.

Speaking on the record-breaking premiere, Nachiket Pantvaidya, Chief Content Officer – SET, Sony Marathi and Sony LIV, SPNI, said, “The response to Family Full House with Rohit Sharma has been extraordinary. Rohit is one of the world’s finest cricketers and enjoys a very special connection with audiences. Through this show, they are discovering his humour, spontaneity and natural warmth in an entirely new setting. The record launch on Sony LIV, together with the scale of the conversation across television and social media, validates our belief in Rohit, the format and the power of bringing families together. This is a landmark beginning for a new SPNI property, and we believe the momentum will only grow from here.”

Meanwhile Maharashtra Finance Minister Ajit Pawar has announced 60% cut in March salaries of public representatives, including the CM. Salaries of Grade A and B officers will be deducted by 50% and that of Grade C employees, by 25%. No deduction in the salary of Grade D employees: Maharashtra Deputy CM and state Finance Minister Ajit Pawar.

Indian cricket star Rohit Sharma donates Rs 80 lakh for coronavirus fight. Rohit Sharma has donated Rs 45 lakh to PM’s Relief Fund, Rs 25 lakh to Maharashtra CM’s Relief Fund and Rs 5 lakh each to the organisations ‘Feeding India’ and ‘Welfare of Stray Dogs’.

Actress Anushka Sharma, her cricketer-husband Virat Kohli have pledged their support to the PM CARES fund and Maharashtra Chief Minister’s relief fund. However, they chose not to disclose the amount.

Filmmaker Karan Johar, actor Sonam Kapoor, Ayushman Khurrana and few others also pledged support but did not say how much they were donating.

Sachin Tendulkar donated Rs 25 lakh each to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund and the Chief Minister of Maharashtra’s Relief Fund.

Cricketer Suresh Raina donated Rs 31 lakh to PM-CARES Fund and Rs 21 lakh to UP CM’s Disaster Relief Fund to combat coronavirus.

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar announced that he will be donating Rs 25 crore to PM-CARES.
Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan has contributed Rs 1 crore to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s PM-Cares fund.

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan will extend help to 25,000-odd daily wage workers of the film industry whose lives have been affected by the ongoing national lockdown. Salman’s contribution will aid the artistes of Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE), said the body’s president BN Tiwari.

Varun Dhawan pledged Rs 30 lakh to PM-CARES Fund and Rs 25 lakh to Maharashtra CM’s relief fund.
Actor Shilpa Shetty, along with her husband Raj Kundra, pledged to donate Rs 21 lakhs to PM-CARES.
Bhushan Kumar, who heads film studio T-Series, said he will donate Rs 11 crore.

TV host and actor Maniesh Paul said he will donate Rs 20 lakh and Murad Khetani, the producer of 2019 blockbuster “Kabir Singh”, pledged Rs 25 lakh to PM-CARES and another 25 lakhs to the Maharashtra Relief Fund designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee has pledged to give Rs 1 crore of his personal funds to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) along with Rs 50 lakhs to Chief Minster of West Bengal’s Relief Fund.

Teen shooting sensation Manu Bhaker donated Rs 1 lakh to the Haryana government Corporates Made Donations

Adani Foundation has contributed Rs 100 crore to the PM CARES Fund for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

Tata Sons and Tata Trusts have pledged to contribute Rs 1,500 crore for the cause while Reliance Industries had made an initial contribution of Rs 5 crore besides opening India’s first COVID-19 hospital in Mumbai.

The JSW Group said it will extend a financial assistance of Rs 100 crore to combat the deadly virus.
Engineering and construction giant Larsen & Toubro announced Rs 150 crore donation to the PM-CARES Fund it has set aside over Rs 500 crore per month to support about 1.60 lakh contract workers.

TVS Motor Company said it will donate Rs 25 crore to the PM’s Relief Fund for battle against COVID-19 pandemic.

The Sajjan Jindal-led group will provide equipment to healthcare workers and its employees will donate one day’s salary.

Anand Mahindra of the Mahindra & Mahindra Group had offered to provide Mahindra resorts as care facilities for those infected. The Mahindra Group is also working on making ventilators for Covid-19 infected patients.

MS Dhoni had retired from Test cricket in December 2014 after playing 90 matches and had stepped down as captain of India’s limited-overs formats teams in January 2017.

MS Dhoni was part of Grade A in the BCCI’s central contracts list last year but after he had made himself unavailable since the World Cup, he was left out of the 27-member list for the period from October 2019 to September 2020.

BCCI Central Contracts for 2019-20:

Grade A+ (INR 7 cr): Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah

Grade A (INR 5 cr): Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant

Grade B (INR 3 cr): Wriddhiman Saha, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal

Grade C (INR 1 cr): Kedar Jadhav, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Manish Pandey, Hanuma Vihari, Shardul Thakur, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar.