Box Office: Akshay Kumar starrer Bachchhan Paandey's collection drops as audience prefer 'The Kashmir Files'
Highlights
- Akshay Kumar's Bachchhan Paandey faced a tough fight from 'The Kashmir Files' on its first day
- The film however managed to rake in Rs 13.25 crore on its opening day
- On the second day, the collections of Bachchhan Paandey dropped due to The Kashmir Files
This Friday, the cinema lovers saw the release of Akshay Kumar's much-awaited film 'Bachchhan Paandey.' Many were expecting its collections to be less due to the popularity of 'The Kashmir Files,' however, the film managed a decent collection on the first day of its release. On Friday, 'Bachchhan Paandey' also featuring Kriti Sanon and Jacqueline Fernandez minted Rs 13.25 crore. The official Twitter account of Nadiadwala Grandson shared a poster, which mentioned the film's box office score of the first day. "Box office pe bhaukaal. Rs 13.25 crore, day one collection," the poster read." As soon as the announcement came, fans got excited about its second-day collections. Well, the film's collections will witness a drop due to the preference of the audience towards Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri's film that minted 24.80 cr on its second Saturday and inched towards Rs 150 crore.
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the second day collections of Bachchhan Paandey and wrote, "#BachchhanPaandey gets hit by the unprecedented #TKF wave across the country... Mass circuits are steady, but plexes remain low on Day 2... Needs to improve its performance on Day 3... Fri 13.25 cr, Sat 12 cr. Total: ₹ 25.25 cr. #India biz."
"The Kashmir Files", featuring Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty and Pallavi Joshi, has also been declared tax-free in states like Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Karnataka, Tripura and Goa.
Taran shared the collections of the film and wrote, "#TheKashmirFiles is a ONE-HORSE RACE... Day 9 [Sat] is HIGHER than *all 8 days*... Trending like #Baahubali2 in *Weekend 2*... There's a *strong possibility* of hitting ₹ 28 cr - ₹ 30 cr today [Day 10]... [Week 2] Fri 19.15 cr, Sat 24.80 cr. Total: ₹ 141.25 cr. #India biz."
The movie, which is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley in the 1990s, released theatrically on March 11 and has reportedly collected approximately Rs 116 crore at the box office.
While Bachchhan Paandey has recorded decent numbers on its opening day, it is much lower than Akshay's previous release 'Sooryavanshi', which earned Rs 26 crore on its first day. Directed by Farhad Samji, the action-comedy film 'Bachchhan Paandey' is a remake of the Tamil film 'Jigarthanda' that had released in 2014.
'Bachchhan Paandey', which is produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and written by Nischay Kuttanda and Samji, also features Pankaj Tripathi, Prateik Babbar, Abhimanyu Singh, Snehal Daabbi and Saharsh Kumar Shukla. The film's story revolves around an aspiring director (Kriti) who wants to make a film on a deadly gangster (Akshay).
