Ayushmann Khurrana's Bala scores Rs 72.24 crore in its first week

Bala, Box office collection — Box office collection of Bala

Bala has performed phenomenally well at the Box Office in its first week. The Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer, which features him as an adolescent suffering from premature balding, has crossed Rs 72.24 crore in Week 1. The Amar Kaushik directorial, which opened with Rs 10.15 crore minted Rs 5.31 crore on Thursday.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter to put the latest numbers earned by Bala. ''#Bala is fantastic... Plexes were super-strong... Collects in same range as #DreamGirl [Week 1: ₹ 72.20 cr]... Should score at multiplexes in Week 2... Fri 10.15 cr, Sat 15.73 cr, Sun 18.07 cr, Mon 8.26 cr, Tue 9.52 cr, Wed 5.20 cr, Thu 5.31 cr. Total: ₹ 72.24 cr. #India biz,'' he wrote.

Bhumi Pednekar, Yami Gautam, Abhishek Banerjee and Saurabh Shukla play important roles in the film. While Bhumi is seen in the character of a dark-skinned lawyer, Yami plays a TikTok star.

Bala revolves around the beauty standards set by the society and its consequences on the mental well-being of a person. Primarily, it talks about self love.

Amar Kaushik earlier helmed Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor starrer Stree, which went on to cross Rs 100-crore mark along with some rave reviews. Meanwhile, Ayushmann has two films lined-up for release -- Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Gulabo Sitabo, directed by Shoojit Sircar and Aanand L Rai's Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan.

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