Batwara 1947 box office collection day 1: Sunny Deol film drowned by Emraan Hashmi's Awarapan 2, opens at just ₹5.75 cr
Here's the latest box office buzz making the rounds:
Batwara 1947 ticket-window earnings day 1: The Independence Day weekend is the perfect time to rollout a patriotic Sunny Deol movie. In the recent past, a patriotic holiday has worked for Gadar 2 and Border 2. The makers of Batwara 1947, the star’s Partition-era drama, were probably encouraged by this. What they did not count on was the Emraan Hashmi renaissance. In the end, Batwara 1947 was blanked by Awarapan 2 at the ticket-window, earning just 25% of what the Emraan-starrer made on the same day.
Adding to this, Batwara 1947 ticket-window earnings day 1: Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta in a still from Batwara 1947. Batwara 1947 ticket-window update Batwara 1947 was always trailing in this box-office clash. The movie has collected only ₹ 1.76 crore rupees in advance bookings for day 1, trailing Awarapan’s impressive figure of ₹ 8+ crore rupees. On the rollout day, the same trend continued. Despite favourable reviews and praise for Sunny Deol and Shabana Azmi’s performances, Batwara 1947 could not gather enough momentum at the ticket window. According to Sacnilk, the movie opened at ₹ 5.75 crore rupees net in India, much lower than the ₹ 21 crore rupees Awarapan 2 managed on the same day. It is the lowest-opening solo Sunny Deol movie since his 2018 box-office dud Bhaiaji Superhit, which opened at just ₹ 1 crore rupees. Border 2 and Gadar 2 had opened at ₹ 32 crore rupees and ₹ 40 crore rupees, respectively, signifying a dramatic return to box-office glory for the star in his late 60s.
Meanwhile, Batwara 1947 and Awarapan 2 shared the screens across India neatly, with both films getting almost the same number of shows nationwide. But the Sunny Deol-starrer registered rather low turnout. Its occupancy levels were dismal at 7-12% for the day shows, rising to a somewhat respectable 25% for the night shows. In comparison, the night shows of Awarapan 2 had a 75% occupancy rate.
Notably, In Batwara 1947, Sunny Deol plays a Muslim man who migrates to Pakistan during the Partition. However, he discovers a Hindu woman, played by Shabana Azmi, living upstairs in his home, who refuses to leave. He takes it upon himself to protect her while also ensuring his family's safety amid the chaos. Batwara 1947 sees Preity Zinta return to the big screen after almost a decade. The movie also marks the first on-screen collaboration between Sunny and his son, Karan Deol, who plays his son. The cast also includes Ali Fazal, Abhimanyu Singh, Khushi Hajare, and Kanikka Kapur.
As per the latest buzz, 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 Movie 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
Source: Hindustan Times