Prahaar box office collection day 3: Rajkummar Rao film crosses ₹9 crore, surpasses lifetime haul of Kangana Ranaut’s Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata
Here's the latest box office buzz making the rounds:
Prahaar ticket-window earnings Day 3: Rajkummar Rao’s latest movie, Prahaar : The Ujjwal Nikam Story, opened to a slow start at the ticket-window on Friday. The movie witnessed a rise in collections over the weekend, but the growth was not substantial enough to give its overall earnings a major boost. Here’s a look at the movie’s box-office performance.
Adding to this, A still from Prahaar. Prahaar ticket-window earnings Day 3 Prahaar : The Ujjwal Nikam Story opened in theatres on Friday, October 16, earning ₹ 2.35 crore rupees in India net collections, according to Sacnilk. With an occupancy of 13%, the movie had a modest start, making it one of the lower openers in Rajkummar Rao’s career.
Meanwhile, The movie witnessed an improvement on Saturday, collecting ₹ 3.15 crore rupees, a jump of around 34% over its opening-day figures. Its occupancy also rose to 17%, indicating some growth in audience turnout over the weekend. On Sunday, the movie continued its theatrical run almost at the same pace, earning ₹ 3.50 crore rupees . This brings the movie's total net India collection to ₹ 9 crore rupees.
Notably, Despite its modest opening, Prahaar surpassed the collections of some recent Hindi releases. Imtiaz Ali’s critically acclaimed movie Main Vaapas Aaunga collected around ₹ 5.5 crore rupees during its first three days in theatres. Prahaar crossed this number within the first two days of rollout. The movie has also surpassed the lifetime India net collection of Kangana Ranaut’s Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata , which collected ₹ 7.04 crore rupees.
As per the latest buzz, Prahaar is also competing at the ticket-window with Yami Gautam’s Nayyi Navelli. The movie, which rolled out on the same day, has stayed ahead of Prahaar and has crossed the ₹ 10 crore rupees mark within the same period.
In further updates, Directed by Avinash Arun and produced by Dinesh Vijan under Maddock Films, Prahaar: The Ujjwal Nikam Story is a biographical courtroom drama starring Rajkummar Rao as public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.
On top of that, The movie revisits some of the landmark cases handled by Nikam- the prosecution of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist captured after the 2008 Mumbai attacks. It also explores the legal battles and challenges involved in pursuing justice in high-profile criminal cases. The cast includes Wamiqa Gabbi, Jaideep Ahlawat, Sikandar Kher and Lalit Prabhakar, who plays Kasab.
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Source: Hindustan Times