‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ Opens Low, Still Does Better Than Akshay Kumar’s ‘Raksha Bandhan’

The Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor starrer Laal Singh Chaddha, which released on Thursday on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, had a comparatively smaller opening than expected. As per Box Office India, Laal Singh Chaddha collected approximately 11.50 crore nett on its first day.

Laal Singh Chaddha is adapted from the 1994 Tom Hanks American film Forrest Gump, which is based on the 1986 Winston Groom’s novel of the same name. Directed by Advait Chandan produced under the Aamir Khan Productions and Viacom 18 Studios, the Hindi adaptation had Aamir portraying Hanks’ role. The film also stars Telugu actor Naga Chaitanya, making his Bollywood debut, and Hindi actor Mona Singh in pivotal roles.

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As per Box Office reports, the film has done best in the Delhi NCR and East Punjab area on its first day. The collections in Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, and Punjab are good but the fact that Aamir’s character is a Punjabi one, the box office expected it to do better in Punjab.

While the collection from the Southern part of India is comparatively lower as an Aamir starrer film was expected to have a higher footfall in the southern market. The film has also not done well in the rest of the country except for a few theatres in Mumbai and Pune.

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However, Laal Singh Chaddha has done better than Akshay Kumar starrer Samrat Prithviraj, and Ranbir Kapoor starrer Shamshera. While Samrat Prithviraj had collected around Rs 10.50 crore nett on its opening day, the latter collected Rs 10 crore nett.

Raksha Bandhan

While Akshay’s Raksha Bandhan opened even lower with a collection of Rs 7.5-8 crore nett, as per Box Office India reports. The film reportedly did good business in Gujarat while it did poorly in Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.

The Akshay starrer is based on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan itself where the actor plays the eldest brother to his four sisters. In the film, he promises his mother on her deathbed that he will marry only when he has fulfilled all his responsibilities of marrying his sisters in suitable homes. On the way, he is at conflict between his responsibilities and his own love life.

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However, with a long holiday with the upcoming weekend and Independence Day, there are still expectations of a better box office collection ahead.