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Ranbir Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt starrer ‘Shamshera’ has taken a slow start at the box office.
According to early estimates, the movie has collected in the range of Rs. 9.50 to 11 crores on Day 1. The start was slow across the board, and this is despite the makers opting for a low ticket pricing, which means that the audience was never interested in seeing the movie.
One expected the film to benefit from the walk-in audience, but even that hasn’t come. The best faring circuit was Mumbai, followed by some pockets in Gujarat and Rajasthan, but that’s not saying much since overall performance is even below the conservative predictions of Rs. 12 to 13 crores.
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Shamshera’s opening has taken the Hindi film industry by shock, as a movie of this star cast made on this scale warranted a much better start. Shamshera is a front loaded film, and with a poor opening, it is difficult for it to sustain in the days to come.
The movie was expected to top Kartik Aaryan’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 on opening day, but the horror comedy has continued to be the biggest opener of the year, and it remains to be seen which of the upcoming releases can surpass it to become biggest Hindi opener of 2022.
Shamshera is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language period action movie produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films and directed by Karan Malhotra. The movie stars Ranbir Kapoor in a dual role with Sanjay Dutt as the antagonist alongside Vaani Kapoor, Ronit Roy, Saurabh Shukla, and Ashutosh Rana. Budgeted at ₹150 crore, it is one of the most expensive Hindi films. Set in the 1800s, the story follows a dacoit tribe and their fight for independence against the British rule. I
