As Jigra marks Alia Bhatt's archetypal Bollywood merchandise this year, the excitement astir the movie has been significant, prompting the makers to merchandise a dubbed Telugu mentation arsenic well. (Image: Alia/Facebook)
Jigra container bureau postulation time 1 aboriginal report: One of the astir anticipated Bollywood movies of the year, manager Vasan Bala’s enactment thriller Jigra, starring Alia Bhatt and Vedang Raina successful the pb roles, deed theatres worldwide connected Friday. As Jigra marks Alia’s archetypal Bollywood merchandise since Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023), directed by Karan Johar, the excitement astir the movie has been significant, prompting the makers to merchandise a dubbed Telugu mentation arsenic well.
However, the timing of Jigra’s merchandise is puzzling, fixed that manager TJ Gnanavel’s Tamil movie Vettaiyan, featuring a stellar formed including Rajinikanth, Amitabh Bachchan, Fahadh Faasil, Rana Daggubati and Manju Warrier, deed the screens conscionable a time earlier. With its prima power, Vettaiyan is expected to predominate the container bureau implicit the adjacent fewer days, perchance extending into the coming weeks. Moreover, aboriginal figures suggest that Jigra could besides look further challenges from the Rajkummar Rao and Triptii Dimri-starrer Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video, which mightiness impact its wide show too.
By 5 p.m. connected Friday, Jigra had recorded an India nett postulation of Rs 1.61 crore, with occupancy rates of 10.48 per cent successful the Hindi marketplace and 8.18 per cent successful the Telugu market. Meanwhile, Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video had grossed Rs 1.76 crore and Vettaiyan had amassed Rs 8.58 crore successful the home marketplace by this clip during the day. Nonetheless, Jigra’s opening time figures are expected to emergence arsenic the time continues, peculiarly fixed its decent turnout during greeting screenings itself contempt being a weekday and facing beardown competition.
It whitethorn beryllium mentioned present that connected their merchandise day, Stree 2, Fighter, Shaitaan, Crew and Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya — which inhabit the apical 5 spots successful the database of highest-grossing Hindi films of 2024 — had registered an India nett postulation of Rs 51.8 crore, Rs 22.5 crore, Rs 14.75 crore, Rs 9.25 crore and Rs 6.7 crore, respectively.
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In her review of Jigra, The Indian Express’ Shubhra Gupta wrote, “Alia Bhatt’s performances usually person astatine slightest a mates of distinctive notes. Here, badass replacing vulnerability, those edges are blunted. Jigra becomes a stretch, of some patience and credulity.”
While Alia Bhatt was past seen successful the Hollywood spy enactment thriller Heart of Stone (2023), alongside Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan, Jigra is Vedang Raina’s 2nd movie pursuing his debut successful manager Zoya Akhtar’s teen philharmonic drama The Archies (2023). Vasan Bala’s erstwhile directorial enactment was Monica, O My Darling (2022).
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First uploaded on: 11-10-2024 astatine 17:38 IST