Producer director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ got rewarded for the hard work of the film’s lead heroine and its other actors on Saturday. The collection of the film increased by about 20 percent on Saturday as compared to Friday. The collection of the film is expected to be better on Sunday as well but its real test will start from Monday. It seems difficult to touch the figure of 50 crores in the first weekend of the film and Rs 100 crores in the first weekend. Compared to the last three films of Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the business of the film ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ is very weak.
The film ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ may start getting the benefit of issuing instructions to open cinema halls with 100% capacity in Delhi from Sunday. The film earned around Rs 12.50 crore at the box office on Saturday as per the initial trends. This is about 20 percent more than the film’s earnings on Friday. The performance of Alia Bhatt and her co-stars in the film has been especially appreciated by the critics but the film’s music is also bearing the brunt of not being popular. The real examination of the film ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ is starting from Sunday itself.
Producer director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s biggest challenge is to replicate the report card of his last three films with Deepika Padukone. If this does not happen, it will be believed that Deepika’s brilliance did the real work in the success of these three films. On the scale of statistics, these three films are included in Bhansali’s superhit films. And before these three films, all three of Bhansali’s films in which Deepika Padukone was not the heroine, did not show much charisma at the box office.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film ‘Padmavat’ released on 25 June 2018 had a great performance with an opening of Rs 24 crores. The film played Deepika’s dank at the box office by earning Rs 114 crore in the first weekend itself. The film’s earnings reached Rs 166.50 crore at the box office in the first week of its release. This is the only film of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s career to cross the magic mark of Rs 300 crore at the box office and earn a total of Rs 302.15 crore.
Earlier, the opening of Bhansali’s film ‘Bajirao Mastani’ released on 18 December 2015 was Rs 12.80 crore. Deepika Padukone’s film earned Rs 46.77 crore till the first weekend, but the film missed out on touching the Rs 100 crore mark in the first week. The film ‘Bajirao Mastani’ earned Rs 86.15 crore in the first week and although the total box office collection of this film reached Rs 184.20 crore and the film was considered a hit.