Dhadak Box Office: Janhvi and Ishaan's film beats 'Student Of The Year' to become highest opener featuring newcomers

Karan Johar's 'Dhadak', which is an official remake of the Marathi blockbuster 'Sairat', released on July 20. It marks the debut of late Sridevi's eldest daughter, Janhvi Kapoor and also features Shahid Kapoor's half-brother Ishaan Khatter. 

The film registered a great start at the box office despite having newcomers in the lead. It raked in Rs 8.71 crore on Friday itself. This is the highest a Bollywood film, lead by fresh faces, has ever made on Day 1. It scored a crore higher than what 'Student Of The Year' had made on Day 1 of its release, pointed out trade analyst Taran Adarsh.

"Dhadak takes a heroic start... Rarely does a film starring absolute newcomers open so well... Day 1 is higher than Student Of The Year [Rs. 8 cr]... Fri Rs. 8.71 cr," he tweeed.

#Dhadak takes a HEROIC START... Rarely does a film starring absolute newcomers open so well... Day 1 is higher than #StudentOfTheYear [₹ 8 cr]… Fri ₹ 8.71 cr. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 21, 2018

Directed by Shashank Khaitan, 'Dhadak' also beat Tiger Shroof's 'Heropanti' (6.5 Cr) and Parineeti Chopra-Arjun Kapoor's 'Ishqzaade' (4.5 Cr).

Karan Johar, 'the brand ambassador of nepotism', is known to have mentored several star kids in Bollywood namely Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra. He is thrilled with the film's outstanding performance at the box office. 

"Glad to have our own record broken previously held by SOTY!! Thank you to all the beating hearts for giving this beating heart so much love!," the filmmaker wrote. 

Glad to have our own record broken previously held by SOTY!! Thank you to all the beating hearts for giving this beating heart so much love!!! @ShashankKhaitan #Janhvi #ishaan #dhadak pic.twitter.com/xWZ5euaFs6

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) July 21, 2018

'Dhadak' received strong opening across metros, central and north markets (including Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar). It had released in 2235 screens in India and a total of 2791 worldwide. The film reportedly recorded 90% occupancy across theatres on Friday.