AndhaDhun is expected to see a jump over the weekend thanks to the positive reviews and strong word of mouth
Sriram Raghavan's murder mystery 'AndhaDhun' featuring Ayushmann Khurrana, Tabu and Radhika Apte may have opened to fantastic reviews, but the film experienced a poor start at the ticket windows.
According to a Box Office India report, the Friday collections for the film were very low with just 10% occupancy in the morning shows. Its box office collection was around Rs 2.50 crore. Exact figures are awaited.
The film is expected to see a jump over the weekend thanks to the positive reviews and strong word of mouth. However, it will continue to face stiff competition from this week's Hollywood release - 'Venom', which earned in the vicinity of Rs 3.5-Rs 3.75 crore in India on Friday. The film has received mixed reviews but managed to outrun the Hindi releases (Sui Dhaaga, AndhaDhun and LoveYatri) at the box office.
In AndhaDhun, Ayushmann plays the role of a Pune-based, visually-challenged pianist whose only dream is to fly to London and hone his music skills further. But, he finds himself in the centre of a murder mystery.
Meera Iyer in her review for DNA gave AndhaDhun 3.5 out of 5 stars. "Akash’s (Ayushmann) quiet life in Prabhat Lane, Pune, has a certain mysterious texture that keeps you fully invested in it from the start. A spying child adds to the mystique without giving much away. His ‘now-I-see, now-I-don’t’ game holds you in a tight grip and as more characters jump into the crime drama, you follow each one like their shadow not wanting to miss a single move. And believe me when I say, each of the principal characters — be it Simi, the cop Manohar (Manav Vij) who is her lover and his wife Rasika (Ashwini Kalsekar) — make you stay with them," she wrote.
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