‘Dilwale’, ‘Bajirao Mastani’ remain strong at box office

Both the films released on Friday.

Shah Rukh Khan was at the centre of a raging debate over intolerance in India. Malaysia – biggest opening for a Bollywood film. While Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone play the eponymous roles, Priyanka is seen in the role of Bajirao’s first wife Kashibai.

But Bajirao Mastani is gaining steadily via word-of-mouth publicity and might just catch up with Dilwale in the overall box office figures! Bajirao Mastani is being liked by everyone, audience find it very intense and strong.

Mumbai: Everyone said that the big clash between “Dilwale” and “Bajirao Mastani” could have been avoided. Grosses an impressive Dollars 4.5 million Overseas in 1st weekend.

“We are not making a documentary or a propaganda film”. Another factor that has affected the overall opening rate for both films was the screen issues that was faced by the makers, as a result of which advance booking have been relatively low.

Hence it is beyond doubt that Shah Rukh Khan’s DILWALE will have a cakewalk, particularly on day one and if the film lives up to the taste of the audience than it will be a runway hit.

“England – greatest starting in 2015 to get a Bollywood movie”. In the Gulf countries too it was ranked as the number one film ahead of Star Wars.

Caving in to pressure wrought about by activists of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a city multiplex on Friday cancelled five scheduled shows of director-producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s historical pageant Bajirao Mastani. Experts said the first day collections of Dilwale may stand at around Rs 24-26 crore while that of Bajirao may be half of that.

“Dilwale“, the intimate action-comedy of Rohit Shetty, has collected crore in its opening weekend global.