Will Sabarmati Report Be Vikrant’s Biggest Hit?

Two
weeks
after
Diwali
releases

Bhool
Bhulaiyaa
3
and

Singham
Again,
there
was
a
flurry
of
releases
with
films
across
various
languages
arriving
in
theatres.

The
Sabarmati
Report
was
supposed
to
release
in
the
summer
but
a
few
creative
calls
were
taken,
post
which
even
a
new
director
came
in.
Scenes
were
reshot
and
the
new
product
finally
arrived
last
week.

Such
genre
of
films
have
their
own
limitations
and
it
eventually
boils
down
to
critical
acclaim
and
audience
word-of-mouth.

The
film
took
took
a
fair
start
and
registered
a
decent
weekend
of
Rs
6.50
crore*
(Rs
65
million).
This
is
quite
close
to
Vikrant
Massey’s
biggest
opener

12th
Fail
that
had
netted
Rs
6.70
crore
(Rs
67
million)
before
going
on
to
hit
a
half
century.

The
dubbed
South
releases
did
not
cover
much
distance.

Kanguva
was
promoted
well
for
the
last
few
months
and
was
expected
to
score
an
opening
day
of
at
least
Rs
5
crore
(Rs
50
million)
with
a
four-day
weekend
total
poised
to
be
in
excess
of
Rs
20
crore
(Rs
200
million).

But
this
did
not
happen
as
the
reviews
for
the
Suriya
starrer
were
not
the
best
and
audience
interest
didn’t
peak
either.

As
a
result,
the
weekend
collections
were
under
Rs
10
crore*
(Rs
100
million).

The
Varun
Tej
starrer

Matka
saw
a
token
Hindi
release,
and
the
weekend
score
was
less
than
Rs
1
crore
(Rs
10
million).
Disaster!

*Estimates.
Final
numbers
awaited.

Note:
All
collections
as
per
various
box
office
sources.