Akshay May Have A Winner With Kesari 2

Akshay
Kumar
may
score
a
winner
with
his
latest
film,

Kesari:
Chapter
2.

The
film
was
expected
to
start
slow,
considering
its
genre
as
well
as
the
fact
that
it’s
an
A
certificate
movie.

But
since
it
released
on
the
partial
holiday
of
Good
Friday,
that
helped
to
add
a
couple
of
crores
to
its
first
day
numbers
of
Rs
7.84
crore
(Rs
78.4
million).

A
good
growth
was
needed
on
Saturday
and
Sunday,
since
it
features
a
big
star
like
Akshay
Kumar
and
is
backed
by
Karan
Johar.
The
film
has
been
produced
at
a
good
scale
and
with
R
Madhavan
and
Ananya
Panday
in
the
cast
as
well,
a
lot
of
moolah
has
been
spent
on
it.

The
good
news
is
that
the
weekend
saw
enhanced
footfalls,
and
the
film
ended
up
entering
double
digits.
It
went
past
the
Rs
10
crore
(Rs
100
million)
mark,
which
reflects
well
on
Karan
Singh
Tyagi’s
directorial.

Kesari:
Chapter
2
has
now
collected
Rs
30
crore*
(Rs
300
million)
and
it
sure
looks
that
the
Rs
50
crore
(Rs
500
million)
mark
will
be
crossed
by
the
end
of
the
first
week.

Meanwhile,
Sunny
Deol-starrer

Jaat
Also
ended
up
gathering
around
Rs
13
crore
(Rs
130
million)
more
on
the
weekend,
and
has
now
gone
past
Rs
75
crore
(Rs
750
million).

The
film
is
a
decent
success
though
it
could
have
been
much
better
going
by
its
massy
theme
and
treatment.

*Estimates.

Note:
All
collections
as
per
various
box
office
sources.

Photographs
curated
by
Satish
Bodas/Rediff