Aamir Khan’s “Laal Singh Chaddha” has been making the headlines ever since the trailer of the film was dropped on social media platforms, it marks the comeback of the superstar after 4 yrs.
It was expected that the film will emerge as the top opening day grosser of 2022 conversely the poor performance of the film sent shock waves within the industry. Kartik Aryan’s film Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 opening day record of Rs 14.11 Cr is intact given the underwhelming performance of Aamir starrer on Day 1.
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Box Office Collection Day 2
As per the trade reports, LSC witnessed a 35-40% drop in the collections on Friday, it is estimated to have collected Rs 7-8 Cr on Day 2 taking the total two days of domestic collections in the vicinity of Rs 20 Cr.
Aamir’s LSC was opened below par on the first day even though it was a holiday release, it collects Rs 12 Cr, however, the Forrest Gump remake still holds a chance to be back on track as it has an extended weekend till Aug 15th.
The film seems also faced the heat of negativity against Bollywood as many viewers took to social media on Aug 11 requesting others to give poor ratings to the film. For the unversed, LSC was embroiled in the controversy over the past statements of Aamir and Kareena. It currently has 4.2/10 ratings on IMDb.
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Sooryavanshi was the last Bollywood film to take Rs 20 Cr start
The kind of superstardom Aamir Khan enjoys, one expects even in the worst case, his film should have opened at Rs 15 crores. The start in the vicinity of Rs 12 crore for an Aamir starrer sends the clear message, that audience wants a good big screen worthy cinema.
Leave that, it breaking the record of BB2, it even takes a lower start than ’83 and Bachchan Pandey. Akshay’s Sooryavanshi had seen the opening of Rs 20 Cr and it was released during the pandemic. Since then the industry failed to deliver a film that created the kind of pre-release buzz which can take a Rs 20 Cr opening.
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Reviews
It also received mixed reviews from critics, Taran Adarsh and Sumit Kadel severely panned the screenplay, they rated the film 2 out of 5 stars. While News 18’s Sonil Dedhia gave 4 stars out of 5, Renuka Vyavahara of TOI rated 3.5/5 stars, The Quint’s Stutee Ghosh gave 3.5 out of 5 stars, Nairita Mukherjee of IT rated 3/5 stars. Crtics of The Indian Express and Bollywood Hungama gave the film 2 out of 5 stars. They praised Aamir’s performance, direction and feel-good moments in the film but bashed the length of the movie.
