Judwaa 2 box office collection Day 9: Queen Victoria and Bollywood’s Nawab bow down to Varun Dhawan

Judwaa 2 box office collection Day 9: ‘Chef’ and ‘Victoria and Abdul’ will have a tough time while trying to compete with Varun Dhawan

It took Varun Dhawan just a week to enter the Rs 100 crore club. The actor has probably listed 2017 as one of his most successful years. After the success of ‘Badrinath Ki Dulhania’ earlier this year, ‘Judwaa 2’ turned out to be a blockbuster too. The film which has so far earned Rs 102.33 crore, is expected to make more money in the coming days as neither Saif Ali Khan’s ‘Chef’ nor ‘Victoria And Abdul’ stand as a major competition.

“It’s the THIRD 100 cr grosser for Fox Star Studios in 2017: #JollyLLB2, #BKD and now, #Judwaa2,” Taran Adarsh had tweeted.

‘Judwaa 2’ had released at an auspicious time of the year. Along with the Puja Holidays, the film also had the advantage of the Gandhi Jayanti holiday which fell on a Monday giving the film an extended weekend. Critics may have panned the movie, but the audience seems to adored the film. After all, one only needs a dosage of nostalgia, and the right kind of promotional methods to attract the right kind of audience.

Film critics Shubhra Gupta wrote in her review,” For a comedy whose plot would make a wafer look thin, the lines have to be razor sharp, and delivered in just the right rhythm. This is where the director falters, even as his son tries his best to give us two for the price of one on the other end of the screen. Varun wades fully into both characters, and shows a nimble-footedness here and there. He is better at the broad, physical, crotch-lowering ‘gali ka gunda’, than the straight, subdued fella, and judging by the roars and claps of the mostly youthful crowd at the first-day, first-show, he knows it too. Fernandez and Pannu show up and do what they need to when called for: squeal and act surprised and swing to the beat; the latter making the most of her part. Pannu is the real surprise here, and a welcome one.”