Vikas Bahl's directorial Super 30 is going strong at the box office. The Hrithik Roshan-starrer has crossed Rs 50-crore mark in the first three days of its release. The film opened with Rs 11.83 crore and went on to earn Rs 18.19 crore and Rs 20.74 crore on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
Going by the weekend collection, Super 30 is estimated to earn Rs 10 crore on Monday.
Super 30 is a biopic based on the life of Bihar-based mathematician and teacher Anand Kumar, who runs an educational program called Super 30 for talented but underprivileged children to prepare them for IIT entrance exam. Hrithik Roshan plays the lead role of Anand Kumar in the film.
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In the latest development, Super 30 has been made tax-free in Bihar. The decision to make the movie tax free was announced by Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Monday. He had watched the movie on Friday at a screening where Anand Kumar was also present.
Thanks a lot to CM Nitish Kumar ji and Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi ji making Super 30’ tax free. It will help more and more people see the film@iHrithik @RelianceEnt @NGEMovies @Shibasishsarkar #super30 pic.twitter.com/z9qmHUMdOW
Anand Kumar (@teacheranand) July 15, 2019
While the film has got a thumbs up from the audience, it got mixed reviews from film critics. IndiaToday.in's Samrudhi Ghosh, in her review, wrote, "Though Hrithik Roshan tries hard to look convincing as Anand Kumar, the brown make-up (the shades of which fluctuate through the film) just does not cut it. Strangely enough, though so much work has gone into giving the actor a darker complexion, nothing is done about his naturally hazel green eyes. Contact lenses, anyone?"
She adds, "Hrithik's Bihari accent leaves much to be desired. However, if you can look past these, he delivers an earnest performance."
About the length of the film, she writes, "At 2 hours and 42 minutes, Super 30 is a tad too long. Hrithik's love story with Mrunal, which has no significance to the film and seems to have been shoehorned just for the sake of it, could have been easily done away with."
Like every blockbuster these days, Super 30 was also mired in many controversies. Earlier, its director Vikas Bahl was accused of sexual harassment by an ex-colleague. The director has now been cleared of all charges following an internal inquiry by Reliance Entertainment.
The lead actor Hrihtik Roshan was also criticised for his Bihari accent. Many believed that the actor was not able to ace the accent. He was also criticised for darkening his complexion using bronzer to hide his Greek God appearance and look more like a Bihari teacher. Critics say that the actor failed drastically in his attempt to appear more like a lower-middle class Bihari teacher.
Apart from Hrithik Roshan, the film also stars Pankaj Tripathi, Mrunal Thakur, Aditya Srivastava, Nandish Sandhu and Amit Sadh, among others. The performances by the supporting cast of the film is being praised by the critics.