Gangubai Kathiawadi box office collection Day 3: Alia Bhatt film should take full advantage of the Tuesday holiday. (Photo: Pen India Limited) Riding on mostly positive reviews and strong word-of-mouth, the Alia Bhatt-starrer biographical crime drama Gangubai Kathiawadi had an impressive Sunday at the box office. It collected Rs 15.30 crore on Sunday. Its total opening weekend collection is Rs 39.20 crore.
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The film had premiered at Berlin International Film Festival. Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali had said that the film received a standing ovation at the prestigious festival.
Trade analyst shared the film’s figures on his Twitter handle. “#GangubaiKathiawadi brings cheer, confidence and cinegoers back, solid total in Wknd 1… Day 3 sees big gains [most places]… #Mumbai, #Thane, #Pune, #Gujarat, #Delhi, #SouthIndia [parts] key contributors… Fri 10.50 cr, Sat 13.32 cr, Sun 15.30 cr. Total: ₹ 39.12 cr. #India biz,” his tweet read.
He said in a followup tweet, “#GangubaiKathiawadi needs to show healthy trending on Day 4 [Mon]… #MahaShivratri [Day 5; Tue] is expected to boost biz, should hit ₹ 50 cr on Tue itself… Wed + Thu remains extremely crucial, will decide if it can touch/cross ₹ 60 cr mark in *Week 1*.”
The film’s story is based on Mafia Queens of Mumbai written by S. Hussain Zaidi. It also stars Shantanu Maheshwari, Vijay Raaz, Jim Sarbh, Indira Tiwari and Seema Pahwa. Additionally, Ajay Devgn plays an extended cameo in the movie.
The Maha Shivratri holiday on Tuesday should only help the film grow more before tapering off a little mid-week.
The film’s collection is respectable also because it is facing tough competition from two South Indian biggies — Ajith’s Tamil film Valimai and Pawan Kalyan’s Telugu film Bheemla Nayak — and holding its own.
The Indian Express’ Shubhra Gupta gave the film a positive review with 3 stars and wrote, “The only way you can enjoy Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi is to embrace its extravagantly-constructed universe — the elaborate sets that make up the red-light area of Kamathipura that becomes the location of most of the film’s run-time, the frames which look like art deco paintings, and, most crucially, the very youthful and very fair-and-lovely Alia Bhatt playing the lead character who says she is ‘sattaaiis saal’ (27 years), but looks younger, and much less marked by her horrific life experiences of having been sold into prostitution.”
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