Dhurandhar box office collection day 1 early report: This isn’t exactly a development that no one saw coming, but the Aditya Dhar directorial, Dhurandhar, is sprinting towards quite an impressive opening day. According to industry tracker Sacnilk, the film has already earned Rs 21 crore crore net at the time of publishing.
Ranveer Singh’s last theatrical release was the ensemble film Singham Again, directed by Rohit Shetty. Also featuring Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, and Deepika Padukone in lead roles, the film earned Rs 43.5 crore on its opening day and went on to collect Rs 372 crore worldwide. Director Aditya Dhar’s previous and only other film was Uri (2019), starring Vicky Kaushal and Yami Gautam. Although it achieved an impressive worldwide total of Rs 341 crore, the film did not open with blockbuster numbers, earning Rs 8.2 crore on its first day.
Dhurandhar, meanwhile, has drawn a range of reactions from critics. An excerpt from SCREEN’s review of the film read, “To give credit where it is due, despite the many, many characters Dhurandhar introduces to give us a sense of Lyari’s power, crime, political and family dynamics, the plot is fairly comprehensible. Khanna taps into his hidden Michael Corleone to play a slender, sensitive, family man gangster, who gradually loses his way to ambition. Pandor is impressive as his loyal cousin and the second-in-command Uzair, and Bedi is a delight as the venal politician Jameel, who will break bread with anybody for a slice of power.”
