The industry is gearing up for the clash between the Hrithik Roshan-Jr NTR starrer War 2 and the Rajinikanth-starrer Coolie. Because it happens during clashes, issues have give you regard to point out sharing. Nonetheless, within the state of West Bengal, Bengali film Dhumketu has come out of the syllabus and has given a troublesome fight to each the movies.
EXCLUSIVE: Delayed Bengali film Dhumketu gives tough fight to War 2 in West Bengal; sells a whopping 18,000 tickets
A trade source told Bollywood Hungama, “Dhumketu also releases on the identical day as War 2 and Coolie, that’s, Thursday, August 14. It was known that there was tremendous excitement to see the film. Yet, its makers are surprised by the advance ticket sales. Several shows across the state, particularly in Kolkata, are fast-filling or nearly sold out.”
The trade source added, “Dhumketu has sold nearly 18,000 tickets as of Monday, August 11, 9:00 am and the number is increasing with each passing hour. Meanwhile, War 2 has sold around 5,000 tickets in West Bengal.”
War 2 is distributed and produced by Yash Raj Movies (YRF) and so they have asked cinemas across the Hindi-speaking belt for max showcasing or 100% showcasing in single-screen, two-screen and three-screen properties.
The trade source continued, “But YRF seems to have made an exception in West Bengal, the response to Dhumketu’s advance booking and allowed some theatres for show-sharing. YRF head honcho Aditya Chopra all the time takes a realistic approach and he understands the hype for the Bengali film together with that for War 2. Hence, the exception was made.”
In single-screens of Kolkata like Prachi, Asoka and Menoka, War 2 has been allotted 3 shows while Dhumketu has been allotted 1 show. In Jayanti and Binodini, Dhumketu has been given two shows. In Navina and Uma Talkies, two shows, nonetheless, have been allotted to each Dhumketu and Coolie’s Hindi version. As for the enduring Priya cinema, the management, from August 14, will play 3 shows of War 2, 1 show of Dhumketu and the morning show has been allotted to the animated blockbuster Mahavatar Narsimha. Surprisingly, each shows of Dhumketu in Navina and the afternoon show at Binodini are already sold out, though the discharge is three days away.
Dhumketu stars popular Bengali actor Dev together with Subhashree Ganguly, Parambrata Chatterjee, Chiranjeet Chakraborty and others. Readers will likely be surprised to know that the shooting of the film began nearly ten years ago, in October 2015 and was accomplished in January 2017. The film then faced certain issues, after which it was finally revived earlier this yr.
A Bengali film industry insider commented, “Normally, delayed movies look dated and their appeal diminishes over time. But with Dhumketu, that hasn’t happened in any respect. The audience is well aware that its filming was accomplished 9-10 years ago, but still, they cannot wait to see it. This is really historic.”
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