Main Vaapas Aaunga box office day 1: Imtiaz Ali film trails behind Love Aaj Kal 2
Imtiaz Ali's Main Vaapas Aaunga grossed Rs 1.38 crore on its opening day. The modest start left it well below Love Aaj Kal 2 as the film heads into the weekend.
Director Imtiaz Ali’s Main Vaapas Aaunga released in theatres on June 12. However, the film featuring Diljit Dosanjh, Vedang Raina and Sharvari trails behind Kartik Aaryan and Sara Ali Khan's Love Aaj Kal 2, on its opening day.
Main Vaapas Aaunga collected Rs 1.15 crore net and Rs 1.38 crore gross in India on its opening day across 2,302 shows, recording an 11% occupancy, as reported by Sacnilk.
Main Vaapas Aaunga trails behind Love Aaj Kal 2
The film performed well below Ali’s romance drama Love Aaj Kal 2 (2020), featuring Kartik Aaryan and Sara Ali Khan, which had collected Rs 12.40 crore net and Rs 18 crore gross in India on its opening day. Despite being panned by critics at the time, that 2020 release had managed a decent opening.
A story about pre-Partition past
Main Vaapas Aaunga also features Naseeruddin Shah and Sanjay Suri in key roles. The film follows a 95-year-old man who suffers a stroke while trying to rush to Pakistan. As he drifts in and out of recollection, his grandson pieces together fragments from a pre-Partition past, even as the old man struggles to find peace in his final days.
India Today, in its review for the film, wrote, "What remains is a visually handsome drama weighed down by its pacing, weakened by an unconvincing romance and burdened by ideas that are more questionable than profound. The longing is real. The emotion is sincere. The storytelling, unfortunately, never catches up (sic)."
Main Vaapas Aaunga brings together AR Rahman, Irshad Kamil and Imtiaz Ali. The trio has previously worked together on films including Jab We Met and Rockstar.
Main Vaapas Aaunga theatrically released on June 12.
Director Imtiaz Ali’s Main Vaapas Aaunga released in theatres on June 12. However, the film featuring Diljit Dosanjh, Vedang Raina and Sharvari trails behind Kartik Aaryan and Sara Ali Khan's Love Aaj Kal 2, on its opening day.
Main Vaapas Aaunga collected Rs 1.15 crore net and Rs 1.38 crore gross in India on its opening day across 2,302 shows, recording an 11% occupancy, as reported by Sacnilk.
Main Vaapas Aaunga trails behind Love Aaj Kal 2
The film performed well below Ali’s romance drama Love Aaj Kal 2 (2020), featuring Kartik Aaryan and Sara Ali Khan, which had collected Rs 12.40 crore net and Rs 18 crore gross in India on its opening day. Despite being panned by critics at the time, that 2020 release had managed a decent opening.
A story about pre-Partition past
Main Vaapas Aaunga also features Naseeruddin Shah and Sanjay Suri in key roles. The film follows a 95-year-old man who suffers a stroke while trying to rush to Pakistan. As he drifts in and out of recollection, his grandson pieces together fragments from a pre-Partition past, even as the old man struggles to find peace in his final days.
India Today, in its review for the film, wrote, "What remains is a visually handsome drama weighed down by its pacing, weakened by an unconvincing romance and burdened by ideas that are more questionable than profound. The longing is real. The emotion is sincere. The storytelling, unfortunately, never catches up (sic)."
Main Vaapas Aaunga brings together AR Rahman, Irshad Kamil and Imtiaz Ali. The trio has previously worked together on films including Jab We Met and Rockstar.
Main Vaapas Aaunga theatrically released on June 12.
