Filmmaker Sooraj Barjatya’s directorial Uunchai has managed to perform reasonably well at the box office on the first day of its release. The film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Anupam Kher, Boman Irani in key roles, was released in theatres on November 11, Friday. Uunchai has faired well on the first day of the release at the box office.
A Box Office India report said that the Sooraj Barjatya directorial made a collection of 1.65 to 1.75 crore nett range on the opening day. Despite the minimal number of screens, Uunchai has shown a decent performance in terms of collections. Even with a restricted release, the Amitabh Bachchan, Anupam Kher and Boman Irani starrer managed to get decent occupancy, as per the report.
According to the report, “Unchaai has done reasonably well on day one with collections in the 1.65-1.75 crore nett range. There have been films post pandemic doing these sort of numbers but the difference is those films have been released on 1000 screens or more and here it is not even 500 screens.”
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As per the report, even though the film does not have any elements to achieve a number of over 1 crore nett in the collections on a normal release, the first day box office proves it has gone way ahead. The report also mentioned that Uunchai is expected to witness a phenomenal growth of about 60-70% in the Saturday collections.
Meanwhile, directed by Sooraj Barjatya, Uunchai also features Neena Gupta, Sarika, Parineeti Chopra, Danny Dengonzpa, and Nafisa Ali.
Bollywood Bubble gave the movie Uunchai a rating of three and a half stars in its review. And, you can read the Uunchai review HERE.