After diving into multiple controversies, and facing constant highs and lows, Alia Bhatt and Vedang Raina starrer film film Jigra box office verdict is out. The film, received a lot of backlash from viewers, and fans for underperforming beyond the expectations. Allegations for copying an age-old film Gumrah, by Sridevi was also swirling around the internet, after which film director and actor Divya Khossla Kumar came forward to slam Alia Bhatt for faking her box office collections.
Witnessing a consistent drop by each day in the past week of release, Jigra has emerged out as a ‘FLOP’ at the box office. This marks Bhatt’s first-ever movie to earn the lowest in the first week of release. Trade experts have declared the movie as a poor flop, meanwhile the official JIGRA Verdict from industry reporter Sacnilk is yet awaited. The film opened with comparatively good numbers on its first day, earning a total of 4.55 crores. The collections rose over the weekend, but unfortunately continued to see a drop over the rest of the days. So, far the box office collection of Jigra for a week is 21.2 crores, which is usually earned by an Alia Bhatt led movies in the first two days of release.
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh said that expectation were huge as it was Alia Bhatt’s own produced film alongwith Dharma on the side. He stated, “When a film doesn’t find acceptance, it goes down to the content. Of course, there are also times when certain external factors come into play. But here, the film had a clear run. It even came on Dussehra. Hence, the makers can’t say that they didn’t get a holiday release or that they were at a disadvantage.”
JIGRA
Jigra is an action-thriler film, that revolves around the story of two siblings, Satya and Ankur. Satya, a determined, over protective sister who promises to be the shadow of her younger brother Ankur, and save him from all the wrongs in the life. The film then switches to the twist, when Ankur falls into a trap that only has a dead end as its rescue. The film was directed and written by Vasan Bala, and produced under Dharma Productions banner by Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta and also Alia Bhatt who gave in her debut as a producer.
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