The two new releases could not do much on opening day as both took dull openings with SARFIRA being the better of the two. SARFIRA collected around the 2.50 crore nett which is pretty much in the same range as films like SELFIEE and MISSION RANIGANJ.

The film has been ready a long time and is one those content/concept films which used to work well at a level before the pandemic. The film is also a remake of a South Indian film which has a Hindi version. It may have already been seen by many and post pandemic these type of films have not really worked. Akshay Kumar will probably need a franchise film to get out of this rut

The other release, HINDUSTANI 2, (Hindi), was a dull affair collecting in the 1.10-1.15 crore nett range. The film should have done better in mass pockets but collections were not really there.

The film is a sequel to the 1996 film HINDUSTANI which did very well in Hindi and was even a BLOCBUSTER in Mumbai circuit. But there seems no brand value as far as the Hindi audiences go. The 1996 film was a record breaker in Tamil Nadu and here also, the film has taken the best opening of the year in the state. The film has also scored very good numbers in Nizam/Andhra where the original film did very well.

Basically down South, HINDUSTANI 2 (released as INDIAN 2 in Tamil) has done good business on opening day but Hindi circuits are very bad. The all India business of the film is probably a little over 20 crore nett.