HAI JAWANI TOH ISHQ HONA HAI collected 7.75 crore nett on its first day which is a fair collection for the genre as from the units and trailers, it plays out as a romcom when the film is probably a comedy. This is probably due to the look and feel of the film. The film has been supported by an offer on Friday though it does not look to be there for the second day.

The last solo Varun Dhawan film, SUNNY SANSKARI KI TULSI KUMARI, opened at 9 crore nett but it was a national holiday and a clash with KANTARA: A LEGEND – CHAPTER 1. Here there is another South film, PEDDI, but this film is no KANTARA. On fair value, this is a little better as belts like Gujarat, Rajsthan, Bihar etc are better as they notch up similar collections to SUNNY SANSKARI KI TULSI KUMARI despite releasing on a normal day.

The opening should have been a little more especially as the film had an offer. Without the offer, this number would look much better although its an unknown how much the offer is taken up. The concern is when these things are abruptly taken off as it is has been seen that once started it has to be continued. So, its actually best not to start.

The genre is struggling but it can never be that one genre cant work as it just probably needs some changes and a different presentation or treatment which makes it looks a bit different to the audience. 

There was another release, BANDAR, which collected poorly and the collections will struggle to reach 50 lakhs or maybe just about get to 50 lakhs nett on a best case scenario.