Mumbai: Alia Bhatt’s much-anticipated film Gangubai Kathiawadi has hit the big screens on February 25 and fans have lauded Alia’s role as Gangu. The movie kicked off well at the box office on the first day. The opening collections of the Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial is expected to generate around Rs 9.50-10 crore net at the domestic box office.
In order to see the response of fans, Alia even visited the Galaxy cinema in Khar late Friday and was seen greeting her fans in her own iconic Gangubai-style. It is expected that Alia’s Gangubai will do better in terms of the first-day collections in Mumbai as compared to Ranveer Singh’s sports drama, 83.
“It is a solid start for the film and it’s likely to be the second-highest opener for a film driven by a female star which is a huge result for the industry that a film like this can collect near 10 crore net so quickly after the pandemic. The film had a fair trailer but the music did not take off and still, these numbers have come confirming Alia Bhatt is easily the top female star today,” the BOI report states.
