Bollywood’s Baba, Sanjay Dutt is making his comeback in the Hindi film industry with his latest home production – Prassathanam. It has opened poorly at the box office. He was last seen in two mediocre films – Saheb, Biwi aur Gangster and Bhoomi. It is an important movie for Sanjay. (Check: Chhichhore Collection.)
Dutt’s latest film is the official remake of Telugu film of the same name. The movie is set in a political backdrop. Deva Katta who directed the original movie has also directed this Hindi remake. In the film, Sanjay plays the role of a MLA Mr Baldev Pratap Singh. Apart from Sanjay, the film also stars Jackie Shroff (Badshah), Manisha Koirala (wife), Ali Faizal (step-son), and Satyajeet Dubey (Vivaan, Singh’s son).
You should note that the original film in Telugu was about three hours, but the Hindi remake has a runtime of just 2 hours 20 minutes. Based on the early trends, it seems that the film will be able to collect somewhere around Rs 2 crores on its first Friday. It registered an opening occupancy of around 10-12% in the morning shows.
Sanjay Dutt’s wife Maanyata is the producer of the film. The film has been produced under the banner of Sanjay S Dutt films. The details regarding the first day box office collection of Prassthanam have come from several sources. The exact figures will be updated in the morning.
This Friday, the box office is seeing a three-way clash. All the three films belong to a different genre. Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas is a romantic musical drama, The Zoya Factor is a quirky urban comedy and Prassthanam is a political family drama. These will be competing against Ayushmann’s Dream Girl and Sushant’s Chhichhore.
- Prassthanam 1st Day Collection – Rs 0.85 cr (updated)
The combined collections of all three films on Friday (first day) was around Rs 3 crores as The Zoya Factor and Prasthanam collected Rs 85 lakhs each while Pal Pal Dil Ke Pass opened with a collection of Rs 1.10 cr.