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Diljit Dosanjh-anushka Sharma Starrer ‘phillauri’ Collects Over 15 Crore In First Weekend
- March 30, 2017
POSTED BY: DESIBUZZCANADA MARCH 30, 2017
‘Phillauri’ box-office collection Day 3: Anushka Sharma and Diljit Dosanjh’s romantic-comedy collected Rs 6.03 crore on Sunday. The film collected Rs 1.75 crore on its first Monday taking its four day total to Rs 15.75 crore nett, as reported by Boxofficeindia.com. According to the makers of the film, 'Phillauri' collected Rs 2.02 crore on day four, taking its total to Rs 17.27 crore nett.
MUMBAI – Anushka Sharma and Diljit Dosanjh's romantic-comedy 'Phillauri' completed its first weekend at the Indian box-office. The film collected Rs 5.50 crore (nett) on Sunday, thus rounding up its weekend total to an estimated Rs 14 crore, according to a report on BoxofficeIndia.com. The movie that hit theatres across the country on Friday, March 24, opened to a collection of an estimated Rs 3.75 crore and went on to collect Rs 4.75 crore (nett) on Saturday.
According to figures quoted by the producers, the film collected Rs 6.03 crore (nett) on Sunday and its three-day total collection read Rs 15.25 crore (nett).
'Phillauri' marks Anushka's second outing as a producer, under her banner 'Clean Slate Films'. It also marks the Bollywood debut of 'Life of Pi' star Suraj Sharma and debutant Mehreen Pirzada in prominent roles.
Phillauri Movie Review {3/5}: It seems as Phillauri could have gone in a lot of directions, but it took the road usually travelled.
Directed by debutant Anshai Lal, 'Phillauri' revolves around a friendly ghost, who is inadvertently caught in the madness of a Punjabi wedding, which leads to many hilarious moments. The ghost, it turns out, also has a touching love story which adds a dash of mystery to the film.
The film collected Rs 1.75 crore on its first Monday taking its four day total to Rs 15.75 crore nett, as reported by Boxofficeindia.com. It had opened at Rs 3.75 crore and gone on to collect Rs 4.75 crore and Rs 5.50 crore, on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
According to the makers of the film, 'Phillauri' collected Rs 2.02 crore on day four, taking its total to Rs 17.27 crore nett.
Anushka Sharma and her brother Karnesh Sharma's home production, 'Phillauri' hit theatres on March 24. The film marks the Bollywood debut of Suraj Sharma who shot to fame with his Oscar wining Hollywood film 'Life of Pi'.
'Phillauri' is an interesting story revolving around Suraj Sharma who is required to tie the knot with a tree before walking down the aisle with his wife-to-be, in order to wade off bad luck. During the ritual, Suraj ends up getting married to the ghost of Shashi (Anushka Sharma) that resides on the tree.
What follows, is a series of hilarious episodes woven together with a love story which is sure to tug at your heartstrings. The film travels back and forth in time, and gives viewers a peek into the love story of Diljit Dosanjh, an aspiring musician with Shashi, played by Anushka Sharma.