Overview
- Releasing in theatres on December 25, the Dharma Productions rom-com pairs Kartik Aaryan and Ananya Panday under Sameer Vidwans’ direction.
- PVR Inox and Cinepolis closed day-one advances at about 80,000 tickets, rising from earlier midday tracker reads that showed roughly 48–51k tickets and under ₹2 crore in pre-sales.
- Exhibitors have prioritized holdovers, leaving fewer shows for the new release, and the distribution team’s minimum-show requests have not been met uniformly across multiplexes.
- Trade projections point to an opening in the ₹4–8 crore range, with walk-in traffic on the holiday and word-of-mouth expected to be decisive.
- Pre-release issues include a copyright dispute over the ‘Saat Samundar Paar’ remix and a U/A 16+ certificate with small cuts and muted language, while exhibition pricing ranged from front-row premiums at a Mumbai PVR to sub-₹150 tickets in select circuits.