Bollywood latest release Begum Jaan is finding it hard to win the audience heart. At latest the first-day collection is out now and we can say that the film has performed as per the expectation.
The film was heavily promoted and it has 20 important characters in the movie. Vidya Balan essays the role of Begum Jaan in the movie. The film was set in 1947 and it talks about the story of a brothel, who fight against the odds.
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The film is being directed by Srijit Mukerji and it is a remake of Bengali film Rajkahini. The Hindi version of the film was released on 1100 screens in India. It has collected 3.94 crores on the very first day. Now the Saturday and Sunday collections will be very important for the movie. As per the first day collections, the second-day collections would be much higher and the same will be followed by Sunday collections. It looks like, the film will cross around 20 crores in the first weekend.
#BegumJaan biz needs to multiply on Sat + Sun to come up with a decent weekend total… Fri ₹ 3.94 cr. India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) April 15, 2017
Talking about the film, Vidya Balan said to a leading daily, “Slapping, kicking. Initially, Srijit (director) would say if you don’t give it your all, we’ll have to keep shooting. After this, just the first couple of takes. Actually not the first couple of takes, the first couple of rehearsals. I thought I will see how much force I can apply, I was worried about ruining someone’s face (laughs). I play the madam of a brothel who is very very aggressive and powerful. I don’t think I have played such a powerful character so far. She is unabashedly powerful. There will be also a lot of physical power to her.”
