‘Bachchhan Pandey’ box-office collection Day 1: The Akshay Kumar and Kriti Sanon starrer set the cash registers ringing with a collection of Rs 13 crore – Times of India

Farhad Samji’s Akshay Kumar starrer ‘Bachchhan Pandey’ sets the cash registers ringing at the box-office by making a collection of Rs 13 crore on its first day on Friday. The film also stars Kriti Sanon, Arshad Warsi and Jacqueline Fernandez in lead roles.

The film was reportedly expected to do better. However, it was affected by the successful running of ‘The Kashmir Files’ which is putting up a big fight. With Ss Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’ releasing next week, it would be interesting to see how ‘Bachchhan Pandey’ manages to rake in.

After months of a lull period, the Hindi film industry reportedly had high hopes for ‘Bachchhan Paandey’ given its appeal to a wide set of audiences.

‘Bachchhan Pandey’ is the remake of the 2014 Tamil film ‘Veeram’. The shooting of the film began in Jaisalmer on January 6, 2021. The film stars Akshay Kumar in the role of a gangster, while Kriti Sanon plays a journalist.

The film was earlier slated for release on Christmas last year. However, it got delayed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. At the beginning, the film was supposed to release on January 26, 2022. Later, the date was postponed to March 4. The film finally released on March 18.

Meanwhile, on the work front, Akshay has some very interesting films in his pipeline that include ‘Raksha Bandhan’, ‘Ram Setu’, ‘Cindrella’, ‘Prithviraj’ and others.