‘Shamshera’ has raked in approximately Rs 4 crore in advance booking till now, reports Boxofficeindia. The film’s advance booking kickstarted on a promising note, but lost momentum through the week. ‘Shamshera’ again picked up some pace on Thursday but by then it couldn’t make up on the lost ground, failing to cross the expected Rs 5 crore mark. The highest advance booking record for this year is owned by Kartik Aaryan starrer ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’, which stands at Rs 7.10 crore.
Ranbir Kapoor essays the titular role in ‘Shamshera’ and he will battle it out with Sanjay Dutt in the film. Speaking about sharing the frame with Dutt, Ranbir had said, “When I started my career, I used to work out in Sanju sir’s gym. Sanju sir would come downstairs and just look at me lifting weights. One day, he called me and said – ‘Yaar, tu do saal se aa raha hai, teri body waisi hi hai. Tu sukhda ka sukhda hai’, and then he cracked another joke -‘Tu abhi Barfi kar raha hai, agli film kya karega? Ladoo karega? Peda karega? Kuch achchi action film kar’. I think he tried to inspire and motivate me. Coming back to Shamshera, when you have a villain like him in the film – he’s like the Thanos of India – as an actor it is an occupational hazard for you. You have to build your body at least a little bit, because I have to stand up against him. Aaj kal actors ko actor nahi – actor aur athlete banna padta hai. It has become so challenging now.”
