Alia Bhatt is one of the most talented actresses among Bollywood’s current lot. Not just her acting prowess but also her choice of films continues to suprise and stun audience each time. Her first release for 2018 ‘Raazi’which released last Friday has done fantastic business over the first weekend of its release and proves that Alia Bhatt doesn’t need a superstar backing to pull audience into theatres.
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh has already declared Meghna Gulzar‘s film Raazi which stars Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal, Rajit Kapoor and Soni Razdan in the lead as a hit. If the film continues to do well during the weekdays as well it will emerge as a superhit. Raazi has become the fifth highest opener of the year after Padmavat, Baaghi 2, Raid, Pad Man with over 32 crores collections over the first weekend. The trailer of Raazi had got a positive response from the audience and the spy thriller didn’t disappoint cine goers at the theaters as well. Backed by Alia Bhatt’s star power and power packed performers of the ensemble cast, Raazi is enjoying a good word of mouth publicty at theaters and it’s translating into box office collection. After earning 7.53 crores on Day 1 of its release, the film collections have continued to rise with each passing day. Raazi earned 11. 30 crores on Saturday and 14.11 crores on Sunday which makes it a total of 32.92 crores in 3 days.
Raazi features Alia Bhatt in the role of Kashmiri girl Sehmat who is married off to Pakistani army officer to spy for her nation. Vicky Kaushal plays her reel husband and real life mother Soni Razdan plays Alia’s reel mom for the big screen adaptation of Harinder Sikka’s novel ‘Calling Sehmat’.
Prasanta Patnaik