Alone gets lukewarm response at box office, grosses Rs 9 cr in first weekend

Mumbai: Bipasha Basu-starrer Alone managed to rake in Rs.9.02 crore in two days.

The Bhushan Patel directorial, which hit the screens 16 Jan, garnered an amount of Rs 4.57 crore on day one and Rs 4.45 crore on the second day, read a statement.

Bipasha, who ahead of the release of Alone said “scary is the new sexy”, got emotional and thanked the team of the film, which also stars Karan Singh Grover.

“My role in the beautiful journey of #Alone is ending… But many more journeys are beginning… Will miss my entire team. Thank u all for being so wonderful,” she tweeted Saturday along with a black and white photograph of herself and Karan.

However, critics are of a different opinion. Firstpost reviewer, Piyasree Dasgupta called Alone, the best comedy of the year. She writes , “The two things missing (in Alone): fear and the ghost. The ghost in this ghost film could make Rahul Gandhi proud: she makes fewer appearances than Gandhi did in Lok Sabha. This is probably because Basu, the high priestess of “horrex”, needs to be in baby doll negligees and lace shorts and Bollywood ghosts are still a little adarsh bharatiya deep inside and aren’t comfortable in such progressive styling. Net result: Alone could be the best comic film Bollywood churns out this year.”

Read the full review here.

With inputs from wires