Aamir Khan's 'Happy Patel- Khatarnak Jasoos' Box-Office: Vir Das' comedy opens low, collects Rs 1.25 crore on day 1

Vir Das’ comedy Happy Patel- Khatarnak Jasoos produced by Aamir Khan released in cinemas on January 16. It was pacy and preposterous (in good ways) that overstayed its welcome in playing to the gallery. It was acquired taste that was likely to be received with polarized reactions.

The adult comedy has opened low and collected Rs 1.25 crore at the box-office on day one. It will be interesting to see how much the film mints as days go by. In an exclusive interview with Firstpost, Vir Das, who has also co-directed the comedy, said, “The idea I had about ten years ago Johnny English came out, and Happy Patel tonally is kind of like a Johnny English meets Tees Maar Khan. It is really ridiculous and absurd and mad, but it is a spy comedy. And the problem was when one thought of it, there was no mainstream spy culture.”

The actor further revealed, “One had to wait for War and Pathaan and Tiger and  Dhurandhar and all of this stuff to become the mainstream, you know? And when that becomes the mainstream, then you get to do your own absolutely ridiculous version of the mainstream.”

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In Imran’s words, he did it because of FOMO. [laughing] And, and I’m quoting him directly. It’s an Aamir Khan production, so buzz was good in the office, and then Imran knows about six or seven of the people in this movie, and because he’s done a lot of gravitas, he’s done a lot of romance, he’s done a lot of quintessentially commercial things, I had to make him something which you’ve never seen before. So we really designed a very flamboyant action piece around Imran.