Ranveer Singh and
Alia Bhatt’s
musical drama
Gully Boy
’s current box office collection stands at Rs 118.35 crore. According to trade analysts, the film’s business is dependent on metropolitan cities and premium multiplexes, which should help its earnings cross Rs 125 crore in the next few days. The Zoya Akhtar directorial raked in
Rs 7.05 crore on Saturday
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Ranveer Singh in a still from Gully Boy. Screenshot from YouTube[/caption]
This is Ranveer’s third film to cross Rs 100 crore within a little over a year, following Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period drama Padmaavat and Rohit Shetty’s action comedy Simmba from last year. It is also Alia’s second film in a row to do so after Meghna Gulzar’s espionage thriller Raazi from last year. And it is Zoya’s first in her decade-long career that consists of four films. Loosely based on the lives of rappers DIVINE and Naezy, Gully Boy follows a Muslim rapper (played by Ranveer), who struggles to break away from the oppressive class structure while looking for the right opportunity to propel his musical career. The film, which released on Valentine’s Day, also stars Siddhant Chaturvedi, Kalki Koechlin, Vijay Verma and Vijay Raaz, among others.
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