Laal Singh Chaddha becomes Aamir Khan's worst opening in 13 years; its first-day revenue is only half that of RRR and is well below that of KGF 2

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• Aug 12, 2022 | Kabir Chakraborty

Earlier, Taran Adarsh tweeted a caution that people should not trust the hype that has been created, as PR firms were working overtime to demonstrate an increase in advance booking. According to film critic Taran Adarsh, Rakshabandhan, starring Lal Singh Chaddha and Akshay Kumar, had far less advance bookings than anticipated. color:#111111;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">

color:#111111;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Digital Desk: Laal Singh Chaddha's opening day take
was pitiful, and the movie has flopped at the box office. According to news
estimates, Laal Singh Chaddha, starring Aamir Khan, made between Rs 10 and Rs
11 crores on its opening day. According to reports, it had the weakest debut of
any Aamir Khan film in the previous 13 years.

According
to reports, it appeared like the movie would not reach a double-digit opening
in the first half of the opening day, but it picked up slightly in the
afternoon and had a double-digit opening. According to reports, the movie is
performing better in Delhi and Punjab but has utterly failed throughout the
rest of the nation.

The
fact that the movie's opening was poorer than those of the Farhad Samji picture
Bachchhan Paandey and the Kabir Khan film 83 speaks something about how poorly
the movie did. On the other hand, the film's opening days did not even come
close to those of other this year's blockbuster releases. RRR opened to a day
total of 20.7 crores, KGF 2 to a day total of 53.95 crores, and Laal Singh
Chaddha opened to between 10 and 11 crores.

Bollywood
insiders claim that an Aamir Khan film should have ideally opened to Rs 30
crores. In the worst-case scenario, it shouldn't have opened to less than Rs 20
crores, but the public seems to have entirely avoided the film.

Earlier,
Taran Adarsh tweeted a caution that people should not trust the hype that has
been created, as PR firms were working overtime to demonstrate an increase in
advance booking. According to film critic Taran Adarsh, Rakshabandhan, starring
Lal Singh Chaddha and Akshay Kumar, had far less advance bookings than
anticipated.

Adarsh
further added that both the movies need word of mouth and walk-in audience/spot
bookings to get a decent opening on Thursday, but clearly, that did not happen.

It is notable here that
boycott calls against Aamir Khan’s Lal Singh Chaddha have mired the promotion
of the big-budget movie that is the official remake of Tom Hanks’s classic
Forrest Gump. Aamir Khan’s anti-India statements in the past, his negative and
derogatory portrayal of Hindu Gods in his movie PK and his overtly political
statements of the past have all been adding to the prevailing sentiments of
rejection among the audience of Hindi cinema.

Even Kareena Kapoor's prior comments
disparaging the public and her involvement in political campaigns have stoked
ill will toward the film.

Dewansh
Singh Rajput, a YouTuber and movie enthusiast, posted a video review of the
movie on his channel where he made some alarming claims about it. Despite his
frequent affirmations that Aamir Khan's acting was excellent, Rajput emphasised
that the film contained a number of scenes that were purportedly created to
further specific anti-Hindu propaganda and were hence Hinduphobic.

Rajput
said that some scenes were directed at specific religions. They have connected
Khan's persona to the 84 anti-Sikh riots, emergency, Ram Mandir, Lal Krishna
Advani, Kargil conflict, and 26/11 that were shown in the film.

Rajput
argued that LSC chose him as the safety despite the fact that it was impossible
for him to distinguish between members of the Indian Army and Pakistani
soldiers or terrorists.

There
was a point in the movie where LSC and the Pakistani soldier or terrorist were
speaking. At this time, LSC became aware that the other party was from
Pakistan, but he kept talking to him. Additionally, he made a business
proposition to the Pakistani actors and crew in the movie.

In
one scene, the Pakistani personnel asked LSC, “I offer namaz and pray, Laal,
why don’t you do the same?” LSC replied, “My mother said all this Puja Paath is
malaria. It causes riots.”