It is raining Sultan tickets this monsoon season. It was also refreshing to see the heroine have a substantial role in a Salman Khan movie. The film, which, incidentally, was released on Eid past year, also stars Harshaali Malhotra and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
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Salman Khan has his loyal fans and he has fans across age groups.
According to the insiders this wrestler romantic/sports/action-packed thriller will chalk up a Rs 40 crore figure in its opening day collection.
Yash Raj Films’ Salman Khan-starrer Sultan, which released in over 4,000 screens, took a big 80-per cent opening during the morning shows today. Like Udta Punjab, Sultan is also having censor watermark and the other movie Great Grand Masti is also leaked and the release date is so far so that the movie forwarding can’t be stopped by anyone. The numbers therefore had to be mind-boggling too.
Aamir and Salman have been known to be friends, so the press persons gathered at the do naturally asked the actor if he had any advice for the Sultan star. Watch Sultan to know about the film. Moreover, Sultan is a film for the masses. Advance bookings for the weekend is extra-ordinary.
Aamir admitted that he wanted to encash on the huge buzz generated by Salman’s Sultan for his own film.
Buddy think about the day when you left the movie theatre laughing and a blushing smile on your face and thinking ‘What a character he’s and what a performance by him’.
“The opening (of Sultan) has been huge”.
Sultan 1st Day Box Office Collections: 35 Crore rupees nett. Actor Randeep Hooda, who plays Salman’s mixed martial arts coach in the film, was also present, and so was Anushka Sharma. Anushka Sharma rocks. Blockbuster.
Devang Sampat, Director – Strategy Initiative, Cinepolis India said: “We had 25 per cent advance booking for “Sultan” with nearly 55,000 tickets sold on Tuesday itself. The seat occupancy has been somewhere around 85 to 90 per cent since (Wednesday) morning”, he said.
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Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan recently launched GQ’s latest special edition that introduces people to the top 50 Indian men who have formed the pop culture in their quest of constant change, in their respective fields of work.
