“The opening is just normal and I think the film will just collect about Rs. 8 to 9 crores on its first day, which is below our expectation”. Beating all the odds in its way, ‘Udta Punjab’ is now the highest earner in the East Punjab region for the year.
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Udta Punjab also stars Kareena Kapoor Khan. The cop-doc romantic track as well as the tenuous bond between Tommy and Pinky do seem out of place – yet also provide a much needed breather in the film’s suffocating world.
It faced censor trouble and later the makers turned to high court to get permission to release the film.
The NGO had yesterday moved the Supreme Court to stall the screening of the film, while another plea by it had prompted the Delhi High Court to direct the producer to modify the promos by adhering to the Bombay High Court order. About films leaking online, Ekta said, “There are various institutions that have actually come together to see that piracy is actually handled”.
As Abhishek Chaubey’s Udta Punjab begins to unspool, it becomes apparent nearly instantly that it isn’t an average commercial Hindi film.
Following its release in India, the film left the distributors disappointed on Day One, despite the controversy. “I’ll never say that you’re wrong; I’ll say … okay I have messed up. Punjab situation (is) quite bad”, Kejriwal said in a series of tweets.
Udta Punjab is a rare Mumbai film that blends a riveting, and often unsettling, narrative around facts and details drawn from real news reportage.
Seeing the occupancy and the positive viewer’s verdict the flick has received, it is expected to mint around Rs 15 crore on its opening day at the Domestic Box office.
Young movie-buffs, after watching the film, told reporters, “I don’t know why CBFC was against the release of the film”, while another said that the “film was brilliant with great performances by Alia and Shahid”. She thinks it’s going to be her ticket out of poverty, but things go awry and she ends up getting raped and in captivity.
Movie Udta Punjab gives massage to youth of Punjab, “why drug is life ender in your own life?”
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The film is co-produced by Phanton Films and Balaji Motion Pictures.
