Sui Dhaaga box office day 2: Varun Dhawan, Anushka Sharma’s film zooms ahead of Pataakha, crosses ₹20 cr mark

Director Sharat Katariya’s latest film, the Varun Dhawan-Anushka Sharma-starrer Sui Dhaaga, witnessed a huge jump in box office numbers on Saturday. The film added to Friday’s ₹8.3 crore with another ₹12 crore, taking its two-day total to over ₹20 crore.

According to trade analyst Taran Adarsh, the film’s target audience — families — turned out in droves in metros and the ‘mass belt’. He also predicted that the film’s numbers will only keep increasing on Sunday through October 2, which is Gandhi Jayanti.

By comparison, Varun’s previous film, October, had opened to ₹4.2 crore and Anushka’s home production, Pari, opened to ₹4.36 crore.

Sui Dhaaga’s strong opening numbers are yet another win for Varun, who is riding on a wave of success for the past few years, even after risking different kinds of roles and stepping outside his comfort zone.

Meanwhile, Vishal Bhardwaj’s heartland satire, Pataakha, also witnessed slight growth on day 2, with earnings of ₹1.4 crore. The film’s two-day total now stands at ₹2.3 crore. It should be noted that while Sui Dhaaga is playing in approximately 2500 screens across the country, Pataakha has been released in 875 screens.

Both films have received mixed-to-positive reviews. The Hindustan Times, awarding Pataakha four stars out of five, called the film, ‘colourful, noisy and dazzling’. Giving Sui Dhaaga two stars out of five, the HT review noted that the film ‘feels machine-made.’

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