Nikamma field workplace assortment day 1: Shilpa Shetty’s comeback movie tanks with solely Rs 51 lakh

Nikamma, a remake of Nani’s Telugu movie MCA (Middle Class Abbayi), has had a disastrous opening on the field workplace on its first day of launch. The movie, which marked Shilpa Shetty Kundra’s comeback to the silver display screen, has collected solely Rs 51 lakh on the field workplace. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, “#Nikamma is below par on Day 1, but the biz got a push, post evening, at mass centres, while metros remained weak… Day 2 and 3 are crucial, needs to salvage the situation… Fri ₹ 51 lacs. #India biz.”

Nikamma, which additionally stars Abhimanyu Dassani and Shirley Setia, additionally did not fetch good evaluations. The Indian Express’ Shubhra Gupta gave the movie solely half a star in her evaluate and wrote, “Shilpa Shetty’s comeback makes you worry about Bollywood’s future.” She stated the movie would have been “roundly rejected even in the 80s.”

“There’s not one thing in this film that we haven’t seen a zillion times before. Unless you think Ms Shetty trying to be badass counts. Or maybe that’s what the filmmakers think. Abhimanyu Dasani does a fair job of playing yet another version of Salman Khan, who was a similar brattish hero in his mother’s 1989 debut, ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’. The only thing missing is a shirtless scene,” part of the evaluate learn.

Nikamma is the most recent addition to an rising record of Bollywood movies which have did not carry out on the field workplace this yr. Before Nikamma, Shahid Kapoor’s Jersey, John Abraham’s Attack, Ayushmann Khurrana’s Anek, Akshay Kumar’s magnum opus Prithviraj and Kangana Ranaut’s Dhaakad, amongst others, additionally did not carry out. Commenting on Jersey’s failure, Shahid Kapoor had earlier stated that the filmmakers and actors want to know the heartbeat of the viewers. “We need to understand how the audience feels. There’s a lot for all of us to learn right now,” he advised PTI.

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However, it’s too early to foretell Nikamma’s future because the movie would possibly decide up within the coming days, however that might rely upon the word-of-mouth. While Nikamma failed miserably, Kartik Aaryan’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 continues to be going sturdy on the field workplace. Director Anees Bazmee’s movie is in its fifth week however that has not affected its field workplace run. The movie, which launched on May 20, made Rs 1.15 crore on Friday, taking its complete assortment to Rs 177.29 crore.