Brahmastra: After much buzz and controversies, Ayan Mukerji’s much-anticipated film Brahmastra is now running in the theatres. Despite receiving mixed reviews from the audience the film has now crossed the 200cr mark with its domestic earnings and has surpassed many big hits of the year including Vivek Agnihotri’s film, Kashmir Files. However, it seems that the Bollywood filmmaker and director Vivek Agnihotri doesn’t agree with the same, as he recently took a brutal dig at the reports about Brahmastra’s box office success calling it “paid PR and influencers”, here’s what he said-
Vivek Agnihotri Slams Reports About Brahmastra Surpassing Kashmir Files
Brahmastra’s box office collection has apparently been one of the much-discussed topics on the internet. Despite opening up to mixed reviews and the ongoing boycott trends, the film has managed to get a record-shattering collection at the box office. The film has now already entered the 200cr club while surpassing major blockbusters of the year like Kartik Aryan starrer Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 and Vivek Agnihotri’s film The Kashmir Files among many others.
However, many people including quite a few Bollywood celebs like Kangana Ranaut among others were recently seen questioning the box office figures of Ayan Mukerji’s film, Brahmastra. Earlier there have been reports on social media claiming that Ranbir-Alia starrer Brahmastra has surpassed Vivek Agnihotri’s film, The Kashmir Files which is apparently one of the biggest hits of the year.
Reacting to the reports The Kashmir Files director, Vivek Agnihotri took a brutal dig at the box office success reports of Brahmastra. Sharing some reports on Twitter Vivek wrote, “Hahahaha. I don’t know how did they beat #TheKashmirFiles… with sticks, rods, hockey… or AK47 or stones…. Or with paid PR and influencers? Let Bollywood films compete with each other. Leave us alone. I am not in that dumb race. Thanks.”
However, this is definitely not the first time that the filmmaker has taken a dig at Ayan Mukerji’s film. Earlier the filmmaker reshared a post that claimed about PVR and INOX have lost nearly Rs 800 crore due to ‘Brahmastra’. Resharing the tweet, Vivek wrote, “Problem is everything runs on fakeness in Bollywood. And nobody is answerable. No industry can survive which invests 0% in R&D and wastes 70-80% money on stars,”
Brahmastra Box Office Collection
Meanwhile, Brahmastra on the other hand is making stupendous earnings at the box office, the film has finally emerged as the dry spell breaker at the box office and is expected to become the biggest hit of the year soon. With its second weekend, the film has now managed to enter the 200cr club domestically and has already crossed the 350cr mark with its worldwide collection. The film was released in the theatres on 9 September and is now running in the theatres.
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