‘Mr & Mrs Mahi’ Advance Booking: Rajkummar Rao, Janhvi Kapoor-Starrer Sells Over 1 Lakh Tickets For Opening Day
‘Mr & Mrs Mahi’, starring Rajkummar Rao and Janhvi Kapoor, is poised to make a decent start at the box office.
Rajkummar Rao and Janhvi Kapoor, who first starred together in the 2021 Hindi movie ‘Roohi’, are reuniting for the upcoming film ‘Mr & Mrs Mahi’. Their pairing had received a lot of love and that has only increased the anticipation among fans to see their upcoming movie ‘Mr & Mrs Mahi’. From the promising trailer to amazing posters and the first song ‘Dekhha Tenu’, the makers and lead stars of the film have left no stone unturned to build more hype around ‘Mr & Mrs Mahi’. Janhvi Kapoor’s method dressing while promoting the movie has also made headlines.
Going by the buzz around ‘Mr & Mrs Mahi’, it seems like the movie is going to take a decent start at the box office. The film, which is set to release in cinemas on Friday, May 31, has sold over 1 lakh tickets for its opening day.
Entertainment journalist Himesh Mankad took to X (formerly Twitter) and revealed that the film has sold 1,22,000 tickets across top national chains such as PVRInox and Cinepolis.
Check out his tweet below:
MR & MRS MAHI - 1.22 LAKH TICKETS SOLD - SALES SKY ROCKET AS CINEMA LOVER DAY NEARS!#MrAndMrsMahi has sold 1.22 Lakh tickets in the top 3 national chains - PVRInox & Cinepolis - as on Thursday @ 4 PM. Picks up pace
— Himesh (@HimeshMankad) May 30, 2024
PVRInox: 94,000 tickets
Cinepolis: 28,000 tickets
Total:…
This surge in its opening day advance booking is largely attributed to Cinema Lovers Day. On Friday, owing to Cinema Lovers Day, all film tickets will be priced at a flat rate of Rs 99.
This strategy has previously been successful for Hindi films like ‘Article 370’ and ‘Crakk’, which saw higher collections due to discounted prices.
For the unversed, Yami Gautam and Priyamani’s ‘Article 370’ minted Rs 5.75 crore on the opening day of its release, with an overall 42.8 per cent Hindi occupancy. The movie benefitted from Cinema Lovers Day as most theatres in India were running a special discount for all films. Tickets for all movies were available at a discounted price of Rs 99 at the time of the release of ‘Article 370’.
Based on the advance bookings and absence of competition from other big releases, Janhvi Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao’s ‘Mr & Mrs Mahi’ could record a similar box office collection as ‘Article 370’.
The discounted first-day tickets are expected to draw more viewers on the opening day of ‘Mr & Mrs Mahi’ than it would have during its first weekend.
‘Mr & Mrs Mahi’ also stars Abhishek Banerjee, Rajesh Sharma, Kumud Mishra, Zarina Wahab and Purnendu Bhattacharya.
The upcoming film is directed by Sharan Sharma, who made his directorial debut with ‘Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl’, which starred Janhvi Kapoor in the lead role.
‘Mr & Mrs Mahi’ is backed by Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar and Apoorva Mehta.
Apart from ‘Mr & Mrs Mahi’, Rajkummar was recently seen in ‘Srikanth’, which is based on the inspiring journey of industrialist Srikanth Bolla. The film is successfully running in theatres.
Rajkummar Rao will be next seen alongside Shraddha Kapoor in ‘Stree 2’ and ‘Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video’, co-starring Triptii Dimri.
Janhvi Kapoor, on the other hand, will be next seen in ‘Ulajh’, which will hit the theatres on July 5. She will also mark her Telugu debut with ‘Devara: Part 1’, co-starring Jr NTR and Saif Ali Khan.
She also has ‘Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari’ alongside Varun Dhawan in the pipeline. Janhvi Kapoor will also be seen opposite Ram Charan in his next untitled film.
