Prahaar Box Office Day 1: ₹2.35 Crore, Below Mr & Mrs Mahi
Rajkummar Rao's Prahaar opened to ₹2.35 crore net with 13% occupancy, one of his lowest openers; Mr & Mrs Mahi and Bhool Chuk Maaf did better.
Rajkummar Rao’s Prahaar: The Ujjwal Nikam Story opened to a muted ₹2.35 crore net in India on Friday, a modest start for a film built on one of the country’s most emotionally charged legal chapters.
Day one numbers
According to trade tracking site Sacnilk, cited by Hindustan Times, the film grossed ₹2.77 crore in India and collected ₹2.35 crore net — the figure used for domestic comparisons — across 4,133 shows. Average occupancy stood at 13% for the day.
Mumbai led the key metro clusters with 411 shows and 20% occupancy. Delhi NCR ran 615 shows at 10%, while Ahmedabad managed 7% across 283 shows. The worldwide gross reached ₹3.52 crore, including ₹0.75 crore gross from overseas.
How it compares
The opening beat Srikanth (₹2.25 crore) and Badhaai Do (₹1.65 crore), so it is not the lowest start of Rajkummar Rao’s career. However, it stayed behind Roohi (₹2.90 crore), Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video (₹5.50 crore), Mr & Mrs Mahi (₹6.75 crore) and Bhool Chuk Maaf (₹7 crore).
- Prahaar: ₹2.35 crore day one
- Roohi: ₹2.90 crore day one
- Mr & Mrs Mahi: ₹6.75 crore day one
- Bhool Chuk Maaf: ₹7 crore day one
The actor’s biggest opening remains Stree 2 at ₹51.80 crore in 2024, a reminder of how different the franchise audience is from a serious courtroom drama.
What the start reveals
Opening day is a useful signal of pre-release pull: awareness, trailer impact and the appetite for the subject. At 13% all-India occupancy, the film arrived in largely empty halls on Friday. Mumbai’s 20% suggests a metro pocket of engaged viewers, but Delhi NCR and Ahmedabad are far quieter.
For a mid-budget film, these softer markets matter because they often determine whether a title stabilises after the weekend or loses screens. Net collections, the figure trade trackers use, are calculated after state entertainment taxes are removed; the ₹2.35 crore opening is the net number, not the ₹2.77 crore gross figure.
What the review says
Hindustan Times reviewer Rishabh Suri gave the film three stars. He wrote that the real 26/11 story remains one of the darkest scars on the nation’s memory, but the film “gets caught between a courtroom drama and a family saga, losing some of its grip on both in the process.”
That divided focus may explain the gap between the subject’s power and the opening-day result. Viewers who want the courtroom and prosecution story should find plenty to hold on to, but those expecting a tight family-and-court blend should manage expectations.
Source: Hindustan Times
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