Zoya Akhtar's directorial Gully Boy starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt has minted Rs 100 crore in 8 days. The movie which is loosely based on the life of rappers Divine and Naezy has set the cash registers ringing. The movie is also the second highest opener of Ranveer after Simmba. Gully Boy raked in Rs 19.40 crore on day 1.
Announcing the latest figures of the film, trade analyst Taran Adarsh wrote, ''#GullyBoy crosses ₹ cr in *extended* Week 1... Biz divided... Metros impressive. Driven by plexes... Mass pockets ordinary/dull... Thu 19.40 cr, Fri 13.10 cr, Sat 18.65 cr, Sun 21.30 cr, Mon 8.65 cr, Tue 8.05 cr, Wed 6.05 cr, Thu 5.10 cr. Total: ₹ 100.30 cr. India biz.''
In another tweet, he wrote, ''#GullyBoy benchmarks...Crossed ₹ 50 cr: Day 3 ₹ 75 cr: Day 5 ₹ 100 cr: Day 8 Weekend 2: Plexes will contribute to its biz... Lifetime biz will depend on how strongly it trends at metros in coming days''.
Gully Boy also features Vijay Raaz, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Kalki Koechlin and Vijay Varma among others. People from film fraternity are also all praise for the movie. From Katrina Kaif to Ishaan Khatter, celebrities have gone gaga over Ranveer Singh starrer.
Gully Boy Movie Review:
In Gully Boy, Zoya Akhtar who has directed and co-written the film, has pinched an utmost realistic and hard-hitting social issue of increasing economic gap in the society. The film reminded me of the viral picture of Mumbai that showed how one side of the city has sky-touching multistoreys while the other side is inhabited by the slum-dwellers. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself jerking a tear or two during the song Doori, beautifully penned by Javed Akhtar and voiced by Ranveer Singh himself. A scene where a woman is crying at the backseat of the car Ranveer Singh was driving, the societal gap between them hit us hard with the truth. Wiping other’s tears is a basic human instinct, however, nowadays even that is clouded by the realisation of rich and poor. ‘Tere aansoon pochu itni meri aukaat nahi.’ Sounds bizarre, but its true.