Estimates for the first weekend’s revenue for the Alia Bhatt-led Jigra suggest that it brought in about Rs 16.50 crore. The movie’s opening weekend receipts were Rs 4.50 crore on Friday, rising to Rs 6.50 crore on Saturday, and then roughly Rs 5.50 crore on Sunday.

Jigra fetches Rs 16.50 Crore 

Now that the movie needs to maintain and finally demonstrate some kind of trend at the box office, all eyes are on the Monday test. Jigra is an action thriller aimed towards urban audiences, and it is Alia Bhatt and Vasan Bala’s first joint venture. PVRInox and Cinepolis, the top three national chains, brought in a total of Rs 11.80 crore over the three-day period, accounting for 67% of the business. Due to the genre restriction, the movie hasn’t done much outside of metro areas, with a significant chunk coming from multiplexes.

Without Alia Bhatt, Jigra’s box office would have been much lower. Her presence has helped the film’s 3-day figure, but it hasn’t had any impact on the movie’s outcome. The Monday hold is critical, but it seems unlikely that a miracle will occur in this instance given the unimpressive 3-day trend.

Jigra still have potential to tread ahead 

Thanks to robust backend deals from digital and satellite players, nobody will lose money in spite of the film’s low box office performance.

Friday: Rs 4.50 crore

Saturday: Rs 6.50 crore

Sunday: Rs 5.50 crore (Estimates)

Total earnings: Rs 16.50 crore

Alia Bhatt is ready to make her producing debut with her major role in Vasan Bala’s upcoming action-thriller Jigra. Although the actress was thrilled to be on the team, the director was a little let down when Karan Johar sent her the rough cut of the movie.

In an interview with Tried & Refused Productions, Alia Bhatt discussed how Karan Johar actively helped introduce her to Jigra.  According to Alia, they talked about the kind of movie they would like to make, and it’s likely that Bala had ideas about the actors he wanted to work with. To this, the director stated: “No.”

Vasan described how, six or seven hours after sending a highly “kachha pakka email, stream of consciousness thoughts” to Karan, the latter called to let him know that he had forwarded it to Alia. Bala said, “I was really not happy with it.” He could have written a really beautiful hero entry or checked his grammar, spelling, and cleanliness if he had known the actress would be receiving the email.

“That email was sent and I asked Karan ‘Why did you do this?’ He said ‘No, no this is how it works. Then he said we’ll meet in a couple of days,” the writer shared.

After giving birth to Raha, a month later, Alia and Bala got together to talk about the plot. However, because he didn’t have the second part ready with him, Vasan Bala made the climax while traveling to meet her when Johar instructed him to tell the narrative during their meeting.

The actress said in the interview that she had reacted after reading the first part. She wanted to hear the second part even though she thought it would be wonderful if they worked together. “I chased him for one month for the second half and it came together,” Alia stated.

The movie also stars Vedang Raina in the pivotal role. Jigra is set to hit the theaters on October 11, 2024