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Prahaar Box Office Day 1: Rajkummar Rao’s courtroom drama Prahaar: The Ujjwal Nikam Story registered a modest opening at the box office.
Prahaar Box Office Day 1
Prahaar Box Office Day 1: Rajkummar Rao’s Prahaar: The Ujjwal Nikam Story arrived in cinemas on October 16, bringing the courtroom drama based on the life of the former public prosecutor to the big screen. Directed by Avinash Arun, the film features Wamiqa Gabbi, Jaideep Ahlawat, and Lalit Prabhakar, who portrays 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab. The film opened to a mixed response, and its Day 1 box office figures offer an early indication of audience interest.
Prahaar Box Office Day 1
Rajkummar Rao’s courtroom drama Prahaar: The Ujjwal Nikam Story registered a modest opening at the box office, earning ₹3.52 crore worldwide on its first day in theatres. The film collected ₹2.35 crore net in India, taking its domestic gross to ₹2.77 crore, according to Sacnilk. It earned ₹2.77 crore in India gross, while overseas collections added ₹75 lakh, taking its worldwide gross to ₹3.52 crore. It was screened across 4,133 shows in India and recorded an overall theatre occupancy of 13%. Among Hindi 2D screenings, occupancy stood at 15.35%, with night shows leading at 25.85%. Evening shows followed at 15%, while afternoon and morning shows registered 11.15% and 5.69% occupancy, respectively.
Prahaar: The Ujjwal Nikam Story traces the career of the lawyer who became a prominent figure in India’s fight to bring those accused in major terror and criminal cases to justice. The narrative draws from cases such as the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts and the 26/11 attacks, offering a look at the legal challenges and high-stakes courtroom confrontations that shaped these prosecutions.
News18 Showsha gave three stars. A part of the review read, “In all honesty, Prahaar is a film that deserved to be told. It has its heart in the right place. It’s great material on paper. It wants to unsettle us. But the problem is that much of it gets lost under the weight of its own aspirations. Ultimately, it’s a film of powerful moments that never quite comes together as a compelling whole.”
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Ask News18Prahaar: The Ujjwal Nikam Story earned ₹2.35 crore net in India on its first day, with a domestic gross of ₹2.77 crore and an overseas collection of ₹75 lakh, bringing its total worldwide gross to ₹3.52 crore.
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