Simran easily outscored Lucknow Central as it collected 2.50 crore nett day one. The had started slow but managed to pick up at the high end multiplexes of metros post the afternoon shows. This had looked a possibility yesterday as the type of film it is but the pick up was restricted to the metros. The collections of the film are pretty much similar to Shubh Mangal Saavdhan and better than Bareilly Ki Barfi and these films have managed average and average plus business respectively and that will be the target for this film. The difference is this film seems much more urban than those films so even the contribution outside metros will probably be even less here. The collections on day one are still low but it has a chance depending on the enxt two days.

Lucknow Central had a poor first day as it collected 1.75 crore nett. If we look at most places the film pretty much trended as per Simran but those 5 metros is where the difference comes as Simran trended far better there. The film has managed to record better collections than Simran in places like UP and Rajasthan but that is because Simran is very dull in these places and Lucknow Central is just a little better but still dull.

There has been this Nepotism row going in India for the last few months which 90% of India probably does not know what it means and is also not really interested because its about watching good films with actors they like rather than family lineage of actors. But for the record it is the outsider (Kangana) who has come out on top from insider (Farhan) this time.