Awaarapan 2 has seen a fantastic start all over and is basically a HIT already considering the costs of the film and its going to be about how big of a HIT it can become. The film had the Hit songs of Awaarapan (2007)  and it was a good teaser so a double digit opening day looked on the cards but this has gone far ahead of that.

Awaarapan (2007) did not do well when it was released but the songs were a huge hit and the film played out well post release on satellite and despite this happened all those years back Awaarapan 2 is getting the benefit of that now. The film has that male mass audience on side in cities like Jaipur, Licknow, Bhopal etc and when this happens you are on a good wicket as you have reached that core audience which is a must for a big initial at least.

The advances of the film hit 1.18 lakh at the national chains which means it should do 20 crore plus on day one and the comparable will now be Saiyaara which opened at 21.60 crore nett. Emraan Hashmi had a good career and was a good box office draw at a level until for someone reason those weird type of films like Shanghai and Ghanchakkar started coming and just lost an audience but Awaarapan 2 proves that public is there for the right content.

Batwara 1947 has taken a slow start due to various reasons with the main reason being one which actually you dont want to really talk about but the way it is today its pretty much in your face. In a secular industry its pretty much been know since years that the lead hero being a Muslim character is not the best way to go and thats why the lead would generally be Shankar, Ajay, Vijay Ravi etc etc. There will be exceptions as some Muslim socials did huge business but it was not the norm. Even when the biggest star of the country Amitabh Bachchan played Muslim lead in Coolie (1983) that film matched a previous blockbuster like Kranti (1981) everywhere except Punjab and Haryana where the business was 50% of Kranti and it does not take Einstein to figure out why.

Today the scenario is known by the whole industry and its pretty certain this mistake will not be repeated in a big film until there is an actual change in the country. The film also does not have the initial elements like action and music so it becomes about word of mouth but limited to gentry crowd as the Hindi belts are not likely to come on board. The plus is the film has got a good release due to the clout of Aamir Khan Productions and PVRInox despite the stronger competition but does it have the merits to take benefit of that. Time will tell.