‘Dream Girl 2’: Ayushmann Khurrana’s film shows growth on Raksha Bandhan, inches towards ₹60 cr mark

Ayushmann Khurrana and Ananya Panday starrer ‘Dream Girl 2’ was released in theatres on August 25 and it opened to positive reviews. The film had a great start at the box office in its opening weekend and has managed to hold well during weekdays as well.

As per early estimates reported by Sacnilk.com, the film collected ₹7.75 crore on Raksha Bandhan. It stands at ₹59.75 crore after six days of its release.

The film faces tough competition at the box office from Sunny Deol’s ‘Gadar 2’ which has been running in theatres for almost three weeks now, and on Raksha Bandhan, the film made Rs 8.75 crore, as per industry tracker Sacnilk. This takes the film’s domestic nett collection to Rs 474.5 crore.

Talking about the wonderful performance of ‘Dream Gilr 2’ in the first week, Ayushmann told ANI, ‘In the last 3 months, mid-budget and small-budget films are also running successfully. Earlier people used to feel that only big-budget movies would run. So, the timing of the movie is correct and it came in between Jawan and Gadar 2 but still made its own space and this will be the biggest victory of Dream Girl 2.’

On playing Pooja on-screen, he said, ‘If the story is good and impactful, then not only girl but you will be ready to become a dinosaur. Actors want to undertake tough and challenging work. Previously, actors like Kamal Haasan sir, Govinda sir, and Aamir Khan sir have also played female characters, but for this role, I have competition with Madhuri, Sridevi, and Hema Malini. Because I thought I wouldn’t be able to do justice if will kept male actors in mind.’

‘Dream Girl 2’ also stars Ananya Panday, Paresh Rawal, Annu Kapoor, Vijay Raaz, Rajpal Yadav, Manoj Joshi, Asrani, Abhishek Banerjee, Manjot Singh and Seema Pahwa.

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