Vicky Kaushal-starrer Sam Bahadur has improved its performance at the box office on day-2 amid a clash with Ranbir Kapoor's Animal.
The film earned ₹9.25 crore nett on Saturday in India as per early estimates reported by Sacnilk. com, which is better than its opening figure.
Sam Bahadur marks the second collaboration between Vicky and Meghna after the success of Raazi.
Sharing the early estimates, film trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, “Sam Bahadur Saturday/ day 2 at national chains… PVR Inox: ₹4.35 crore, Cinepolis: ₹1.1 crore. Total: ₹5.45 crore. Friday was ₹3.60 crore… Strong word of mouth has come into play.”
Sam Bahadur
Sam Bahadur marks the second collaboration between Vicky and Meghna after the success of Raazi, which also starred Alia Bhatt.
Sam Bahadur is based on the life of first
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, where Vicky essayed the role of Sam Manekshaw.
The film also has Sanya Malhotra playing his wife while Fatima Sana Shaikh appears as former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Special screening
Recently a special screening of the film was arranged in Mumbai.
It was attended by Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan and Ajit Agarkar among others. Reviewing the film, Sachin hailed Vicky's performance.
Talking about it, he told news agency ANI, "It's a very good film. I was super impressed by Vicky's acting. It truly felt like Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw was present. The body language was incredible. It's an important film for all generations to watch, to know the history of our country."
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