Karachi: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone starrerChennai Express, after becoming the fastest film to hit the 100 crore club, has broke all box office records in Pakistan’s biggest city after its release on on August 9.
“There is no doubt that Chennai Express has become the biggest box office hit from India since the government allowed screening of Indian movies in the country,” informed Mohammad Qadri the media spokesman for IMGC, which is the biggest distribution company in Pakistan with its offices based in Lahore and it imports Indian films through Dubai.
The film, since its release in just eight screens in Karachi, had grossed over 40 million rupees and the figure still mounting indicated that soon it will also cross the 200 crore club, predicted Qadri adding, “I can’t give the exact figures now but the initial estimate of ticket sales for the week since its release Chennai Express has grossed over 40 million rupees. The figure will be higher when the final figures of ticket sales for all over Pakistan are available by Monday.”
The previous record for highest grossing movie from India was held by Salman Khan’s Dabangg in Karachi.
Qadri said due to the high demand for tickets the cinema owners had also hiked up prices for Chennai Express and in some areas it was being screened in five to six shows in a day.
“Clearly the Pakistani people enjoy the movies of Shah Rukh Khan and its ticket sales exceeded expectations and it did much better than all the other Eid releases including some Pakistani movies and the Hollywood blockbuster,Wolverine.”
The film also scored applause from Pakistani film critics, who described the film as an entertaining time pass. One critic wrote, “The SRK and Deepika Padukone starrer is an aesthetically selected evolution of the Dabangg genre.” Shah Rukh Khan’s latest movie was directed directed by action film director Rohit Shetty.
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