Overview
- Day-by-day Sacnilk estimates reported by outlets show a weekend lift (₹1.0 crore Friday; ₹1.6 crore each on Saturday and Sunday) followed by weekday declines to ₹48 lakh on day seven, totaling about ₹6.83 crore nett.
- Industry trackers note the film’s first-week earnings remain under ₹7 crore, underscoring limited theatrical reach despite largely positive reviews.
- Javed Akhtar praised the film as a rare work that engages both emotion and intellect, saying it raises serious questions without offering easy answers.
- Director Anubhav Sinha says the story draws from numerous real reports rather than a single case and questions whether society has grown numb to such violence.
- Sinha has discussed the challenges of depicting sexual assault ethically and centering the survivor’s perspective, with Taapsee Pannu and Kani Kusruti leading an ensemble produced by T-Series and Benaras Media Works.