Overview
- With paid previews starting Thursday at 9 pm and a Friday nationwide release, advance booking opened this week and is building across major chains.
- Sacnilk and Times Now track thousands of tickets sold with roughly ₹10–16 lakh in day-one pre-sales, while Bollywood Hungama reports about 21,000 tickets across PVR Inox and Cinepolis.
- Box-office outlets including Koimoi and Pinkvilla predict a roughly ₹12–16 crore opening day including previews, which would place the film among 2026’s stronger Bollywood starts.
- The CBFC granted a U/A 16+ certificate after ordering replacements for obscene words, a change to a line about women, added disclaimers for religious and superstitious content, and trims that set the runtime at about 164 minutes.
- Early trade chatter includes a four-star take from analyst Ramesh Bala calling it a well-crafted entertainer, as Akshay Kumar posts a heartfelt tribute framing the release as a salute to the late Asrani.