Director
Prakash
Jha's
controversial
film
Aarakshan,
reportedly
has
approximately
collected
a
net
of
rupees
18
to
to
18.5
crores
at
the
Indian
Box
Office
on
first
three
days
of
its
opening
weekend.
Aarakshan
starring
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Saif
Ali
Khan,
Deepika
Padukone,
Manoj
Bajpayee
and
Prateik
Babbar,
created
a
storm
in
Indian
political
and
social
sphere.
Authorities
feared
that
the
release
of
the
film,
which
is
based
on
a
sensitive
issue
like
Aarakshan
(reservation)
may
create
law
and
order
problem
in
the
state.
Even
after
raising
ban
on
the
release
of
the
film
in
several
cities
of
India
like
Uttar
Pradesh,
Punjab
and
Andhra
Pradesh,
the
film
started
off
with
Rs.
4.75
crore
on
Friday
(August
12).
Box
Office
collection
of
Aarakshan
saw
improvement
over
the
next
two
days,
the
film
pocketed
Rs.
6.25
to
Rs
6.5
crore
on
Saturday,
whereas
Rs.
7
to
Rs.
7.25
crore
on
Sunday.
Fortunately
however,
the
ban
on
the
film
was
lifted
in
Andhra
Pradesh
on
Saturday
and
the
ban
in
Punjab
was
lifted
on
Sunday.