Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 (YPD) 2 days collection at Box Office
Box Office
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By Ians English
Mumbai:
Despite
aggressive
promotion
and
marketing
by
Deols,
their
home
production
Yamla
Pagla
Deewana
2
(YPD
2)
has
made
a
tepid
start
at
the
Box
Office.
Trade
analyst
Taran
Adarsh
tweeted:
"Rides
on
the
star
power
of
the
Deols
and
its
brand.
But
lacklustre
script
plays
a
spoilsport!" He
couldn't
be
wrong
as
the
critics
too
panned
the
film,
saying
it
is
"exhausting
and
loud"
and
a
"torturous
joke".
Trade
pundits
had
predicted
that
Ranbir
Kapoor
and
Deepika
Padukone
starrer
youth-centric
romantic
drama
Yeh
Jawaani
Hai
Deewani,
which
collected
above
Rs.100
crore
in
the
first
week
of
its
release
and
is
still
going
strong,
will
give
the
fun
flick
a
tough
competition
at
the
Box
Office.
"In
India,
at
the
rate
it
is
faring,
Yeh
Jawaani
Hai
Deewani
is
likely
to
emerge
3rd
biggest
grosser,
after
3
Idiots
and
Ek
Tha
Tiger.
Wait-n-watch,
(sic)" tweeted
Adarsh.
Delhi-based
distributor
Joginder
Mahajan
said
that
Yamla
Pagla
Deewana
2
is
doing
good
in
single
screens,
but
business
is
not
overwhelming
in
the
multiplexes.
"And
it's
opposite
for
Yeh
Jawaani
Hai
Deewani."
Directed
by
Sangeeth
Sivan,
the
Dharmendra,
Sunny
Deol
and
Bobby
Deol
starrer
came
out
on
Friday
in
around
1,800
screens
across
the
country.
The
film
collected
Rs.7.10
crore
on
the
first
day
and
Rs.6.5
crore
on
Saturday
at
the
domestic
box
office,
while
in
the
overseas
market
the
earning
approximately
has
been
Rs.3
crore
from
250
screens.
Produced
under
the
Deols' banner
Vijyata
Films,
the
cast
has
National
Award
winning
actors
Annu
Kapoor
and
Anupam
Kher
as
well
as
Neha
Sharma,
Christina
Akheeva,
Sucheta
Khanna
and
Johnny
Lever.
Deols
are
known
to
be
a
big
draw
in
Punjab,
but
Jaspal
Dhingra
of
Nanaksar
Enterprises
from
the
state
said:
"Yamla
Pagla
Deewana
2
is
not
doing
a
good
business.
It's
a
very
average
film
as
compared
to
the
first
one.
The
quality
of
the
film
is
not
good."
"Yeh
Jawaani
hai
Deewani
is
doing
a
very
good
business
in
its
second
week.
The
second
week
collection
of
Yeh
Jawaani...
will
be
much
better
than
the
first
week
collection
of
Yamla
Pagla
Deewana
2,"
he
added
and
pointed
out
that
audiences
are
not
"appreciating"
the
film
as
the
"concept
of
the
film
is
not
clear
at
all".
(IANS)