After
Aamir
Khan's
Laal
Singh
Chaddha
and
Akshay
Kumar's
Raksha
Bandhan
failed
to
make
a
mark
at
the
box
office,
Taapsee
Pannu-starrer
Dobaaraa
arrived
in
cinema
halls
on
Friday
(August
19).
While
the
film
received
glowing
reviews
from
the
critics,
it
failed
to
generate
curiosity
among
the
audience.
However,
it
fared
well
than
Taapsee's
previous
release
Shabaash
Mithu
which
was
a
washout
in
theatres.
Speaking
about
the
first
day
box
office
collection,
Dobaara
collected
Rs
72
lakhs.
Trade
analyst
Taran
Adarsh
tweeted,
"#DoBaaraa
opens
to
better
numbers
than
expected...
In
fact,
much
better
than
#Taapsee's
previous
film
#ShabaashMithu...
Picked
up
at
select
premium
multiplexes
towards
evening/night
shows...
Fri
₹
72
lacs
[370
screens].
#India
biz."
Prior
the
film's
release,
the
social
media
was
abuzz
with
#BoycottDobaaraa
trends.
Later,
in
an
interview,
Taapsee
and
Anurag
had
joked
that
even
they
wish
to
get
boycotted
just
like
Aamir
Khan's
Laal
Singh
Chaddha
and
Akshay
Kumar's
Raksha
Bandhan.
In
an
interview
with
Pinkvilla,
Anurag
Kashyap
had
reacted
to
these
boycott
trends
and
said,
"I
am
used
to
it.
It
affects
those
who's
films
do
over
Rs.
100
Crore.
My
films
have
not
even
gone
beyond
Rs.
32
crore.
For
me,
it
is
nothing
new.
I
have
been
boycotted
since
the
time
Twitter
started.
Ask
me
questions
that
affect
me."
Talking
about
Dobaaraa,
the
film
is
an
official
remake
of
the
Spanish
film
Mirage.
The
Anurag
Kashyap-directorial
revolves
around
a
woman
who
during
a
geomagnetic
storm,
ends
up
changing
her
past,
which
in
turn
alters
her
present
as
well.