Akshay
Kumar's
big-ticket
entertainer
Bachchhan
Paandey
released
in
cinema
halls
on
Friday
(March
18).
But,
that
hasn't
stopped
Vivek
Agnihotri's
The
Kashmir
Files
from
having
a
blockbuster
run
at
the
box
office
in
its
second
week
of
release.
With
glowing
reviews
from
the
critics
and
a
strong
word
of
mouth,
the
Anupam
Kher-starrer
has
been
raking
in
big
numbers
ever
since
it
opened
in
theatres
on
March
11.
The
film
has
shattered
many
records
and
continues
to
strike
a
chord
with
the
audience.
The
Kashmir
Files
began
its
journey
at
the
box
office
with
Rs
3.55
Crore
on
its
opening
day
and
ended
up
collecting
Rs
97.30
Crore
in
its
first
week.
The
movie
continued
to
show
an
upward
trend
in
its
box
office
numbers
and
went
on
to
mint
Rs
19.15
Crore
on
Day
8
and
Rs
24.80
Crore
on
Day
9.
The
Kashmir
Files
sailed
past
the
150-Crore
mark
on
Sunday
(Day
10)
as
it
collected
Rs
26.20
Crore.
The
total
ten-day
box
office
collection
now
stands
at
Rs
167.45
Crore.
Trade
analyst
Taran
Adarsh
tweeted,
"#TheKashmirFiles
[Week
2]
is
a
TSUNAMI
at
the
#BO...
Packs
a
SUPER-SOLID
total
[₹
70.15
cr]
in
*Weekend
2*...
#TKF
REFUSES
TO
SLOW
DOWN,
should
hit
₹
200
on
weekdays
[by
Wed
or
Thu]...
Fri
19.15
cr,
Sat
24.80
cr,
Sun
26.20
cr.
Total:
₹
167.45
cr.
#India
biz."
Speaking
about
the
movie,
it
is
based
on
the
true
story
of
the
exodus
of
the
Kashmir
Pandit
community
from
the
valley
during
the
Kashmir
insurgency.
The
movie
stars
Anupam
Kher,
Mithun
Chakraborty,
Darshan
Kumaar,
Bhasha
Sumbli,
Pallavi
Joshi
and
Chinmay
Mandlekar
in
pivotal
roles.
Earlier,
Anupam
Kher
had
opened
up
on
his
character
in
The
Kashmir
Files
while
addressing
the
media
in
the
Capital
and
said,
"I
act
...
play
roles
...
but
this
time,
I
have
not
played
any
character.
I
didn't.
'The
Kashmir
Files'
is
not
about
dialogues.
32
years
ago
what
happened
to
the
Kashmiri
Pandits,
90
crore
people
of
the
country
were
silent,
the
police
had
vanished.
The
Army
was
in
the
barracks.
Nobody
knew
what
happened
to
us.
There's
been
no
trial,
no
one
has
been
punished.
The
film
is
about
knocking
on
the
souls
of
every
Indian.
I
am
Pushkar
Nath.
It
is
not
a
film
but
a
wound
that
can
never
be
healed."