After
two
decades,
Bollywood
stars
Hrithik
Roshan
and
Saif
Ali
Khan
are
reuniting
on
screen
for
Pushkar-Gayatri's
upcoming
neo-noir
thriller
Vikram
Vedha,
an
official
remake
of
the
director-duo's
Tamil
hit
by
the
same
name.
There
is
a
lot
of
anticipation
around
this
film
as
it
marks
Hrithik
Roshan's
return
to
the
marquee
after
his
action
blockbuster
War
in
2019.
Joining
him
is
Saif
who
has
also
become
a
talking
point
ever
since
the
makers
dropped
the
trailer
of
the
film.
Ranbir
Kapoor-Alia
Bhatt's
visual
spectacle
Brahmastra
Part
One:
Shiva
which
released
in
first
week
of
September
gave
Bollywood
a
reason
to
cheer
after
a
long
dry
spell
at
the
box
office.
And
now,
everyone
has
pinned
their
hopes
on
Hrithik
Roshan-Saif
Ali
Khan's
Vikram
Vedha
to
set
the
box
office
on
fire.
Going
by
the
early
buzz,
the
film
trade
experts
are
confident
that
this
Pushkar-Gayatri
directorial
will
draw
audience
to
the
cinema
halls.
The
limited
advanced
booking
which
started
on
September
22
has
already
hinted
a
promising
opening
for
the
film.
As
per
a
report
in
Sacnilk,
the
first
day
advance
book
for
Vikram
Vedha
stands
at
Rs
1.02
Crore
(45888
tickets
sold).
If
the
early
estimates
are
to
believed,
the
film
is
expected
to
mint
an
opening
collection
in
the
range
of
Rs
13-15
Crore.
Film
exhibitor
Akshaye
Rathi
was
quoted
as
saying
by
Indian
Express,
"Hrithik
is
the
last
true-blue
superstar
that
we
have
had
in
the
Hindi
film
fraternity.
There
is
a
feasible
audience
that
comes
to
the
cinemas
only
because
Hrithik's
face
is
on
the
poster.
That
doesn't
happen
to
the
younger
actors
who
came
after
him.
His
presence
in
the
film
and
his
coming
to
the
silver
screen
straight
after
War,
which
was
almost
four
years
ago,
is
certainly
something
most
people
are
excited
by."
On
the
other
hand,
trade
analyst
Girish
Johar
told
the
publication
that
the
opening
figure
for
Vikram
Vedha
would
have
touched
Rs
20
Crore
if
the
makers
had
chalked
out
a
better
marketing
strategy.
The
film
will
be
locking
horns
with
Mani
Ratnam's
historical
epic
Ponniyin
Selvan-1
at
the
box
office
on
September
30.
However,
it
is
expected
to
fare
better
than
the
latter
in
the
northern
belts
as
Hrithik
and
Saif
have
a
larger
mass
appeal
in
the
Hindi-speaking
belt.