Srikanth Box Office Collection Day 16: Rajkummar’s Film Records 108% Jump In Numbers; Crosses 35Cr Mark

Srikanth Box Office Collection Day 16: Rajkummar Rao starrer Srikanth has been one of the most talked about films lately. Helmed by Tushar Hiranandani, Srikanth was a biopic on Srikanth Bolla, a visually-impaired industrialist and the founder of Bollant Industries with Rajkummar playing the titular role. The movie also featured Alaya F, Jyothika and Sharad Kelkar in the lead and it had opened to rave response from the audience and critics aloke.

Srikanth has turned out to be an inspiring and endearing watch and the positive word of mouth has been going in the movie's favour. To note, Srikanth had recorded an opening day collection of Rs 2.25 crores and saw an impressive growth during the opening weekend. Interestingly, the first week did see a slight dip in numbers, but the second weekend came with a massive relief for Srikanth as the movie saw a good jump in numbers.

Though Srikanth did see another drop in collections on the second Monday followed by a continuous dip in numbers, it has managed to have a good hold at the box office. After all, the movie is having a freeway at the box office with no competition at the theatres of late. And with the next release Mr and Mrs Mahi is set to release on May 31, Srikanth continues to rule the box office as of now. In fact, as per the recent reports, this Rajkummar Rao's directorial has seen over 100% growth in the numbers during the third weekend.

According to a report published in Sacnilk, Srikanth minted Rs 1.45 crores on day 14 (second Thursday) followed by an earning of Rs 1.15 crores on third Friday (day 15). It reportedly made a collection of Rs 2.4 crores on the third Saturday (day 16) which took the overall collection of the movie to Rs 35.05 crores and continues to go strong at the box office.

Interestingly, as Rajkummar is enjoying the love coming his way with Srikant, he is now gearing up for his second release - Mr and Mrs Mahi with Janhvi Kapoor. Helmed by Sharan Sharma, the movie marks Rajkummar's second collaboration with Janvhi after Roohi. Recently, Janhvi got candid about the movie and said, "Our director is a purist and works with a lot of honesty, so he wanted me to become a cricketer for the film. He didn't want any cheating on that, didn't want to use VFX, or do anything half-heartedly. He wanted me to be one with this universe, be a cricketer wholeheartedly. I suffered a lot of injuries as well while prepping. Both my shoulders were dislocated, but I'd like to give all the credit to him, the director, and both my coaches Abhishek Nayar and Vikrant sir, who have done a lot of hard work and have held my hand at every turn"