BO Report Day 1: Baar Baar Dekho gets a decent opening, Freaky Ali depends on word-of-mouth

By Ankita Bhalla

Updated on Sep 11, 2016 | 03:35 PM IST | 647.3K

The Katrina Kaif-Sidharth Malhotra starrer Baar Baar Dekho released today. Debutante director Nitya Mehra's film had a decent opening at some multiplexes of the big cities. In the North, the opening was around 30-35% but, at other multiplexes it was lower - at around 20%. Overall the opening is fair and it remains to be seen how the film goes over the weekend. Looking at the initial numbers, it's probably going to be a five-city film, encashing on the popularity of the hit number Kala Chasma, but that has not really happened till yet.

BBD will be depending on the business in Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Pune, Bangalore, and Kolkata. These cities do best on Saturday, so big growth in these places tomorrow will mean at least the film has appreciation in these places. The North India multiplexes of Delhi NCR and big cities of Punjab will lead on day one.

The other major release this Friday is Freaky Ali starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and directed by Sohal Khan. The film has taken a 15% opening and probably has one-third of the screenings in comparison to Baar Baar Dekho. The film also managed to find its way to a single screen release. However, Freaky Ali failed to elicit a positive response as neither the film has the face value nor content for single screens. The film is totally dependent on word-of-mouth. If the reports of Freaky Ali are decent, then it could challenge Baar Baar Dekho over the weekend and weekdays at multiplexes outside the big metros.