Batti Gul Meter Chalu Box Office Collection Day 2: Shahid Kapoor Film Does Not Get Significant Boost

Batti Gul Meter Chalu still has the chance to do well and go to double digits on Sunday.

Batti Gul Meter Chalu, the movie starring Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Divyendu Sharma and Yami Gautam, got a slight boost on the second day of its release. The movie, which is about the fight of the common man against power distribution companies and their exorbitant electricity bills, made only Rs 6.76 crore on its opening day and Rs 7.96 crore on its second day.

Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh, who had tweeted that business for the movie would have to multiply two or three fold for it to have a respectable weekend total, took to Twitter again to share the second day earnings of the film.

#BattiGulMeterChalu witnesses 17.75% growth on Day 2, but since the starting point was low, the 2-day total is lacklustre… Needs miraculous growth on Day 3 – in double digits – for a respectable weekend total… Fri 6.76 cr, Sat 7.96 cr. Total: ? 14.72 cr. India biz. #BGMC

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 23, 2018

According to Box Office India, even though the earnings were low on the second day, Batti Gul Meter Chalu still has the chance to do well and go to double digits on Sunday. The total earnings so far is Rs 14.72 crore.

Batti Gul Meter Chalu was directed by Shree Narayan Singh, who also helmed Toilet Ek Prem Katha starring Akshay Kumar. Singh is more inclined to making films that deal with the everyday problems of the common man, and in an earlier interview he had revealed why he preferred to make such movies.

“I come from a small town Balrampur in UP. There is a small village near there, called Mahadev, I was born there. I have faced issues like sanitation, electricity, etc. Since I have faced real issues, I can connect with it,” Singh had told PTI.

All that remains to be seen now is if the movie manages to pick up the pace on the third day.