Hichki Box Office Collection Day 2: Rani Mukerji’s Film Earns Rs 8.65 Crore

Neither marital status nor parenthood affects box office numbers, says Rani Mukerji.

Hichki marks Rani Mukerji’s comeback to acting after a gap of 4 long years. Marriage and motherhood took priority for her during those years and it took a beautiful, heart-touching story from director Siddharth P Malhotra for Rani to return to her first love – acting. Rani has scripted a dream comeback of sorts with Hichki getting the thumbs up from critics and audiences alike as it registered 3.30 crore on day one! Helmed by Siddharth P Malhotra, Hichki stars Rani Mukerji as an inspiring and self-motivated school teacher named Naina Mathur, who suffers from Tourrete syndrome; the film gets thumbs up from critics and audiences and it registered 3.30 crore on day one!

According to Film Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh, Rani Mukerji’s film managed to earn Rs 5.35 crore on Saturday, thus, taking its total collection to Rs 8.65 crore in just two days. Earlier today, Taran Adarsh took to his micro-blogging site to share the official collection of the film. He wrote, “#Hichki shows a REMARKABLE 62.12% GROWTH on Day 2… Sun biz to scale HIGHER than Sat… Fri 3.30 cr, Sat 5.35 cr. Total: ₹ 8.65 cr [961 screens]. India biz. 👍👍👍”

Rani plays the character of Naina Mathur who has a nervous system disorder, Tourette Syndrome that forces an individual to make involuntary repetitive movements or sounds. Hichki focuses on turning disadvantages into opportunities and staring down at challenges that life throws at one and ultimately winning over them. ALSO READ: Hichki Box Office Collection Day 1: Rani Mukerji’s Film Records Decent Opening, Earns Rs 3.30 Crore

Speaking of Hichki being the most special film of her career, an overwhelmed Rani said in a statement, “With the incredible love that audiences have showered on Hichki and on me, they have proven that for them good cinema and good performance is the only thing that matters – not marital status, not parenthood. They have made me incredibly emotional. Audiences have celebrated working mothers today and I will be forever thankful to them. I’m grateful to my director Siddharth P. Malhotra and my producer Maneesh Sharma for giving me a project that will forever be the most special film of my career.”