Vicky Kaushal in a nonetheless from the movie. (courtesy: vickykaushal09)

New Delhi:

Meghna Gulzar’s Sam Bahadur, which brings to life the story of struggle hero and Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, launched in theatres on Friday. The movie options Vicky Kaushal within the lead function. Sam Bahadur earned Rs 5.50 crore India web on its first day, reported Sacnilk. The movie clashed with Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal on the field workplace. The report said that Sam Bahadur had an total 29.18% Hindi occupancy on Friday, December 1. Speaking of the occupancy in theatres, the evening exhibits had been the busiest with 49.69%, adopted by night exhibits, which had an occupancy of 30.55%. The afternoon exhibits had 20.61% occupancy and morning exhibits with 15.88% occupancy.

The film opened to stellar reviews on Friday. Film critic Saibal Chatterjee, in his evaluation for NDTV, gave Sam Bahadur a 3.5 star score out of 5 and he wrote, “It would be easy to describe Sam Bahadur as a Vicky Kaushal show because it is who dominates every major scene in the film. But without the fine balance that Meghna Gulzar strikes between ambition and restraint, neither the spirited central performance nor its emotional (and cinematic) payoff would have been quite as remarkable.”

Sam Bahadur has been directed by Meghna Gulzar and it additionally stars Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra. This is Vicky Kaushal’s second mission with Meghna Gulzar. The duo have earlier labored collectively within the 2018 critically acclaimed Raazi, which was additionally a field workplace hit. The movie clashes with Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal on the field workplace.