Kartik Aaryan in Shehzada

Audiences do not appear to have embraced Kartik Aaryan’s new movie Shehzada in the identical method that they’d his 2022 hit Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. After a tepid weekend, Shehzada‘s three-day complete is Rs 20.20 crore on the home field workplace, reviews commerce analyst Taran Adarsh. “Shehzada doesn’t live up to the expectations. The weekend biz is below the mark. The big jump/turnaround on Saturday and Sunday – to improve its prospects – is clearly missing. Friday 6 crore, Saturday 6.65 crore, Sunday 7.55 crore. Total: Rs 20.20 crore. India biz,” tweeted Mr Adarsh.

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#Shehzada does not stay as much as the expectations… The weekend biz is under the mark… The *large* leap / turnaround on Sat and Sun – to enhance its prospects – is clearly lacking… Fri 6 cr, Sat 6.65 cr, Sun 7.55 cr. Total: ₹ 20.20 cr [+/-]. #India biz. pic.twitter.com/dNwZQP640S

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) February 20, 2023

The lukewarm response to Shehzada will disappoint not simply the movie’s solid and crew however probably additionally Bollywood insiders who have been hoping that the stupendous success of Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan signaled the top of the field workplace drought that the Hindi movie business has been battling for a 12 months.

Shehzada, which Kartik Aaryan co-produces, is a remake of 2020 Telugu movie Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo and co-stars Kriti Sanon, Manisha Koirala, Paresh Rawal and Ronit Roy.

In his review for NDTV, movie critic Saibal Chatterjee gave Shehzada two-and-a-half stars out of 5. He described it as a “fits-and-starts affair,” writing: After a fast prelude that performs out 25 years in the past, it slips right into a moribund state, acquires a point of vitality on both facet of its midway level after which goes proper again to being what it predominantly was within the first hour and a bit – limp, lackluster and missing in real humour.”

Kartik’s performance, however, was not lacking. “But regardless of how Shehzada pans out over its two-and-a-half-hour runtime, lead actor Kartik Aaryan, additionally credited as a producer, is in fantastic fettle. He makes use of the movie as an prolonged demo reel to showcase his vary as an actor. Blending slow-motion swag, some cultivated effervescence and flashes of emotion, he ceaselessly hits the candy spot,” Saibal Chatterjee writes.

Directed by Rohit Dhawan, Shehzada released last Friday.