Akshay Kumar's film Raksha Bandhan earned around Rs 8 crore on the first day. Despite the festival, the film could not draw an audience. Rakshabandhan has got the worst opening among the films released by Akshay Kumar this year. The film was in the news for negative reasons before its release. There was a lot of boycott of it on social media. Apart from this, due to the release of Aamir Khan's film Lal Singh Chaddha, some viewers were also divided. However, Lal Singh Chaddha also could not do anything special at the box office.
Earning very little on the first day
According to the report of boxofficeindia.com, the initial estimate of Rakshabandhan is around 7.5-8 crores. The report also said that the film got more viewers than Lal Singh Chaddha as the day progressed but it happened at places where there was a holiday on Rakshabandhan.
Akshay's worst opening this year
At the same time, according to the reports, Lal Singh Chaddha earned Rs 10-11 crore on the first day. Raksha Bandhan was Akshay Kumar's third release of the year. Earlier, the opening of Bachchan Pandey was 13.25 crores and the opening of Samrat Prithviraj was Rs 10.7 crores. In this sense, Raksha Bandhan was Akshay Kumar's worst opener.
Mixed Reviews
In the film Raksha Bandhan, Akshay Kumar played the role of Lala Kedarnath, who sells chaat. He swears that he will not marry until his four sisters are married. The film also stars Bhumi Pednekar along with Akshay Kumar. The film has got mixed reviews. The movie may have got less audience on the first day but its reviews on social media are fine. The film is connecting people emotionally as well as the message is also appreciated.
