Last Friday saw the releases of two of the biggest female stars. Firstly, it was former Miss World and Bollywood queen of hearts Aishwarya Rai’s comeback film Jazbaa. And then, it’s our very own Sweety Anushka whose historic epic Rudhramadevi released on the same day along with Jazbaa.
Both the films had immense expectations from fans. If Aishwarya’s Jazbaa was highly anticipated by her fans since Aish was making her comeback to Bollywood after 5 long years, Anushka’s Rudramadevi has been in making for 3 years and made enough noise.
But when it comes down to the box-office numbers visit, it is clearly Anushka’s show all the way. Despite a huge positive buzz centering the film, Jazbaa failed to utilize the hype and it collected just 4.25 crores worldwide on its opening day, with nearly 20.5 crores until now.
On the other hand, Rudhramadevi earned close to 11 crores on its opening day and the grand total until yesterday will be close to 25 crores or even more. This clearly explains Anushka’s box-office might over Aishwarya and while Jazbaa is already fizzling out, Rudhramadevi continues to earn decent shares thanks to the holiday advantage.