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The Buckingham Murders box office and the monday fall: Mehta’s investigative thriller with Kareena Kapoor failed to pass the Monday test. The Buckingham Murders box office collection day 4: Hansal Mehta’s edgy investigative thriller, starring Kareena Kapoor as a London cop, is being lauded for her performance, but its box office results don’t correspond to the high praise.
As per Sacnilk, the film failed to pass the Monday test as it could earn only around ₹75 lakh on the day. (Also Read: PVR announces Kareena Kapoor film festival to mark her 25 years in Bollywood; actor is ‘humbled’)
The Monday Fall
The earnings on Monday are a drastic fall from its highest so far on Sunday, at ₹2.15 crore. It was a rise from the Saturday collection of ₹1.95 crore, which was a further spike from the opening day earnings of ₹1.15 crore. The total box office collection of the film now stands at an estimated ₹6 crore nett in India.
The film has been released in two versions – the original Hinglish version (80 percent dialogues in English, 20 percent dialogues in Hindi) and the dubbed Hindi version. The Hindi version has been performing better at the box office. The Buckingham Murders was also the only new Bollywood release this past Friday. A few old Hindi films were re-released, from which Rahi Anil Bharve’s 2018 folk horror flick Tumbbad earned even more than Kareena’s film.
About The Buckingham Murders
Helmed by Hansal Mehta, the mysterious drama revolves around sergeant Jasmeet ‘Jass’ Bhamra (Kareena) dealing with the loss of her young son Ekam (Mairaaj Kakkar). She is assigned a case of a missing boy, Ishpreet, roughly as old as Ekam.
The film is co-produced by Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Motion Pictures, and also marks Kareena’s debut as a producer. It’s also a reunion for Ekta and Kareena, who have previously delivered hits like Veere Di Wedding (2018) and The Crew earlier this year. The Buckingham Murders also stars Ranveer Brar in a key role.
Kareena will also be seen on the big screen this year in Rohit Shetty’s cop drama Singham Again, slated to release in cinemas this Diwali. Also, PVR has announced a film festival to commemorate Kareena’s 25th year in the movies.
The film has been released in two versions – the original one of Hinglish (80% dialogues in English, 20% in Hindi) and the Hindi dubbed version. The Hindi version has been performing better than the hybrid Hinglish one, earning ₹0.7 crore and ₹1.2 crore, as compared to ₹0.45 crore and ₹0.75 crore for the Hinglish version on Friday and Saturday respectively. The language-vise breakup of the Sunday earnings hasn’t been ascertained yet.
After this film, Kareena will also be seen in Rohit Shetty’s cop drama Singham Again, slated to release in cinemas on Diwali this year.
“Kareena is the heartbeat of this film. Roughly 20 minutes in, you forget this is the same person who pulled off a constantly yapping Geet in Jab We Met so well, or a money-minded air hostess in her recent flick Crew. Kareena has the right amount of pain and anger, barring that scene where she screams out of frustration. It feels… like a tick on the list of ‘Things a Frustrated Mother Has To Do In Every Film’. When things are subtle, like holding back her tears right until the end, they are impactful.”
As the movie hit the theatres, Kareena took to Instagram and said she felt proud of her “choices”. “As an actor, it’s the choices one makes…And I am very proud of this choice. Please watch this story and dive into my world of crime and drama… a dream I have always had to act in or produce one… but here I got the best of both worlds,” she wrote. Kareena also shared BTS pictures from the sets.
Kareena Kapoor Film Festival
This multi-city film festival will pay tribute to the actor’s illustrious career, and showcase some of her most acclaimed and lauded performances on the big screen once again.
It will be a first for a female actor in India, with Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan being the only two actors to have had a film festival dedicated to them. A trailer of the film festival was released, which contained clips from Kareena’s most-loved films and characters, including Poo from Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham, Geet from Jab We Met, and the titular role in Chameli. Details about the same will be shared soon.
Kareena took to her Instagram account to share her reaction to this tribute. In the caption, she wrote, “The blood in my veins, the magic on screen… my job I love… the fire within… here’s to the next 25 (red heart reactions). Thank you to @pvrcinemas_official & @inoxmovies for curating this beautiful festival… so humbled.”
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Kareena made her acting debut with JP Dutta’s Refugee in 2000. Since then, she has over 50 films to her credit, having starred in movies such as Chameli, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Omkara, Jab We Met, Heroine, 3 Idiots, Kurbaan, We Are Family, Udta Punjab, Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Laal Singh Chadha. Fans will see her next in Rohit Shetty’s Singham Again, also starring Ajay Devgn.
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