Roohi earns Rs 3.42 crore

Janhvi Kapoor-Rajkummar Rao's horror-comedy Roohi bounced back on Saturday as it earned Rs 3.42 crore at the box office, bringing its total collection to Rs 8.73 crore. The Harshad Mehta directorial, which likewise stars Varun Sharma, experienced a good opening of Rs 3.06 crore, accompanied by Rs 2.25 crore collection on Friday.

Roohi, a Maddock Films creation, is one of the first big films release a in theatres after the reopening of cinema halls mid October 2020. The Saturday collection hints at an excellent weekend for the Dinesh Vijan film, with Sunday figures being crucial.

Janhvi Kapoor, within an interview with indianexpress.com before Roohi's let go, had said that the film market would will have more realistic goals from box office quantities as it's not going to be simple to get visitors to theatres, given the pandemic and the plethora of choices for the visitors on digital platforms.

As the film industry together with the Roohi team has its eyes set on the field office numbers as the film's earnings can set a precedent for future Hindi movies that are gearing up for a theatrical discharge, critics are definitely not impressed with the horror-comedy. The Indian Express' film critic Shubhra Gupta wrote that Roohi is usually "plain horrible". "There is nothing funny about 'pakdaai shaadi', where young girls are kidnapped and forced into unwanted marriages. Every time a film chooses to take it up, it certainly makes you cringe. Why would a film in this point in time want to provide space to the 'tradition' that should have already been deep-sixed long back?" browse the review.

Roohi may be the second installment in Dinesh Vijan's horror-humor universe, which commenced with Raj and DK's superhit Stree (2018) that as well starred Rajkummar Rao. The third portion in the franchise is definitely Bhediya, starring Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon in lead functions. It is being directed by Amar Kaushik, who likewise helmed Stree.