Bihar’s Bhojpuri audience goes crazy for Pushpa 2
The Hindu
Pushpa 2 starring Allu Arjun draws massive crowds in Bihar, breaking box office records and captivating audiences.
“Did you think I am a flower because my name is Pushpa?” a cinema lover quipped before entering into the Regent Theatre located near Gandhi Maidan to watch Pushpa 2: The Rule. The cinephile was standing beneath a specially designed banner of 46x20 feet poster of the movie.
The Allu Arjun-starrer has been drawing crowds to the Gandhi Maidan area since November 17, when the trailer of the film was launched here. At the time of the trailer launch, thousands of people had gathered to catch a glimpse of Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna.
The Bhojpuri crowds have gone crazy over the Telugu movie which is attracting large crowds in the 450 odd single-screen theatres across the State. Films from the south of India have always done good business in Patna but even across the smaller cities in the State including the likes of Arah, Sasaram, Biharsharif, Rajgir, Chhapra, Hajipur, Dehri, and Gaya.
Leaving aside a few Bollywood movies like Stree 2 and Gadar 2, movies like KFG 2, Kantara, and the most recent Devara has performed exceptionally well in Bihar. In Patna alone, Pushpa 2 has a 105 shows screened daily. And if theatre owners are to be believed, 7 a.m. shows at Regent Theatre was houseful on first, second, and third day even during the bitter winters of Bihar.
The price of the ticket on weekends is between ₹200 to ₹430 and weekday shows are priced at ₹160 to ₹300. The demand can be understood from the fact that at some theatres, touts were selling tickets at a premium of ₹800.
As regards to box office draw, Pushpa 2 has become the first film to collect ₹two crore in the last two days; this a gross that exceeds even pre-pandemic ticket sales.
“I will not mind paying even ₹1,000 for watching Pushpa; his dialogues just make me crazy. I wanted to watch this movie on the first day of the first show but did not get the ticket. We are five people and today we have decided to watch it at any cost. Forget Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, Allu is the real hero for me,“ Nilu Kumar, a resident of Rajendra Nagar locality at Elphinstone theatre in Patna, said.
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