‘Paan Singh Tomar’ did great business in its first week
MUMBAI: Paan Singh Tomar made a steady start and earned Rs 4.25 crore. It had received rave reviews from all quarters initially but made a decent start in its opening weekend. This film is made on low budget of Rs 4.5 crore. It had earned Rs. 80 lakh on Friday, and the collections increase to Rs1 crore on Saturday and Rs 2 crore on Sunday, according to trade analyst Taran Adarsh.
The film showed the real life story of a National level athlete Paan Singh Tomar who went on to become dreaded dacoits of Chambal valley. The film is distributed by UTV Motion Pictures and UTV Spotboy Motion Pictures.
“As a studio that believes in creating cinema with a difference, it is extremely gratifying to see the response to ‘Paan Singh Tomar’. The weekend figures are a perfect example of how a content driven film can be optimally built through a focused marketing and distribution campaign, coupled with great reviews and positive word-of-mouth,” Siddharth Roy Kapur, CEO, UTV Motion Pictures told IANS.
He firther added that “We are incredibly proud of Irrfan, Tigmanshu and the entire team of ‘Paan Singh Tomar’ for creating a movie that is sure to go down in the history of Indian cinema.”
