Vicky Kaushal, Akshaye Khanna and Rashmika Mandanna’s Chhaava, directed by Laxman Utekar has been making waves at the box office, earning an impressive Rs 472 crore net in India in 19 days. The film over the past few days have begun losing steam and the journey ahead looks smooth with no big film releasing but the question begs if a sizeable crowd still remains who is willing to watch it. With its current run, the film has already become the 11th biggest hit of Indian Cinema and 8th biggest hit of Hindi Cinema. However, to break into the top seven Hindi films based on India net collections, it has one major hurdle— Ranbir Kapoor and Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal.
Currently, Animal holds the 7th position with Rs 502.98 crore India net. This means that Chhaava needs to collect at least Rs 31.06 crore more to surpass Animal and claim its spot as the seventh biggest Hindi film ever. Given the film’s strong past performance at the box office, this is not an impossible feat, but it does require sustained momentum.
Over the first two weeks, Chhaava had maintained a solid momentum not only on weekends but also on week days hence it has been the fastest film to cross Rs 450 crore mark. But in the third week, the film earned a sizable amount of money but the collections are dropping on a daily basis. The film is currently tax free in a few states and is looking forward to it’s Telugu release on 7th February. But at this point it looks difficult for the film to hit the Rs 500 crore mark unless the film sees another spike over the next weekend.
If Chhaava manages to collect beyond ₹503 crore, it would become the seventh highest-grossing Hindi film in India, placing Vicky Kaushal among Bollywood’s top box office stars. This would mark a significant milestone in his career, proving his ability to headline a film that competes with Bollywood’s biggest blockbusters.
