Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Pathaan is blessing in waiting for cinema owners whose business came to halt after endemic. Highly-anticipated film pushed reopening of 25 North Indian theatres, which were forced to close during endemic.

According to BBC, film registered record advance bookings which led exhibitors to add extra shows at midnights to cater to demand.

Spy thriller movie’s record number of advance bookings led ticketing platform BookMyShow to call audience response “Phenomenal”, with over one million tickets booked by Monday itself.

Further, YRF-backed film rolled out on almost 8,000 screens globally, biggest opening for Bollywood film, per analyst Taran Adarsh.

Like fans, critics gush over worthy return of King of Bollywood. “Bollywood is back. Shah Rukh Khan is back,” film reviewer Shubhra Gupta wrote in The Indian Express.

Film critic Deepanjana Pal, writing for FilmCompanion called Pathaan “Hero for today’s India” who brings familiar gestures to role but in new and different ways. Pathaan also stars Deepika Padukone and John Abraham in primary roles.–Agencies

Published in The Daily National Courier, January, 27 2023

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