Main Atal Hoon Box Office Collection Day 1: Pankaj Tripathi’s Vajpayee biopic gets lukewarm response, mints ₹1 crore
Main Atal Hoon Box Office Collection Day 1: Pankaj Tripathi’s movie, Main Atal Hoon, opened with a lukewarm response at the box office. The biopic of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, directed by Ravi Jadhav, earned ₹1 crore on its release day. The morning shows of the Bollywood movie had 6.11% occupancy, the afternoon shows 8.28% and the evening shows 8.28%.
The night shows had the maximum occupancy rate of 14.87%. Among major cities, Chennai had the maximum occupancy rate at 32.67%. Hyderabad comes close second with 22.50%.
Pune (15%), Bengaluru (14.50%) and Jaipur (10%) come next. Mumbai (9%), Delhi NCR (8.25%) and Kolkata (7.75%) also show weak occupancy rates. The Hindustan Times has called Pankaj Tripathi “terrific" in the “sloppy, oversimplified biopic".
“Despite all the flaws and loopholes, it's Pankaj's solid performance that doesn't make you blink an eye and keeps you invested in the film. As Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the actor puts a terrific show and displays a myriad of emotions," Monika Rawal Kukreja wrote. “The release of the film in this election year is certainly no coincidence," wrote Times Now, “Main Atal Hoon examines Vajpayee's contribution to India as a statesman but it isn't able to balance that properly with what he was as a regular man as well." “While Pankaj Tripathi’s imitation of Vajpayee’s particular speaking style and body language is spot-on, his character has as much weight as an election poster," wrote Scroll.in.
The movie’s screenplay is “shaky", but the director’s work is “commendable", as per India Today. “If you can survive the slow-paced first half, the second half will seem like a good watch," it added. The Times of India also mentioned the slow pace in the first half while
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