The business is preparing for the conflict between Rajinikanth’s Coolie and Hrithik Roshan Jr. NTR’s War 2. Show sharing has become problematic, as it often does during conflicts. However, Dhumketu, a Bengali film, has emerged from the syllabi in the state of West Bengal and has fiercely contested both films.
“Dhumketu also releases on the same day as War 2 and Coolie, which is Thursday, August 14,” a trade source told Bollywood Hungama. It was well known that there was a lot of enthusiasm for the movie. However, the advance ticket sales have taken its creators by surprise. Numerous performances throughout the state, especially in Kolkata, are almost completely sold out or filling up quickly. ”
As of Monday, August 11, 9:00 am, Dhumketu has sold nearly 18,000 tickets, and the number is increasing with each passing hour,” the trade source continued. In West Bengal, War 2 has sold about 5,000 tickets.
Yash Raj Films (YRF) is the distributor and producer of War 2, and they have requested that theatres around the Hindi-speaking region show the film as much as possible on single, double, and triple screens. However, based on the response to Dhumketu’s advance booking, the trade source went on, “YRF appears to have made an exception in West Bengal and permitted some theatres to share shows.”
Aditya Chopra, the head of YRF, is usually practical and is aware of the excitement around both War 2 and the Bengali movie. The exception was so granted.
While Dhumketu has been given one show, War 2 has been given three in Kolkata’s single-screen theatres, Prachi, Asoka, and Menoka. Dhumketu has been allowed two appearances in Jayanti and Binodini. However, both Coolie’s Hindi version and Dhumketu have been given two shows in Navina and Uma Talkies.
Regarding the famous Priya theatre, the management has decided to present three War 2 screenings, one Dhumketu screening, and the animated blockbuster Mahavatar Narsimha in the morning starting on August 14. Remarkably, despite the release being three days away, both the midday show at Binodini and the two Dhumketu events in Navina are already sold out.
Popular Bengali actor Dev, Subhashree Ganguly, Parambrata Chatterjee, Chiranjeet Chakraborty, and others are featured in Dhumketu. It may surprise readers to learn that the movie was shot over 10 years ago, starting in October 2015 and ending in January 2017. Following some problems, the movie was eventually brought back earlier this year. “Usually, delayed films look dated and their appeal diminishes over time,” said an insider in the Bengali film industry. However, that hasn’t occurred at all with Dhumketu. The crowd is eager to see it even if they are aware that it was filmed nine or ten years ago. This is genuinely historic.
