Vikram Vedha saw a drop of 45 percent on its first Monday after managing to register a decent number at the box office over the weekend. The film collected around ₹5.5 crore on Monday, taking its total four-day collection to ₹43 crore. Vikram Vedha stars Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan in lead roles. Directed by Pushkar-Gayathri, the neo-noir action thriller is the Hindi remake of the 2017 Tamil film of the same name, the duo’s own hit. The film also stars Radhika Apte, Yogita Bihani, Sharib Hashmi and Rohit Saraf in pivotal roles. According to a report by Boxofficeindia.com, early estimates indicated that Vikram Vedha collected around ₹5.5 crore nett on Monday, which will be a decline of around 45 percent.
Vikram Vedha was released in theaters along with Mani Ratnam’s epic period drama Ponniyin Selvan I. It is expected to show some improvement during the upcoming Dussehra holiday; it also has a free run till Diwali. The original film had R Madhavan as a cop (played by Saif in the remake) and Vijay Sethupathi as a gangster (played by Hrithik in the remake). Inspired by the Indian folk tale Vikram-Betaal, it follows tough cop Vikram (Saif) as he sets out to track down and arrest the tough gangster Vedha.
Talking about his role in the film about the two post-war heroes, Hrithik said, “I love working in an ensemble. The more the better. Like me in Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara, War and now with Saif, it pushes you to do better because you see great acting. Every time I’ve done a two-hero film or an ensemble film, it’s been much better and more fun for me.” “For the first time in my 22-year career, I felt like protecting myself. I felt an instinctive pull that I had to be very real because I was opposite an actor who is the most real artist,” he added.
