Sonam’s Neerja earns Rs. 4.70 cr. on day one

Neerja starring Sonam Kapoor, which clashed with three other films – Loveshhuda, Ishq Forever, Direct Ishq – has opened to a positive review from both the critics and the audiences.

The real-life story of late Neerja Bhanot and Sonam Kapoor’s performance as Neerja seems to have impressed the viewers and has emerged as the winner and has collected Rs. 4.70 cr. on day one at the box office.

Neerja, which released over 700 screens in India, has shown good occupancy in theatres across the country backed up by strong content and good word of mouth from the people.

Bollywood trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to twitter to share the numbers of the box office collections.

The film’s business witnessed growth towards evening/night shows and the numbers multiplied rapidly especially at the metros.

Indian Express film critic, Shubhra Gupta wrote: The question was always going to be, can Kapoor, who has always played itty-bitty ditsy roles before (with patchyresults in a string of others), carry off that demanding role? Short answer: yes.

Sonam Kapoor fumbles in a couple of initial phases, where we find a blankness rather than terror on her face. But those are only momentary.

Then she locks onto the correct tone, and we get the whole complement of feelings flit across her face – from shaking with fear to finding a place of strength. Kapoor makes us believe she is, was, Neerja.