Bollywood’s new horror-comedy, The Bhootnii, starring Sanjay Dutt and Mouni Roy, has ended up being a box office washout.
Brought out on May 1, the film performed poorly from day one, gathering a puny ₹60 lakh on Thursday, falling still further to ₹35 lakh on Friday, moving up only nominally to ₹50 lakh both on Saturday and Sunday. Its four-day take is a deplorable ₹1.95 crore, showing no signs of recovery.
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Even Sanjay Dutt’s star power hasn’t been enough to draw the crowds, overshadowed by more potent releases like Raid 2 and ongoing success of genre standards like Stree 2, which collected more than ₹500 crore.
The poor performance of the film stems from its appalling content-critics have panned it for a non-existent plot, subpar production qualities, and one-dimensional humour that neither frightens nor amuses.
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The college backdrop comes off as artificial, the script is sloppy, and even Dutt’s comedy sense cannot save the film from being mediocre.
The horror-comedy genre isn’t extinct-audiences are just refusing to watch Below-average, cringe-inducing crap. The Bhootnii was doomed the minute its trailer released, hinting at a movie that was not too appealable to the audience.
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Unfortunately, this is another Below-average offering in Dutt’s recent body of work, hardly likely to pass even ₹5 crore during its total run.
