Kill Dil has
turned out to be a disappointment at the box office. It was expected that the
film would take a decent start at least, considering the kind of names involved
as well as the fact that the theatrical promo had made some impact. Moreover,
it was a solo release of the week and didn’t have much of a competition from
the past either. However, as it turned out, the film took a start around 30%
and didn’t show much of a growth as the days progressed. Since the reviews and
word of mouth too ranged from poor to average, the game was pretty much lost on
Day One itself.
All of this
meant that the Shaad Ali directed film just about managed to cross the 20
crore mark over
the weekend, which is not just way less than Gunday (which belonged to the same genre and
accumulated around 45 crore) but also behind
bare minimum expectations of a 30 crore weekend that one carried. Since there
aren’t too many flattering comments around the film, the weekdays aren’t
expected to throw any surprises either.
For Ranveer
Singh, this is a little shaky situation as he had started the year with a good
success in the form of Gunday, which had followed
the 100 crore run of Ram Leela. Ali Zafar would
be disappointed as after Total Siyappa, this was expected to be his
big ticket outing. Parineeti had a good start to the year in Hasee Toh Phasee but first Daawat-e-Ishq and now Kill
Dil is disheartening
indeed.
The actors
would take heart from the fact though that their performances haven’t been
questioned. It is the film as a whole, primarily due to its core story as well
as treatment, which has been criticized and for that, one expects Yash Raj
Films’ next, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy, to bring on
some good news at the advent of the New Year.