Azhar box office: Emraan Hashmi starrer may manage just Rs 30 crore

Despite all the hype and hoopla roping in even celebrity cricketer Mohd Azharuddin to promote biopic on him, movie ‘Azhar’ is expected to rake in just around Rs 30 crore at Bollywood box office, much less than what was expected. Earlier Emraan Hashmi starrer minted a bit more

Emraan Hashmi as Azhar
Emraan Hashmi as Azhar

Emraan Hashmi stepped into the shoes of India’s much loved ex-cricketer Mohd Azharuddin with ‘Azhar’. However, this take on cricket and match fixing don’t seem to have allured audiences to the theatres to watch the biopic. At the end of two weeks at the box office, ‘Azhar’ has collected Rs 29.65 crore. According to trade buzz, this Emraan Hashmi starrer will record a lifetime collection of Rs 30 crore or just a little more than that. Emraan’s last film, ‘Hamari Adhuri Kahani’, which released in June 2015 collected about Rs 34 crore at the Bollywood box office and this movie too is heading in the same direction. ‘Azhar’ , directed by Tony D’Souoza, was released on about 2,100 screens across the country, but faced tough competition in the second week from another biopic, ‘Sarbjit’.

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