''PM Narendra Modi'' biopic earns nearly Rs 3 crore on day 1

Mumbai, May 25 

‘PM Narendra Modi’, a biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, raked in nearly Rs 3 crore on the first day of its release.

A tweet posted by trade analyst Taran Adarsh on Saturday read: "'PM Narendra Modi' had a lukewarm start in the morning, but picked up speed as Day 1 progressed. Evening shows witnessed better occupancy, Friday Rs 2.88 crore India business." 

#PMNarendraModi had a lukewarm start in the morning, but picked up speed as Day 1 progressed... Evening shows witnessed better occupancy... Fri ₹ 2.88 cr. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) 25 May 2019

The film, which stars Vivek Anand Oberoi, Boman Irani, Waheeda Rahman, Darshan Kumaar and Manoj Joshi, among others, traces Modi's life story.

It was stopped just a night before its scheduled worldwide opening on April 11 when the parliamentary polls kicked off, to ensure a level playing field in the elections.

Actor Arjun Kapoor-starrer ‘India's Most Wanted’, which released along with the biopic on Friday, made Rs 2.10 crore. 

Directed by Rajkummar Gupta, ‘India's Most Wanted’ is inspired by a "true story" related to a terrorist. It is about a mission of five people to nab India's most wanted terrorist—described in the movie as India's Osama—without any weapon or support in just four days. — IANS