PawanKalyan’s ‘Vakeel Saab’ crossed all hurdles and came out as a winner at the box office with Rs 80 Crore as the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana box-officecollection. Distributors crossed the profit lines at the end of the first weekafter the movie was sold to the Telugu audience.
It isbeing said that the movie would have earned more during the first week but dueto the pandemic restrictions and the political turbulence going on in the Southernstates. ‘Vakeel Saab’, the action drama is adapted from the Bollywood filmPink. While Amitabh Bachchan and TaapseePannu starrer Pink has a net collection of Rs 110 Crore in 10 days VakeelSaab also seems to reach there soon.
In viewof the challenging times of Covid, the movie is doing quite well. With limitedfootfall in the cinema and the shift from theatre to OTT has, the entertainmentindustry experienced a great loss. And if still, a release finds a way to gainthis much box office collection it is like a silver lining in the dark sky.
The originaladaptation Pink has till now seen three styles. In Hindi with Amitabh Bachchan,in Tamil with Ajith, and now Telugu with Pawan Kalyan. The recently releasedversion is the biggest one out of all the versions. In an interview withPinkvilla Boney Kapoor, the co-producer of Vakeel Saab expressed his views on the box officecollection so far. He said, “what more can a producer ask for? It’s gratifyingto get both critical acclaim and commercial success”.