Looks like the poor run of Akhsay Kumar movies at the Bollywood box office is not going to end soon. After the disastrous performance of his last few films Prithviraj, Raksha Bandhan, Cutputli, and Ram Setu, the Bollywood star placed a lot of hopes on his multistarrer film Selfiee.
But the advance booking trends are quite disappointing to say the least. The movie is releasing today and the bookings are disastrous, especially considering it’s a film from a Bollywood A-lister like Akshay Kumar. The film’s advance ticket sales are just around 8K from national multiplex chains which is shocking to the Selfiee team and the entire Bollywood.
Selfiee is a remake of the 2019 Malayalam superhit film Driving License which starred Prithviraj Sukumaran and Suraj Venjaramoodu. This Bollywood remake stars Emraan Hashmi alongside Akshay Kumar.
The entire unit of the film tried large-scale promotions for the film and even roped in the likes of Salman Khan, Tiger Shroff, and other stars. But clearly, that tactic has failed to evoke the audience’s interest.
Now, everything boils down to the walk-in audience and the film’s initial talk. If content clicks, we’ll see footfalls increasing during evening and night shows. After Pathaan’s blockbuster performance, everyone believed that Bollywood is back on its success track. But the failure of Kartik Aryan’s Shehzada (remake of Allu Arjun’s Ala Vaikunthapuramuloo) and now the cold response to another remake i.e. Selfiee, it appears the rough days have still not ended.
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