Meghna Gulzar directorial Raazi has seen a magnificent growth at the box office. After the rave reviews on the social media and the Box office collections indicate that Raazi could be another blockbuster this year. The spy thriller based on the life of a real spy, Sehmat Khan, topped by Alia Bhatt’s performance has hooked the audience in just two days of its release.
Revealing the collections, film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter and wrote, “#Raazi continues its SPLENDID RUN… Witnesses 50.07% growth on Sat… The SUPER-STRONG word of mouth is translating into SUPER-SOLID biz… Expected to collect ₹ 31 cr+ in its opening weekend… Fri 7.53 cr, Sat 11.30 cr. Total: ₹ 18.83 cr. India biz.”
#Raazi continues its SPLENDID RUN… Witnesses 50.07% growth on Sat… The SUPER-STRONG word of mouth is translating into SUPER-SOLID biz… Expected to collect ₹ 31 cr+ in its opening weekend… Fri 7.53 cr, Sat 11.30 cr. Total: ₹ 18.83 cr. India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) May 13, 2018
Raazi narrates the story of a young Kashmiri girl, Sehmat Khan, who is trained to become a spy and then married off in Pakistan. Sehmat is trained and sent to Pakistan to gather information for the Indian intelligence. Raazi is based on a novel, Calling Sehmat, written by Harinder Sikka, a former Indian Navy officer. Calling Sehmat is based on the story of a Kashmiri woman who married a Pakistani officer during the 1971 India-Pakistan war. Alia Bhatt’s portrayal of feminine yet strong Sehmat Khan was quite evident in the trailers.
Talking about the film, director Meghna Gulzar said, “For me, the core thread of the story, which is the girl’s journey, was what stood out for me and that is what I picked out to make a film. In fact, my father, when I first told him… because this book had first come to him… he couldn’t understand why I would want to make this film. But there were layers that I saw, and that he saw later when he read the screenplay.”
Raazi features Vicky Kaushal, Jaideep Ahlawat, Soni Razdan, Rajit Kapoor, Ashwath Bhatt alongside Alia Bhatt in pivotal roles.