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Shehzada Box Office Review: Kartik Aaryan’s Journey From A Monologue Specialist To A Bankable Star Sees A Roadblock!

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Shehzada Box Office Review: Kartik Aaryan’s Journey From A Monologue Specialist To A Bankable Star Sees A Roadblock!

Kartik Aaryan is a new age crowd puller and there’s no single doubt about it. Barring Love Aaj Kal, which too actually saw a very good start, the actor has delivered 4 box office successes out of his 5 previous releases. In fact, with Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, Kartik gave a blockbuster when Bollywood was in crisis. With such an amazing track record, expectations have been really high from his Shehzada, but there are some things which have been handled very miserably by the makers.

As we mentioned above, the film had a low advance booking, which was clearly reflected in early shows. Yes, there were walk-ins but the occupancy was nowhere close to what Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 enjoyed. Speaking about myself, I watched the 11.30 am show and there were around 28-30 people in the theatre. For BB 2, it was around 55-60 people for the 8 am show. Well, you can clearly see the difference.

Speaking about the good things, Shehzada is a popcorn family entertainer and the word-of-mouth too has been mostly on the decent side so far. Interestingly, even the viewers who are calling it an average affair, have only positive things to say about Kartik Aaryan’s performance.

Speaking about the negatives, the film is in a clash with Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, resulting in a loss of a considerable chunk of screens. If this wasn’t enough, Akshay Kumar and Emraan Hashmi’s Selfiee is releasing next week. As it is backed by Dharma Productions along with a face value of Akki, the film will get a good screen count. So, for Shehzada, it’s just a span of one week to perform its best. Then on top of all, there’s Pathaan which is still bringing in crowds with its attractive offers.


Everything was going well and pre-release buzz too had been decent until the makers decided to shift the film’s release date by postponing it by one week. Yes, initially it was scheduled to release on 10th February but then was shifted to 17th February. The decision was taken a couple of weeks ago. This is the point where the makers lost the perception battle..Another thing is the low advance booking of the film. We all know the power of social media as it influences the neutral audience about a particular film. From the last couple of days, reports are doing around that the pre-sales of Shehzada are not at all good, which is clearly having an impact on the film’s image. Even before the release, negative talks are going viral all over. Read More about Shehzada Box Office Review.

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