Madgaon Express box office collection day 3: Kunal Kemmu film earns over Rs 7 crore in India so far

(From left) Avinash Tiwary, Pratik Gandhi and Divyenndu Sharma in a still from the just-released Madgaon Express.

Starring Divyenndu, Pratik Gandhi, and Avinash Tiwary, the comedy-drama has been doing well at the domestic box office. As per Sacnilk.com, the film has so far collected over Rs 7 crore in India. The film released in theatres on March 22.

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According to Sacnilk.com, the film earned Rs 1.5 crore on Day 1 and Rs 2.75 crore on Day 2. On its third day, it minted Rs 2.85 crore nett in India, as per early estimates. Though on Day 3, the jump is not as big, the film's figures show an upward trajectory. Madgaon Express has so far earned Rs 7.10 crore in India. The film has been produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar's Excel Entertainment. Madgaon Express is the directorial debut of Kunal Kemmu.

Divyenndu (left) and Pratik Gandhi in a still from Madgaon Express.

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The film is about three young boys who dream about vacationing in Goa someday. Though their dream comes true, it soon turns into a nightmare as they, as adults, embark upon a train journey via Madgaon Express to reach Goa, their destination. And a nightmare ensues. Apart from Divyenndu (Pyaar Ka Punchnama, Mirzapur), Pratik Gandhi (Scam 1992), and Avinash Tiwary (Bulbbul), Madgaon Express also stars Nora Fatehi, Upendra Limaye and Chhaya Kadam.

According to the Moneycontrol review, with Madgaon Express, Hindi Cinema finally has its own The Hangover. The story, much like most ‘Goa plans’ begins in the '90s, when Dhanush (Divyenndu), Ayush (Avinash Tiwary) and Pratik (Pratik Gandhi) dream of a Goa vacation with beaches and ‘bikini babes’ as three outspoken, overzealous school-going losers. The three remain lifelong friends in the loosest sense of the term. But not all of them follow similarly rewarding trajectories. While Ayush and Pratik move abroad to make boatloads of money, Dhanush aka Dodo grows up in penury, lusting after material untruths. To fill that void he even crafts a fake online persona. Years later, a random plan brings the three together in Mumbai, for one last attempt at doing that unfulfilled Goa trip. A bag gets exchanged aboard a filthy train and all hell breaks loose in a seaside state teeming with drug gangs, undercover officers and colourful gang-lords.

A still from Madgaon Express.

Pratik Gandhi told Moneycontrol in an interview that "the situations are not happy and humorous for the characters at all. It’s the biggest tragedy of their lives. These situations are bizarre, difficult, and so weird that the audience will find it hilarious. But if you see our faces on screen, we are not laughing. We are not even smiling, because we are in those situations. So I guess that makes it even more amusing for the audience, because nobody has played comedy here. We are not trying to create comedy. It is there." Divyenndu added, "It's a comedy for the audiences, but it's a tragedy for Dodo, Pratik and Ayush."