'The Kashmir Files' inches closer to Rs 200-crore club as unstoppable box office run continues

In a shocking turn of events, an Akshay Kumar starrer has seen fairly less takers while audiences storm theatres to watch Vivek Agnihotri’s "The Kashmir Files". "Bachchan Pandey" is a film that has all the elements for it to be a big hit. For starters, it has megastar Kumar, whose movies have seldom bombed at the box office in the recent years. It is a big action drama replete with songs and a star cast – a complete package for a Bollywood masala movie buff.

"The Kashmir Files" is a movie that didn’t have large scale promotions or publicity or even big stars such as Kumar and yet is all set to enter the Rs 200 crore club, surpassing all expectations. The film has no songs or comic relief and still has catapulted into an unstoppable phenomenon.

The drama is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley in 1990 and has minted over Rs 190 crore (till Tuesday) since its release on March 11. Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher and Pallavi Joshi lead the cast of the emotional drama.

According to trade observer Himesh Mankad, the film, which had a modest release across 600 screens on its opening day, added 1,400 more screens by the end of the first weekend. As of Monday, the film was running to packed houses across 4000 screens in the country, news agency PTI quoted him as saying.