Ek Villain earns Rs 16.72 crore on opening Day

‘Ek Villian’ starring Sidharth Malhotra, Shraddha Kapoor, has got off to a stupendous start at the box office. The romantic-thriller managed to earn Rs 16.72 crore the opening day. Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted the first day figures of ‘Ek Villain’, “#EkVillain Fri ₹ 16.72 cr nett [2539 screens]. India biz. Second highest opener of 2014. In terms of screen average, it’s HIGHEST. AWESOME!”

Another trade analyst Komal Nahta tweeted, “‘Ek Villain’: Maya Gorakhpur morning show full. Noon matinee and evening 85% sold out in advance. Great! Velocity Indore: ‘Ek Villain’ 09:55 a.m. show Rs. 18,724.85. That’s unbelievable!”

‘Ek Villain’ team was seen celebrating the film’s success at director Mohit Suri’s office in Mumbai. Riteish Deshmukh took to Twitter to post the celebration pictures.

Nice one “@mangesht89: Best #Transformer ever – @Riteishd from Comedy to Villain to Action Hero! #EkVillain #LaiBhari”

— RD: EK VILLAIN (@Riteishd) June 28, 2014

Bollywood’s ace filmmaker Karan Johar, who launched Sidharth Malhotra with ‘Student of the Year’, also took to Twitter to congratulate ‘Ek Villain’ team

Bravo and badhai ho team #ekvillain!!!! What a start and such a cinegoer adrenalin rush it has turned out to be!!! pic.twitter.com/nntN3elKXh

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) June 27, 2014

Mahesh Bhatt also congratulated Ek Villain director Mohit Suri.

The man of the match! Proud of my kid he single handedly made EkVillan into a blockbuster.May the ‘force’ be with him pic.twitter.com/yfU2VGpPR8

— Mahesh Bhatt (@MaheshNBhatt) June 27, 2014

‘Ek Villain’ hit theatres on June 27.