Malaal Gets Lukewarm Response as Spider-Man Far From Home Opens Big

The Indian box office numbers of Spider-Man: Far From Home are superlative, given two facts: limited number of screens and a Thursday opening. The film, prompted by positive reviews, has earned Rs 12.10 crore on its opening day in India.

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In another news, director Mangesh Hadawale's film Malaal, a love story between Shiva More (Meezaan Jaffery) and Astha Tripathi (Sharmin Segal), released in cinemas on Friday. Unfortunately, the film failed to attract audiences.

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The latest superhero offering from Hollywood, Spider-Man: Far From Home, has started its journey at the Indian box office in terrific style. With less than 2000 screens allotted to Tom Holland’s film, one thing is absolutely clear. There’s a great scope of increased number of screens from day two, especially when none of the other simultaneous releases have generated any hype.

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In her review of Malaal, News18's Priyanka Sinha Jhan wrote, "Mangesh Hadawale’s direction, unfortunately, lacks the finesse that we saw in his award-winning Marathi film Tingya. He makes the proceedings borderline clichés, never letting them explore their true potential."

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This Independence Day will see three big films releasing alongside each other, as they fight for audiences' attention at the box office. Prabhas' Saaho, Akshay Kumar's Mission Mangal and John Abraham's Batla House have been confirmed to release on August 15 concurrently. While the first poster of Mission Mangal was released by Akshay on social media on Thursday, fans of Prabhas got the first glimpse into the dance track Psycho Saiyaan, featuring Shraddha Kapoor opposite the Baahubali star. The song releases on July 8.

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