Kolkata: Bengali film ‘Bohurupi’ has crossed Rs 17.25 crore of revenue at the box office after screening for 68 days, setting a record as the “biggest blockbuster” in the state, an industry body official said on Friday.
The success of the film is a “reflection of cinemagoers’ unwavering love for authentic storytelling”, one of the directors said.
“The box office collection from single screens and multiplexes in the country was pegged at Rs 17.25 crore after the screening of the film for 68 days,” the industry body official said.
“Bohurupi continues to dominate, grossing Rs 5.51 crore in just nine weeks and still going strong. Following it are ‘Tekka’ with Rs 1.59 crore in seven weeks and ‘Ajogyo’, which earned Rs 99 lakh in six weeks earlier this year,” EIMPA sources said.
Other notable hits include ‘Eta Amader Golpo’ (Rs 68 lakh in seven weeks), ‘Nayan Rahasya’ (Rs 53 lakh in seven weeks), ‘Oti Uttam’ (Rs 50 lakh in eight weeks), ‘Jamalaye Jibonto Bhanu’ (Rs 40 lakh in four weeks), and ‘Babli’ (Rs 34 lakh in seven weeks), all from multiplex chains in Bengal.
The official commented, “With big Christmas releases like ‘Shontaan’ and ‘Khadaan’ set to hit screens on December 20, it’s uncertain how the final numbers will shape up by December 31.” Another potential Christmas release, ‘Amar Boss’, produced by the same team behind ‘Bohurupi’, has been postponed from its end-December date to an unspecified time early next year.
The decision was made because ‘Bohurupi’ is still drawing large crowds after nine weeks in theatres. “We don’t want to disrupt its stellar run,” said Shibo Prosad Mukherjee, one of the directors of ‘Bohurupi’ (along with Nandita Roy).
