Dono makes only Rs 35 lakhs on Day 1

Sooraj Barjatya made a dream debut in the movies with Maine Pyar Kiya and gave the industry a huge star in Salman Khan, the two of them have delivered many successful films together since there on. So when Sooraj Barjatya’s son

Avnish

was making his debut as a director with

Dono

;a love story , it was expected to have a similar result but things haven’t gone as planned.

The film has opened to a very poor opening of just Rs 35 lakhs as per Sacnilk. The film is also the debut vehicle for Sunny Deol’s younger son Rajveer and Poonam Dhillon’s daughter Paloma.
Backed by

Rajshris

which also have a very robust distribution network, they have played very smart with its strategy where they have planned for only 300 shows across the country. But it is being reported that on the first day itself, many shows had to be canceled because of lack of audience. In fact the makers of the film opened the advance booking of the film only two days before the release and immediately launched the offer of ‘ Buy One Get One’ to generate enough buzz and more sales for the film but it didn’t generate enough results.
In an exclusive interview with ETimes, Sooraj Barjatya mentioned that he thought is going to become a businessman. He said, “I remember we were at Goa Airport and were returning from a holiday. That was the first time he gave me a hint that he wanted to become a director. I always thought that he’d become a businessman because even now as a director, half his mind is on budgets and related things. He’s a much better producer than me. And, when I was making

Prem Ratan Dhan Payo

, he said he wanted to assist me, that time I became sure about his decision. “