Tiger Shroff
entered the industry with a bang and delivered hits with films like Heropanti, Baaghi, Baaghi 2 and War but for the last few years he has been on shaky grounds as films like Baaghi 3, Student of the Year 2,
Heropanti
2 have not worked at the box office. The action star is banking a lot on his upcoming film Ganapath: Part 1 but looks like things may not be going his way.
Tiger Shroff shares 'Jai Ganesha' song from his film 'Ganapath'
The actor has teamed up with his first ever co-star Kriti Sanon for the film, they marked their debut together with Heropanti in 2014.
In Ganapath, Tiger will also be sharing screen space withAmitabh Bachchan for the first time, this futuristic action film is backed by Vashu Bhagnani and is directed by
Vikas Bahl
.
Ganapath releases a day after Thalapathy Vijay’s Leo which has opened to massive numbers across the globe. But the same can’t be said about Tiger’s film as the action entertainer has made only Rs 32 lakhs in advance booking for its Hindi release till Thursday morning. As per Sacnilk the film has sold about 20,000 tickets across the country. The film is releasing in Tamil, Telugu, Kanada and Malayalam.
The promotion of Ganapath: Part 1 has been very subdued this is despite the fact that no other big film was releasing in October in North India. In fact, at a latest event for the film’s promotion, only Tiger was spotted as Kriti Sanon was on her way to Delhi to collect her
Best Actress National Award for Mimi
. It would be interesting to see how the box office numbers change before the release of the first show starts on Friday. The trade is expecting that the film will hit a crore for now for its opening day, and hopefully the trend will catch on over the weekend.