"Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' will touch 200 Crore by weekend," say experts - Exclusive

This is coming EXCLUSIVE to you on ETimes and it's from those who have wide and good knowledge of Bollywood. Shah Rukh Khan-Deepika Padukone-John Abraham film has run away like a salvo and the experts say that 200 cr should be the figure that the box-office collection of the film could register in the first five days. "Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' will touch 200 Crore by weekend," was the common sentiment eschewed by Taran Adarsh (trade analyst), Akshaye Rathi and Ruban Mathivanan (exhibitors) and Abhimanyu Bansal (distributor) when they joined yours truly for a conversation, last afternoon.We bring you the entire interaction in the video below, UNFILTERED.

While Akshaye said that his conservative estimate is Rs 35 crore or thereabouts, Adarsh, Bansal and Ruban were certain that it's going above 40 cr on Day 1.
Adarsh & Co even list down some of the moments from the film that are unforgettable- the entry scene of SRK, the SRK-Deepika Vs Abraham chase and the scene where Salman Khan joins Shah Rukh being just three of the many.
The four of them underline the reasons why 'Pathaan' is storming ahead despite the 'Besharam Rang' controversy that erupted sometime ago.
So what does this signify for Bollywood? "Bollywood is not finished" they again eschewed a similar sentiment.
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