WILL DE DE PYAAR DE 2 MANAGE TO BE A SUCCESS LIKE ITS PREDECESSOR?

Last week’s Haq has underperformed at the box office, despite near-unanimous acclaim. It opened at Rs. 1.85 crores and though it jumped to Rs. 3.35 crores on Saturday, the growth on Sunday didn’t come as expected. On its third day, it collected Rs. 3.75 crores. A film like this needs to earn as much as Friday on Monday. But Haq collected Rs. 1.10 crores on day 4. The first week will end around Rs. 14 crores and it remains to be seen if it can cross the Rs. 20 crore mark.

Meanwhile, all eyes are now on De De Pyaar De 2, which releases tomorrow. It stars Ajay Devgn, R Madhavan and Rakul Preet Singh. It is the sequel to De De Pyaar De, which was a decent hit and loved for its characters and humour. That part starred Ajay, Rakul and Tabu and the latter is absent this time.

De De Pyaar De 2’s trailer is promising and it looks like a fun-filled entertainer, just like part 1. However, De De Pyaar De’s first part had a chartbuster song. This factor is missing from the sequel as none of the tracks have become that popular. And this has reflected in the ticket sales.

The advance booking is not upto the mark and the hope is that the film will pick up after 4:00 pm on Friday once the word of mouth spreads. De De Pyaar De had collected Rs. 8.13 crores and at present, it doesn’t seem like the sequel will be able to match these collections. The target at present is to cross the Rs. 7.25 crores day 1 collections of Son Of Sardaar 2, which was released earlier this year.

The advantage for De De Pyaar De 2 is that it arrives solo. If public reports are positive, it can see a major jump on Saturday and Sunday. The next week’s films (120 Bahadur, Mastiii 4) are in a different zone and hence, De De Pyaar De 2 has chances to put up a decent Week 2 total as well. But again, it all depends on a positive word of mouth.