Udta Punjab flies high on opening day; bags over Rs 10cr

Mumbai: Anurag Kashyap co-produced flick Udta Punjab did a fantastic opening day business at Bollywood Box Office by collecting over Rs 10cr on its release day. Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt starrer film covers a sensitive issue of drug abuse among the youths in Punjab.

Udta Punjab, which entered a long scuffle with the Censor Board, also bags a place in top five grossing films in 2016. The top five films include – Fan (19.20cr), Housefull 3 (15.21cr), Airlift (12.35cr), Baaghi (11.94cr) and Udta Punjab (10.05cr)

#UdtaPunjab had a STRONG Fri... Best in North India [Delhi, Punjab]... Plexes across big cities VERY GOOD... Fri ₹ 10.05 cr. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) 18 June 2016

Directed by Abhishek Choubey, Udta Punjab also stars Kareena Kapoor Khan and Diljit Dosanjh in pivotal roles. Film got a wide release in around 2,000 screens.