The Tashkent Files Box Office Day 4: Naseeruddin Shah & Mithun Chakraborty’s film mints THIS much
The Tashkent Files is a thriller based on the death of former Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and the film is directed by Vivek Agnihotri.
Notwithstanding the limited screens and stiff completion from films such as Akshay Kumar’s Kesari and John Abraham’s RAW, Naseeruddin Shah and Mithun Chakraborty’s The Tashkent Files has shown growth over the weekend and after four days, the thriller has raked in Rs. 2.20 crores at the box office. And according to trade pundits, since Kalank is going to hit the screens tomorrow, The Tashkent Files will lose out on screens.
As we all know, The Tashkent Files is based on the death of former Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and the film has been helmed by Vivek Agnihotri. While the film hit the screens on April 12, 2019, it has managed to maintain its hold at the Box Office. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter and shared the films box office collectuon as he wrote, “#TheTashkentFiles remains steady... Mon is almost at par with Fri biz... Fri 40 lakhs, Sat 80 lakhs, Sun 1 cr, Mon 35 lakhs. Total: 2.55 cr. India biz.”
Talking about The Tashkent Files, the film has an ensemble cast of Naseeruddin Shah, Mithun Chakraborty. Pallavi Joshi and Shweta Basu Prasad too play a pivotal part in the thriller. Besides, The Tashkent Files also features Mandira Bedi, Vinay Pathak, Achint Kaur, and Rajesh Sharma. The director of the film, Vivek Agnihotri is known for films such as Buddha In a Traffic Jam, Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets, Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal, Hate Story and others. Although the film was received poor reviews from the critics, but it has managed to remain steady at the box office, and it also found itself in the eye of controversy since it was being reported that the film is politically motivated in the light of the 2019 general elections.