📌 Key Points
- Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai collected ₹36 crore in its first week, failing to cross ₹40 crore.
- The film’s daily collections dipped after Monday, showing stagnation through weekdays.
- It performed better than ‘Baby John’ but lagged behind Varun’s ‘Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari’.
- The plot involves Jass (Varun Dhawan) with two pregnant women, a chaotic love triangle.
Varun Dhawan’s latest film, ‘Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai,’ has struggled at the box office, collecting a stagnant ₹36 crore in its opening week. Despite a star-studded cast, the film failed to gain momentum, raising questions about its commercial viability and audience reception.
Box Office Performance: A Week of Stagnation
Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai box office collection day 7: David Dhawan’s Varun Dhawan , Pooja Hegde and Mrunal Thakur-starrer Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai was released in theatres on June 5. In the first week of its release, the film has yet to cross the ₹ 40 crore mark, as it has remained stagnant through the weekdays.
After an expected dip on Monday, Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai collected ₹ 3.50 crore. It showed slight improvement on Tuesday, bringing in ₹ 3.85 crore, but it dipped further on Wednesday, bringing in only ₹ 2.80 crore.
Plot Unpacked: Jass’s Chaotic Love Life
Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai has collected less than Varun’s previous film, Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari, which collected ₹ 38.85 crore in its first week. But it has done better than the film before that, Baby John, which collected ₹ 32.65 crore in its first week. The film also faces competition from Peddi and Bandar, which were released at the same time.
The story revolves around Jass (Varun Dhawan), whose wife, Bani ( Mrunal Thakur ), forces him to divorce her on the grounds that she cannot keep up with his sexual appetite. It is a sore point given his desperation to become a father. Jass eventually moves on with Preet (Pooja Hegde). The real chaos begins when both women end up pregnant- and he is the father of both children.
Industry Reacts: Karan Johar on David Dhawan
This film is touted to be David ’s last. “I had a bittersweet reaction in my heart… here’s a filmmaker who is responsible for creating and entire Genre of films… A DAVID DHAWAN film spells eneterttainment. What must he feel saying this when he is an institution that so many filmmaker’s have taken forward as inspiration…. He is LOVED and RESPECTED and CELEBRATED by our fraternity…. Theres NO opposing that!!! Here’s to your summer blockbuster with your son …. DAVID DHAWAN NO 1 man always,” wrote Karan Johar, reacting to the news.
The film’s lukewarm box office performance highlights the challenges even established stars face. While David Dhawan’s potential last directorial effort garners industry sentiment, its commercial fate remains uncertain, leaving fans to ponder its overall impact.
