Street Dancer opens far ahead of Panga

This  doesn’t look  like  a very favourable  year for the women heroes. While 2019 was a virtual  celebration of woman power, with  female actors dominating the  box office in Badlaa,  Mission Mangal  and   Manikarnika 2020 has opened  poorly for  the  biggest female actor Deepika Padukone with Chhapaak  failing to create  a splash.

 Now Kangana Ranaut who had a fairly successful January  release (Manikarnika) in 2019, has opened  to  an  underwhelming  audience  in Panga. Friday audiences have come  away  disappointed by  the film’s predictable  arc and the lack of USPs. Not a heartening  opening for director Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari whom  one expected  to move to the next level  with Panga after the moderately  successful Bareilly Ki Barfi.

Remo D’Souza’s Street Dancer opened  on  a high note with audiences taking to the dance and drama  wholeheartedly.

Early  reports  from leading multiplexes  predict  another big hit for Varun Dhawan and  producers  T- Series whose previous January release  Tanhaji is still running to full houses all across  India and overseas.

An unnamed  personnel from  a leading multiplex chain told  this writer on  Friday, “Going by early trends it looks like Street Dancer is far ahead. Panga hasn’t  gotten itself  enough shows, even the shows that they  have got are  not  primetime slots. So it’s bound to suffer.  I’d say  it was  a  mistake  to release Panga with a  big 3D spectacle.”