Rowdy Rathore is certainly a hit with audiences and star Akshay Kumar could not be happier. See he is doing a happy dance! Directed by master Prabhu Deva, the film also stars Sonakshi Sinha in a retelling of the Telugu Vikramarkudu. It was a huge hit there and once again it is causing cash registers to ring! The masala film, that sees Akshay return to a full on action avatar, raked in huge numbers at the box office in its first weekend. On opening day alone the film grossed 15.25 crore and the film kept house full over the weekend so it is well on its way to a super hit!Akshay told PTI, “When we had gone to a few cinema houses we had seen people dancing in theatres, whistling and having fun…and it feels great to see this kind of response. It is a big thing for me. Even if I don’t get award it’s ok, but it is this reward that makes me happy.”
Siddharth Roy Kapur, managing director, Disney UTV Motion Picture, is also ecstatic and said in statement, “We are thrilled with the incredible opening day collections of ‘Rowdy Rathore’ across the length and breadth of India. It has notched up the third biggest opening day of all time and the biggest non-holiday opening day of all time.It is also Akshay’s biggest opening day ever.”
