10 Instances That Prove Fans Are Celebrating Pathaan's Release Like It's Biggest Festival Ever
Ever since the first song from Pathaan has been released, the boycott calls have only intensified on social media. From a seer threatening to kill Shah Rukh Khan to him performing his tehraveen, a lot has happened in the last few months. Many believe that the boycott gang has once again targeted a Hindi film, especially after this man accidentally boycotted the entire city of Patna instead of Pathaan.?
But have these calls affected the business of Pathaan??The undisputed king of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, remains unaffected. His film is setting records one after the other.?
1. Twenty-five cinema halls have reopened to screen Pathaan
Several theatres that were shut due to Covid-19 have now reopened to screen Shah Rukh Khan-John Abraham and Deepika Padukone starrer movie.
2. The film will be screened as early as 6 am in theatres.
Pathaan has thus become the first Shah Rukh Khan movie to have early morning shows - that are quite common down the South. Owing to the high demand, several theatres across India have planned on screening the movie at 6 am.?
3. The advance booking is setting records.
The movie has sold about a million tickets on Book My Show already and has minted 20 crores with just the advance bookings.??
4. Big posters to celebrate Shah Rukh Khan's movie release.
SRK Fans Association Bengaluru, which was founded by Guru Magaji two decades ago are making a?54-feet cutout of the actor.??
5. Theatres are sold out already!
Shah Rukh Khan Universe Fans, which has been co-founded by Mumbai-based Yash Paryani, claims to have had over 50,000 sold-out slots for first-day-first-show screenings across 200 cities.??
6. Bike rally in Bengaluru!
His fans in Bengaluru who founded Team SRK Warriors are organising a bike rally, They will watch the film twice. "We will watch the movie twice on the same day. The first time, of course, is to see Shah Rukh back on screen. The second is to actually watch the movie," they said.
7. Auto-Rickshaws have decked up with huge posters of SRK
The craze can be seen on the streets of Tamil Nadu.?
8. Pathaan craze is crashing websites.
Pathaan tickets are selling like hotcakes.?
9. Fans even organized a cricket tournament.?
10. This man will watch the film thrice and his boss knows he won't be available tomorrow.?
"Even my boss knows IĄ¯m not going to be available the day of the release. So when I asked him for leave, he already knew why," said the Deepak Kulkarni, the vice-president of SRK Fans Association Bangalore.
Pathaan is slated to be released on Jan 25.?
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