10 Instances That Prove Fans Are Celebrating Pathaan's Release Like It's Biggest Festival Ever
Some have taken leaves from their boss on the day of Pathaan's release, others are organising events: here's how fans are celebrating the film like it's the biggest festival in the world.
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.
A big hug to all for making #Pathaan so loved. Those who danced, put up cut outs, bought out halls, all fan clubs, made t shirts, prayed, helped to ease issues & made it a festival. It¡¯s good to be in theatres, feels like home. A quick #AskSRK for fun.
¡ª Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) January 24, 2023
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.
25 single-screen cinema halls are also set to re-open with Pathaan this week. These cinema halls were completely shut previously.#PATHAANRELEASESTOMORROW
¡ª Mohammad Altaf Ali (@MdAltafAli15) January 24, 2023
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.
PATHAAN to have EARLY MORNING shows!
¡ª Himesh (@HimeshMankad) January 21, 2023
Due to unprecedented demand from fans and audiences, #YRF decides to screen #Pathaan from 6 am on January 25 in premium format across the country- IMAX, 4DX, DBOX, ICE, & PXL - among others. #ShahRukhKhan #DeepikaPadukone #JohnAbraham
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.
#Pathaan *advance booking* status at *national chains*¡ Update till Monday, 8.45 pm¡
¡ª taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) January 23, 2023
?? #PVR: 1,70,000
?? #INOX: 1,44,000
?? #Cinepolis: 77,000
?? Total tickets sold: 3,91,000
NOTE: Data of *opening day* [25 Jan 2023] ONLY. pic.twitter.com/MIFnPVHbYh
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.
My journey from Bangalore to Chennai??, just to see that Huge Cutout of #pathaan poster?? #PathaanFirstDayFirstShow #PathaanAdvanceBooking #Pathaan25thJan @iamsrk @TeamSRKWarriors @Farhaz0121 @missingabhijeet @JoySRKian_2 @priteshpdedhia pic.twitter.com/qsaDHIxoKg
¡ª syed yaseen (@syedyaseen907) January 23, 2023
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.
The Megastar #ShahRukhKhan 's #Pathaan in rampage mode ????????????
¡ª Aman (@amanaggar) January 18, 2023
4 shows almost SOLD OUT in few hours ???? pic.twitter.com/yobL5jty0l
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.
Bike rally during RAEES promotion @iamsrk @RedChilliesEnt @vfx_redchillies @KarunaBadwal @BilalS158 @Srk_bangalore #21YearsOfSRKBangalore pic.twitter.com/Jqdi1rftV5
¡ª imran king khan? (@imrankingkhan7) August 25, 2020
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.
#PathaanAdvanceBooking has started with a bang! We haven¡¯t seen anything like this for a while? it will easily rack up more advances than any other film, post Covid. Much needed boost for the industry @yrf @_PVRCinemas
¡ª Kamal Gianchandani (@kamalgianc) January 19, 2023
9. Fans even organized a cricket tournament.
PATHAAN ke liye Aapney Bike rally dekha hoga, auto Bus par poster dekhe honge par yeh to sab se ek kadam aage hai.
¡ª SRK ROYAL'S GANGAVATHI (@SRKRGFC) January 21, 2023
Pathaan ke liye ek Cricket Tournament hi rakh liya kal 22 Jan 2023 Sunday ko @iamsrk#PathaanFDFS#PathaanMovie #PathaanOnJan25th @Srk_bangalore pic.twitter.com/WbBmKT2ve7
10. This man will watch the film thrice and his boss knows he won't be available tomorrow.
Pathaan Releases Tomorrow?
¡ª Shah Rukh Khan Universe Fan Club (@SRKUniverse) January 24, 2023
Decked up in style, #TamilNadu is all set to join #Pathaan's Party, are you?
Book your tickets now: https://t.co/z4YLOG2NRI | https://t.co/lcsLnUSu9Y@iamsrk @yrf#ShahRukhKhan #SRK #PathaanAdvanceBooking #DeepikaPadukone #JohnAbraham #YRF50 pic.twitter.com/ITGAPVD3s8
"Even my boss knows I¡¯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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