“Prahaar – The Ujjwal Nikam Story” is settling into the quiet arithmetic of a second-week run. The courtroom drama added Rs 45 lakh in India on Tuesday, October 27 — unchanged from Monday — to take its worldwide gross to Rs 27.93 cr after 12 days, according to Sacnilk figures cited by The Times of India.
Domestic net collections now stand at Rs 21.00 cr, while the India gross is Rs 24.98 cr. Overseas added another Rs 5 lakh on Tuesday, lifting the international gross to Rs 2.95 cr.
A strong opening, then a routine decline
The film’s rhythm is familiar: a solid launch, a Sunday peak, and diminishing weekday returns. Released on October 16, it opened at Rs 2.35 cr, improved to Rs 3.15 cr on Saturday and reached its best day of Rs 3.65 cr on the first Sunday. The first week closed at Rs 17.15 cr.
In its second week, “Prahaar” has been more modest. After Friday’s Rs 60 lakh, the weekend recovered to Rs 1.15 cr and Rs 1.20 cr, before Monday and Tuesday both landed at Rs 45 lakh.
The numbers that describe the hold
- Worldwide gross: Rs 27.93 cr across 12 days
- India net: Rs 21.00 cr; India gross: Rs 24.98 cr
- Overseas gross: Rs 2.95 cr
- Tuesday shows: 1,176, averaging Rs 3,827 per show
- Day 12 footfalls: 36,647; cumulative 967,604
Show counts have thinned from the opening day’s 4,133 to 1,176 on Tuesday, though occupancy remains uneven — 4.92% in morning shows against 26.69% at night. That pattern, with evening audiences carrying a film about a prosecutor, is common for adult-skewing Hindi dramas.
Why the film’s subject still matters
The film is not a typical commercial vehicle. Directed by Avinash Arun, it dramatises the career of Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, including the 1993 Bombay blasts prosecution and the trial of Ajmal Kasab after the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Rajkummar Rao plays Nikam; Wamiqa Gabbi, Lalit Prabhakar, Jaideep Ahlawat and Sikandar Kher round out the cast.
For Hindi cinema’s record, the run is another data point in a recurring question: can issue-driven, real-life legal dramas convert a strong premise into sustained footfalls? “Prahaar” has passed the opening test and is now being re-rated by weekday audiences. As with all trade estimates, these figures are approximate and may be revised by producers.
Source: The Times of India
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