Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan’s spy comedy Udta Teer has closed its first week in cinemas with a domestic total of ₹31.25 crore, according to day-wise figures reported by Sacnilk. The film began on October 23 with a restrained ₹4.10 crore, climbed over the weekend, and settled into a steady weekday phase.
The week in numbers
- Day 1 (Thursday): ₹4.10 crore
- Saturday: ₹7.25 crore
- Sunday: ₹8.20 crore
- Day 7 (Thursday): ₹2.60 crore
The weekend movement is the notable part. Saturday’s ₹7.25 crore was around 76% higher than the opening day, and Sunday stayed ahead at ₹8.20 crore. By the seventh day the film added ₹2.60 crore, roughly steady with the previous day, which suggests a section of the audience is still turning up despite competition.
Why the steadiness matters
Udta Teer is not playing alone. Rajinikanth’s Jailer 2, which opened a week earlier, is still drawing attention, while Nayyi Navelli and Prahaar are also on screens. In that contested frame, a steady rather than steep first Thursday is a modest but real signal for exhibitors deciding whether to hold shows.
Reviews, though, do not give the film much momentum of their own. News18 Show rated it three out of five stars and wrote that its “attempts at humour often feel contrived.” The review also described a hospital action sequence as “silly and frivolous and rarely funny.” For a comedy, that is a burden: if the set pieces are not landing with critics, the film depends more on the audience’s own response.
What the film is building on
The film was written and directed by Aakash Kaushik as his debut, and produced by Karan Johar, Adar Poonawalla, Guneet Monga, Apoorva Mehta and Achin Jain under the banners of Dharma Productions and Sikhya Entertainment. Alongside Khurrana and Khan, the cast includes Rahul Bose, Ram Kapoor, Gulshan Grover and Mukul Dev; it is Dev’s second release after his death in 2025.
The premise—a Pakistani spy loses his memory after a blast and wakes up believing he is an Indian Counter-Terrorism Squad officer—gives the film a clear genre hook. The first week suggests that hook was enough to recover from a weak opening, but not enough to run away from the market.
The week ahead
The second Friday will clarify matters. A steady follow-up weekend would give the film a longer runway; a sharp drop would leave the first week as the headline. For a star-led comedy arriving in a busy corner of the release calendar, the ₹31.25 crore base matters less than whether the film can hold it.
Source: News18
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