Vivek Agnihotri REACTS to reports of Brahmastra beating The Kashmir Files at BO: ‘Thanks #NotBollywood’

As per reports, Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt starrer Brahmastra has managed to beat Vievk Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files by entering the Rs 200 crore club. Now, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has reacted to news articles and other social media reports regarding Brahmastra's latest box office collections. Notably, the filmmaker asked to be left out of the Bollywood rat race using the hashtag Not Bollywood.
Vivek Agnihotri REACTS to reports of Brahmastra beating The Kashmir Files at BO

Vivek Agnihotri REACTS to reports of Brahmastra beating The Kashmir Files at BO

Ayan Mukerji's Brahmastra has emerged as the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2022. The Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt starrer has managed to beat Vievk Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files by entering the Rs 200 crore club. Now, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has reacted to news articles and other social media reports regarding Brahmastra's latest box office collections.
On Monday, Vivek reacted to the news, tweeting, "Hahahaha. I don’t know how did they beat #TheKashmirFiles…with sticks, rods, hockey… or AK47 or stones…. Or with paid PR and influencers? Let Bollywood films compete with each other. Leave us alone. I am not in that dumb race. Thanks. #NotBollywood.”
Notably, the filmmaker asked to be left out of the Bollywood rat race using the hashtag Not Bollywood.
Vivek Agnihotri
Vivek Agnihotri
Meanwhile, as per trade sources, Brahmastra managed to earn Rs 17 crore on Sunday, and now has an overall nett domestic collection crossed Rs 200 crore and the Rs 350 crore mark worldwide. This helped it beat The Kashmir Files’ lifetime earnings of Rs 340 crore to become the highest-grossing Hindi film of the year.
Meanwhile, recently Ranbir Kapoor defended the 'hit' status of Brahmastra stating, "People are saying this much is the budget and this much is the recovery. But Brahmastra is unique being where the budget is not just for one film but for the whole trilogy."
"So, it’s not like the figures floating around, whether it’s hundred rupees or two hundred rupees, are correct. It’s all wrong. The economics of this film is not like the economics of other films that have been made in our industry. Now, we can easily go into part 2 and part 3. With part 1, Ayan had to learn how to make this kind of a film,” Ranbir added.
His explanation comes amidst reports that almost Rs 100 crore of the film's budget was used for the VFX.
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