PremiumGandhada Gudi box office collection: Beats Kantara to setup a superb opening weekend
The fact that a major superstar like Puneeth Rajkumar features in a documentary of this kind has charmed the audiences who have declared Gandhada Gudi an emotional ride that is sure to tug at your heartstrings.
Last Updated: 01.48 PM, Oct 30, 2022
Gandhada Gudi has opened to great reviews in theatres and the same feedback seems to be translating to box office numbers. Amoghavarsha’s documentary began its theatrical run on October 28 with Rs. 4.15 crores and followed it up by collecting Rs. 4.50 crores on Day 2, Saturday, as revealed by the latest trade reports. This puts Gandhada Gudi in a great position to end the opening weekend on a high and leverage the good start through the next week.
To make things better, the docu. picture has outdone Rishab Shetty’s Kantara in daily earnings and is now well on course to be a commercial success. Fans and moviegoers across Karnataka have been thronging theatres to catch the late Puneeth Rajkumar in all his glory on the big screen and the advance bookings for the film have been highly encouraging so far. Aside from Bengaluru, the film has been doing well in the Mysuru, Kalaburgi, Tumakuru, and Hubballi areas with occupancy rates ranging mostly between 70 and 97 %.
The box office performance of Gandhada Gudi is also buoyed up by positive critical reviews with many praising the visual aesthetics of the film along with the novel idea to feature many unexplored territories of the state of Karnataka. The fact that a major superstar like Puneeth Rajkumar features in a documentary of this kind has also charmed the audiences who have declared Gandhada Gudi an emotional ride that is sure to tug at your heartstrings.
OTTplay's review of Gandhada Gudi highlighted the emotional experience that the film offers and how it does perfect justice to the ethos that Puneeth Rajkumar, or Appu, carried.
Gandhada Gudi marks Puneeth Rajkumar’s final appearance on screen following his tragic death on October 29, 2021. The film was released on the eve of his first death anniversary and the whole of Karnataka deemed this a special opportunity to celebrate his legacy.