Emraan Hashmi’s Awarapan 2 emerged as the surprise box-office winner over Independence Day weekend, collecting ₹81.21 crore compared with Sunny Deol’s Batwara 1947, which earned ₹25.43 crore. Despite a quieter promotional strategy, Awarapan 2 dominated through strong audience demand, while Spider-Man: Brand New Day also posted healthy numbers.
On the occasion of India’s 80th Independence Day, our local cinema heroes took charge. Spider-Man: Brand New Day played to houseful shows. But it was one Bollywood hero—Emraan Hashmi—who rewrote the box office rules.
Sunny days were short lived
₹25.43 cr is the first weekend collection of the Rajkumar Santoshi-Sunny Deol partition drama Batwara 1947, produced by Aamir Khan.
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