Vicky Kaushal’s Sam Bahadur is directed by Meghna Gulzar.
Vicky Kaushal’s Sam Bahadur has put a brave fight in front of Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal on day 2.
Vicky Kaushal impressed the audience with his stellar performance in the film Sam Bahadur. The highly anticipated film was released on Friday, December 1 and faced intense competition from Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal. While Animal earned a whopping Rs 61 crore on its opening day, Sam Bahadur opened with Rs 5.50 crore. Looks like the second day was also tough for Vicky Kaushal’s film.
According to industry tracker Sacnilk, Vicky Kaushal’s Sam Bahadur earned Rs 9.25 crore (early estimates) on its second day. Meanwhile, Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal earned Rs 66 crore, pushing the total collection to Rs 100 crore in only two days.
Sam Bahadur’s overall Hindi occupancy was 46% on Saturday, December 2. Cities like Pune, Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi saw the maximum occupancy. As for show timings, the night shows saw the most footfall at 65.72%, followed by the evening shows at 54.39%.
Sam Bahadur is based on the life of India’s first Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw. His career in the army spanned over four decades and five wars. He was the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal and his military victory in the 1971 Indo-Pak war led to the creation of Bangladesh.
Besides Vicky Kaushal, Sam Bahadur also stars Neeraj Kabi, Edward Sonnenblick (as Lord Mountbatten), Richard Bhakti Klein (as Ambassador Keating), Saqib Ayub (Captain Attiqur Rahman) and Krishna Kant Singh Bundela (as Subedar Gurbaksh Singh) in key roles. It also features Fatima Sana Shaikh as former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Sanya Malhotra as Sam’s love interest.
Showsha’s review of the film reads, “Sam Bahadur seamlessly blends duty, patriotism, and determination which are rich fodder for any film. The scale of the meticulously structured period narrative is grand as it shuns the trappings of a Bollywood biopic. But that certainly isn’t the film’s sole strength. The brilliantly lensed biopic also draws power from lead actor Vicky Kaushal who sinks its teeth completely into the character so much so that there are many times you’d feel that you forget the actor and almost feel that late field marshal, Sam Manekshaw himself is on the big screen. Kaushal’s intense and intuitive performance presents an incredible tale of a man who loved his uniform and his army more than anything else. It is the actor’s best performance, even better than Sardar Udham…”
