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Recent rumours suggested that Ranveer Singh-starrer Befikre - which did not do very well at the domestic box office - was initially offered to Sushant Singh Rajput. Refuting the rumours, Sushant has said that he wouldn’t even have done the film had it been offered to him. Sushant said in a statement issued to media, “I was never offered Befikre. But had I been offered, I wouldn’t have done it. If the same production house is offering me a niche film like Detective Byomkesh Bakshy (2015), I would do it because Dibakar Banerjee (director) has a different interpretation of the old classic; and I would do a Paani where Shekhar Kapur will be raising a very important and immediate issue.” “If Befikre was representing the new-age youth of India and romance as what it was claiming, it would have been great irrespective of the box-office numbers. But unfortunately, it didn’t do that and hence I would not be interested. I am not suggesting that films should only reflect reality (like P...

Befikre Box Office Collections. Befikre went down on Tuesday as collections fell 25-30% from the previous day and the film went to low levels. The Monday numbers were decent but was due to the minor holiday for Eid-E-Milad which seems to have boosted collections by 10-15% on Monday going by the business on Tuesday. The film grossed in the 3.50-3.75 crore nett range on Tuesday which is a low collection. There is no major competition this week but this drop makes a real dent in the chances of the film put up solid second week numbers. The collections fell over with bigger falls in areas that got benefit of the mini holiday on Monday. In places like Rajasthan the holiday was on Tuesday so collections did not drop there. The first five day business of the film is as follows. Friday - 10,25,00,000 Saturday 11,50,00,000 Sunday 12,50,00,000 Monday 5,25,00,000 Tuesday - 3,75,00,000 apprx TOTAL - 43,25,00,000 apprx The first week business of the film will be around 49 crore nett which is ...