'' Ventilator '' premiered at the 18th Mumbai Film Festival on 24 October 2016 . Made on a small budget of 35 million ( US$ 550,000 ) , '' Ventilator '' was released on 4 November 2016 in Maharashtra , and accompanied by English subtitles in several other cities including Gujarat , Goa , Madhya Pradesh , Delhi , Karnataka , Andhra Pradesh and Telangana . It opened to a positive response at the box office , did good business in its first weekend and continues to perform well in its first week . The film continued to do well in its second weekend ; revenues held up well despite the Indian government 's surprise currency demonitisation and other big-budget Bollywood and regional films . The film was a commercial success , earning 250 million ( US$ 4 million ) at the box office . , '' Ventilator '' is the 10th highest-grossing Marathi film of all time
surprise currency demonitisation
2016 Indian banknote demonetisation
Ventilator (2016 film)