▁from ▁The ▁Indian ▁Express ▁gave ▁a ▁rating ▁of ▁ 2 . 5 , ▁not ing ▁that ▁the ▁" Fil m ▁gets ▁blo ated ▁by ▁extr aneous ▁songs ", ▁and ▁critic ised ▁the ▁product ▁pla c ements ▁calling ▁them ▁a ▁" dist raction ▁from ▁the ▁story ." ▁The ▁India ▁Today ▁rev iewer , ▁R oh it ▁Kh il n ani , ▁critic ised ▁K umar ' s ▁direction ▁and ▁wrote ▁" The ▁story ▁is ▁predict able ▁from ▁the ▁word ▁go ▁and ▁there ▁are ▁absolutely ▁no ▁surprise ▁elements . ▁A ▁lot ▁could ▁have ▁been ▁done ▁with ▁such ▁a ▁strong ▁protagon ist ▁but ▁the ▁director ▁doesn ' t ▁experiment ." ▁Sud h ish ▁Kam ath ▁from ▁The ▁H indu ▁critic ised ▁the ▁film , ▁saying ▁it ▁should ▁be ▁watched ▁for ▁Ch op ra , ▁but ▁that ▁the ▁script ▁was ▁generic ▁and ▁predict able , ▁and ▁the ▁plot ▁was ▁actually ▁manip ulative . ▁▁ ▁Box ▁office ▁ ▁On ▁its ▁opening ▁day , ▁the ▁film ▁earned ▁ 8 5 ▁million , ▁mark ing ▁the ▁biggest ▁opening ▁collection ▁for ▁a ▁women - cent ric ▁film . ▁Following ▁the ▁positive ▁word ▁of ▁mouth , ▁Saturday ▁collections ▁showed ▁a ▁growth ▁of ▁ 2 0 % ▁from ▁Friday ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁collect ▁ 9 0 ▁million . ▁The ▁collection ▁on ▁Sunday ▁showed ▁an ▁additional ▁ 2 0 % ▁growth ▁from ▁Saturday , ▁ear ning ▁approximately ▁ 1 1 0 ▁million . ▁The ▁film ▁collected ▁ 2 7 5 ▁million ▁net ▁over ▁its ▁first ▁week end . ▁For ▁an ▁Indian ▁film ▁featuring