TRRP is doing good business

First weekend performance of latest release

Trade is agog with speculations/doubts/surprises about the box office outcome of TA RA RUM PUM. I am not. After all was it really reasonable to expect a mind boggling/stunning/phenomenal opening for the film? In fact I can distinctly recollect writing in this very column last week that 'don't expect a phenomenal start' for the film. It was also mentioned that the film would see a good opening but not the kind that qualifies as record breaking.

And by the way, good opening the film did take, though if one wishes to associate 'good' as a 80% plus opening for every Yash Raj film then that is living in a dream world. Let's admit it, the film wasn't a DHOOM 2 in the offering which would create hysteria of any sorts. It's mainly a matter of setting standards for the film to foresee how much would the film eventually gain. Obviously if you expect a moon from a film, your expectations are bound to see a crash to the ground.

As of now, TRRP has taken a good start in 60-70% range and looking at a very large number of prints in circulations (expected to be 500 odd), it is certainly not bad. The question now is whether the film is sustaining itself well too. Both the word of mouth and reviews have been decent to impressive and no one is walking out of the theater with a complain. Don't expect a trendsetter or a something which is out of this world and TRRP proves to be a decent dekko for a family outing!