Hichki Box Office Collection Day 1: Rani Mukerji's Film Passes Opening Day Test Without Hiccups, Collects Rs 3.30 Crore

New Delhi: Rani Mukerji's Hichki faces no hiccup on the first day. The film closed with a decent sum of Rs 3.30 crore in its pocket on the opening day. "Hichki settles and cements its status as Day 1 progresses. Records better occupancy post evening onwards. Saturday and Sunday expected to witness escalation in business," tweeted trade analyst Taran Adarsh. Rani Mukerji's film opened across 961 screens. Hichki, directed by Siddharth P Malhotra, is based on Brad Cohen's book Front Of The Class. Rani Mukerji plays the role of a Tourette Syndrome-afflicted teacher who wants is determined to excel at her job - teaching.

Here's the first day report card of Rani Mukerji's Hichki:
 

#Hichki settles and cements its status as Day 1 progresses... Records better occupancy post evening onwards... Sat and Sun expected to witness escalation in biz... Fri 3.30 cr [961 screens]. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) March 24, 2018

Taran Adarsh also shared the day 1 report card of some other "heroine-centric movies" to compare with Hichki:
 

Heroine-centric movies and Day 1 biz...
Note: Diverse genres... Varying screen count... India biz...#Hichki
Day 1: 3.30 cr#TumhariSulu
Day 1: 2.87 cr#Mom
Day 1: 2.90 cr#Simran
Day 1: 2.77 cr#BegumJaan
Day 1: 3.94 cr

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) March 24, 2018

He didn't mention Anushka Sharma's Pari, which opened earlier this month, and earned more than Hichki:
 

#Pari started slow in morning shows [some theatres were closed due to #Holi celebrations], but picked up - at metros mainly - as the day progressed... Evening/night shows reported better occupancy... Fri 4.36 cr, despite no-release in some South markets... India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) March 3, 2018

Hichki opened to lukewarm reviews with praises for the lead star and criticism for the film's "clichéd" and weak plot. Film critic Saibal Chatterjee gave the film 2.5 stars and said: "Rani Mukerji gives the role of a Tourette Syndrome-afflicted teacher all she has. Full marks there! However, Hichki... is marred by more hiccups than its wafer-thin storyline can handle." Raja Sen also reviewed the film for NDTV and said: "A fine actress, Rani Mukerji does well to make her condition appear natural and entirely involuntary, but the story pivots too far away from the students' (and teachers') acceptance of the syndrome. Soon it becomes merely an actorly affectation, with hardly any bearing on the storytelling."

Hichki is co-produced by Manessh Sharma and Yash Raj Films.