‘Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani’ starring Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh witnessed a good jump on Day 2. The film has been directed by Karan Johar.

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'Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani', led by Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh, released on July 28.
The film saw a good jump at the box office on Day 2.
It has been helmed by Karan Johar.

‘Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani’, starring Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh, had a decent start at the box office on its opening day. As per pre-release early estimates, the film was expected to mint somewhere between Rs 12-15 crore on Day 1. However, the collection stood at Rs 11.10 crore. Day 2 numbers are here and it can be seen that the film saw a good jump in its collection on its first Saturday.
‘ROCKY AUR RANI KII PREM KAHAANI’ DAY 2 BOX OFFICE

‘Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani’ received great reviews from the audience and fans alike. While Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh’s film earned Rs 11.10 on Day 1, the opening weekend will only determine if the film is a profitable venture for the filmmakers. Day 2 figures estimates are here and it suggests that the film saw a good jump.

The film’s figures soared to Rs 16.05 crore on Saturday, taking the total box office collection to Rs 27.15 crore. The film had an overall occupancy of 33.68% at the theatres.

ABOUT ‘ROCKY AUR RANI KII PREM KAHAANI’

‘Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani’ is a romantic comedy film, directed by Karan Johar and written by Ishita Moitra, Shashank Khaitan and Sumit Roy. The film is produced by Dharma Productions and Viacom18 Studios. The film also stars Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan and Shabana Azmi. Saif Ali Khan’s son, Ibrahim Ali Khan, worked as an assistant director on the film.

The film was shot in Mumbai, New Delhi, Russia and Jammu & Kashmir. The music of the film is composed by Pritam and cinematography is handled by Manush Nandan. It released on July 28.

Israeli Ambassador to India, Naor Gilon, expresses concern over the “trivialisation” of the Holocaust in the Hindi movie ‘Bawaal’, calling out its poor choice of terminology and symbolism. The film has sparked controversy for using the Holocaust as a backdrop for a story of marital discord, prompting calls for its removal from the streaming platform.

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The Israeli Ambassador to India has expressed concern over the "trivialisation" of the Holocaust in the Hindi movie 'Bawaal' released on Prime Video.
The movie has faced controversy for using the Holocaust to tell a story of marital discord, with a Jewish group calling for its removal from the platform.
The Israeli embassy urged those unaware of the Holocaust to educate themselves and stated that although no malice was intended, there was a poor choice in the use of terminology in the movie.

Israel Ambassador to India Naor Gilon has voiced concern over the ‘trivialisation’ of Holocaust in the Hindi movie ‘Bawaal’, released on Prime Video, saying it had ‘poor choice of terminology and symbolism’.

The Varun Dhawan-starrer has stirred up a controversy for using the Holocaust to tell a story of marital discord as earlier in the week a prominent Jewish group slammed the movie and called for its removal from the OTT platform.

The Israeli embassy in India on Friday issued a statement, saying it was ‘disturbed by the trivialisation of the significance of the Holocaust’ in the movie, directed by Nitesh Tiwari of ‘Dangal’ fame.

“I did not and will not watch the film ‘Bawaal’ but from what I have read, there was a poor choice of terminology and symbolism. Trivialisation of the Holocaust should disturb all,” Gilon wrote on Twitter.

‘Bawaal’ follows a high school history teacher, Ajay Dixit (Dhawan) and his wife Nisha (Jahnvi Kapoor), as they go on a Europe tour where they visit prominent World War 2 sites, including Auschwitz and Anne Frank’s home in Amsterdam.

The film, which tracks how the couple resolve their differences, goes into graphic recall of the Holocaust in several scenes. It was released on Prime Video on July 21.

Noting that there was a ‘poor choice’ in the utilisation of some terminology in the movie, the Israeli embassy said, “Though we assume no malice was intended, we urge everyone who may not be fully aware of the horrors of the Holocaust to educate themselves about it.”

“Our embassy is constantly working to propagate educational materials on this crucial subject, and we are open to engaging in conversations with all individuals to foster a better understanding of the universal lessons derived from the Holocaust,” the Israeli embassy said.

On Tuesday, the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC), dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, released a statement, criticising the film for ‘outlandish abuse of the Nazi Holocaust as a plot device’.

The film features ‘scenes in which the protagonists enter a gas chamber in Auschwitz and are suffocated while wearing striped clothing’, the organisation said.

“Hitler is used as a metaphor in the movie for human greed, with the main protagonist, saying to his wife: ‘We’re all a little like Hitler, aren’t we’?”

“Auschwitz is not a metaphor. It is a quintessential example of man’s capacity for evil,” said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, SWC Associate Dean and Director of Global Social Action.

“By having the protagonist in this movie declare that ‘Every relationship goes through their Auschwitz’, Nitesh Tiwari, trivialises and demeans the memory of 6 million murdered Jews and millions of others who suffered at the hands of Hitler’s genocidal regime,” Cooper said.

PTI reached out to Prime Video and Tiwari for comment but they did not respond.