Anupam Kher's Tanvi The Great Faces Tough Fight From Saiyaara, Earns Rs 40 Lakh

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Tanvi The Great struggles to make an impact on the opening day at the box office.
Anupam Kher's second directorial venture, Tanvi The Great, after over two decades of directing Om Jai Jagdish, opened at the box office on July 18. The heartfelt movie struggled to make an impact on Friday. Produced by the actor's production house, titled Anupam Kher Studio and NFDC, the film earned around Rs. 40 lakh at the domestic box office, reported Sacnilk. After falling short of expectations, the drama eyes for a word-of-mouth boost.
According to the same report by the industry tracker, Tanvi The Great had an overall 14.41 per cent Hindi occupancy on its opening day. While the highest occupancy was observed during the night shows at about 24.47 per cent, it was interestingly followed by the morning shows at 13.29 per cent. Next were the evening shows at approximately 11.93 per cent and the lowest occupancy was recorded during the afternoon shows at around 7.93 per cent.
Additionally, the report claimed that it was not in the four major metropolitan cities, which witnessed the maximum occupancy. Instead, the major collection came from Chennai at 61.50 per cent, followed by Bhopal at 34.50 per cent and Lucknow at 20.33 per cent.
Written and directed by Anupam Kher, Tanvi The Great stars the actor as Colonel Pratap Raina. Besides him, the movie features Shubhangi Dutt as the titular character, Iain Glen as Michael Simmons, Boman Irani as Raja Sahab, and Jackie Shroff as Brigadier Joshi, Arvind Swami as Major Srinivasan, Pallavi Joshi as Vidya Raina, Karan Tacker as Captain Samar Raina, Nassar as Brigadier KN Rao and Joanna Ashka as Joanna Ciosek.
The film revolves around Tanvi Raina, a 21-year-old woman with autism spectrum disorder. She lives with her mother, Vidya Raina and grandfather, Colonel Pratap Raina. After she learns about her deceased Indian Army father's dream to salute the flag at Siachen Glacier, Tanvi embarks on a journey to fulfil the wish. Despite a path filled with all sorts of hardships, Tanvi becomes determined and joins the army. What happens next is inspirational to audiences.
The 160-minute movie's cinematography credits go to Keiko Nakahara, while the editing was done by Tushar Parekh. The soulful music score was done by MM Keeravani. The film is distributed by Excel Entertainment and AA Films and was reportedly made on a budget of Rs 50 crore.
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