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Saiyaara box office: 3 records created by Ahaan Panday-Aneet Padda-Mohit Suri's film on its opening day
Amid the release of Sonakshi Sinha's Nikita Roy and Anupam Kher starrer Tanvi The Great, Saiyaara featuring debutants Ahaan Panday & Aneet Padda turned out to be the biggest surprise of the year, performing way beyond expectations.
While the hype around _Saiyaara_ was huge because of its promising trailer and chartbuster songs, the romantic drama garnered crazy footfalls and created big milestones on its opening day by raking in around Rs 21.30 crore. Here are some of them
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Biggest opener for a debutant pair
With the insane first day collections, Saiyaara emerged as the biggest opener for a debutant pair (Ahaan & Aneet), beating 1995's Barsaat featuring Bobby Deol-Twinkle Khanna (Rs 0.68 crore), 2000's Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai starring Hrithik Roshan & Ameesha Patel (Rs 0.51 crore), Abhishek Bachchan-Kareena Kapoor's Refugee, which also released in 2000 (Rs 1.56 crore), 2007's Saawariya, which starred Ranbir Kapoor-Sonam Kapoor (Rs 3 crore), Tiger Shroff & Kriti Sanon's 2014 hit Heropanti (Rs 6.63 crore), Sooraj Pancholi-Athiya Shetty's 2015's flick Hero (Rs 6.85 crore), & 2016's romantic drama Sanam Teri Kasam featuring Harshvardhan Rane & Mawra Hocane (Rs 1.25 crore).
Mohit Suri's biggest opener
The film has also shattered the first day collections of Ek Villain (Rs 16.72 crore), which featured Sidharth Malhotra, Riteish Deshmukh & Shraddha Kapoor, to emerge as director Mohit Suri's biggest opener.
2025's 4th biggest opener
Saiyaara has also become the fourth biggest opener of the year after Chhaava (Rs 33.10 crore), Sikandar (Rs 27.50 crore) & Housefull 5 (Rs 24.35 crore). It has surpassed the business of movies like Raid 2 & Sky Force to achieve this feat.
With the positive word of mouth and insane response from the audience, Saiyaara is expected to witness solid growth on Saturday and Sunday and has the potential to cross the Rs 70 crore mark in its first weekend.
Bankrolled by YRF, the movie also features Varun Badola & Rajesh Kumar in supporting roles.
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