Tuesday: Ranaut took to her Instagram handle to post a screenshot of a tweet by AndhraBoxOffice.com, that calls Karan Johar’s produced “Brahmastra” a big failure with a worldwide box office collection of INR2.46 billion against a supposed budget of INR 6.50 billion.
The movie, starring Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor, was released last week and went on to become the highest non-holiday grosser. The film minted Rs. 75 crores globally on day 1.
However, Ranaut, who deems Alia Bhatt’s success to be a “product of nepotism”, had her two cents to offer and has some accusations leveled against Brahmastra. Karan Johar has been accused of manipulating box office figures for his latest sci-fi film.
The actress wrote, “The film has been declared the biggest hit at mere 14.4 million (cost 6.50 billion). This is only to put into perspective how the movie mafia works. It’s they who decide which film will be declared a hit and which will be called a flop regardless of its collections or recoveries. They choose who to hype, and who to boycott. Here they stand exposed.”
Last Sunday, Ranaut also shared a tweet by another filmmaker-writer, who alleged Johar’s claim of Brahmastra opening at a worldwide gross collection of INR750 million and called it being “60-70% fake and heftily paid.”
Shocked by the extent of the alleged paid promotion, Kangana wrote, “Wow, that’s a new low.”
