The ‘gaumutra’ jibe has often been used by Islamists and their apologists, including the Pulwama terrorist Ahmed Dhar. And drinking cow’s urine will cure Covid-19).” “Dying in the parking lot after waiting for a hospital bed… Yeh aache din hai! India super power hai! Aur gau mata ka mutra peene see Covid chala jayega (These are the good days…India is a super power. Under the guise of targeting the BJP and PM Modi, she had repeatedly attacked Hindu beliefs and religious sentiments. Kanika Dhillon and use of Gaumata, Gaumutra jibes They argued that while Dhillon was making money off Hindus, she had been at the forefront of making derogatory remarks against the same community.
Social media users had also called for a boycott of the movie. It must be mentioned that ‘Raksha Bandhan’ was shrouded in controversy, prior to its release, after several Hinduphobic tweets of its writer Kanika Dhillon had surfaced on social media.
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This was despite the fact that the official ‘Forrest Gump’ remake had been the lowest opening that a Khan movie witnessed in the past 13 years. Interestingly, it failed to beat Aamir Khan starrer ‘Lal Singh Chaddha’, which amassed around ₹10-11 crores on its opening day. Sumit Kadel, a film trade analyst, took to Twitter and wrote. According to reports, a few of the movie's early shows have been cancelled. Dobaaraa reportedly only had a 2 to 3 day one theatre occupancy rate. The film has drastically failed at box office. Raksha Bandhan box office day 1 collection: Akshay Kumar’s film opens worse than Samrat Prithviraj, Bachchhan Paandey - HT Entertainment August 12, 2022 As per early estimates report by, the film has earned 0.60 crores in India. ‘Raksha Bandhan’ was made on a budget of over 70 crores but had about 12-15% occupancy in theatres across the country. The performance of the film has been dismal in key cities of Mumbai, Pune and Kolkata. ‘Raksha Bandhan’ has underperformed compared to movies such as ‘Bachchhan Pandey’ and ‘Samrat Prithviraj’, which too tanked at the box office. The movie hit the theatres on August 11 this year.Īs per reports, the film garnered a paltry sum of ₹7.5 crores on the first day of its release. Amidst calls for a boycott against the movie for the writer’s Hinduphobic views, the Akshay Kumar starrer ‘Raksha Bandhan’ failed to make a mark at the box office on its opening day with a single-digit collection.