Gully Boy Box Office Collection, Day 1: Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt film bags Rs 19.40 crore

New Delhi : Gully Boy Box Office Collection: A big thumbs-up to 'Gully Boy' team! The movie is doing great business from his opening day, earning more than Rs 19.40 crore in India. Starring Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt and Siddhant Chaturvedi, Gully Boy is all about a Mumbai-based rapper whose dream is to make name in the world of music. 

In the film, Ranveer and Siddhant act as budding street rappers Murad and MC Sher from the slums of Mumbai, while Alia essays the role of Safeena, an aspiring medical student in love with Murad.

To recall, Ranveer's previous movie Simmba earned Rs 20 crore in its opening day. The film even managed to beat the opening collections of Ranveer's Padmaavat by around Rs 2.50 crore and became the highest opener of the actor's career.

Here are the Gully Boy Box Office Collections

Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh wrote, "#GullyBoy is Ranveer Singh’s second biggest opener... Lower than #Simmba... Higher than #Padmaavat... Opening Day: #Simmba ₹ 20.72 cr, #GullyBoy ₹ 19.40 cr [Thu; revised], #Padmaavat ₹ 19 cr [Thu], #Gunday ₹ 16.12 cr and #GoliyonKiRaasleelaRamLeela ₹ 16 cr India biz." (sic)

Aslo, Gully Boy received great appreciation from global audience at the Berlin film festival, where it had its world premiere.

Film critic Rajeev Masand rated the film 4/5. In his review of the film, he wrote, "I think 'Gully Boy' is one of Zoya Akhtar’s stronger films; in fact for me it ranks right up there with her extraordinary first film Luck By Chance. I enjoyed the world she creates here, the characters that inhabit this world, and the paces she puts them through."

Mentioning about Ranveer's performance in the movie, he wrote, "A big chunk of his performance in this film plays out on his face in his expressions. There are stray moments that bristle with honesty. He gets even the little things down superbly; it’s clear that he’s an extremely intuitive, perceptive actor."

It is likely that the film will compete with big hits of Bollywood like Thugs of Hindostan, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Baahubali 2 (Hindi), Sanju and Singham Returns. Let's see how far the 'Gully Boy' craze goes on.