Ajay Devgan, R. Madhavan and Rakul Preet Singh’s latest romantic comedy has taken an impressive start. The film earned Rs 9.45 crore on the first day in India. What makes this inauguration really different is that these figures come with no holiday and no ticket offer.

The film features Devgan reprising his role as AshishThe charming London-based NRI, while Rakul Preet Singh returned as his on-screen girlfriend, Ayesha. With tremendous word of mouth and followers, ‘De De Pyaar De 2’, Earning Rs 9.45 crore on first day, the film saw 14.05 per cent Hindi occupancy on Friday, November 14, which is a steady start as audiences returned to theaters for the sequel to the 2019 hit ‘De De Pyar De’.

Following an upward trend from Friday evening, Saturday’s numbers are likely to show a healthy bounce.

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‘De De Pyaar De 2’ is the love story of Ashish (Ajay Devgan) and Ayesha (Rakul Preet Singh). In the film, Ashish meets Ayesha’s parents, played by R Madhavan and Gautami Kapoor. Although they initially try to be progressive about the significant age difference, tension arises when they discover that Ashish is almost the same age as Ayesha’s father. The trailer also features Meezaan Jaffrey’s character, who is set up by Ayesha’s parents to win her over and end her relationship with Ashish.

India Today, in its review of the film, wrote, “It’s a thoroughly crowd-pleasing, and comfortably familiar – never extravagant, but never dull. This is the kind of movie you watch knowing what you’re going to get, and that’s exactly what you get. ‘De De Pyar De 2’ is comfortable. If you like rom-coms and want to give Bollywood a try, watch it.”

‘De De Pyaar De 2’ is directed by Anshul Sharma, produced by Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar of T-Series and Luv Ranjan and Ankur Garg of Luv Films. The film is currently running in theatres.