Divya Khosla accuses Alia Bhatt of rigging Jigra box office numbers
Actor-director Divya Khosla Kumar recently took a dig at Alia Bhatt’s latest release Jigra through a post on her Instagram story. This comes amid his claim that Jigra has been copied from Saavi.
Actress-director Divya Khosla Kumar has accused actress Alia Bhatt of manipulating the box office numbers of her latest film Jigra. Amidst Khosla’s allegations, it has come to light that the Alia Bhatt starrer film, which hit the screens this week, is a copy of his film Saavi, which was released in May this year.
he claimed so Alia allegedly bought tickets from ‘fake collection’Sharing a photo of an empty theatre, Divya wrote, “Jigra had gone to City Mall PVR for the show. The theater was completely empty, all theaters everywhere were becoming empty. #AliaBhatt is really very close to me, Do the ticket yourself and declare fake collection. Wonder why the marketable media is silent? #weshdnotfooltheaudience #truthoverlies #HappyDussehra (sic).”
Take a look at the post here:
This post follows the ongoing discussion about the similarity between Divya’s film Saavi and Jigra. Recently Divya Khosla talked about the comparison between the two films. Acknowledging the similarities, Divya expressed her gratitude for being the first to explore the genre, and emphasized that both the films have their own distinct journeys.
Saavi, starring Harshvardhan Rane and Anil Kapoor, tells the story of a housewife attempting to free her husband from a high-security prison in England, taking inspiration from the story of Savitri and Satyavan. Meanwhile, Jigra revolves around Alia Bhatt’s character, who hatches a plot to escape from prison to save her brother.
During this time, Alia Bhatt’s film opens with single digit figures At the domestic box office. The film, directed by Vasan Bala, was expected to earn Rs 4-5 crore on its first day, and it did just that. The thriller earned Rs 4.25 crore nett on Friday, reports trade website Sacknilk.
