'Sairat' emerges as blockbuster at BO, earns 41.11 crores

After garnering praise from Bollywood stars such as Aamir Khan, Ritiesh Deshmukh and Tusshar Kapoor, the Marathi film 'Sairat' has collected 41.11 crore, emerging as a blockbuster at the Box office.

Trade analyst Taran Adash recently tweeted, "Marathi film #Sairat creates HISTORY... Emerges a BLOCKBUSTER..."

He added, "Marathi film #Sairat [Week 1] ? 25.50 cr. [Week 2] Fri 3.84 cr, Sat 4.12 cr, Sun 4.61 cr, Mon 3.04 cr. Total: ? 41.11 cr. FANTABULOUS!."

Yesterday, Aamir applauded the movie by tweeting, "Just saw Sairat. I'm heartbroken, still recovering from the shock of the end. Congratulations to Nagraj, Ajay-Atul, Rinku Rajguru, Akash Thosar, Tanaji Galgunde, Arbaaz Shaikh, the entire cast and crew & to Zee. "

"Please watch it if you haven't already," reads his tweet.

Actor Ritiesh Deshmukh had also lauded the film earlier, saying he feels that 'Sairatt' deserves to be the highest-grossing Marathi film ever.

"#Sairat : haven't seen a better love story in a long time - the genius of @Nagrajmanjule & the magic of @AjayAtulOnline - ??? ???????? ??." he tweeted.

Directed by Nagraj Manjule, the forthcoming romance film that follows the story of Parshya, a low-caste man, and Archie, the daughter of an upper caste landlord, who fall in love despite pressures from society, was released in India on 29 April 2016.