Dunki advance booking collection: SRK's starrer nears Rs 5 crore opening day total

Dunki advance booking: King Khan Shah Rukh Khan's film Dunki is all set to release in theatres this Thursday, December 21. The Rajkumar Hirani film's advance booking has already started.
Notably, this is Shah Rukh Khan's third film this year after blockbusters Pathaan and Jawan. The film's advance ticket sales began on Saturday, and till now, the SRK starrer has earned Rs 4.6 crore, according to data available with industry tracker Sacnilk.

Nearly 1,48,577 tickets for 6472 shows in Hindi have been sold till date.

Dunki advance booking: Dunki cast 

Dunki, directed by Rajkumar Hirani of Sanju fame, has notable performances by Taapsee Pannu, Vicky Kaushal, Boman Irani, Vikram Kochhar, Anil Grover, and Jyoti Subhash.

The film will compete with Prabhas' Salaar: Ceasefire, which is set to be released a day later on December 22.

Looking forward to the Shah Rukh movie's response, film trade expert Ramesh Bala tweeted Sunday night, "Despite not being a mass action film, #SRK's #Dunki has already sold 100K tickets in advance."

Dunki advance booking: Promotion

Shah Rukh recently travelled to Dubai to promote Dunki. Talking about his movie at Global Village, he said, "I know that a lot of you people have left your homes and have made Dubai your second home. From India, Bangladesh, and the rest of the subcontinent, so many of you are here from Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Now you all are far from home, but you have acquired a new home. Still you have a deep love for your home and have this longing to go back. This whole film talks about how home is where the heart is."

Dunki advance booking: Story 

Dunki is about a man and his group of pals who desire to travel to London in search of better financial prospects for their family. The film explores the emotions associated with being away from home and the difficulties encountered when crossing borders illegally as an immigrant. SRK mentioned the same plot in his most recent media statement and said, 'Love Story That Spans Ages...'The actor stated that Dunki is unlike any other film he has worked on. He termed it a love story, but not the kind he's known for.

In a statement, he said, "Dunki is a ‘love story that spans ages’. He further said, “When we finished the film and saw it for the first time, we felt that Raju sir made a love story that spans ages. It is a very touching film. It deals with love for the motherland. There is a bit of action in Dunki, which was not present in Raju Hirani’s previous films. There are many sequences in the film which are very new to me.”