It is not just Indian box office where JANNAT is creating ‘dhoom’. Apart from taking one of the best openings of the year in India, the film has found good reception internationally as well, hence turning out to be Emraan Hashmi’s biggest success in the overseas market.

This is how the break-up of collections over the opening weekend (Friday-Sunday) in some of the major markets looks:

UK – 50,000 pounds
US – 35,000 dollars
Abu Dhabi – 400,000 dirhams

The figures are also notable due to the fact that JANNAT was released at barely 21 prints in UK. Even though TASHAN was released at far greater number of prints, its opening day collections stood at 30000 pounds in the country. On the other hand JANNAT’s first day collections were an impressive 15000 pounds.

A strange thing is happening to Mahesh Bhatt. After spending years extracting creative juices from real- life all his life now when the cricket fever has touched an all-time high thanks to the IPL, producer Mahesh Bhatt plays down the cricketing karma of his new film Jannat.

“The cricketing world is only the wallpaper in Jannat. The cricketing field is the space in which the tale of this risk addict, played by Emran Hashmi, unfolds. .

He is a typical product of the 21st century who goes into shopping malls to look for new things to buy every day. Emran plays the kind of person for whom the end is more important than the means..

He then meets this girl who changes his life. When personal gratification becomes more important than the larger concern, then society is doomed. .

The film points out that there’s huge money in cricket. It’s a money-making industry. Everybody exploits this deity called cricket.So does my hero Emran.”.

He saves a special word of praise for his leading man. .

Categories: Box Office Report, Features, Jannat
Tags: Emran Hashmi, Mahesh Bhatt