Why Cheat India Box Office: Emraan Hashmi’s film opens to Rs 1.71 crore on Day 1

Emraan Hashmi is back on the silver screens with his Friday release Why Cheat India. The film, which was earlier slated to hit the theatres on January 25, alongside Kangana Ranaut’s Manikarnika and Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s Thackeray. Though, Emraan’s film avoided clashing with the other two movies on the Republic Day weekend, it hasn’t been able to register an impressive total on the first day of its release.

Why Cheat India, which was earlier titled Cheat India, opened to a total of Rs 1.71 crore on day one. The film has received mixed reviews by the audience and the critics and it will be crucial to see how it fares over the weekend.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to his Twitter account to share the Box Office numbers of the film and wrote, “#WhyCheatIndia is a non-starter… Needs miraculous growth over the weekend to post a decent total… Fri ₹ 1.71 cr. India biz.”

Why Cheat India is facing tough competition from Vicky Kaushal starrer URI: The surgicl strike, which is still running strong at the box office. The film has managed to rake in a total of Rs 78 crore appox till now and has already been declared as the first hit movie of 2019.