Main Atal Hoon box office day 1: Pankaj Tripathi starrer starts slow, opens at Rs 1 crore nett in India

Pankaj Tripathi aces the role of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in `Main Atal Hoon`

‘Main Atal Hoon' Box Office Day 1: The Pankaj Tripathi starrer was released on January 19, and the film has already garnered attention from the public. In the biopic drama, Pankaj Tripathi excels in the role of the late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Regarding the box-office collection of the film, helmed by Ravi Jadhav, it has reportedly managed to earn Rs 1 crore net in India on the first day of its run at the box office. As per reports on sacnilk.com, the film earned a total of 1 crore net and had an overall 9.39% Hindi Occupancy on Friday, January 19, 2024.

Recently, Pankaj Tripathi in a conversation with ANI shared that according to him Atal Bihari Vajpayee is a person who can not be compared. the actor said, "The personality of Atal Bihari Vajpayee is such that it cannot be compared to present-day politicians. He was a poet... He was a leader whose staunchest enemies were also his admirers. I've learned that a person should be democratic from the inside; that even when I'm upset with you, I know deep down that I'm angry with you and you don't like me, but I still enjoy this. He motivates you to believe that everyone can do anything in life."

The actor also shared how he prepared for the role of late PM, "I was wondering if I could do justice to this. But I have attended two of Atal ji's political rallies. I went to listen to him, standing in the crowd five hundred metres away."

For the unversed, Pankaj Tripathi, who is currently enjoying the success of his biopic drama based on the life of Atal Bihari Bajpayee, 'Main Atal Hoon,' has an interesting lineup with Mirzapur 3 and Stree 2. He also features in Anurag Basu's Metro Inn Dino, starring Sara Ali Khan and Aditya Roy Kapur in lead roles.

In the past, he has shouldered films as the leading man, including the hit OMG 2 (2023) and Kadak Singh (2023).