Shocking! Sanjay Leela Bhansali praises Shah Rukh after Dilwale-Bajirao Mastani clash

Mumbai: Sanjay Leela Bhansali who did a visual treat with Bajirao Mastani said, any day Shah Rukh Khan will get a bigger opening and he is a big star.

Initially, it looked like Dilwale had the upper hand at the box office due to its star power, and the film opened in a big way both in India and overseas.

As of the second week, Bajirao Mastani and Dilwale are both in the Rs 100-crore club as far as their domestic box office collection is concerned.

Dilwale 10th Day Collection – SRK and Kajol starer Dilwale had a low second weekend with the Box Office collection of around 23 crores. Dilwale collected Rs. 8.11 crores in the second on Friday.

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“Bajirao Mastani“, tells the epic tale of a doomed love against the backdrop of warring Marathas and rigid divisions along lines of religion which leave little room for love to flourish. Now, despite massive competition from Dilwale, lesser screens and a competitive opening day (12.8 crore) and weekend (46.77 crore), the film has enjoyed an even better week with 86.15 crore coming in. ‘Dilwale’ being a family entertainer raked in more audiences at the screens initially giving a tough run to ‘Bajirao Mastani’. Total: Rs 120.45 cr. While Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone re-written the box-office records and also in a series of tweets on December 26, Adarsh shared how the “tables had turned”: The tables have turned. But Dilwale’s poor reviews and Bajirao Mastani’s own fabulous audience-talk quickly changed the fortunes in favor of the SLB film.

Bhansali’s directorial venture “Bajirao Mastani” is the love story of the Peshwa Bajirao and the half-Muslim Bundelkhandi princess Mastani.