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Published 17:38 IST, October 29th 2019

Ronnie Screwvala appeals for correct reporting of box office figures

Producer Ronnie Screwvala took to his Twitter handle and appealed the movie makers and trade analysts to reveal the correct box-office figures. Read tweet -

Reported by: Chetna Kapoor
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On October 28, Twitter showed two India trends on No. 3 and 4 respectively saying 'Paid Negativity on HF4' and 'Fake Housefull4 Figures'. Popular franchise directed by Farhad Samji starring Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Bobby Deol, Kriti Kharbanda, Kriti Sanon, Pooja Hedge was released on October 25 and unfortunately received mixed reviews from fans and critics.

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On October 29, founder of RSVP Films, Ronnie Screwvala, who has produced films like URI: The Surgical Strike, The Sky is Pink, Lust Stories and many more hits, took to his Twitter handle to appeal trade analyst Taran Adarsh and Komal Nahta for reporting the correct box-office figures. He wrote that it was time that accurate information was provided in order to build the credibility that the 'movie industry needs so badly'. Minutes later, film exhibitor Akshaye Rathi, film trade analyst Sumit Kadel, Raj Bansal joined in the debate and dropped comments on Screwvala's post. Take a look -

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Housefull 4 

The film also stars Chuky Pandey, Johnny Lever, Rana Daggubati, among others. Housefull 4 has been produced by Sajid Nadiadwala.The venture is a reincarnation comedy that follows two eras, 1419 and 2019. 

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Updated 17:49 IST, October 29th 2019

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