Street Dancer vs Panga: Rangoli Chandel agrees with KRK on what didn’t do justice to 'gem'

A box office clash being averted dominated headlines on Monday. Akshay Kumar shifting release date of Bachchan Pandey to avoid a face-off with Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha, on latter's request won Internet. shift also brought ar clash to fore, and what if clash had t taken place at all. 

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Varun Dhawan-Shraddha Kapoor’s Street Dancer 3D was  favourite for moviegoers this weekend, and Kangana Ranaut’s Panga was second best by miles. former earned almost three times latter in opening weekend, with Remo D’Souza directorial minting Rs 41.23 crore vis-a-vis Rs 14.91 crore that Panga minted, as per trade analyst Taran Adarsh.  interesting bit here is that Street Dancer 3D has received mixed response from critics, while Panga has been almost unanimously lauded. 

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Kangana’s sister Rangoli Chandel felt reason for gap in collections was  screen count. As Kamaal R Khan lamented how Panga, despite showing substantial growth over weekend, stood where close to Street Dancer 3D’s total, Rangoli dded in agreement. She stated that release date did t do ‘justice’ to ‘gem’ that Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari had created. 

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She, however, stated that Panga was set to have a longer shelf life at ticket windows despite releasing in fewer atres. Rangoli added that love movie was receiving was ‘overwhelming.’ 

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This was t first time that Rangoli had pointed out difference in number of atres both films were releasing. She had earlier stated that exhibitors gave a 'masala film' four times number of screens. She believed that word of mouth would work in Panga's favour.

Street Dancer 3D is a dance-based film, reportedly  third installment of Any Body Can Dance franchise. Panga, meanwhile, traces story of a woman, caught up with her duties at home, to  return to her passion for kabaddi. 

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