Assi Box Office Collection Day 1 Prediction: Taapsee’s Film To See A Slow Start; Will It Beat Mulk? | EXCL

Assi Box Office Collection Day 1 Prediction: Taapsee Pannu returns to the courtroom drama space with Assi, playing a lawyer on screen once again. The film is her third legal drama after Pink and Mulk. Assi follows a high-profile sexual harassment case and highlights legal hurdles and social silence. In Assi, Taapsee Pannu portrays Advocate Raavi, who chooses to represent a controversial complainant. The story tracks Raavi's battle inside and outside court. The drama focuses on gender-based concerns, power equations, and how society often avoids direct confrontation with such allegations.

Assi is directed by Anubhav Sinha and features a strong ensemble. Kani Kusruti, Revathy, Manoj Pahwa, Kumud Mishra, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Seema Pahwa, Supriya Pathak Kapur and Naseeruddin Shah appear in important roles, building a layered narrative around the central case and its fallout. The project also extends the ongoing association between Taapsee Pannu and Anubhav Sinha. Assi becomes their third film together after Mulk and Thappad. Their earlier collaborations explored social themes through intense drama, and this film again places Taapsee Pannu in a morally complex space. As Assi has hit the screens today, there are speculations about how it will fare at the box office

Assi Box Office Collection Day 1 Prediction

In an exclusive conversation with Filmibeat's Ranpreet Kaur, film business expert Rohit Jaiswal stated that Assi will be having a slow start at the box office and will be earning around Rs 60 lakhs on its opening day

Will Assi Beat Mulk On Opening Day?

Interestingly, if the prediction turned out to be true, Assi will fail to beat Taapsee Pannu's Mulk which had earned Rs 1.68cr on day 1. In fact, Assi is likely to become Taapsee lowest opening courtroom drama.

Meanwhile, talking about collaborating with Anubhav Sinha, Taapsee in a report in Times Of India stated, "I don't want to bracket Anubhav Sir only with respect to courtroom dramas. I think there are a lot of things he brings to the table that makes his film feel dramatically real, almost too close to home. Whether it's courtroom dramas like Mulk or Assi or stories like Thappa or Article 15, his storytelling has a way of presenting facts so effortlessly in front of you that sometimes, when that mirror is help up, it's challenging to look at".

The exclusive quote is shared by Rohit Jaiswal who is a renowned film business expert.