This Friday, two films going to release Banjo and Parched. They are average budget films but as obvious comparison between them is sure. 

Banjo starring Nargis Fakhri and Riteish Deshmukh in the lead roles for the first time together and they very energetically promote their film Banjo. And Patched starring Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Adil Hussain in lead roles. 

Akshaye Rathi, trade analyst on asking about how will both the movie perform, he said, “If you look at pure numbers, obviously Banjo will get great numbers because the film has a much wider release than Parched. Parched will be a very niche, small release because its not a film meant for mass audience. It isn’t meant for everyone. And therefore it will have a very niche audience. It won’t release in more than 350 odd cinemas whereas Banjo will possibly release in about 2000 cinemas. The target audience in case of both these films is widely different."

“Banjo should do really well in Maharashtra because Riteish Deshmukh and director Ravi Jadhav have a huge fan following in Maharashtra. The director has done some phenomenal films in Marathi. So the coming together of these two guys and doing a film in a language like Hindi only widens your audience. Riteish and Ravi have done a film together in the past which is Baalak Palak and they had delivered phenomenal results in the past together as well as by themselves. So the coming together of these two for a film which is based in Maharashtra, that has mass and has good music totally looks like a formula that has pretty much worked well at the box office. If the film isn’t well made, then it would obviously not do well. Ideally, Banjo should do very well in Maharashtra.” he further added.

On asking about box office collection he said, “Banjo day one should be around Rs 3 crores. In Bombay and in smaller towns of Maharashtra especially, the film should do very well because Riteish alone has a solid fanbase in Maharashtra.”

On the above note, Banjo is clear cut winner. Also Parched is looking an interesting movie with stellar star cast.