Fukrey 3 box office: Pankaj Tripathi, Pulkit Samrat & Varun Sharma starrer enjoys a fair opening day

Pankaj Tripathi, Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma, Manjot Singh and Richa Chadha starrer Fukrey 3, which released yesterday, enjoyed a decent opening day at the box office. While the film had the benefit of a partial holiday, it was effected in the evening and night shows due to Ganesh Visarjan across the country.As per the early estimates, the comic caper raked in around Rs 8.50 crore yesterday. Since there is a partial holiday of Eid-E-Milad followed by the national holiday of Gandhi Jayanti on Monday, it has all the potential to rake in huge numbers in its extended weekend at the ticket windows.While the film is garnering glowing reviews from experts, it is facing stiff competition from The Vaccine War along with the holdover release Jawan, which continues to shatter records at the box office.In an exclusive interview with Firstpost, Richa spoke about her character and said, "Bholi Punjaban of course went from being a small-time thief, to a big-time thief.  Now she’s a goon.  So she wants full control, and she wants total monopoly, and she as you know, whatever ministry she’s fighting for, she’ll try and totally control it and deprive everyone else of that resource.  So there’s that evil streak in her for sure.  But I think Fukrey toh wo bhi hai, she keeps listening to you guys and coming back and believing your weird dreams and believing your weird gifts from God.  So I guess the evolution is just in that she’s gotten greedier!"Talking about the review, Firstpost gave the film 4 stars and wrote, "Fukrey 3 largely belongs to Varun Sharma and Pankaj Tripathi, who carry the film on their shoulders and take us on a laugh riot with their superb comic timing. Pulkit Samrat and Manjot Singh reprise their characters and manage to impress us with their apt portrayals. Richa as Bholi oozes swag with a dose desi rawness and a firey attitude. On the whole, Fukrey 3 is one of the best entertainers of 2023 with ample laughters, hilarious punches and an important social message."