Ustaad Bhagat Singh Box Office Collection Day 2: Pawan Kalyan and Sreeleela starrer Ustaad Bhagat Singh struggled at the box office on its second day.

The Telugu action film, released on March 19, faced stiff competition fromRanveer Singh‘s spy thriller Dhurandhar 2The Revenge.

Negative reviews of the film and the buzz around Dhurandhar 2 appear to have hurt the film's performance. The steep drop in collections indicates a rough start for Pawan Kalyan's latest release.

Ustaad Bhagat Singh Box Office Collection Day 2

According to Sacnilk, the film earned Rs 9.25 crore on Day 2, which was also its first Friday. The film screened across 3,447 shows with an overall occupancy of 36%. With this, the total net collection in India stands at Rs 44.00 crore.

The drop is sharp compared to its opening day of Rs 34.75 crore. For perspective, Pawan Kalyan's previous film OG opened with Rs 90 crore, nearly three times more than Ustaad Bhagat Singh.

The release of Dhurandhar 2 The Revenge has also affected the Pawan Kalyan film. While Ustaad Bhagat Singh recorded 36% occupancy, Dhurandhar 2 managed around 35% occupancy in the region with just 700 shows, earning Rs 80.72 crore nationally on Day 2. Its Telugu-dubbed version contributed Rs 1.30 crore, showing Ranveer Singh's strong pan-India pull.

The combination of negative reviews and the clash with a major blockbuster has reduced audience interest in it.

Ustaad Bhagat Singh Box Office Collection Day 2

About This Pawan Kalyan Starrer

In the film, Pawan Kalyan plays a righteous and rebellious police officer inspired by his mentor, a teacher who later becomes Chief Minister. After an assassination attempt on the CM, the corrupt politician Nalla Nagappa takes power. Bhagat Singh wages a one-man war against Nagappa's empire, moving from the city to the Nallamala forests to dismantle a major drug and corruption syndicate and protect the state's political integrity.