Pushpa (Hindi) which is now running in its sixth weekend is beating the all India business of 83 which is in its fifth week with collections from just one city. On Sunday Pushpa (Hindi) collect around 30 lakhs nett plus from Mumbai and its suburbs which is more than the all India collections of 83 on the same day. By chance if the final collections of 83 hit 30 lakhs nett plus also then today (Monday) Pushpa (Hindi) is sure to be ahead.

Both films are exactly in the same boat as far as the restrictions are concerned and Pushpa is now needing just Mumbai and suburbs to beat the all India numbers of 83 despite being a week ahead in terms of release. The figures of Pushpa (hindi) are now even better than 83 in the elite Mumbai cinemas like PVR Lower Parel, PVR Bandra and PVR Icon Andheri. This was pretty much unthinkable on December 24th when 83 released as even if the film was not liked no way would you expect Pushpa (Hindi) to be beating it in these sort of high end multiplexes at any point of time.

There is this theory going around that 83 failed as it did not get the youth on its side but again the collections chuck this theory out as the best collections have come from two cities namely Mumbai and Bangalore and these are driven by the youth audience. Then after this its places like Noida and Gurgaon and Delhi city would have been there also if it did not shut so early in its run.

This is not to say the film has scored here but comparatively it is better in these places which are youth driven centres. The business in cities where more people come in larger groups which includes higher age groups be it Ahmedabad, Jaipur or Indore (all strong collecting centres) have all performed very poorly. 83 has also held better in the centres driven by youth so there is practically no chance the film has failed because the youth did not turn up as mainly it is that audience which has turned up.