Amid cinema hall crisis, ‘Raja’ releases run to packed houses

The ‘Raja’ market for Odia cinema is booming again. Babushaan Mohanty’s new movie, ‘Bou Buttu Bhuta’ and Sabyasachi Mishra’s ‘Ananta’ released ahead of the three-day festival, have been running to full houses ever since.

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Yet, the lack of theatres continues to be a cause of worry for the makers. While ‘Bou Buttu Bhuta’ has been directed by Jagdish Mishra, ‘Ananta’ is by national award-winning filmmaker Sabyasachi Mohapatra. In fact, Babushaan’s film has broken all the previous day-1 box office collection records in Odia cinema. Another first in the industry was the midnight release of ‘Bou Buttu Bhuta’. The film released on Wednesday midnight and earned 51.2+ lakh on the first day, breaking the box office record of Anubhav Mohanty whose film ‘Karma’ had earned 37.20 lakh on its first day in Dussehra last year.