Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor's 'Bawaal' Scores 14+ Million Views

Click Here To Promote Anything On The Above Place

Mumbai, August 3 - Director Nitesh Tiwari's romantic drama "Bawaal" is turning out to be a big success for Amazon Prime Video. The movie starring Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor is attracting very good viewership despite finding itself in controversy.

During the week of July 25 to July 30, 2023, "Bawaal" was the number 1 streaming title in India with 7.6 million views, according to Ormax Media, a media consulting firm that tracks viewership data across digital platforms in India. The movie emerged number 1 watched title, beating Bigg Boss OTT season 2 in the last week.



"Bawaal" scored 6.9 million views in its opening weekend (July 21-24). After 10 days, the movie scored 14.50 million views in India, making it the second most-watched Bollywood movie across OTT platforms this year, after Shahid Kapoor's "Bloody Daddy".

Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari under Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment and Earthsky Pictures, "Bawaal" stars Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor as a troubled married couple, alongside Manoj Pahwa, Anjuman Saxena, and Mukesh Tiwari, among others.

Earlier, "Bawaal" got into controversy because of its subject. It has been accused of trivializing and demeaning the deaths of millions of Jews killed during the Holocaust by using Auschwitz as a metaphor for relationship problems. The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC), an NGO dedicated to the well-being of Jews as well as the Holocaust victims. The NGO has issued a statement demanding the removal of the film from Amazon Prime Video, to which, the streamer is yet to respond.

Stay tuned...