New Delhi: Anees Bazmee's directorial venture 'Mubarakan,' which hit the screens yesterday, is garnering good response from the audience and critics alike.
The film, which is touted to be a complete family entertainer raked 5.25 crore on the first day.
Talking about the film's progress director Anees Bazmee shared, "I was standing on the aisle and watching the reaction of people and there is no better joy than watching them laughing all throughout your film. As a director, I live for this day and I am getting calls from all over India calling this film the most entertaining film they have seen in recent times."
He added, "Yesterday I went to few cinema houses and I am overwhelmed with the love that I have got from them. The word of mouth is very good and I am happy the entire nation will have a happy and a laughing weekend at the movie."
'Mubarakan' features Arjun Kapoor in a double role opposite Athiya Shetty and Ileana D'cruz. The film also brings the real life 'chacha bhatija' Jodi of Arjun and Anil Kapoor on screen for the first time.
'Mubarakan', which thrives on pure clean comedy without any double meaning jokes or inappropriate scenes, stands out with its clean humour in the age of slapstick and adult comedies.
The film is produced by Sony Pictures Networks Productions and Ashwin Varde & Murad Khetani's Cine1 Studios and was released on July 28.