Box Office: 'Cocktail' gets about 90 percent opening

New Delhi: Homi Adajania's 'Cocktail', about mixed-up relationship between three main characters, has appealed to the movie buffs. The urban romantic drama has got about 90 percent opening on the first day. The numbers are likely to go up during weekend and it will be a profitable venture for actor-producer Saif Ali Khan, distributors say.

Gautam Dutta, COO, PVR, says that the film starring Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone and Diana Penty has opened well and will do better during weekend.

"The film has opened phenomenally well. Friday being a half working, it has done very well with almost 80 percent opening. On Saturday and Sunday it is expected to do houseful."

Model turned actress Diana Penty is all set to take Bollywood by storm with her debut film 'Cocktail', which is being released on July 13.
Born in London to a Punjabi father and a Christian mother, Diana Penty is already a known name in the modelling industry.
Diana started her modelling carrer with Indo-Italian Festival in September, 2005. She walked the ramp for Italian designers Trussadi and Ferre.
In India as well, Diana Penty has walked the ramp for popular designers like Rina Dhaka, Rohit Bal and Wendell Rodricks.
She also featured on the cover of many fashion magazines in past few years.
Diana has appeared in many television commercials as well, including the Virgin Mobile advertisement with Ranbir Kapoor and Genelia D'Souza.
Not many people known that Diana was earlier supposed to make her debut with director Imtiaz Ali's 'Rockstar' opposite Ranbir Kapoor.
Later, on Imtiaz Ali's recommendation director Homi Adajania signed her for 'Cocktail'.
Diana Penty's character in the film is named Meera Gupta, who's a simple Indian girl with conventional values.
Despite her de-glam look in the film, Diana Penty has been grabbing a lot of eyeballs these days.
Diana will be seen sharing the screen with Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone in 'Cocktail'.
With many models doing a great job in Bollywood, Diana Penty is also eyeing more Hindi films now.
Probably, Diana Penty will not face the language problem like Katrina Kaif and Nargis Fakhri in Bollywood. As sources claim, Diana is quite good at the language.
Diana Penty has dubbed for her first film 'Cocktail' by herself.
To increase her chances in Bollywood, Diana has now hired a Hindi tutor to improve her language skills.
As the latest media reports claim, Diana Penty was scared of dancing in front of the camera.
She took special dance training for 'Cocktail'. And no wonder she looks amazing in the promos.
Diana Penty, Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone starrer 'Cocktail' is being released on July 13, 2012.
'Cocktail' is a story about love, friendship, trust and betrayal. Diana Penty plays a pivotal role in the film.
Do you think Diana Penty has the looks and talent to survive long in Bollywood or she will just disappear after 'Cocktail'?
So watch out for Diana Penty in 'Cocktail' this week.

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$Box Office: \'Cocktail\' gets 90 percent opening$

Made at a budget of approximately Rs 30 crore, the film has been co-produced by Saif Ali Khan and Dinesh Vijan.

"The film has been promoted as a young film, so there are more and more young people coming in, but because it has got a U/A certificate, families are also expected to come on weekends. We are expecting lots of college students on Monday and later in the week," Dutta told IANS.

Trendsetting fashion statements and chartbusters like 'Tum hi ho bandhu' and 'Daaru desi' created a great buzz among youngsters before the film's release.

Delhi-based distributor Joginder Mahajan said, "The film has got almost 90 percent opening in multiplexes. It is appreciated by audience and is expected to get a good response on the weekend."

Made at a budget of approximately Rs 30 crore, the film has been co-produced by Saif Ali Khan and Dinesh Vijan under Illuminati Films.

The story is centred around Gautam (Saif), an incorrigible flirt, traditional Indian girl Meera (Diana) and Veronica (Deepika), a party animal. Audiences in two-tier cities have also given it a thumbs up.

Confirming this, Indore-based distributor TN Kapoor says the response is much better in multiplexes than single screens.

"Cocktail has got a good response in Indore. The response in multiplexes in much better than single screens. The target audience of this film is youth. The response is likely to improve over the weekend. It will work well at the box office. The presentation and the content of the film is nice. It wouldn't be a loss making project for Saif Ali Khan," he said.

"Since the film is for youth, family audience may just not go and watch it. They would still prefer 'Bol Bachchan' and 'Rowdy Rathore' that are performing terrifically at the box-office," Kapoor told IANS.

Jaspal Dhingra of Nanaksar Enterprises in East Punjab says there is a craze among youth about the movie. "The opening has been tremendous. It is targeted to youth. The cast is good, songs are already a hit and the movie has been marketed very well. There is a craze among the youth about the film and they have contributed to its opening."

"The film is doing good business in north India. Faridabad, Chandigarh, Gurgaon, and Ludhiana have got a great opening. It will do good business next week too because there is no big movie coming up," Dhingra told IANS.