Hansal Mehta slams news portal for Comparison with OTT Viewership Of The Buckingham Murders & Do Patti
Hansal Mehta slams news portal for
Comparison with OTT Viewership Of The Buckingham Murders & Do Patti
Hansal Mehta slams news portal that suggested Kareena Kapoor’s portrayal of a woman dealing with personal loss while leading an investigation in The Buckingham Murders couldn’t surpass Kriti Sanon’s performance in Do Patti on OTT. He argued that despite both films being women-centric, The Buckingham Murders and Do Patti cannot be compared, as the former had fewer streaming days on OTT
The Buckingham Murders, features Kareena Kapoor Khan, with Kriti Sanon and Kajol’s Do Patti. W
While Do Patti released directly on Netflix on October 25, The Buckingham Murders first hit the theatres on September. It started streaming on Netflix from November 8.
Taking to his official X account, Hansal Mehta he criticised. a news portal that suggested Kareena’s portrayal of a woman dealing with personal loss while leading an investigation in The Buckingham Murders couldn’t surpass Kriti’s performance in Do Patti on OTT.
For those unversed, a revealed that report reveaĺll0The Buckingham Murders had 42 per cent lower viewership than Do Patti. According to the report, Kareena’s film garnered 2.9 million views, while Kriti’s movie reached 5 million views.
However, Hansal Mehta argued that despite both films being women-centric, The Buckingham Murders and Do Patti cannot be compared, as The Buckingham Murders had fewer streaming days on the platform.
When the news portal explained that the comparison is based on debut week views for all the movies, Hansal replied, “The comparison made is unfair and sounds purposely disparaging. That is my problem. If you have to compare then apples must be compared apples not oranges. You cannot compare a film’s views over 7 days with a film’s views over 3 days. Thank you.”
The filmmaker, in another post, also stated that within just a couple of days of its streaming on Netflix, The Buckingham Murders reached No. 5 in the global charts.
In the film, Kareena plays the role of Jasmeet Bhamra, a British Indian detective who is assigned to solve the murder of a 10-year-old child.
The Buckingham Murders also marked Kareena’s debut as a producer, alongside Shobha Kapoor and Ektaa Kapoor. The film had its world premiere at the 67th BFI London Film Festival on October 14, 2023.
News Edit KV Raman
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