Can Jayeshbhai Jordaar Take On Mahesh Babu & Dr Strange?

Yash Raj, perhaps the most illustrious banner in Bollywood, is  in two minds about how to position Jayeshbhai Jordaar, which releases  this Friday, given the  gauntlet that has been created by the other  films.

On the one end  there is the threat of being smothered by last week’s blockbuster from the Marvel universe Dr Strange In The Multiverse  Of Madness.

Although not as big a success  as the previous  Marvel presentation Spiderman Long Way From Home, Doctor Strange is still a big enough success(it opened at Rs 27-28 crore rupees  on Friday) to pose  a looming threat to this Friday’s  Jayeshbhai Jordaar.

Remember what The Kashmir Files did  to  Bachchan Pandey and what  KGF2  did  to Jersey and Heropanti 2?Trade experts feel a similar fate  awaits  Jayeshbhai, though Ranveer Singh is  supremely confident about scoring  a bull’s eye with this socially relevant comedy.

On the other  hand,the  new Mahesh Babu starrer Sarkaru Vaari Paata  which  opens on Thursday 12 May, suffers from no fear of flying. Preview audiences, including this writer, predict a huge success  for Sarkaru Vaari Paata , not only in Andhra  and Telangana  but the rest  of  the country.

Doctor Strange  won’t affect  Mahesh Babu’s film , as  Doctor Strange is not doing as well in the South  as  the North.