These days, Harshvardhan Rane is enjoying the success of his recent release ‘Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat’. This film has created a stir at the box office. This Sonam Bajwa starrer romantic drama has earned almost double its cost of Rs 25 crore at the box office. Recently, Harshvardhan and his co-actress Sonam Bajwa went to a theater in Gujarat for the screening of their film. After the show, the actor thanked the audience and gave a statement which went viral on social media.

In fact, he said that because of the madness of Ek Deewane and the success of Thaama, the audience has completely eliminated nepotism in Bollywood. During an interview given to ABP News, Harsh Vardhan has clarified why he said this?

What did Harshvardhan Rane say on nepotism?
Harsh Vardhan said, “I will never say anything out of emotion that will hurt anyone. I want to say this with full awareness that this word (nepotism) that has been created is equivalent to scaring a small child that don’t come to the forest, there is a ghost there. I want to give the same message that there is no ghost in the forest. This nepotism has become like a ghost. It is NTT. The actors who want to come. So my aim in life is to remove the fear from their mind that there is no ghost here.

Come to the forest, bring your mat, your tiffin, bring your instruments. Yes, ghosts will come in the forest, you do not have to be afraid of them, you have to be ready. So to remove the fear, I have said that this word nepotism is in your mind, you are not getting work. Two outsiders’ films have released on Diwali. Even if this word existed, you have finished it.

The list that I say again and again, Shahrukh Khan sir, Akshay Kumar sir, John Abraham, Rajkumar Rao, Ayushmann Khurrana, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Irrfan Khan, all of them came from outside. But in this year’s fresh list, Raghav Juyal, Rohit Saraf, Bhuvan Bam, Lakshay, all of them are doing great work, so where is the word nepotism, it does not exist. My request is to stop making it a bogeyman and don’t use this word in 2026. Get tired of this word. This word is an excuse.

The excitement of ‘Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat’ is overwhelming the audience. The film performed well against its budget in the 6-day extended weekend, that too when there was competition from a big film like ‘Thamaa’.

Whether the films are successful at the box office or not is known only when the films enter the weekdays and give Monday test. Monday collections of most films decline rapidly, but the initial figures related to the earnings of ‘Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat’ show that the film has passed the Monday test as well.

Box office collection of ‘Ek Deewane Ki Diwaniyat’

According to Sacknilk, you can see the data related to how much the film has earned every day and how much it is earning today in the table below. Let us tell you that the data related to today is till 4:25 pm and is not final. There may be change in this.

day	Box office collection (in crores)
Day 1	9
Day 2	7.75
Day 3	6
Day 4	5.5
Day 5	6.25
Day 6	7
Day 7	1.13
total	42.63

‘Deewaniyat’ gives competition to ‘Thama’ in Monday collection

On one hand, ‘Thamaa’ is a big film and it has actors like Ayushmann Khurrana-Rashmika Mandanna. The Rs 145 crore film has been presented as a film of the Maddock horror comedy universe. Despite this, ‘Deewaniyat’, made for just Rs 25 crores, has given equal competition to ‘Thama’ in today’s earnings.

Till now ‘Thama’ has earned Rs 1.28 crore, while Harshvardhan Rane and Sonam Bajwa’s film is a little behind it.

‘Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat’ is special for the lead actors of the film

This film is very special for the lead actors because with it both the actors have got the highest grossing film of their career.

• This film has overtaken ‘Sanam Teri Kasam Re-Release’ as the highest-grossing film of Harshvardhan Rane’s career and has become the highest-grossing film of his career. Let us tell you that ‘Sanam Teri Kasam Re-Release’ had earned Rs 42.28 crore according to Sacknilk.
• This film has become the third highest grossing film in the career of lead actress Sonam Bajwa. His first highest grossing film was ‘Housefull 5’ (183.38 crores) and the second was ‘Baaghi 4’ (53.38 crores) released this year.