Tips Industries’ Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya’s weekend collection stands at an impressive 7.8 crore nett doing particularly well in centres in Maharashtra and Punjab. Probability of TNLHG collecting higher revenues emerged on day one when it saw an opening day collection of INR 1.74 crore –
Mandeep Kumar who made his Bollywood directorial debut with the romantic-comedy ,has much reason to celebrate given that the film’s collections have done better than projects of his other debutant counterparts in the recent past like Band Baaja Baraat (4.75 cr weekend), Do Dooni Chaar (2 crore nett weekend), Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster (3.75 crore nett) and Tere Mere Phere to name a few.
Says director Mandeep Kumar “‘Films have undergone a lot of changes over the recent past and experiment in cinema across genres is the call of the hour. At the end of the day it’s all about entertaining the audience.So, however clichéd the concept of a love story is, the skill lies in making it fun to watch”
An engineering graduate from Chandigarh,Mandeep Kumar’s association with Kumar Taurani of Tips, started with his maiden venture ,Punjabi film “Jihne Mera Dil Luteya” that went on to become the biggest blockbuster in the history of Punjabi cinema in domestic as well as overseas market.
Talking about the director says Riteish Deshmukh” “Mandeep knows everything. Since the film is based in Punjab, who better than Mandeep to direct the film”.
Says Kumar Taurani “Mandeep is a very talented director and his first film with us -the Punjabi film Jihne Mera Dil Luteya was the biggest blockbuster in the history of Punjabi cinema to say the least…sweeping most of the awards at the PTC Awards.. Mandeep is extremely talented & exclusively signed with Tips, I am planning to make 2 hero film with him & I am talking to actors, soon I will announce something very good……
Says acclaimed trade analyst and critic Taran Adarsh “Comedy is an off-repeated genre but the way Mandeep Kumar has handled the light moments as well as the romantic one’s in his very first Hindi film Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya deserves brownie points –Kudos to the debut director”.
Marking the Bollywood directorial debut of Mandeep Kumar,Tere Naal also marks the reunion of the lead pair, Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza after a gap of 7years on the big screen and their first film as a married couple. The film released Friday ,the 24th Feb 2012.
