Fans can’t keep calm as Allu Arjun roars ‘Fire nahi, wildfire hai’ in Pushpa: The Rule. Tricity theatres are booked to capacity

‘Pushpa naam sunke flower samjhe kya, fire hai main!’

That was one of the most memorable dialogues from Pushpa: The Rise. Now, the sequel of this Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna-starrer, titled Pushpa: The Rule, has given us another one — Fire nahi, wildfire hai. Talk about hotness quotient! The impact of this wildfire is seen on the counters of tricity theatres too, after the film was released on Thursday. Tickets are just flying by!

The sequel of Pushpa is here after almost three years of wait. Its release has whipped up even a higher fan- frenzy than its pervious instalment. First, the story in Part 1 was left in a cliffhanger, making fans eager to know how the titular character’s journey would progress, and second, the music created enough buzz after a single from the film was released in May.

On the opening day alone, 90 per cent of the seats for the Telugu language shows were booked in tricity. The 8:30 pm shows in Elante Mall, Chandigarh and Mohali Walk were almost full with just one or two front row seats left.

The Punjabi fans of Pushpa were equally excited. All major malls like Elante Mall, CP67 Mall and VR Punjab Mall had 24 to 32 shows, starting from 7:30 am and going on till 11:55pm. Almost 85 per cent of the shows were booked.

On Thursday, nearly 30-50 per cent of tickets were sold out for Friday shows, whereas for the weekend the numbers went up to 60-70 per cent.

According to reports, the third instalment, Pushpa: The Rampage, will apparently take another three long years to be out in theatres. But that’s a story for another day. As of now, the way Allu Arjun’s fans are lapping up his Pushpa act, the franchise is definitely shouting, ‘Main jhukega nahi!’