Cinema VinesOn Friday, Kunal Kemmu’s second directorial venture, Vibe, opened across 3,194 screens in India, but the film’s first‑day performance was modest. According to Sacnilk, the movie collected a net of ₹1.29 crore domestically, with an overall occupancy of just 12 percent. Morning shows were the weakest, registering 6 percent occupancy, while the afternoon saw a slight lift to 11.31 percent and the evening to 14 percent.
Delhi‑NCR led the way with 13 percent occupancy across 440 shows, followed closely by Pune, Kolkata and Hyderabad, each reporting 11 percent. Mumbai also matched that figure, drawing 11 percent across 328 screens. The slow start mirrors the reception of Kemmu’s earlier film, Madgaon Express, which earned ₹1.50 crore on its opening day before gaining traction after its OTT release.
Despite the tepid debut, Vibe has already outperformed a handful of contemporaries. It surpassed Aamir Khan’s son Junaid Khan’s film and Sai Pallavi’s romantic drama Ek Din, both of which collected ₹1.15 crore on their first days. It also edged past Imtiaz Ali’s Main Vaapas Aaunga, which matched the same opening‑day figure.
Critical reception has been mixed. Hindustan Times reviewer Rishabh Suri awarded the film three stars, noting that the first half delivers “exactly the kind of madness you want from a film like this” and praises the chemistry between Kemmu and Sparsh Shrivastava. However, he cautions that the second half loses some of its initial charm as the plot introduces unexpected twists. “The result is a film that is at its best when it is simply VIBE‑ing,” Suri wrote.
Plot-wise, Vibe is an action‑comedy that follows two friends, Hardik and Bugs, played by Kemmu and Sparsh Shrivastava, whose ordinary lives are upended when they become embroiled in a high‑stakes mission involving Indian intelligence agencies. The film also features Preity Zinta in a supporting role. Vibha Maru, an Assistant Editor at Hindustan Times Entertainment, reports on the film’s performance and overall reception.
