The film still lags behind Pawan’s earlier projects. Hari Hara Veera Mallu had collected ₹74.71 crore net in India within four days, while OG crossed ₹130 crore net in the same period. However, Ustaad Bhagat Singh has performed better than Dhurandhar: The Revenge in the Telugu states, where the latter reportedly collected ₹4.42 crore across 1,382 shows.

Earlier, in an interview with Glute, director Harish Shankar reacted to the film’s clash with Dhurandhar: The Revenge. He said, “With all due respect, Aditya Dhar is a superior filmmaker. I watched Uri. He is a very impactful, very influential filmmaker. Having said that, pan-India films should consider Dhurandhar as competition. But we have our Telugu states for the film. Also, they both belong to very different genres. If, in place of Dhurandhar, it was an Shah Rukh Khan film, a full entertainer with songs, then we would have thought it’s similar to our film. But Bhagat Singh and Dhurandhar are totally different films.”

Harish added, “It’s also a collective decision; it wasn’t in my hands alone. Somewhere within, I too felt that I am doing a film with Pawan sir after so long, and for that film to compete with another big release… But whether it’s Sankranti or summer, there is always space for two to three big films. It’s not like theatres will only show Dhurandhar across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.”