Varun Dhawan’s Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai is trapped in a bizarre box office limbo. Despite a shaky, disappointing weekend, the film is showing strange weekday resilience, hitting Rs 33.50 crore in six days.

Can it scrape past the Rs 50 crore mark? With fierce new competition looming, the path to profitability looks increasingly impossible for this cinematic gamble.

Can it scrape past the Rs 50 crore mark? With fierce new competition looming, the path to profitability looks increasingly impossible for this cinematic gamble.