Kiran Rao's Laapataa Ladies outperforms Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal on Netflix

Kiran Rao

After receiving harsh comments from Sandeep Reddy Vanga earlier this year, director Kiran Rao can take comfort in knowing that her 'low-budget', rural dramedy Laapataa Ladies has garnered more views on Netflix than Vanga's big-budget, heavily promoted, and highly controversial action film Animal.

Kiran Rao's Laapataa Ladies outperforms Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal on Netflix

Ranbir Kapoor's film, Animal, hit theatres in December and quickly set new box office records, raking in over Rs 900 crore worldwide. Meanwhile, Laapataa Ladies premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last year and was later released in theatres in March, but it only earned a little over Rs 20 crore globally. However, the streaming performance of the two films tells a different tale.

According to the Indian Express, Laapataa Ladies premiered on Netflix a month ago and has since amassed 13.8 million views. On the other hand, Animal premiered on Netflix in January and garnered at least 13.6 million views in the first three weeks before dropping out of the top 10 in the fourth week. Laapataa Ladies not only stayed in the top 10 for a week longer than 'Animal', but it hasn't fallen below the top 5.

In its first week, Laapataa Ladies garnered 5.3 million viewing hours from 2.6 million views, improved in the second week with 7 million viewing hours from 3.4 million views, and then increased again in the third week with 11.6 million viewing hours from 5.6 million views. In the fourth week, the film accumulated 4.5 million viewing hours from 2.2 million views.

Alia Bhatt and Priyanka Chopra gush about Laapata Ladies

The movie has swept everyone off their feet including Alia Bhatt, and Priyanka Chopra.

After watching Kiran Rao's directorial 'Laapataa Ladies,' which has been the talk of the town ever since it hit theatres and was released on OTT, actors Alia Bhatt and Priyanka Chopra penned an appreciation post for the entire team.

Taking to Instagram stories, Alia re-shared the film's poster from Aamir Khan Production's official Instagram handle and wrote, "Such a wonderful time at the movies. These ladies, Pratibha Ranta, Nitanshi Goel and gentlemen Sparsh Shrivastava, Ravi Kishan truly have my heart. Such a beautiful film and what fabulous performances by the entire cast. Congratulations to all of you."

Priyanka posted on her Instagram stories, "Thank you for the entertainment and the education @raodyness!Congratulations on this make more movies!"

Not only Alia and Priyanka but Ananya Panday also shared her views on 'Laapataa Ladies'. She wrote on her Instagram stories, "This one's a real delight, couldn't recommend it enough.