Baby John, led by Varun Dhawan, has experienced a dip at the box office on its second Thursday. The film, directed by Kalees, collected Rs 1 crore on Day 9, reported Sacnilk. 

The movie has minted a total of Rs 36.40 crore at the domestic box office so far. Baby John witnessed “an overall 9.20 percent” Hindi occupancy on January 2, the report added. 

Besides Varun Dhawan, Baby John features Keerthy Suresh, Wamiqa Gabbi, Jackie Shroff and Rajpal Yadav in crucial roles. The film is produced by Atlee’s wife Priya Atlee, alongside Murad Khetani and Jyoti Deshpande under the banners of Apple Studios, Jio Studios, Cine1 Studios and Vipin Agnihotri Films.

Baby John is the Hindi remake of Thalapathy Vijay’s 2016 action-entertainer Theri, which was directed by Atlee.

Keerthy Suresh, who made her Bollywood debut with Baby John, revealed that it was Samantha Ruth Prabhu who recommended her name for the film. FYI: Samantha played Keerthy’s role in Theri.