Deepika Padukone visits Gaiety Galaxy theatre in incognito mode, hides face to avoid fans days after Pathaan release

Pathaan actor Deepika Padukone visited the Gaiety Galaxy cinema in Mumbai on Sunday to witness the response of the audience to her film.

Deepika Padukone was spotted at the Gaiety Galaxy in Bandra on Sunday but in incognito mode. The actor seems to have visited the movie theatre to gauge the response of the audience to her latest release, Pathaan. She was in black casuals and hid her face under a cap and mask as she was escorted out of the theatre by security officials.

Deepika Padukone at Gaiety Galaxy theatre in Mumbai on Sunday. (Varinder Chawla)

Pathaan has smashed many box office records and is making new records. The film has crossed gross worldwide collection of ₹400 crores. It has collected ₹265 cr in India and ₹164 cr overseas in four days of its release. It is also the fastest film to cross ₹250 crore in India. Baahubali 2, KGF 2, Dangal had taken more time to achieve the milestone.

Meanwhile, a group of people reportedly belonging to a right-wing outfit smashed the display boards of a theatre screening Pathaan in Bhayander in Thane district on Sunday evening, a police official said. A video of the mob shouting slogans against Shah Rukh and the film surfaced online, he said. Nine persons had been detained in this connection and the process of registering a case was underway, he added.

Pathaan is directed by Siddharth Anand of War fame. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham in action-packed roles and also has Dimple Kapadia and Ashutosh Rana among the ensemble cast. Siddharth's next, titled Fighter, will also have Deepika opposite War actor Hrithik Roshan. It will be their first film together and will have a lot of aerial scenes.