After Tejas's Poor Performance In Theatres Kangana Ranaut Holds Special Screening For Yogi Adityanath (image:twitter.com/KanganaTeam)

Amidst the reports of Tejas“s poor performance in theatres, Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday watched her movie with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The special screening for the film was held at the Lok Bhawan Auditorium in Lucknow.

Sharing the photos on social media platform X, the actress wrote that Chief Minister was so moved by the film that he couldn”t hold back his tears. She wrote: “Today hosted a screening of Tejas a film based on a soldier / Martyr’s life for honourable Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ji. As you can see in the first picture Maharaj ji couldn’t hold back his tears in the last monologue of Tejas.”

Today hosted a screening of #tejas a film based on a soldier / Martyr’s life for honourable Chief Minister @myogiadityanath ji
As you can see in the first picture Maharaj ji couldn’t hold back his tears in the last monologue of Tejas.
“ Ek soldier kya chahta hai”
महाराज जी… pic.twitter.com/WTYHuhRwYA

— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) October 31, 2023

After the screening, Ms Ranaut told ANI:”CM Yogi Adityanath got emotional while watching the movie. He assured us that he would protect us and our film from all our enemies and anti-national elements and motivate the nationalists to watch and connect with it. It is not a film on women empowerment, it is a film about women power.” She also suggested that movie should be shown to students in schools, and families to watch it.

Released on October 27, Tejas”s box office, according to reports, collection records of the movie are poor. After 4th day, film has managed to earn only Rs. 4.25 crore. Helmed by Sarvesh Mewara and produced by Ronnie Screwvala under the banner of RSVP movies, the film centers around the journey of Tejas Gill, an IAF pilot. Besides Ms Ranaut, the movie also features Anshul Chauhan, Varun Mitra, Ashish Vidyarthi, Vishak Nair, Kashyap Shangari, Sunit Tandon, Rio Kapadia, Mohan Agashe and Mushtaq Kak in significant roles.