{"id":565506,"date":"2026-03-26T11:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/565506\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:34:09","slug":"emerges-as-2026s-first-successful-punjabi-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/565506\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerges As 2026\u2019s First Successful Punjabi Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1268697 koimoi-featured-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ishqan-de-lekhe-box-office-collection-day-20-2026s-first-successful-punjabi-film-01.jpg\" alt=\"Ishqan De Lekhe Box Office Collection Day 20: 2026\u2019s First Successful Punjabi Film\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\"  \/>Ishqan De Lekhe Box Office Collection Day 20: 2026\u2019s First Successful Punjabi Film(Photo Credit \u2013Instagram)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ishqan De Lekhe, starring Gurnam Bhullar and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/television\/bigg-boss-17-launch-udaariyaan-fame-isha-malviya-accuses-alleged-ex-boyfriend-co-contestant-abhishek-kumar-of-physical-assault-a-user-says-salman-khan-can-relate-to-their-love-life\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isha Malviya<\/a> in the lead roles, was in a dicey situation over the last few days, but it has finally crossed the finishing line. Yes, it has recovered its entire budget from domestic earnings and has emerged a success at the Indian box office. With this, it has become the first successful Punjabi film of 2026. Keep reading for a detailed collection report of day 20!<\/p>\n<p>How much did Ishqan De Lekhe earn at the Indian box office in 20 days?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/box-office\/hits-flops\/punjabi-box-office-collection-verdicts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Punjabi<\/a> romantic drama is moving ahead at a fair pace, and since the last couple of days, it has been scoring below 25 lakh. On the third Wednesday, day 20, it earned 14 lakh. Compared to day 19\u2019s 22 lakh, it showed a 36.36% drop. Overall, it has earned an estimated 10.1 crore net at the Indian box office, as per Sacnilk. It equals 11.91 crore gross.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the week-wise collection breakdown:<\/p>\n<p>Week 1 \u2013 3.80 crore<br \/>\nWeek 2 \u2013 4.77 crore<br \/>\nDay 15 \u2013 21 lakh<br \/>\nDay 16 \u2013 35 lakh<br \/>\nDay 17 \u2013 39 lakh<br \/>\nDay 18 \u2013 22 lakh<br \/>\nDay 19 \u2013 22 lakh<br \/>\nDay 20 \u2013 14 lakh<\/p>\n<p>Total \u2013 10.1 crore<\/p>\n<p>Becomes the first successful Punjabi film of 2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ishqan De Lekhe was reportedly made at a budget of 10 crore. Against this cost, it has earned 10.1 crore net so far, thus making a return on investment (ROI) of 10 lakh. In the coming days, it\u2019ll score more profit, securing a plus verdict at the Indian box office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By entering the profit zone, Ishqan De Lekhe has emerged as the first successful Punjabi film of 2026. After the failures of DSP Dev 2, Bambukat 2, and Viyaah Kartaare Da, the Gurnam Bhullar and Isha Malviya starrer has finally broken the streak of disappointments for Pollywood in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Box office summary:<\/p>\n<p>Budget \u2013 10 crore<br \/>\nIndia net collection \u2013 10.1 crore<br \/>\nROI \u2013 10 lakh<br \/>\nROI% \u2013 1%<\/p>\n<p>More about the film<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Punjabi romantic drama is directed by Manvir Brar and produced by Gurnam Bhullar under the banner of Diamondstar Worldwide. It also stars Rana Ranbir, Mintu Kappa, Balwinder Bullet, Gurleen Chopra, and Gurpreet Randhawa in key roles. On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/box-office\/dhurandhar-2-box-office-creates-history-on-bookmyshow-by-selling-109k-tickets-in-one-hour\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BookMyShow<\/a>, it is enjoying a rating of 8.9 out of 10 with 3.6K+ votes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stay tuned to Koimoi for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/category\/box-office\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">box office updates<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Must Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koimoi.com\/box-office\/dhurandhar-2-box-office-collection-day-7-beats-jawan-to-become-bollywoods-2nd-highest-grosser-ranks-7th-among-all-indian-films\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dhurandhar 2 Box Office Collection Day 7: Beats Jawan To Become Bollywood\u2019s 2nd Highest-Grosser, Ranks 7th Among All Indian Films<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Follow Us: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/koimoidotcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/koimoi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Koimoi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Koimoi4Bollywood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/s\/CBIwo7yAqUE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Google News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ishqan De Lekhe Box Office Collection Day 20: 2026\u2019s First Successful Punjabi Film(Photo Credit \u2013Instagram) Ishqan De Lekhe,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,344],"class_list":{"0":"post-565506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}