Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor starrer social drama, Batti Gul Meter Chalu raked in Rs. 6.70 crore on day one at the box office. The film, which also features Divyendu Sharma and Yami Gautam has had a decent opening on day 1. Batti Gul Meter Chalu is set on the backdrop of Uttarakhand, and highights the issue of electricity theft problems in rural India.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to his Twitter account to announce Shree Narayan Singh’s film’s opening day collection. He wrote, "#BattiGulMeterChalu has a low Day 1, despite partial holiday... Biz will have to multiply two-fold or three-fold on Day 2 and Day 3 for a respectable weekend total... Fri u00e2u0082u00b9 6.76 cr. India biz."