Janhvi Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter's highly-anticipated Bollywood movie, 'Dhadak' has minted Rs. 8.71 crores on its opening day.

The movie marked the much-awaited Bollywood debut of Sridevi and Boney Kapoor's daughter and Shahid Kapoor's half-brother.

Taking to Twitter, film critic and trade analyst, Taran Adarsh shared the news. He wrote, "#Dhadak takes a HEROIC START... Rarely does a film starring absolute newcomers open so well... Day 1 is higher than #StudentOfTheYear [₹ 8 cr]... Fri ₹ 8.71 cr. India biz."

#Dhadak takes a HEROIC START... Rarely does a film starring absolute newcomers open so well... Day 1 is higher than #StudentOfTheYear [₹ 8 cr]... Fri ₹ 8.71 cr. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 21, 2018

The flick also stars Ashutosh Rana, Kharaj Mukherjee and Aditya Kumar.

Directed by Shashank Khaitan, 'Dhadak' is a remake of Marathi hit 'Sairat'.