Akshay Kumar-starrer Rowdy Rathore is off to an impressive start. The film made Rs150 million on its opening day, making it the third-biggest opening of all time in India, after Agneepath and Bodyguard. It is also the biggest non-holiday opening of all time.Agneepath and Bodyguard earned Rs250 million and Rs220 million respectively on their first day of release.

Directed by Prabhu Deva and co-produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ronnie Screwvala, Rowdy Rathore marks the comeback of Kumar in a full-fledged action role after seven years. Made at a budget of Rs400 million, the film opened across 3,169 screens on Friday.“We are thrilled with the incredible opening day collections of Rowdy Rathore across the length and breadth of India. It has notched up the third biggest opening day of all time and the biggest non-holiday opening day of all time,” Siddharth Roy Kapur, managing director of Disney UTV Motion Picture, said.“It is also Akshay’s biggest opening day ever.

Bollywood Super Star Akshay Kumar is a black belt in Taekwondo and now he is learning traditional combat karate for his role in Rowdy Rathore.Directed by Prabhudeva, produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ronnie Screwvala and co-produced by designer Shabinaa Khan, the film has Sonakshi Sinha opposite Akshay.The 43-year-old actor, who is extremely fitness conscious, will soon be heading to an undisclosed location for two months to train in this form of martial art."The movie will introduce to audiences a new kind of sport and being the professional that he is, Akshay has decided to take two months off to train intensively in combat karate,"."Set in the rustic heartland of India, the film has a lot of action and required a star who knew the technical know-hows of his dangerous sport. Akshay seemed the perfect fit, since being a trained martial arts professional he could pull the role off with panache."