With excellent pre-release reports and positive word-of-mouth, Eros International’s Heroes, the multi starrer with industry stalwarts like Salman Khan, Preity Zinta, Sunny Deol and Mithun Chakravorthy has taken a good opening across India, especially Punjab and other parts of north India. The film has enjoyed the biggest pre-Diwali opening, releasing to packed cinemas in northern India.

With fantastic collections pouring in across regions - 80-85% collections in multiplexes and 65% in single screens in UP, Punjab and Delhi, 80-85% single screens in Maharashtra and 80% in Gujarat and similar figures coming in from other regions, audience reactions have been very promising. Reports are already doing the rounds of the film being comparable to a cult film on the lines of Rang De Basanti and Baghban.

A fun road trip of two boys (protagonists Sohail Khan and Vatsal Seth) clubbed with a series of experiences that ignite emotions that have never been experienced before, Heroes has been described as a powerful and moving experience. Another eminent trade analyst and critic has described the film as a unique story and Indians should be proud of Heroes. Another eminent  journalist goes on to say, “Here's a piece of cinema that we need to stand and applaud for its idealism, its absolute absence of cynicism in telling a story that invites the conscience to cry for a country and global society that can't think beyond its own nose”.

Produced by Bharat Shah, Vikas Kapoor and Samir Karnik, Heroes directed by Samir Karnik, has an eclectic star cast including Salman Khan, Priety Zinta, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Mithun Chakraborty, Dino Morea, Sohail Khan, Vatsal Seth, Amrita Arora and Ria Sen.

Heroes is a journey of two boys who travel a thousand miles to meet their destiny and discover national pride. The film is a visual treat, having been shot across several locations in India including Delhi, Rajasthan, Himachal, Ladakh, Punjab and eastern India.