Dhanush came up before audiences with his latest directorial, Idli Kadai, in which he also acted as the lead. The film received a unanimous negative reaction in Telugu, but it had a decent response in Tamil. However, reaching the 100 Cr mark looks out of reach for Idli Kadai.
The film’s Telugu version, Idli Kottu, crashed on opening day itself, and excluding Tamil Nadu, the other Tamil territories are also not performing well for the film. In 4 days the film has collected 31 Cr gross in Tamil Nadu, and worldwide gross will be around 42 Cr.
With today’s numbers, the Dhanush directorial gross will be around 50 Cr worldwide, and as other territories are not seeing big numbers already, the film is also facing competition from Kantara Chapter 1, which is dominating it in Tamil Nadu.
So, Idli Kadi getting the 100 Cr number looks tough, and the chances of it posting strong numbers from tomorrow are less. Even if it has a good run at the box office, it can manage to go in the 75-80 Cr range, and joining the 100 Cr club is completely out of the question.
Dhanush’s previous directorial, Raayan, in which he played the lead role, has collected 150 Cr gross due to strong performance from all territories, but Idli Kadai is likely to collect just 1/2 of Raayan’s full run collections.
