Rajinikanth and Lokesh Kanagaraj’s Coolie produced a lot of anticipation among audiences across languages and arrived in theaters on August 14th. The film’s collections are rocking, but the mixed response has confirmed that Kollywood’s 1000 crore dream will not be fulfilled by Coolie.
For a long time, Kollywood not only ruled South cinema, but it even ruled Indian cinema, with director Shankar and Rajinikanth having their peak time, which made the industry set many benchmarks.
However, in the last decade the entire Indian film industry has changed, as post-Baahubali regional cinema turned into pan-Indian cinema, and this is where Kollywood lacked when compared to Telugu cinema or Kannada cinema in making pan-Indian blockbusters.
Tollywood, Bollywood, and Sandalwood’s films have achieved the 1000 Cr milestone, but Kollywood is still failing to achieve this. As mentioned above, Superstar Rajinikanth’s Coolie sparked a lot of expectations and buzz.
Everyone thought that the director Lokesh Kanagaraj would make a film that would achieve the 1000 Cr milestone for the industry, and even Satyaraj said it in the pre-release event.
But the disappointment continues for Tamil Cinema, as Coolie failed to open with positive WOM, and there is no chance for the film to get close to the 1000 Cr milestone.
The trade is not sure about whether the film can cross Jailer and 2 Point O’s final numbers at this time. How the film holds after the weekend will decide the full run of it.