Sivakarthikeyan’s Parasakthi has seen a drop in collections after a strong opening weekend, but the film has received praise from Tamil cinema legends Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan. Now, the fans hope that the film turns this appreciation into box office collections.
At a recent event, Sivakarthikeyan shared his experience and said, “After watching Parasakthi, Kamal Haasan sir appreciated my performance for five minutes. For Amaran, it was only two to three minutes. Superstar Rajinikanth also called Parasakthi a very bold film, praised the second half, and appreciated my performance.”
Sivakarthikeyan’s Parasakthi needs a significant jump in collections during the festival weekend
Despite this appreciation, the film has received a mixed response from audiences. As a result, collections dropped yesterday and continued to decline today after a good opening weekend. But the period political drama is expected to see a strong jump in collections starting tomorrow as the festival season begins.
In its first three days, Parasakthi has collected over ₹50 crore gross worldwide. To achieve hit status, the film needs to cross ₹150 crore gross globally. This means it requires a significant rise in collections from tomorrow.
A major advantage for the film is that Vijay’s Jana Nayagan has been postponed, allowing Parasakthi to fully benefit from the festive holiday period.
In the film industry, when a movie becomes a big hit, the director often starts aiming for pan-India projects with very big budgets. However, only a few films succeed at that level, such as Anil Ravipudi. Most of them end up causing huge losses to producers and distributors.
Nowadays, even for regular films, directors are taking a long time for pre-production works, but Anil Ravipudi is different, as he has never wasted producer’s money and delivered continuous successful films.
Most of the directors shoot more footage than needed and later remove many scenes. This keeps the film on sets for a long time and increases the budget, putting heavy pressure on producers.
But even though he has delivered back-to-back blockbusters, Anil Ravipudi continues to work within his strengths and the strengths of his heroes. He always thinks from the producer’s point of view. He plans everything carefully during pre-production, sticks to a fixed release schedule, and shoots only what is necessary for the film. There is no waste of time or money. He also plans promotions and release dates very well, keeping producers and buyers in a safe and profitable position.
At present, the film industry is facing a serious crisis due to high budgets, the obsession with pan-India films, the decline of non-theatrical markets, and theatres struggling to survive.
At such a time, the industry needs more directors like Anil Ravipudi, the filmmakers who can bring families back to theatres and complete films within one year. If we have more directors like him, the trade and the industry will surely recover.
The controversy surrounding Kannada star Yash’s upcoming film Toxic is growing stronger. The Karnataka State Women’s Commission has strongly objected to the bold and obscene intimate scenes shown in the film’s teaser. The Commission has sent a letter to the Censor Board demanding strict action and has also urged the makers to immediately remove the teaser, stating that the scenes are excessively bold and inappropriate.
Leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have also filed a complaint with the Karnataka State Women’s Commission regarding the Toxic teaser. AAP state secretary Usha Mohan said in the complaint that the visuals in the teaser could have a negative impact on children’s mental health. She demanded that the teaser be removed from social media platforms immediately.
The film, titled Toxic – A Fairytale for Grown-Ups, stars Yash as the lead and it has been facing heavy criticism online and it enters a controversy due to the way the intimate scenes shown in its glimpse.
Responding to the criticism, director Geethu Mohandas gave a strong reply. She stated that she is not surprised by the comments questioning how a woman director could film such scenes. She added that she is taking the criticism very lightly and is not bothered by it.
Chiranjeevi is back with a bang with Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu’s arrival in theaters, as the film collects superb numbers at the box office on the first day. The film has received majorly positive reviews, reflected in the figures.
Here are the details of MSG Movie’s First Day Collections
The film has opened to an impressive 42 crore share worldwide, including GST from the Nizam and Andhra regions. Mana Shankara Vara Prasad has made a terrific start, achieving nearly 35% recovery against the ₹125 crore breakeven target on the very first day itself.
Today , the film is trending extraordinarily , and trade expects it to achieve profits for all buyers within this week itself. Let us wait and watch where the film will end its box office run.
14th, 15th, 16th , and 17th are festival days and the film will certainly utilize them to its fullest.
Prabhas and Maruthi’s The Raja Saab was expected to be a huge money spinner, but the film did not gather collections in that range and had a crash at the box office on its first Monday. Trade hopes that the horror comedy gets some help from the festival days.
The film opened with strong numbers, collecting ₹103 crore gross on Day 1. However, the film saw a sharp decline on Day 2 with ₹34 crore gross, followed by a further drop to ₹24 crore on Day 3. This brought the total weekend gross to ₹161 crore.
The film performed well in the Telugu states on Day 1 and Day 2. On Day 3, collections dropped in Telangana but remained fairly stable in Andhra Pradesh.
Day 4 proved difficult for the film. It was a pre-festival day and also the release day of Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu, which opened to unanimously positive word of mouth. This had a major impact on The Raja Saab, leading to a crash in collections on Monday, with single-digit gross figures.
With this, the total gross after four days stands at around ₹170 crore. The breakeven target is valued at over ₹400 crore, and the film has not even recovered 50% of that amount. Collections are expected to remain dull today as well. Tomorrow will be a crucial day, as the festival season begins.
Movie Name:Bhartha Mahasayulaku Wignyapthi Rating: 2.5/5 Cast: Ravi Teja, Dimple Hayathi, Ashika Ranganath, Satya, Vennela Kishore and Others Director: Kishore Tirumala Produced By: Sudhakar Cherukuri Release Date: 13th January 2026
Ravi Teja comes up with Bhartha Mahasayulaku Wignyapthi this Sankranthi, which is a romantic family enterainer. Starring Dimple Hayathi and Ashika Ranganath as the female leads, the film’s trailer and songs have received a positive response. Now let us see whether the film lives up to the hype in the following review.
Story:
Bhartha Mahasayulaki Wignyapthi revolves around Ram Satya Narayana, who is married to Balamani, a strict and devoted wife. Ram gets involved in an affair with Manasa when he travels to Spain to meet her under the pretext of a business proposal. The rest of the film focuses on how Ram deals with this situation and tries to resolve the conflict.
Performances:
Ravi Teja appears in a role that is different from his usual mass- or action-oriented characters. He manages to make a few moments work, but there is nothing groundbreaking or extraordinary about his performance.
Dimple Hayathi and Ashika Ranganath look beautiful on screen, but they get little scope to showcase their acting skills.
Vennela Kishore is decent in his sidekick role, while Sunil delivers some genuinely hilarious moments. Satya’s comedy does not make the desired impact except in one episode. Muralidhar Goud is underutilized. Child artist Rohan Roy and the rest of the cast perform adequately.
Analysis:
Kishore Tirumala directs the film, Bhartha Mahasayulaki Wignyapthi. It begins on a weak note, as the Spain episode fails to create much impact. Satya’s comedy scenes fall flat, and the romantic portions between Ravi Teja and Ashika Ranganath are also not very effective.
The narrative improves once the story shifts to India. A few scenes between Ravi Teja and Vennela Kishore work well, and an episode featuring Sunil stands out as particularly funny. The interval block is also handled nicely.
The second half has some enjoyable comedic moments, but the major conflict lacks the intrigue and excitement needed to keep the audience fully engaged. The pub song sequence has a good idea behind it, but it gets stretched.
Satya’s re-entry raises expectations, and the dumb charades sequence provides some fun. However, the climax, where the issue is resolved, feels plain and too convenient.
Positives:
Pre-Interval and Interval Episodes
Hotel Sequence
Satya Episode at the Pre-Climax
Negatives:
Initial Dull Moments
Inconsistent Screenplay
A Few Boring Scenes
Convenient Climax
Bhartha Mahaseyulaku Wignyapthi Review and Verdict:
Bhartha Mahasayulaki Wignyapthi presents Ravi Teja in a light-hearted role. While the film has a few well-made comedy blocks, it fails to raise the bar and remains at an ordinary level.
Megastar Chiranjeevi and Anil Ravipudi’s Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu, MSG had a blockbuster Day 1 at the box office, and the film’s collections’ estimates are out now. The evening and night shows have gone bonkers for the film.
The film had a super strong start at box office with occupancies getting increased continuously with each show, indicating a solid trend for the film. MSG sees the 2nd biggest opening for Chiranjeevi after Sye Ra Narasimha Reddy.
Blockbuster Day 1 for Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu
It collected 25 Cr gross from premieres and the 1st day estimates of Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu are more than 45 Cr worldwide which includes hire stations. Overall on the opening day the film sees close to 75 Cr gross start which is a sensational number.
With a breakeven value of ₹200 crore gross, more than 35% recovery has been done from the opening day itself, that too on a pre-festival weekday release. The film is all set to achieve breakeven by this festival week itself.
With Vikram, Lokesh Kanagaraj shook the Indian film industry by introducing the universe concept to Indian cinema, and though he faced some backlash for his recent films, his remuneration has not been affected and he also lands a big opportunity.
After Vikram, Lokesh emerged as the number one director in Tamil cinema and became one of the biggest brands in the industry. Because of his strong brand value, even though Leo and Coolie did not fully satisfy audiences, both films still collected more than ₹500 crore worldwide and became among the highest-grossing films in Kollywood.
Lokesh Kanagaraj remains in high demand and gets a massive remuneration for his upcoming project
After Coolie, he was expected to work on Kaithi 2, but he moved away from the project for unknown reasons. He also tried to set up another film with Rajinikanth, but that project did not materialise. Around the same time, Lokesh Kanagaraj received a big opportunity when Allu Arjun showed interest in working with him. According to industry buzz, Lokesh narrated the full script to Allu Arjun, who was impressed with it.
The film will be produced by Mythri Movie Makers. The latest buzz is that Lokesh Kanagaraj is charging the highest remuneration of his career for this project. He reportedly received ₹50 crore for Coolie, and for the Allu Arjun film, he is said to be charging around ₹75 crore.
The Raja Saab is doing an extremely disastrous performance in Hindi, which has shocked everyone. Prabhas has a good market in North India, but this film did not have any pre-release buzz, and the reviews were also not that great.
The film has collected 6 Cr nett on the opening day, and on day 2 it goes to 5 Cr, and on day 3 it goes to the 4 Cr range in India. With this, the film has no chance to do even 50 Cr nett in a full run.
With such a disastrous performance in Hindi, the team of The Raja Saab opted for the 92 rs ticket offer for the Hindi version in the 1st week itself. This offer will be valid for the 13th of January only, and that is exclusive for North India.
It is noteworthy that the Bollywood blockbuster Dhurandar chose this offer in its sixth week, while Prabhas’ The Raja Saab opted for it in its first week due to its disappointing box office collections.
There were some doubts on Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu’s release date and box office performance; with the Bhogi festival coming on Wednesday and the movie getting released on Monday, the trade expected a lot of concerns on the film’s opening.
Generally, weekday and pre-festival releases will definitely get impacted, but Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu clears all doubts as it receives an extraordinary opening day at the box office. The collections and occupancy showed a jump with each show.
Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu Set for a Massive Festival Weekend
This is a blockbuster trend, and that too, the film performing at such a level during the pre-festival period is a fantastic feat. It looks like a large number of special morning shows need to be allocated from the festival day to meet the demand.
From Wednesday to Sunday the movie will have massive collections and will see huge overflows in theaters.
