This Sankranti saw the release of four biggies across the Telugu and Tamil film industries. From Tollywood, it was Veera Simha Reddy that released on 12th January, and Waltair Veerayya that released on 13th January. Kollywood saw the release of Ajith’s Thunivu and Vijay’s Varisu which both released on 11th January.
All four movies were released amidst massive expectations but it was Balakrishna’s Veera Simha Reddy that has taken the day 1 honours. With an opening day share 28.63 Cr veera Simha Reddy has emerged as the biggest opening day share in South Indian Pongal biggies (Waltair Veerayya, Thunivu, and Varisu ) are the other biggies.
In Tamil Nadu, it was Ajith’s Thunivu that reigned supreme where as Varisu held the lead on day 1 collections in the overseas market.
All these Sankranti biggies got mixed reviews and special applause for the lead actors. Varisu, Thunivu, and Veera Simha Reddy have already seen massive drops on Day 2. The festival has now begun and today’s performance will decide the fate of each and every movie releases for Pongal.
All these movies are star-studded projects with heavy budgets and massive investments made. And they need to continuously outperform their competition for the next few days to recover the costs. Today is an extremely crucial day for all these movies and they need to sustain their performance.