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Hindustan Times
20 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Thug Life box office collection day 4: Kamal Haasan film ends 1st weekend with ₹35 crore, fails to surpass Indian 2
Thug Life box office collection day 4: Mani Ratnam's Thug Life, starring Kamal Haasan, Silambarasan TR and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles, ended its first weekend on a modest note. According to Sacnilk, the film collected ₹35.64 crore net in India in four days of its release. (Also Read: Thug Life worldwide box office collection day 3: Kamal Haasan-Mani Ratnam film collects over ₹60 crore) Thug Life was released in theatres on Thursday and collected ₹15.5 crore net in India on its opening day. The film saw a massive dip on Friday, bringing in ₹7.15 crore. Collections perked up a little on Saturday, with a collection of ₹7.75 crore. On Sunday, the film brought in an estimated ₹5.24 crore net in India, taking its first weekend collection to ₹35.64 crore. While these collections are decent, expectations for Mani and Kamal's first film together in years were higher. With the film collections not perking up during the weekend, it seems less likely that the weekdays will bring about any change. Kamal's previous film, Indian 2 by Shankar, performed better than Thug Life and made ₹62.15 crore in four days, and ₹59.15 crore by its first weekend. Mani's Ponniyin Selvan I and II had also brought in ₹120.15 crore and ₹103.75 crore respectively at that time. Thug Life sees Kamal play Shaktivel, aka Shakti and Silambarasan, his adopted son, Amar. Abhirami, Ashok Selvan, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Joju George, Ali Fazal, Sanya Malhotra, and Rohit Saraf also star in the film. Thug Life is Kamal and Mani's first film after their 1987 hit Nayakan, which is considered a cult classic. The film's ban in Karnataka after the language row also could've affected the film's collections, given that the state is a good market for Tamil films, apart from Andhra Pradesh-Telangana.
Pink Villa
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Mani Ratnam on Tamil cinema not having Rs 1000 crore box office hit: ‘Why are we making films…'
Mani Ratnam was recently asked about his view on why Tamil cinema hasn't hit the Rs 1000 crore benchmark at the box office. During an interview with YouTube channel Gobinath, the filmmaker responded, 'Why are we making films? Is it just because we want to make a high-yielding movie or a film that is authentic and, to an extent, a good film? Initially, it used to be whether a movie was good, bad, or just average, but now it goes too much into collections and all.' Upon being questioned whether such boundaries would kill creativity, the director hoped that it would not happen in the days to come. Mani Ratnam is currently busy with interviews, owing to the release of his movie Thug Life. The gangster actioner slated to release on June 5, 2025, features Kamal Haasan and Silambarasan TR in lead roles, playing father and foster son. The movie co-penned by Haasan and Ratnam features the tale of Rangaraaya Sakthivel Naicker, an aging gangster who is presumed to be dead. In his eyes, suspicions of his death led to his adopted son, Amaran, who has now become the head of his mafia gang. With vengeance in his mind, Sakthivel decides to lead himself on a game of death to vanquish Amaran, highlighting how their destinies were always intertwined. As Haasan and STR play the leading roles, the movie features an ensemble cast of actors like Trisha Krishnan, Abhirami, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Ashok Selvan, Joju George, Nassar, Ali Fazal, Pankaj Tripathi, and many more in key roles. The makers of Thug Life recently attended the film's audio launch event. With the entire album composed by AR Rahman being unveiled, most netizens took notice of how one song was crooned by Shruti Haasan. Check out the Thug Life album: Coming to Mani Ratnam's work front, the legendary director was last seen helming the project Ponniyin Selvan I and II, which released in 2022 and 2023, respectively.
