Thandel box office collection Day 1: Naga Chaitanya delivers his biggest opening since Love Story, romantic drama earns Rs 10 crore

This is 1 of the champion openers for Naga Chaitanya successful a while, since his caller releases, similar Custody and Thank You, made nether Rs 4 crore connected time one. Thandel, which was besides released successful Tamil and Hindi, didn’t truly marque an interaction successful these centres owed to the already crowded merchandise model successful these states, with a fig of films releasing connected the aforesaid day.

Thandel had an awesome 53.58% occupancy for the Telugu version, and the astir 71% occupancy for the nighttime shows is simply a just indicator of things to come. The numbers for Thandel mightiness amended implicit the weekend. The Hindi mentation had a dismal 9.13% occupancy, chiefly due to the fact that of films similar Loveyapa and Badass Ravikumar being released connected the aforesaid day. Shahid Kapoor’s Deva is besides doing dilatory business. The Tamil mentation of Thandel had a akin 9.1% occupancy, but it was bulldozed by the overmuch wider merchandise of Ajith Kumar’s Vidaamuyarchi, which would beryllium the archetypal prime for many.

Thandel, which is based connected the real-life communicative of Srikakulam fisherfolk being captured by Pakistani authorities for trespassing into their waters, features Aadukalam Naren, Divya Pillai, Karunakaran, and Prithviraj successful pivotal roles. With euphony by Devi Sri Prasad and cinematography by Shamdat, the movie has received mixed to affirmative reviews from critics and audiences. SCREEN’s Avinash Ramachandran wrote, “When the movie focusses connected the ups and downs of Sai Pallavi-Naga Chaitanya relationship, it sails rather smoothly, but the infinitesimal the movie enters the murky waters of Pakistan, Thandel turns into a heroic communicative of improbable heroes, whose sorrow gets mislaid successful the heroism.”

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Thandel marks manager Chandoo Mondeti’s 3rd collaboration with Naga Chaitanya aft Premam and Savyasachi. Apart from this project, Naga Chaitanya has an absorbing lineup of films, including 1 with Virupaksha manager Karthik Varma.