Vijay Sethupathi-starrer Puriyatha Puthir, directed by Ranjith Jeyakodi, hit the screens last Friday. Though the morning shows were cancelled due to a court order, the film had a smooth run since Friday afternoon. The Onam weekend also saw Mohan Lal’s Velipadinte Pusthakam, Nivin Pauly’s Njandukalude Naattil Oridavel and Mammootty’s Pullikkaaran Staraa competing in Mollywood. Meanwhile, Baadshaho and Shubh Mangal Saavdhan clashed at the Bollywood box office.
A look at the box-office report of four releases from last weekend.
Puriyatha Puthir
According to critics, Puriyatha Puthir is a decent thriller that engages the audience the entire two-and-half hours. Though the exact box office figures have not been released yet, sources from the production house say that the film has been doing pretty well at the box office, for it has collected over Rs 3 crore last weekend.
Kurangu Bommai
While Kurangu Bommai, starring director Bharathiraja, did not have a big opening at the box-office, the film has garnered mostly positive reviews. The film is also being given more screens from this week. It has reportedly collected Rs 18 lakh so far.
Read Silverscreen’s review here:
Shubh Mangal Saavdhan
The Hindi remake of Kalyana Samaiyal Sadham is not as critically acclaimed as the original. But it is doing decent business at the box office, thanks to the novel premise.
According to KoiMoi, the film has opened to Rs 2.71 crore collection on day one, and the weekend collection is approximately Rs 8.27 crore. The film saw good response over the weekend and collected Rs 5.56 crore and Rs 6.19 crore on Saturday and Sunday, respectively, indicating good word-of-mouth publicity.
“It’s raining at the box office. Eid festivities (holiday) on Saturday gave a big boost to the business of both Baadshaho and Shubh Mangal Saavdhan,” trade analyst Taran Adarsh posted on Twitter on Sunday.
“Business to jump further… Real test from Monday onwards,” he added.
It’s raining at the BO… Eid festivities [holiday] on Sat gave a big boost to the biz of both, #Baadshaho and #ShubhMangalSaavdhan…
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 3, 2017
Biz will definitely get a big boost today [Sun]… Biz of #Baadshaho and #ShubhMangalSaavdhan to jump further… Real test from Mon onwards!
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 3, 2017
Read Silverscreen’s review here:
Baadshaho
The multi-starrer heist thriller, Baadshaho, was a disappointment due to its incoherent screenplay and some weak dialogues. Despite having Ajay Devgn, Ileana and Emraan Hashmi in the cast, the film failed to create a big impression. The film still opened to a decent day one collection, thanks to tremendous publicity.
Directed by Milan Luthria, Baadshaho collected Rs 12.60 crore on its opening day and received hike in numbers with collections of Rs 15.60 crore and Rs 15.10 crore on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
According to trade analyst Taran Adarsh:
#Baadshaho has a ROCKING Sat… Fri 12.03 cr, Sat 15.60 cr. Total: ₹ 27.63 cr. India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 3, 2017
Read Silverscreen’s review here:
Paisa Vasool
While this is Balakrishna’s 101th film, it is his first with Puri Jagannadh. Reportedly, the film had a good opening at the box office on Friday, but the collection has since reduced due to mixed reviews.
According to a report in The Indian Express, the film has so far collected over Rs 14 crore.
Read Silverscreen’s review here:
Njandukalude Naattil Oridavel
This Nivin Pauly-starrer, which released in over 114 theatres across Kerala, tops the box office collection among the films that were released for Onam weekend. Trade-analyst Ramesh Bala tweeted:
. @NivinOfficial ‘s #NjandukaludeNaattilOridavela is leading the #KeralaOnamBoxOffice pic.twitter.com/UWQAHAgum7
— Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) September 3, 2017
The film garnered positive response from both audience and critics. Reportedly, the film has collected Rs 1.48 crore across Kerala, and Rs 9.12 lakh in Kochi multiplexes.
Read Silverscreen‘s review here:
Velipadinte Pusthakam
The film released in over 200 theatres, and is said to be doing decent business at the box office. While the Mohan Lal-starrer received poor reviews, his fans seem to have liked the film.
Read Silverscreen review here:
“Though the film has failed to beat the record that Lal’s previous film, The Great Father, created, it has collected Rs 3.03 crore so far,” reports FilmiBeat.
Mammootty’s Pullikaran Staraa, meanwhile, made Rs 4.31 crore at the box office.
*The numbers featured in the article have not been independently verified.
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With inputs from IANS
