'Ponniyin Selvan 2' box office day one: The film opens to an amazing response

Ponniyin Selvan 2’ has opened to a positive response at the box office. The Mani Ratnam directorial is reported to have collected Rs 38 crore on its first day.

Sacnilk reported that the film made Rs 25 crore in its home state Tamil Nadu.

The two-part blockbuster has a stellar cast including Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi and Trisha, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, Prakash Raj, Jayaram, Prabhu, R Sarathkumar, Parthiban, and Vikram Prabhu. It is based on Kalki Krishnamurthy's 1955 novels and chronicles the early days of the Chola empire.

Vikram talked about subtitles contributing to the success of regional films. HT quoted the actor as saying, ‘A film that stinks of nativity, and has something to do with one portion of India, will still work because emotions are always the same. People, after the pandemic, are open to watching subtitle films. Like, now, they are not just watching our films, they are watching Korean, German, French films contrary to what happened before’, he said.

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