The period action thriller Tiger Nageswara Rao, starring Ravi Teja in the titular role, was released in the theatres worldwide on Friday, October 20. The audiences and critics have praised the performances and action scenes, but criticised the narrative, excessive length, and poor characters in the film.
After collecting Rs 14.65 crore in its opening weekend, the film continued to struggle on its first Monday and added only Rs 3.24 crore to its collections, as per the entertainment tracking portal Sacnilk.com. This takes the film's four-day net total to Rs 17.89 crore, which is a low figure for a film headlined by Mass Maharaja and promoted across the nation.
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Apart from Ravi Teja, the Vamsee directorial also stars Nupur Sanon (Kriti Sanon's sister in her film debut), Anupam Kher, Gayatri Bharadwaj, Jisshu Sengupta, Renu Desai, Murali Sharma, Nassar, and Pradeep Rawat in key roles. It has been edited by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao and its music has been composed by G.V. Prakash Kumar.
The film has been facing tough compeition at the box office from Thalapathy Vijay-starrer and Lokesh Kanagaraj-directed Tamil actioner Leo and Nandamuri Balakrishna-starrer and Anil Ravipudi-directed Bhagavanth Kesari, both of which released a day earlier on October 19. The former has minted Rs 216 crore and the latter Rs 48 crore within their first four days in India.
Among the Bollywood releases, Tiger Shroff, Kriti Sanon, and Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Ganapath: A Hero Is Born and Divya Khosla Kumar, Meezaan Jafri, Pearl V Puri-starrer Yaariyan 2 also hit theatres on October 20. Both have been massive disappointments and have failed to attract audiences to theatres.
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