Overview
- The Nayanthara-starrer opened to a slow start and, with a Rs. 2.45 crore second-day take reported on Saturday, has a two-day India net of Rs. 4.33 crore according to box-office trackers.
- Trade reports place the film's production cost at about Rs. 100 crore and say the picture needs roughly Rs. 100 crore India net to reach a financially safe zone, a target that the current pace makes unlikely.
- Critics gave mixed reviews that repeatedly singled out a weak screenplay, uneven comic beats and unconvincing visual effects as the movie's main flaws, with reviewers saying the film's tone and plotting undercut its spectacle.
- Director Sundar C pushed back on online criticism of the effects, saying nearly 400 technicians worked on CGI for about 1.5 years, while box-office data show over 90 percent of early revenues came from the Tamil version.
- Competition from Suriya's Scene and the big Bollywood release Ramayana during the Diwali weekend has limited reach outside Tamil Nadu and will shape whether the film can widen its audience in the coming days.