Overview
- Prabhas’s fantasy horror-comedy released January 9 in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.
- Advance bookings crossed 5 lakh tickets for the Telugu version with a reported ₹15.31 crore gross, while other dubbed versions sold roughly 70,000 tickets; paid previews were pegged at about ₹9.15 crore.
- Industry projections for day one diverged sharply, with estimates ranging from roughly ₹35–40 crore to about ₹65–70 crore domestic.
- Hyderabad previews saw fans forcing entry, crowd control clashes and cancelled shows, with videos from multiple theatres circulating on social media.
- Early audience and social-media feedback leaned negative on screenplay, pacing and VFX, though many praised Prabhas’s presence and the climax; a viral claim of money offered to delete a negative review remained unverified.