Vanangaan box office collection day 1: Arun Vijay and Bala’s film struggles to mint Rs 1 crore

Vanangaan, the Arun Vijay film which hit theatres on Friday, kickstarted the Pongal race, finished its first day and collected Rs 0.85 crore (nett) in India. Directed by Bala, the action thriller film marks Arun Vijay's first collaboration with the filmmaker.

Vanangaan box office collection day 1: Arun Vijay and Bala’s film struggles to make it to Rs 1 crore

Pongal is a busy period for Tamil Nadu, given how the festive season will witness many films releasing. This time, with Vidaamuyarchi out of the race, many small and medium budget films. Vanangaan is one such film which released on January 10 (Friday), featuring Arun Vijay. The film is directed by Bala.

On the first day of its release, Arun Vijay-starrer collected Rs 0.85 crore (nett) overall in India, failing to capitalise a good opening, as per Sacnilk report. With the opening collection on first day falling less than a crore, there are sleek chances for the film to withstand competition with many films scheduled to release on Sunday and Tuesday.

Vanangaan is produced by B Studios and V House Productions, and is an action thriller set in Kaniyakumari. Roshni Prakash, Samuthirakani, Mysskin, Ridha, Chhaya Devi, Bala Sivaji, Shanmugarajan, Yohan Chacko, Kavitha Gopi, Brindha Sarathy, Mai Pa Narayanan, Aruldas, Munish Sivagurunath and others are also part of the film.

Also read: Vanangaan Movie Review: Bala and Arun Vijay’s voyeuristic and problematic film is unwanted addition to Tamil cinema’s obsession on sexual violence 

Vanangaan plot and review

Arun Vijay plays a deaf and mute person Kote, for whom violence speaks louder than anything. As he lives with his sister whom he dotes after, Kote does odd jobs to sustain a living. While working as a security guard at a local orphanage, he witnesses an incident which prompts him to take up violence.

Vanangaan opened to negative reviews upon its release, with many critics calling out the voyeuristic filmmaking of sexual violence. It is to be noted that Vanangaan was first launched with Suriya, who later opted out of the project.

Also read: Vanangaan: Director Bala reveals reason behind Arun Vijay replacing Suriya in the film

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