'Vettaiyan' box office collections day 21: Rajinikanth's action drama collects Rs 251.1 crores

Rajinikanth ’s recently released action drama movie ‘ Vettaiyan ’ may not have met the expectations of the fans, but the movie is doing good business at the box office.

According to the Sacnilk website, ‘Vettaiyan’ has collected Rs 251.1 crores worldwide in 21 days and the India Net collections for the film stand at Rs 146.28 crores. The India Gross collections for the action drama movie for 21 days are Rs 170.35 crores and the Overseas collections stand at Rs 80.75 crores.

On day 21, ‘Vettaiyan’ has minted Rs 40 lakhs from the Tamil Nadu box office as per the early updates and the Tamil Net box office collections are Rs 123.52 crores. The Telugu Net box office collections for the film in 21 days stand at Rs 17.78 crores and the Hindi Net box office collections are Rs 4.58 crores. From Kannada the movie has only minted Rs 40 lakhs in 21 days.

Starring Rajinikanth, Amitabh Bachchan, Fahadh Faasil, Manju Warrier, and Ritika Singh, ‘Vettaiyan’ received mediocre reviews from the audiences.

Our review for ‘Vettaiyan’ reads, “Rajinikanth, as usual, does the heavy lifting, but his superstardom makes all other characters feel like extended cameos. Despite this, Fahadh Fasil shines as Patrick aka Battery, a street-smart thief hired by Athiyan to help him with ‘tech things’. Fahadh as a Horlicks-eating chatterbox adds humour and life to several scenes. Amitabh has a towering presence, but the scenes where they (Amitabh and Rajini) come face-to-face are not too strong. The dialogues between them could have been better. Manju Warrier plays Rajinkanth’s wife who runs a YouTube channel. Her role is restricted to being Rajinkanth’s support system in the film, but she scores 10/10 in one mass scene towards the end. Rana Daggubati, a shrewd businessman with an aim of encashing the education system, appears only towards the end. Anirudh’s background score keeps the movie afloat. Of the four songs - Manasilayo and Hunter Vantaar - stand out, the other two fade in the background. Emotional scenes required a little more depth.”