Ilayathalapathy Vijay 's New Mission with A.L Vijay - Thalaivaa

[ilayapuyalvinodh_kumar]

Reasons: violence as also use of a lot of Hindi and English, according to media reports.

For the industry, the stakes are so high that they rather not mess up their relationships with the government.The Tamil language film industry, also known as Kollywood, is one of the biggest regional language industries in India. In 2012, it churned out some 150 films. Though small- budget movies have ruled the roost recently, big- budget, mass hero films are still a big draw.Vishwaroopam was one such. So is Thalaivaa.

What makes the issue intriguing is the fact that the movie lead-stars Vijay, a popular actor who is said to have political ambitions. Vijay, who made his debut about two decades ago, was one of the few high-stakes film personalities who took a stand against the earlier DMK-led government. During the elections in 2011, he threw his weight, and that of his numerous fan clubs, behind Jayalalithaa's AIADMK. The name thalaivaa does have a political ring to it but its makers have denied it has a political message. Film historian Theodore Baskaran says, "Such incidents indicate the fact that the film industry is not functioning independently. This is not a healthy sign."

He likens the situation to one that existed during the freedom struggle when the British censored any topic that related to social issues — labour, poverty and freedom struggle. "During that time, producers and director made more movies on mythology. A similar trend will happen in Tamil Nadu cinemas too if this continues. It will curb the growth of cinema as a creative art form." Even if Thalaivaa, which released in markets outside Tamil Nadu, miraculously gets released this second at home, the question will still remain: what happened ?

- Economic Times

[ilayapuyalvinodh_kumar]

Chennai Ganga Theatre - Thalaivaa 15 shows per day even in weekdays

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... Sources said film producer and Vijay's father S A Chandrashekar had sent a letter to chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday morning, in which he stated that he and his son had never made any political statements against the government and had only admiration for her administrative abilities. He sought her help to get the film released. It was also decided that a dialogue in the film between Vijay and comedian Santhanam regarding the actor's dance style, said to have a political innuendo, would be muted ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/21887215.cms

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Thuppakki mints 65.32 Crore worldwide

In Tamil Nadu, 'Thuppakki' raked in Rs.40 crore and above in the first six days - Trade Analyst Trinath

TN total for 1st week as 45.60Cr. So remaining would be overseas !

Breakup goes like this for 1st Week :

Andra Pradesh – 6 crores
Kerala - 7 crores
Karnataka - 4 crores
US & UK – 3.5 crores
Srilanka, Singapoore, Malaysiya - 7crores

Thanks Kumar.
We will do a 1st week comparison of Thalaivaa and Thuppakki.

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WEEK 1 - BOX OFFICE (Minus TN)

THALAIVAA | THUPPAKKI

1. Kerala --------------- 5.50 | 7.00
2. Karnataka ----------- 4.50 | 4.00
3. Andhra Pradesh ----- 6.50 | 6.00
4. Rest Of India -------- 2.50 | n/a
5. United Kingdom ----- 1.92 | 1.75
6. United States ------- 1.45 | 1.75
7. Malaysia ------------ n/a | 6.00
8. Rest Of World ------- n/a | 1.00

TOTAL---------22.30 | 27.50

Date
Thalaivaa - 09-Aug-13 (Friday) to 16-Aug-13 (Friday)

[ajaybaskar]

Better opening than Thuppakki in UK? Not bad..

[Shanker]

The TOTAL figure for THUPPAKKI has to be edited to omit Malaysia and Rest of World figures as these figures aren't available for Thalaivaa yet. Thalaivaa 22.30, Thuppakki 20.50, excluding Msia and Rest of World.

[CEDYBLUE]

The TOTAL figure for THUPPAKKI has to be edited to omit Malaysia and Rest of World figures as these figures aren't available for Thalaivaa yet. Thalaivaa 22.30, Thuppakki 20.50, excluding Msia and Rest of World.

That's true.
Hopefully, we will get Malaysia numbers by today, after which the table for Thalaivaa will be updated.

[ilayapuyalvinodh_kumar]

Yes. BO Mojo must release the weekend report by today or tomorrow. Expecting good numbers !

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