With a compelling narrative and touching performances, Dhanush’s latest directorial venture, ‘Idli Kadai’, has quickly captured the hearts of moviegoers, grossing Rs 38.60 crore in its first five days. The film enjoyed a successful Sunday, amassing Rs 6 crore, while Tamil Nadu screens reported an attractive 44% occupancy.
Dhanush’s recent directorial ‘Idli Kadai’ is doing a decent box office business. The film, which opened midweek, maintained steady momentum through its first weekend.According to early estimates from Sacnilk website, ‘Idli Kadai’ has now collected approximately Rs 38.60 crore across all languages in India within five days. The Sunday numbers alone stood at Rs 6 crore. The film’s performance marks another directorial win for Dhanush.
Tamil version dominates with over 44% occupancy
Reportedly, on Sunday, the film recorded an impressive 44.15% overall occupancy in Tamil Nadu theatres. Evening and late-night shows witnessed the highest turnout, with occupancy peaking at 57.86% during prime time.The Telugu version, though performing on a smaller scale, registered 23.52% occupancy. Overall the occupancy rated for ‘Idli Kadai’ looks decent and also promising. The weekends have indeed attracted the family audiences as the theme of the film will surely connect with them.
A heartfelt story
Idli Kadai stars Dhanush, Nithya Menen, Arun Vijay, Sathyaraj, Shalini Pandey, and Rajkiran in key roles. ETimes gave the film a rating of 2.5 stars out of 5 and a glimpse from our official review for the film reads, “Dhanush does clear the bar that he has set for himself. There are moments when the emotions work and the actors pitch in with performances that manage to elevate the simplistic way in which their characters are written. The way the romance between Murugan and Kayal (Nithya Menen) is developed also deserves mention, and feels like a new spin on the Kamal Haasan-Revathy episodes in Thevar Magan (another case of a young man with dreams of opening a chain of restaurants and engaged to a city-bred woman returning to his roots and ending up in love with a village belle).”
