<p>Rajinikanth's much-hyped <em>Darbar</em>, which hit screens on Thursday (January 9, 2020), has opened on a solid note at the Tamil Nadu box office, much to the delight of 'Superstar' fans.</p>.<p>According to trade analyst Ramesh Bala, the flick's opening day collections are likely to be around Rs 15 crore.<br /> <br />If this is indeed the case, Darbar will outperform Rajinikanth's previous Pongal release <em>Petta</em>, which had collected around Rs 13 crore on the opening day. The Karthik Subbaraj-directed movie, however, was not a solo outing as it had hit screens alongside Ajith Kumar's <em>Viswasam</em>.<br /> <br /><em>Darbar</em> is also likely to set the Chennai box office on fire. As reported earlier, the opening day collections will most probably be between Rs 1.5 and Rs 2 crore, which means it will fail to match 2.0 despite being a Pongal release. It should, however, beat festival biggies such <em>Seema Raja</em> (Rs 97.5 lakh) and <em>Kaithi</em> (Rs 40 lakh) with ease.<br /> <br />Either way, the general feeling is that the figures would have been higher had the makers decided to release the Pongal biggie on a Friday as opposed to a Thursday. The film might also have benefited had it been set in Tamil Nadu as opposed to Mumbai.<br /> <br />Meanwhile, the flick has received favourable reviews from all quarters and the Word of Mouth is quite healthy. As such, the biggie will most probably witness good growth over the weekend.<br /> <br />Darbar, an old school actioner, has been directed by top filmmaker AR Murugadoss and features Rajinikanth in the role of a 'bad cop'. The cast also includes Nayanthara, Nivetha Thomas, Yogi Babu and Sunil Shetty.</p>
<p>Rajinikanth's much-hyped <em>Darbar</em>, which hit screens on Thursday (January 9, 2020), has opened on a solid note at the Tamil Nadu box office, much to the delight of 'Superstar' fans.</p>.<p>According to trade analyst Ramesh Bala, the flick's opening day collections are likely to be around Rs 15 crore.<br /> <br />If this is indeed the case, Darbar will outperform Rajinikanth's previous Pongal release <em>Petta</em>, which had collected around Rs 13 crore on the opening day. The Karthik Subbaraj-directed movie, however, was not a solo outing as it had hit screens alongside Ajith Kumar's <em>Viswasam</em>.<br /> <br /><em>Darbar</em> is also likely to set the Chennai box office on fire. As reported earlier, the opening day collections will most probably be between Rs 1.5 and Rs 2 crore, which means it will fail to match 2.0 despite being a Pongal release. It should, however, beat festival biggies such <em>Seema Raja</em> (Rs 97.5 lakh) and <em>Kaithi</em> (Rs 40 lakh) with ease.<br /> <br />Either way, the general feeling is that the figures would have been higher had the makers decided to release the Pongal biggie on a Friday as opposed to a Thursday. The film might also have benefited had it been set in Tamil Nadu as opposed to Mumbai.<br /> <br />Meanwhile, the flick has received favourable reviews from all quarters and the Word of Mouth is quite healthy. As such, the biggie will most probably witness good growth over the weekend.<br /> <br />Darbar, an old school actioner, has been directed by top filmmaker AR Murugadoss and features Rajinikanth in the role of a 'bad cop'. The cast also includes Nayanthara, Nivetha Thomas, Yogi Babu and Sunil Shetty.</p>