Tejas box office collection Day 1: Kangana Ranaut film fails to take off, earns Rs 1.25 crore

But as things stand, Tejas has a strong chance of becoming Kangana’s fifth Hindi-language flop in a row, after Dhaakad (2022), which had an opening of Rs 0.55 cr, Thalaivi (2021), that earned Rs 0.32 cr on the day of its release, Panga (2020), and Judgementall Hai Kya (2019). The last time the actor had some luck with the box office numbers was when her historical drama Manikarnika hit theatres in 2019. She was last seen in the Tamil-language film Chandramukhi 2.

The other military drama of RSVP Movies which has also bankrolled Tejas, Uri: The Surgical Strike had earned Rs 8.20 cr on the day of its opening day in 2019.

Tejas failed to impress critics as well. The Indian Express’ Shubhra Gupta felt that the film revolved around Kangana, at the cost of the story. She wrote in her review, “The trouble with this kind of film which is so intent upon keeping the main star centre-stage that everyone else ends up as satellites. The relationship between Tejas and her co-pilot (Anshul Chauhan) has its moments– especially one in which the two are chatting about boyfriends and two-timing, and a couple of others meant to be humorous, making light of a tough situation– but it is always clear that it is Tejas who is calling the shots.”