Bhagavanth Kesari box office collection day 3: Nandamuri Balakrishna’s film sees slight growth, earns Rs 31.35 crore

After opening with Rs 16 crore, Nandamuri Balakrishna’s much-awaited Bhagavanth Kesari is already seeing a downward trend at the box office. The Anil Ravipudi directorial managed to rake in Rs 7.75 crore on its third day, as reported by industry tracker Sacnilk. The film’s total earnings now stand at Rs 31.35 crore in three days.

As the Saturday number is slightly better than Friday’s, all eyes are now on how the film performs on Sunday. On day three, Bhagavanth Kesari saw an occupancy of 50.59 percent in the Telugu-speaking market. Starring Nandamuri Balakrishna in the lead role, the film also stars Sreeleela, Kajal Aggarwal and Arjun Rampal. It marks the Telugu debut for Rampal. Bhagavanth Kesari follows the story of Balakrishna’s titular character, who strives to get his dead friend’s daughter Viji (Sreeleela) enlisted in the Army against all odds.

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Bhagavanth Kesari is facing some competition against Vijay’s Leo and Ravi Teja’s Tiger Nageswara Rao. Leo has been dominating the Telugu market and even Tiger Nageswara Rao had a decent start at the Telugu box office. Bhagavanth Kesari witnessed 46.01% occupancy on Friday, with night shows getting 51% occupancy.

Giving the film 3 stars, The Indian Express’ Raghu Bandi, in his review of Bhagavanth Kesari, wrote, “Bhagavanth Kesari tries hard not to be a regular Nandamuri Balakrishna movie, while having all the signature moments die-hard fans will expect from him. The film takes time to pick up the pace, which happens after the star appears in a fight in the jail. The usual heavy dialoguebaazi of Balakrishna is offset by a few funny sequences. Balayya’s Telangana dialect definitely sounds forced, but it is not too difficult to bear as the story progresses.”