Veera Simha Reddy box office collection day 1: Nandamuri Balakrishna’s film sets box office on fire, beats Ajith-starrer Thunivu

The Telugu film’s collection is on par with its Tamil counterparts — Vijay-starrer Varisu and Ajith-starrer Thunivu. But those films clashed majorly in the Tamil Nadu region; Varisu will release in the Telugu region on Saturday to avoid a contest with Veera Simha Reddy and Chiranjeevi’s Waltair Veerayya.

According to industry tracker Rajasekar, on Wednesday, Varisu collected Rs 48 crore from its worldwide ticket sales, while Thunivu raked in about Rs 39 crore.

As per usual, audiences have several options to choose from this Pongal and Sakranthi. While Tamil Nadu is witnessing the clash between Varisu and Thunivu, the Telugu region will get its own box office clash, when Chiranjeevi’s Waltair Veerayya takes on Veera Simha Reddy when it releases today. In 2022, the Telugu industry overtook Bollywood to become the nation’s most lucrative film production region, thanks mostly to the global success of SS Rajamouli’s RRR.

#Thunivu/ #Thegimpu – Day1 worldwide around 39cr gross . Excellent opening 💥

— Rajasekar (@sekartweets) January 12, 2023

#Varisu day 1 worldwide gross – 48 crores! Had Telugu version released, easy-peasy 55cr+! Tremendous opening 💥💥

— Rajasekar (@sekartweets) January 12, 2023

The film received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. The Indian Express’ Manoj Kumar R gave it half a star out of five, and wrote in his review, “The troubling part of Veera Simha Reddy, by that token most of Balakrishna’s movies, is that it argues it’s okay to kill to solve a problem. And the act of killing someone is directly connected to one’s manliness. If you are man enough, you will kill. If not, you will get killed.”

Directed by Gopichand Malineni, Veera Simha Reddy also stars Shruti Haasan, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Honey Rose, and Duniya Vijay.