Vijay Devearkonda’s “Liger” Would Not Be A B-town Saviour; Here Is The Opening Collection & Film Trade Reviews

Vijay Devearkonda and Ananya Panday’s much-awaited film ‘Liger’ was released on Thursday. The multiple languages Pan-Indian movie could be seen as the Bollywood saviour. Liger is a big-budget movie and is also known as the first Pan India movie by Telegu superstar Vijay Devearkonda. It was assumed that once the movie hit 70 MM, it will create a history in the terms of earnings. However, it does not land as expected.

As per the sources, the opening collection of Liger is 24.5 crores worldwide. It was expected that the first-day earnings should be at least 35 crores to make this movie a blockbuster. Directed by Puri Jagannath Liger did quite a satisfying job in Telegu Industry, the home town of Arjuna Reddy’s starrer with approximately 15 crores. However, it was expected that the movie should be able to manage a healthy amount in Hindi cinema but it opened up with 5 crores.

The first-day collection would upset the makers as they did a lot to promote and create a buzz among the audience. Vijay and Ananya travelled to many states and reality shows to promote Liger with every strategy possible. The trade runner Deepak said, “Liger should double the opening day collection of Dear Comrade. Between that film and Liger, a lot of things have changed. The market has become bigger and is more dynamic now. I think Dear Comrade’s worldwide collection was about Rs 18 crore. And I think Liger will make gross nearly Rs 35 crore on its release day.”

Where one of the famous critics, Shubhra Gupta reviewed and provide only one star to the movie. She said, “cringe-fest of mammoth proportions.” “There’s nothing new or fresh about the ingredients that go into the making of this Vijay Deverakonda film. The plot is filled with all kinds of outlandish situations, and the treatment is jaded,”

The movie faced several delays due to the pandemic and then the boycott trend. Nowadays, Bollywood is under a cruise Boycott Trend that harmed films and makers as well.