The national holiday of Gandhi Jayanti helped Jr. NTR’s action epic Devara: Part 1 see a significant spike in box office receipts on Wednesday. With an increase in box office receipts in every language, the movie had a notable midweek boost. The movie made Rs 20.5 crore nett on Wednesday, up 40% from Tuesday’s earnings, according to industry tracker Sacnilk. With a total revenue of over Rs 4 crore, the Malayalam, Kannada, and Tamil versions combined to trail only the Telugu original, which took the lead with an income of Rs 13 crore. A 50% increase in revenue resulted in almost Rs 6 crore for the Hindi edition.
In just six days, Devara: Part 1 amassed a net domestic total of Rs. 207.85 crore, while its global gross is anticipated to be around Rs 370 crore. The movie is assumed to end its first week at over Rs 220 crore. Before it faces two Hindi films, Alia Bhatt’s jailbreak actioner Jigra and Rajkummar Rao-Triptii Dimri’s Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video, the movie, which also stars Saif Ali Khan and Janhvi Kapoor in their Telugu debuts, will have a full week off from significant releases.
Saibal Chatterjee, a film critic for NDTV, gave the movie two stars and stated, “Devara: Part 1 is a mixed bag.” Fans of melodrama and big-canvas action may find some of the few and far-between good sections to pique their interest. The weaker parts don’t quite live up to the hype. These are the kinds of dampers that might harm the two-part movie’s chances for the future. Nevertheless, Devara: Part 1 isn’t exactly lost at sea all the time. Occasionally, though, it can ground itself in reality, with strong and action-packed battle scenes.
