Oopiri / Thozha 1st Day Collection: Gets Overwhelmed Response

Nagarjuna Akkineni’s Oopiri Gets Strong Word of Mouth

The latest offering from South Indian Cinema after a good gap, comedy family drama Telugu-Tamil movie Oopiri; titled as Thozha in Tamil. Megastar Nagarjuna Akkineni, Karthi and Tamannaah Bhatia starrer this movie is the official remake of French movie The Intouchables. It is directed by Vamsi Paidipally and backed by Prasad V Potluri under the banner of PVP Cinema.

Oopiri has released this Friday in decent number of screens and received very positive reviews from critics. Audience find the movie very entertaining and worth watch, which has generated strong word of mouth about it on box office. The entire team is being praised by everyone for giving such lovely movie. Critics marked it as another good family entertainer movie from Nagarjuna after Manam and Soggade Chinni Nayana so far. Not only critics and audience, but celebrities are also praising this worth watch comedy drama movie.

Baahubali’s director S.S. Rajamouli has got very much impressed with Oopiri and praised the entire team on twitter. He wrote, “Intouchables is one of my favourites. Frankly  I didn’t think Vamsi would be able to handle it. Thanks Vamsi for proving me wrong. The scenes you indianised made it a better film. Karthi is so good. Nagarjuna garu is a true path breaker. Congratulations to PV garu and the whole team. Oopiri is A true entertainer that stays with you for a long time. Don’t miss it…” .

On its opening day, Oopiri (Thozha) has witnessed excellent occupancy in its dominated regions and recorded the business of around 11 crores* from India including both the versions. It is positively expected to get better in coming days. In overseas too, the movie has reported excellent business.