Chiyaan Vikram’s big-budget film Thangalaan was released amidst much fanfare on the occasion of Independence Day, August 15. On its opening Thursday, the film Thangalaan grossed Rs 12.6 crore at the box office. The movie was released in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. According to industry tracker Sacnilk, the earnings were Rs 11 crore in Tamil, Rs 1.5 crore in Telugu and Rs 10 lakh in Malayalam. Reviews have mostly been positive with fans favourably comparing the film with the KGF films. The reason is that akin to the Kannada film franchise which revolved around gold hunting in the Kolar Gold Fields, Thangalaan has a similar theme.
The story of this film takes place in 1850 during the British era. Thangalaan, played by Vikram and his villagers suffer at the hands of their village landlord. Landlords confiscate his land records for failure to pay taxes. To pay off his debts, Thangalaan agrees to guide the British into the Kolar Gold Fields to hunt for gold. However, they face resistance from a powerful sorceress cum local deity played by Malvika Mohanan. The theme of Thangalaan of gold hunting in the KGF is akin to that of the KGF films and thus fans who have seen Thangalaan are comparing the film to the blockbuster Kannada franchise. Many have dubbed the film better than the Kannada films as well, calling it the ‘real KGF’.
Dhananjayan, the CEO of Studio Green – the producers – said that while the KGF films were fictional, certain elements from Thangalaan are based on real-life incidents. Thangalaan, directed by Pa Ranjith, recorded an impressive overall occupancy rate of 71.64 per cent in Tamil shows. In Chennai alone, the film had 592 screenings, with an occupancy rate of 81.5 per cent. The film’s opening day performance is on par with the recent Dhanush-starrer Raayan, which earned Rs 13.65 crore on its first day. Thangalaan faces stiff competition from Mr Bachchan and Double iSmart in the Telugu market and Tamil, it is up against Demonte Colony and Raghu Thatha.
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