The Household Star’s field workplace assortment on day one appears regarding, with the Telugu romantic drama taking a low begin on the ticket home windows. The Vijay Deverakonda–Mrunal Thakur-starrer clocked Rs 5.75 cr all India nett, in line with business tracker Sacnilk. The Household Star, which was additionally launched in a Tamil dubbed model, opened to destructive opinions and this was mirrored in its opening. The occupancy all through the day failed to the touch even 5o p.c. That is Vijay’s lowest opening in recent times.
His previous few releases opened to double digit figures–Kushi clocked Rs 15.25 cr, Liger was 15.95 cr, Pricey Comrade stood at Rs 11.90 cr whereas World Well-known Lover netted RS 7 cr. The Household Star, which was moved from its earlier Sankranthi launch to keep away from competitors, will now hope to salvage its possibilities of success within the subsequent two days.
The movie is necessary for Vijay Deverakonda, because the star hasn’t had successful in years since Taxiwaala in 2018. Whereas most of of his movies have virtually all the time taken a wholesome begin owing to his fan following, the collections haven’t been in a position to match the pre-release hype.
This was additionally Mrunal Thakur’s first movie with Vijay, after her two profitable Telugu releases– Nani’s Hello Nanna and Dulquer Salmaan-starrer romantic drama Sita Ramam. Of their review for the Indian Express, Raghu Bandi referred to as The Household Star a movie affected by an “totally dated” story with the remedy displaying “no spark.”
“Given the movie is designed as a blockbuster with Dil Raju producing, the middle-class sensibilities usually slip, revealing it to be the large extravaganza it was all the time meant to be. Even that will have been acceptable to the Telugu viewers if the movie was entertaining. Nevertheless, Petla favours model over substance, delivering a simplified movie that’s usually bland,” the overview learn.
