PremiumPor Thozhil: Sarath Kumar, Ashok Selvan's whodunit set to become the highest Tamil grosser in the genre
SonyLIV has bagged the super hit movie's digital rights a while ago
A still from the film
Last Updated: 05.01 PM, Jun 20, 2023
This year, Dada, Ayothi and Good Night attracted audiences owing to positive word of mouth despite these films releasing amid lack of proper buzz. Debutant Vignesh Raja's Por Thozhil has joined the list and is turning out to be a big money-spinner at the box office.
The crime drama which hit screens almost 10 days ago is setting the cash registers ringing at Kerala box office, too. Starring Sarath Kumar and Ashok Selvan in lead roles, it revolves around a series of killings in Trichy which gives sleepless nights to cops. How two police officers with contrasting behaviours set out to nab the killer forms the crux of the plot.
Nikhila Vimal, Sarath Babu, PL Thenappan and Sunil Sukhada among others essay notable characters in the movie which has been produced by Sameer Nair, Deepak Segal, Mukesh R Mehta, CV Sarathi, Poonam Mehra and Sandeep Mehra. Jakes Bejoy has composed music for the project.
The movie has earned around 20 crores gross and it is expected to close at around 30 crores in its full run. If everything goes well, it is poised to be the highest grosser in Tamil as far as whodunits are considered. it is likely to surpass Vishnu Vishal's Ratsasan, according to sources.
Alfred Prakash has written the screenplay for the film along with Vignesh while Kalaiselvan Sivaji and Sreejith Sarang have handled cinematography and editing respectively for the project. SonyLIV has bagged the super hit movie's digital rights a while ago.
An announcement on the digital premiere of Por Thozhil is expected to happen after a few weeks. It is currently the highest grosser in Ashok Selvan's career and third biggest grosser for Sarath Kumar in 2023 after Varisu and Ponniyin Selvan 2.