Raayan box office collection: Dhanush’s gangster drama makes decent numbers on day one

Actor Dhanush's film Raayan hit big screens on Friday, to roaring response. The film, written and directed by Dhanush himself, starred the actor in the lead role, along with a host of known faces. On the first day of its release, the film collected Rs 12.5 crore across all the languages.

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Dhanush's Raayan day one collections at box office

After Pa Paandi, Dhanush embarked on his second directorial with Raayan. The film released in theatres on July 26, Friday, to fairly positive responses. Raayan is a gangster action drama and as per Sacnilk report, the film has collected approximately close to Rs 12.5 crore on the first day of its release. The number includes the collection across all languages. The film witnessed an occupancy of 58% overall. However, the makers have not officially announced the box office collection so far.

Raayan stars actors Dushara Vijayan, Sundeep Kishan, Kalidas Jayaram, Aparna Balamurali, Selvaraghavan, SJ Suryah, Prakash Raj, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Saravanan, and others. The film revolves around three brothers and a sister who live in the northern suburbs of Chennai. However, after one of the brothers invite a trouble by killing a local thug’s sibling, the family gets pulled into a whirlwind of deceit and violence.

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Raayan is backed by Sun Pictures banner and marks Dhanush’s 50thfilm as lead actor. It has music scored by AR Rahman, whose work in the film has been getting good response from audience. The film is shot by cinematographer Om Prakash with Prasanna GK handling the edits. The film’s audio launch event took place recently. It is available for streaming on SunNXT app and OTTplay Premium.

“When the actor in Dhanush subdues and bows down in front of the director, the film shines, and so does Raayan,” reads OTTplay’s review of the film. Raayan is expected to be available on SunNXT app after its theatrical run.

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