Thalapathy Vijay had a great opening for Diwali this year with his much-awaited film, Bigil’s release yesterday, October 25. Directed by Atlee, the film features Nayanthara as the female lead while Jackie Shroff, Vivekh, Yogi Babu, Daniel Balaji, Kathir, Indhuja and others play the crucial roles.
Produced by Kalpathi S. Aghoram, Kalpathi S. Ganesh and Kalpathi S. Suresh under the banner AGS Entertainment. The film has been receiving positive responses from the audiences.
On the technical front, Bigil is shot by 'Mersal' cinematographer G.K. Vishnu while Ruben and Muthuraj handles the editing and art departments respectively. The music is composed by AR Rahman.
While it was earlier reported that the film's first day collection from Chennai city sums up to around 1.79 crores, the following are the collection reports across Tamil Nadu -
Chengalpet: 7.14 Crs
TK: 1.4 Crs
TT: 2.6 Crs
Coimbatore: 5.76 Crs
Salem: 2 Crs
Madurai: 2.87 Crs
North & South : 3.48 Crs
Total: 27.04 Crs
Well, with this, on a non-diwali day, Thalapathy Vijay's Bigil has the highest collections surpassing the Mersal record of 23.78 crores