After a promising start with Rs 12.25 crore in its first day in theatres across India, collections for Sivakarthikeyan's latest film Parasakthi, directed by Sudha Kongara, has slightly dipped on its second day. With Rs 10.15 crore on day 2, the film has earned a total of Rs 22.65 crore. Parasakthi had an overall 51.06 per cent Tamil occupancy on Sunday with afternoon and evening shows recording the highest footfall (58.03 per cent and 60.69 per cent respectively). Chennai, Trichy, Puducherry, Coimbatore and Madurai recorded maximum occupancies in the state, while Mumbai registered an impressive 35.50 per cent footfall, according to Sacnilk.
Parasakthi also stars Sreeleela in her Tamil debut, Ravi Mohan as the antagonist and Atharvaa in leading roles. The film's extended cast includes Kulappulli Leela, Prakash Belawadi, Dev Ramnath, Prithvi Rajan, Guru Somasundaram and Chetan, with cameo appearances from Rana Daggubati and Basil Joseph.
Ahead of its release, the film met with troubled waters as it faced the censor's axe and was given 25 cuts. The film only formally received the censor certificate a day ahead of its release on Friday. Upon release on Saturday, the film has been receiving mixed reviews from audiences and critics.
Our CE review of the Parasakthi read, "If the film gets one thing inarguably right, it is how it dismisses the most recurring slander against the movement at the outset: it is not against Hindi or Hindi speakers but against the administrative imposition of the language. We hear it repeated more than thrice throughout various points in the film. Director Sudha Kongara takes great pains to make sure that the film does not villanise any language or community. A commendable task. If only a fraction of that effort and nuance also went into portraying the inner world of those who fought for language rights, Parasakthi would have been impactful.
Sudha has written the film along with Arjun Nadesan, with an additional screenplay by Ganeshaa and dialogues by Madhan Karky and Shan Karuppusamy. The crew of the film includes GV Prakash as the music composer, Ravi K Chandran as the cinematographer and Sathish Surya as the editor. Aakash Baskaran is producing the film under his Dawn Pictures banner.
Dev Ramnath has served as the creative producer, along with MP Senthel and Rhea Kongara, who are the executive producers of the film. Red Giant Movies has distributing the film.