This Deepavali box-office lineup in Tamil Nadu saw a focused face-off among three major titles—two straight Tamil releases and one large-scale pan-Indian mythological adaptation.
Leading the charge is Jithu Madhavan’s crime comedy ‘Scene’, starring Surya, which hit screens on November 6 following special 6 am morning shows permitted by the Tamil Nadu government. Produced jointly by Agaram Studios and 2D Entertainment, the film marks actress Nazriya’s return to Tamil cinema after a 12-year hiatus. The film registers Surya’s third consecutive successful box-office outing of the year following ‘Karuppu’ (Rs 340 crore worldwide gross) and ‘Viswanath & Sons’ (Rs 200 crore worldwide gross).
Director Sundar C’s horror-comedy sequel ‘Mookkuthi Amman 2’, starring Nayanthara and produced by Vels Film International, also arrived in theatres on November 6. Featuring Sundar C’s trademark slapstick humor and large-scale visual effects, the film stars Regina Cassandra and Duniya Vijay as demonic antagonists, drawing significant patronage from family audiences and children.
Complementing the regional lineup, the Tamil-dubbed version of Nitesh Tiwari’s mythological extravaganza ‘Ramayana’, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi, and Yash, released pan-India on November 5. Concurrently, holdover screenings of Rajinikanth’s blockbuster ‘Jailer 2’ continue to draw strong footfalls, having surpassed Rs 850 crore globally since its October 15 release, providing cinemagoers with diverse cinematic choices across multiplexes this Deepavali festive season.