In India, the film's earnings dropped to under 3 crore by Friday. Nonetheless, industry report suggests that this was anticipated and will gain steam again over the weekend.

Apart from Telugu, it's worth noting that Manish Shah reportedly bought the rights to remake Viswasam in Hindi a while back. 

As per reports, the 19 year old fan lost balance and fell down from a truck while dancing ahead of the first show of the film. He sustained severe back bone injury and rushed to hospital but it was too late to be saved.

Both movies are smashing it at the box office, thanks in large part to the massive extended weekend that began five days after their respective releases.

After the first weekend in India, both films have broken the Rs 100 crore mark.

Already, reports have indicated that the film will be a feel-good drama for the actor, given the director's track record in the genre.

In their usual fashion, fans argued on social media about which film was the true winner of the Pongal race.

Unfortunately, Chennai city ended in tears when a filmgoer fell off a lorry while celebrating the premiere of the Ajith-starring film Thunivu.

The iconic release has sparked euphoria across the state and shockingly, the celebrations went wrong and ended up in tragedy in some places. 

The dedicated fans gathered in front of a Chennai theatre on Pongal to watch their idol on silver screens.  Roused by the clamour of the crackers, they danced with embrace on the FDFS show on Wednesday.