The ever-rising and fast-growing
hero of
kollywood,
siva karthikeyan, who had breached the 70 crores mark with his biggie Remo, and the 90 crores club with Velaikkaran last year, had his next release, and he was then seen with 'Seema Raja'.
With a wide release despite competition from
samantha starrer,
pawan kumar starrer U-turn, Seemaraja made a huge opening, as the
movie has taken a grand opening day collection of 13.5 crores in 550 screens in
tamilnadu and has also crossed a collection of 1.01 crores on day 1 in Chennai. Despite negative reviews, the
movie is said to be a profitable venture as per a trade analyst.
A leading trade analyst recently ranked
tamil actors BO stamina and he ranked
siva karthikeyan next to
ajith and above Vijay. Seemaraja is the 6th
movie to post day 1 collection above 1 crore, joining the likes of Rajnikanth,
ajith, and
vijay, with movies like Kaala, Kabali, Vivegam, Theri and Mersal, and sure shows Siva's
box office stamina and his rise to the top 5 heroes of
tamil cinema. A leading trade analyst while speaking on the
news debate said this info and said Siva is also a top star.