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Ever
                                  since
                                  its
                                  release,
                                  
                                  Valimai
                                  has
                                  been
                                  on
                                  a
                                  record-smashing
                                  spree.
                                  The
                                  film
                                  released
                                  on
                                  February
                                  24
                                  and
                                  opened
                                  to
                                  an
                                  impressive
                                  response
                                  at
                                  the
                                  theatres.
                                  The
                                  actioner
                                  starring
                                  Ajith
                                  Kumar
                                  recorded
                                  the
                                  highest
                                  opener
                                  of
                                  all
                                  time
                                  beating
                                  blockbuster
                                  films
                                  like
                                  Vijay’s
                                  
                                  Mersal,
                                  Master,
                                  Bigil
                                  and
                                  Rajinikanth’s
                                  
                                  Darbar,
                                  2.0,
                                  Petta
                                  and
                                  
                                  Annaatthe.
                                      
                                  Valimai
                                  had
                                  a
                                  thunderous
                                  show
                                  on
                                  day
                                  1
                                  as
                                  it
                                  collected
                                  Rs
                                  36.17
                                  Crore
                                  (gross)
                                  at
                                  the
                                  Tamil
                                  Nadu
                                  box
                                  office.
                                  On
                                  Friday,
                                  the
                                  film
                                  amassed
                                  an
                                  impressive
                                  Rs
                                  24.62
                                  Crore
                                  and
                                  on
                                  Saturday
                                  it
                                  earned
                                  close
                                  to
                                  Rs
                                  23
                                  Crore,
                                  making
                                  the
                                  total
                                  collection
                                  of
                                  Bheemla
                                  Nayak
                                  a
                                  whopping
                                  Rs
                                  83.79
                                  crore.
                                  The
                                  film’s
                                  business
                                  from
                                  other
                                  regional
                                  circuits
                                  has
                                  also
                                  been
                                  phenomenal.
The
                                  Ajith-starrer
                                  is
                                  a
                                  cop
                                  drama
                                  and
                                  the
                                  star
                                  appears
                                  in
                                  the
                                  role
                                  of
                                  an
                                  IPS
                                  officer.
                                  Apart
                                  from
                                  the
                                  leading
                                  man,
                                  
                                  Valimai
                                  also
                                  stars
                                  Kartikeya
                                  Gummakonda,
                                  Huma
                                  Qureshi,
                                  Yogi
                                  Babu,
                                  Achyuth
                                  Kumar,
                                  Pugazh,
                                  Sumithra,
                                  Pearle
                                  Maaney
                                  and
                                  Gurbani
                                  Judge
                                  in
                                  pivotal
                                  roles.
AK
                                  61:
                                  Producer
                                  Boney
                                  Kapoor
                                  Gives
                                  Out
                                  A
                                  Super
                                  Update
                                  On
                                  Ajith’s
                                  Next
Valimai
                                  Day
                                  2
                                  Box
                                  Office
                                  Collection:
                                  Ajith
                                  Starrer
                                  Fares
                                  Well
The
                                  film
                                  high
                                  on
                                  action,
                                  hit
                                  the
                                  screen
                                  in
                                  Tamil,
                                  Telugu,
                                  Hindi
                                  and
                                  Kannada.
                                  Earlier,
                                  fans
                                  of
                                  the
                                  actor
                                  in
                                  Kerala
                                  had
                                  expressed
                                  their
                                  disappointment
                                  over
                                  the
                                  team
                                  avoiding
                                  the
                                  release
                                  of
                                  the
                                  film’s
                                  Malayalam
                                  (dubbed)
                                  version.
                                  The
                                  action
                                  flick
                                  has
                                  music
                                  composed
                                  by
                                  Yuvan
                                  Shankar
                                  Raja,
                                  while
                                  cinematography
                                  and
                                  editing
                                  are
                                  carried
                                  out
                                  by
                                  Nirav
                                  Shah
                                  and
                                  Vijay
                                  Velukutty
                                  respectively.
On
                                  a
                                  related
                                  note,
                                  Ajith
                                  will
                                  next
                                  be
                                  seen
                                  in
                                  H
                                  Vinoth-Boney
                                  Kapoor’s
                                  next
                                  tentatively
                                  titled
                                  
                                  #AK61,
                                  marking
                                  the
                                  trio’s
                                  third
                                  collaboration
                                  after
                                  
                                  Nerkonda
                                  Paarvai
                                  and
                                  
                                  Valimai.
Story first published: Sunday, February 27, 2022, 6:00 [IST]

