The Tamil film, JANA NAYAGAN, released across India on Thursday and did well with collections of 35 crore nett plus on day one. The film has been in at war as it supposed to release earlier this year but did not get a censor as the main lead Vijay Joseph was contesting elections in Tamil Nadu. Hence, there were obviously pressure tactics not to censor the film. The guy won the elections and became Chief Minister of the state but at the same time, the film also leaked online.

Now its hard to say how far this leak reached and to what extent the potential audience of the film managed to access it but for sure the collections of the film would have been affected due to this leak. It is because of this leak that this 35 crore nett is good as otherwise, more would have been expected. The film is driven by the home market of Tamil Nadu but Mysore/Karnataka seems very good as well with collections looking to come in at around 8.5 crore nett.

The Hindi version of the film was dull with collections in the 1.25-1.50 crore nett range but that is no surprise as the trailer of the looked very bad. There is not much hope for the Hindi version but in the South, the film will manage to put collections up which will not be like they would have been if the film had relesed on time earlier this year. Nevertheless, it will be good considering whet the film has been through over the past six months.

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There were a few smaller releases this week but none of them could make an impact. The best of the lot was the dubbed south, JAN NETA, which released on Thursday and has done business of around 2.75 crore nett in two days.

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There were many original Hindi releases this week like DULHANIA LE AAEEGI, TERA YAAR HOON MAIN, THE INDIA STORY and UTTAR DA PUTTAR. All recorded negligible collections as between them the weekend collections may hit the 1 crore nett mark on a best case scenario. 

It was left to JAN NETA, the dubbed version of Tamil film JANA NAYAGAN to register some collections for the new releases this week and it has managed 4.50 crore nett in 3 days. It could be looking at a 6 crore nett extended four day weekend. This film has seen an online leak earlier this year and been in trouble with the censor board. So, the fact that the collections still went up on Saturday is actually a minor achievement.  

It wont be going anywhere as it has nothing for the audience in terms of star value, music and most importantly the content seems regional. It has done well in the South for a leaked film as collections for three days are in the 80-85 crore nett range. It actually has the 2nd/3rd best three day figures for a South film after PEDDI in 2026. The collections are very similar to the Prabhas starrer, THE RAJA SAAB, which released earlier this year.

The three day figures of JAN NETA (Hindi) are as follows

Thursday - 1,50,00,000 apprx

Friday - 1,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 1,75,00,000 apprx