The South dubbed film KARTHIKEYA 2 flattered to deceive as collections on the big holiday for Independence Day were good and considering where it had come from it looked like there was some solid momentum behind the film and it could really go on. But it was not to be as collections came down on Tuesday.

Actually its not right to say collections were good on Independence Day; it was more that occupancy was good. The collections were down to around 60-70 lakhs nett on Tuesday which means the film has collected 2 crore nett after 4 days and though it may be able to sustain for a few weeks on these very low collections, the overall total will not be going anywhere.

This is mainly because the whatever little traction the film got on Independence Day was mainly in Maharashtra and Gujarat while most other areas are not that interested in the film or maybe not aware. These areas also dropped on Tuesday but they will probably continue with these low collections for some time.

It is beating LAAL SINGH CHADDHA in Gujarat and will also go ahead of RAKSHA BANDHAN in the next few days. In Maharashtra, it will also go ahead of both films before the week is out.

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The South dubbed film KARTHIKEYA 2 is holding steady on low collections and beating RAKSHA BANDHAN and LAAL SINGH CHADDHA in Maharashtra. Gujarat and various other centres. This film will get the benefit of Janmashtami and do a first week of 4-4.50 crore nett. It could even do more as the film could really jump due to the holiday factor. On Independence Day, it looked like the film could really break out into something bigger as the occupancy at many places was very good. But these occupancy rates came down post the holiday.

The South dubbed film KARTHIKEYA 2 is attempting to break out as it did well on the Independence Day holiday in terms of occupancy with collections being twenty times higher than the first day at many places. The final collections from many circuits are still to come but it may have collected around 1.25 crore nett on the big holiday which is not exactly a high number but the film started with just a few lakhs.

The film is a sort of mythological adventure film from the Telugu film industry and has done very well there since release on Saturday. It still remains to be how it does in Hindi as do the collections continue to go upwards as there is huge potential or is this the highest point for the film. The film has got enough of an audience in on Monday to work with word of mouth which was not the case on Saturday or Sunday.

In Maharashtra, the film was competing with RAKSHA BANDHAN and LAAL SINGH CHADDHA in terms of collections in many cinemas while in Gujarat it was competing with LAAL SINGH CHADDHA. These films may not be doing well but to compete with them is sill an achievement in these states.

It remains to be seen what happens over the next few days as if the film can really push, it can benefit with the open period as the big Hindi films will fall from today.