Experts and analysts in the industry say that Kabali is the most successful venture of this year’s release, Kabali had Rajinikanth playing the role of a Malaysian don which was directed by Pa.Ranjith. The project was successful not only in Tamil Nadu but also in other languages in which it was dubbed.
Particularly in the state of Kerala, the movie Kabali did a pre-release business which no other Tamil has ever done before. The rights of the film for the state was done for a whopping 6.30 Crores.
Vijay’s Bairavaa touted to be an action thriller which is expected to release for Pongal 2017 has started its pre-release business and the numbers are biggest ever recorded in the industry. Vijay’s fan base in Kerala is very huge and the pre-release business in kerala has made a record of 7.30 Crores.
That is the rights for the movie distribution within the state was sold at 7.3 Crores and this is the biggest ever business done for a Tamil movie in Kerala. Thus Vijay’s Bairavaa has surpassed the business of Rajini’s Kabali in Kerala.