Vijay’s Varisu registers pre-theatrical business of Rs 271 crore!

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By Latha Srinivasan

November 17, 2022

Director Vamshi Paidipally has assured that Varisu, set to hit the screens on 12 January, will be an action-packed entertainer.

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Apart from Thalapathy Vijay and Rashmika Mandanna as leads, the film has a host of actors like Khushbu, Sangeetha and Jayasudha.

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Thaman S scored the music for the movie, his first Vijay film ever. The first single “Ranjithame” is already a superhit.

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Dil Raju’s production venture has created quite a buzz, of late, for the pre-theatrical business it garnered.

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According to trade sources, Varisu’s theatrical rights for Tamil Nadu have been sold for a whopping ₹70 crore.

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The theatrical rights overseas, for Kerala, and Karnataka have sold for ₹35 crore, ₹6.5 crore and ₹7.5 crore, respectively.

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The dubbed Hindi version of Varisuis said to have been sold for ₹32 crore to Goldmine Films.

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Varisu is reported to have done business with Sun TV for ₹50 crore and Amazon Prime for ₹60 crore.

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Adding to this tidy sum, the audio rights have been sold to T-Series for ₹10 crore.

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Thus, Varisu’s pre-release business has been put at a whopping ₹271 crore!

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The movie has been largely shot in Chennai, Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam with the action scenes primarily at Visakhapatnam Port.

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