2018 opens bigger than Chatrapathi in Mumbai - Raja and Bharathiraja team up after a decade

According to trade reports, on its first day, the 2018 Malayalam film collected more than the highly anticipated Chatrapathi and went on to surpass IB 71's collections by the weekend. Despite Bellamkonda Srinivas' popularity from his dubbed films on YouTube, his Hindi debut turned out to be a disappointment. The film was heavily promoted in Mumbai, but the Hindi remake of the original, which was directed by S S Rajamouli, failed to impress. In contrast, the 2018 Malayalam film's Hindi dubbed version collected Rs 1.10 crores on its opening day alone, thanks to positive reviews and word-of-mouth publicity. The film's failure can be attributed to the fact that audiences have been watching Hindi dubbed versions of Rajamouli's Telugu films since Bahubaali. Although the original film was released 18 years ago and the remake retained the same screenplay, some felt that it appeared outdated to today's audience. Additionally, comparisons between Srinivas and Prabhas, who starred in the Telugu film, worked against the former. Some reviews criticized Srinivas for doing nothing more than beating up bullies, while others felt that Nushrat Barucha's performance was her worst to date. Some even labeled the Chatrapati remake as one of the worst films in recent times. In contrast, the 2018 Malayalam film has been a box office success. It had a sensational opening weekend overseas, grossing around 15.05 crores before continuing to perform well during the week and bringing in a total overseas collection of around 28 crores during its first week. The film's opening weekend in Gulf countries was even bigger than that of Marvel's Part 3, and in the UAE box office, it beat out "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" to become the biggest movie of the weekend.

To celebrate the deep and cheerful tales of Modern Love Chennai, Prime Video launched an exciting multi-composer music album for the third Indian adaptation of Modern Love Franchise, the internationally acclaimed Original anthology helmed by John Carney. Following the success of Modern Love Mumbai and Modern Love Hyderabad, mesmerising music remains consistent in the Tamil edition too. Illustrating a blend of captivating stories set in Chennai, the series explores relationships, pushes boundaries, and promises to warm your hearts. The series brings together music stalwarts - Maestro Ilaiyaraaja, Yuvan Shankar Raja, G. V. Prakash Kumar, Sean Roldan, and singers including Shivani Pannerselvam, Vagu Mazan, Ramya Nambeesan, Christopher Stanley, Ananya Bhat, Priya Mali and Padmapriya Raghavan. The album beautifully captures the essence of each story of the Amazon Original series. Music is distributed bu Sont Music