Malayalam filmmaker Jithu Madhavan’s Tamil debut film, Scene, was released in theatres on Friday ahead of Diwali. It opened better than Suriya’s hits this year, Karuppu and Vishwanath & Sons, bringing in over ₹ 19 crore. However, the film did not beat the openings of Rajinikanth’s Jailer 2 and Vijay’s Jana Nayagan.
The film starring Suriya , Nazriya Nazim and Naslen opened to mostly positive reviews and performed well at the box office.
Given that Scene was released in theatres during the Diwali season and it now has the first weekend to look forward to, it remains to be seen if it performs as well as expected. Suriya has now beaten the openings of his other hits this year, Karuppu and Vishwanath & Sons. The actor just might score a hat-trick with his latest release now.
Scene collected ₹ 19.15 crore net in India on its opening day, making most of it from the Tamil version over Telugu. It brought in ₹ 16.15 crore from the Tamil version alone, with the dubbed version collecting ₹ 3 crore, according to the trade website Sacnilk. The film has also performed well overseas, collecting ₹ 12 crore. RJ Balaji’s Karuppu, which was released in May this year, collected ₹ 15.50 crore on its opening day. It brought in ₹ 13.10 crore from Tamil and ₹ 2.40 crore from Telugu. Vishwanath & Sons had an opening of ₹ 15.35 crore in August, bringing in ₹ 9.15 crore in Tamil and ₹ 6.20 crore in Telugu. However, Jailer 2 and Jana Nayagan still hold the top spots this year with collections of ₹ 59.70 crore and ₹ 42.70 crore, respectively.
(Also Read: Scene movie review: Jithu Madhavan ably follows up Aavesham with another unserious yet hero-esque film for Suriya ) Scene is written and directed by Jithu Madhavan , and produced by Suriya and Jyothika’s 2D Entertainment and the newly established Zhagaram Studios. Anandaraj, Lal, Rajpriyan, Suresh Mathiyalagan and Gajaraj also star in it. The film also features cameos by a Mollywood and a Kollywood actor. It features music by Sushin Shyam. Scene tells the story of a cop who is forced to take a second look at a solved case and go after a contract killer when his secret is unwittingly exposed. What follows is a cat-and-mouse game with a twist.
