Speaking at an event celebrating the film’s success, Mathimaran revealed that Mahima was involved in an accident days before she shot for the film. Director Mathimaran ’s Mandaadi hit screens on September 10 and clashed with PS Mithran’s Sardar 2. The film starring Soori and Mahima Nambiar has since grossed ₹ 100 crore worldwide.
Her face was completely collapsed and injured, leaving over 20 stitches. It grossed ₹ 111.80 crore worldwide and made ₹ 81.90 crore net in India, according to the trade website Sacnilk. The film has beaten the lifetime collection of Arun Matheswaran’s Lokesh Kanagaraj and Wamiqa Gabbi’s DC , which collected ₹ 106.90 crore. It is trailing behind Venky Atluri’s Suriya- and Mamitha Baiju-starrer Vishwanath & Sons, which grossed ₹ 209.44 crore.
Mathimaran spoke about Mahima while celebrating Mandaadi ’s success. Revealing that she returned to set days after a major accident left her face injured, he stated that she shot for a song just six days post-surgery. “I saw in a couple of interviews where you mentioned crying after performing. Talking about the song Usure Needhan Pulla, he added, “I don’t think many people know about her accident. “Yet I shamelessly asked if she could come to the shooting. I had no other way. She returned to the set on the sixth day after her plastic surgery. Behind our success is her immense hard work and dedication. I will never forget it,” added the filmmaker. After the film’s release, Mahima posted pictures of her look from Mandaadi on Instagram. “I still remember calling my people and breaking down after doing certain scenes. Mandaadi also stars Suhas, Sathyaraj, Mithun Jai Sankar, Ravindravjay, Bala Saravanan, and Stun Siva.
Thank you so much for the effort you put into the movie,” he said. Mahima event sent Mathimaran a selfie after the accident, he said. The emotional baggage that this character carried felt too heavy on some days, yet somehow, I enjoyed every bit of it,” she wrote, adding, “Months spent in the same place, in the same house, surrounded by the same people… and after a point, Thondi felt like home, and the people there felt like family.
About five days before the shoot of this song, she had a major accident.
