The Paradise advance booking: Srikanth Odela’s The Paradise, starring Nani in the lead role, is all set to premiere on Wednesday evening, with the film releasing on Thursday. The film has crossed the ₹ 35 crore mark in advance booking alone for its premieres and day one. It is now projected to give Nani his career-best opening, beating HIT: The Third Case.
It is faring better in Telangana, followed closely by Andhra Pradesh, than in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, and other regions. The Paradise has sold 1.78 lakh tickets for the premiere shows on Wednesday, bringing in ₹ 5.64 crore as of 3 PM, according to trade sources. It also sold 9.17 lakh tickets for the shows on its opening day, Thursday, grossing ₹ 19.52 crore.
Prathyangira Cinemas, the film’s distributor in North America and Australia, has stated that The Paradise collected $1.11 million ( ₹ 10.62 crore) in advance for its North American premieres. It is more than twice as much as Nani’s last film, HIT: The Third Case, which had brought in $450,000 ( ₹ 4.31 crore) from its premieres. Sailesh Kolanu’s HIT 3 (2025), his last film, was also rated A and opened to a ₹ 37.81 crore worldwide collection. His first film with Odela, Dasara (2023), takes second place with a ₹ 36.28 crore opening.
They have also claimed that the film will become Nani’s highest opener in Australia, based solely on pre-sales. The Paradise is expected to be the highest opening of his career despite the A-rating. Also starring Mohan Babu, Kayadu Lohar and Raghav Juyal , the film is set in 1980s Secunderabad. It tells the story of a marginalised community that battles systematic oppression and fights for its basic rights. Nani plays a character named Jadal in it.
