Liger box office: Hindi version collects ₹1.25 cr from paid previews

Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday’s bilingual film witnessed an average opening in Tamil and Telugu on Thursday.

The Hindi version of the film was released in very few theatres late Thursday night and it collected ₹1.25 crore from paid previews on Friday.

Directed by Puri Jagannadh, Liger opened in theatres on Thursday amid mixed to negative reviews by the critics. It also stars Ramya Krishnan, Ronit Roy, and Makarand Deshpande in prominent roles and boxer Mike Tyson in an extended cameo.

According to a report on Boxofficeindia.com, Liger managed to collect around 1.25 crore nett plus on the paid previews while it did reasonably well in Telugu which is the main market. It also stated that the Andhra market will feel it’s more like a Hindi film while the Hindi circuits will feel like it’s a South film, hence affecting its chances to perform at the box office.

On its opening day on Thursday, Liger raised ₹33.12 crore gross worldwide in all versions. “Liger packs a solid punch as Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday starrer collects ₹33.12 crore gross worldwide,” the producers announced on Friday.

The pan-India film stars Vijay as a mixed-martial arts boxer with a stutter, Ananya as his girlfriend, and Ramya as his mother. It marked Vijay’s debut in Bollywood. It was released in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam. The film is backed by Puri Jagannadh and Charmme Kaur’s banner Puri Connects and Karan Johar-led Dharma Productions.

Liger was heavily promoted by Vijay and Ananya across the length and breadth of India. The Hindustan Times review of the film called it an ‘assault on your senses’.

It read: “With a screenplay so juvenile, story without a head or a tail, direction limited to showing the hero’s moves in slo-mo, director Puri Jagannadh’s Liger is extremely flawed and below average for the hype it created.”