A new triggered me. It was Legen Sarvana is clashing with Suriya in coming Diwali box office. A related article om am yesteryear Diwali clash\ Bharathiraja Nizhalgal v/s K Balchander Varumayin Niram Sigappu. Both dealt with unemployment among youth.
Varumayin Niram Sivappu
Director: K Balachander
Budget :-
Nizhalgal was budgeted at Rs. 46 Lakhs
Varumayin Niram Sivappu was more expensive and came in at Rs. 67 Lakhs
Screens:-
Nizhalgal was released across 230 Theatres in Tamil Nadu - 46 A Theatres, 115 B Theatres and 69 C Theatres
VMS was released across 212 Theatres in Tamilnadu - 81 A Theatres, 85 B Theatres and 46 C Theatres
Rights Sale:-
Nizhalgal sold for Rs. 1.34 Crore across 8 Territories. City Rights sold for 23 Lakhs ,
VMS sold for Rs. 1.40 Crores across 8 Territories. City Rights sold for 27 Lakhs
Box Office:-
Nizhalgal grossed Rs. 70.60 Lakhs in the box office and registered only a 25 day run in a circuit. It was a Colossal Flop.
VMS grossed Rs. 2.67 Crore in the box office and registered a 100 day run in 2 circuits and a 50 day run in 7 circuits. It was a Superhit.
City Distribution
Nizhalgal sold for Rs. 23 Lakhs and the Distributor Share was Rs. 13 Lakhs, a loss of 10 Lakhs.
VMS sold for Rs. 27 Lakhs and the Distributor Share was Rs. 61 Lakhs, a Profit of 34 Lakhs
Music Albums
Ilayarajas Nizhalgal had 136 runs on AIR
MSVs VMS had 607 runs on AIR
A Run is a count of everytime any song is played on AIR between 30 days before a movies release to 90 days after a movies release
MSV was the clear winner
Critical Rating
Nizhalgal scored 42/100 in Tamil Magazines
VMS scored 50/100 in Tamil Magazines
Winner
Varumayin Niram Sivappu was the clear winner
What happened Next?
An angry Bharathiraja was pegged as being entirely dependent on Bhakyaraj as it was scripted by Mani Vannan then his ADand so decided to make his next film on a do or basis. This was Alaigal Oviyathillai that became a raging success.
Besides, Manivannan (later became an actor-director) and Vairamuthu, the film was also a launchpad for actors, Ravi, who after the release of the film started to be called as ‘Nizhalgal’ Ravi, Chandrasekar,who later turned politician and joined DMK, Rajasekar, who went on to become one of the director duo Robert – Rajasekar.
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