Kollywood release

Aadukalam

Name: Aadukalam
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2011-01-14
Duration: 160 min
Cast: Dhanush, Kishore, V. I. S. Jayapalan, Aadukalam Naren, Taapsee Pannu

Kollywood20112h 40mTamilTop 57% of Kollywood budgets

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110th of 227 in Kollywood

Reported gross: 46
Return on budget: 76
Audience rating: 89
Momentum: 19

Out-grossed 46% of Kollywood releases with reported figures ($6M).
Returned 3× its budget, against an industry median of 1.5×.
Momentum in the 19th percentile.
Audience rating 7.7 from 56 votes, the 89th percentile.

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Cost: $2M
Took: $6M

Against a Kollywood median of 1.5×, so this one returned 2.0 times what a typical release there does.

The money says hit. What do you say?

The picture

Pettaikaaran is famous in his town for an impeccable track record of successes in rooster fights. When one of his aides, Karuppu, goes against his word in a fight, it leads to an enmity between them.

Released: 14 January 2011
Runtime: 2h 40m
Language: Tamil
Industry: Kollywood

Top billedAll 17 credits

DhanushK. P. Karuppu
KishoreDurai
V. I. S. JayapalanPettaikaran
Aadukalam NarenRathnasamy
Taapsee PannuIrene Claude
MeenalMeena

Made by

Director: Vetrimaaran
Screenplay: Vetrimaaran
Original Music Composer: G. V. Prakash Kumar
Director of Photography: R. Velraj
Producer: S. Kathiresan

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