Vijay Deverakonda and Samantha Ruth Prabhu starrer 'Kushi' hit the theatres on September 1. It had a great start on day 1. As per industry tracker, Sacnilk.com, 'Kushi' made a collection of Rs 16 crore at the box office on its first day of release.
The same portal also reported that the film's Telugu version recorded an occupancy of around 59.13 percent whereas the Tamil version had an overall 40.12 percent occupancy. It is expected to perform well at the weekend.
'Kushi' is about how Vijay's character Viplav falls in love with Samantha's Aaradhya when they go for an individual vacation in Kashmir. But their families don't approve of their relationship and they want to separate them. Both go against their families and get married and then after some days, differences emerge between them. How they deal with their differences, problems amidst bitter-sweet moments in their married life is what the romantic film is all about.
This is the second collaboration of Samantha and Vijay after their successful film, 'Mahanati' (2018).
'Kushi' is written and directed by Shiva Nirvana and produced by Mythri Movie Makers. It is dubbed in Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. The film also stars Jayaram, Sachin Khedakar, Murali Sharma, Lakshmi, Ali, Rohini, Vennela Kishore, Rahul Ramakrishna, Srikanth Iyengar, and Saranya among others.
The previous films of both Vijay Deverakonda and Samantha Ruth Prabhu were damp squibs. Going by 'Kushi's box office. it seems to be a successful film for both actors.
