
Janatha Garage has recorded a stellar opening at the Tollywood Box Office.
The film, which stars Mohanlal and Jr NTR, also marks the Telugu debut of Malayalam star Unni Mukundan.
The early Box Office reports of the Koratala Siva family entertainer are positive.
The film has also garnered praise from Baahubali director SS Rajamouli. The director, who is a huge fan of Mohanlal and close friend of Jr NTR, took to Twitter to shower praise on the film.
He also lauded his friend Rajeev Kanakala's performance in the film and revealed that he had already watched Janata Garage twice.
He tweeted:
The combination of mohanlal garu and tarak, the subtle intensity betwen them is the best thing i liked about #JanathaGarage. It is a joy to
— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) September 1, 2016
watch both outperforming each other.
— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) September 1, 2016
Feel proud the way tarak is planning his characters and career since temper. My friend Rajeev
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Kanakala gives a heart warming performance as a sincere govt clerk. watched the film back to back twice and enjoyed it.
— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) September 1, 2016
Meanwhile, the collection of Malayalam-dubbed version of Janatha Garage has started to pick up after an average opening at the Kerala Box Office.
The film also stars Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Nithya Menen, Sachin Khedekar, Devyani, Rahman and model-turned-actress Vidisha Srivastava.
First published: 4 September 2016, 5:02 IST