Horror franchise, Aranmanai in Tamil is a popular series which turned out to be minimum guarantee at the boxoffice. Director Sundar C has started this franchise by playing a crucial role with popular heroines in lead roles in ghost stories. Heroines glamour show, template yet engaging screenplay for a ghost story, over the top comedy and a couple of catchy numbers is what he followed for all the films.
Surprisingly, every film gets panned by critics and reviews but succeeded in generating revenue at the ticket windows. Especially the single screens in interior Tamil Nadu embraces these films and turned out into hits. Now, the fourth installment in the Aranmanai series is running very well in Tamil Nadu. The film has already grossed 100 crores worldwide. The film has also brought Kollywood back on track with strong collections. It also became the biggest grosser of the year for Kollywood in the state and worldwide as well.
Aranmanai 4 stars both Tamannaah and Rashi Khanna in the leading roles bringing in the much-needed glamour for the film. In Tamil Nadu, the film has collected more than 65 crores gross and the worldwide gross is nearly 100+ crores. The previous film in the series, Aranmanai 3 didn’t perform as expected and ended up as a disappointment. Everyone felt that Aranmanai 4 too might end up seeing the same result. But the film exceeded the expectations and emerged as the winner. The film will surely be a relief to both Tamannaah and Rashi Khanna who are in need of a big hit for a long time.
An official poster released by the makers claims that the film has earned Rs 100 crore in 20 days, making it one of the few movies that has managed to reach the feat in Tamil cinema this year. Captain Miller and Ayalaan are the only other films which have managed to mint more than Rs 100 crore, according to reports.