Day
1
Collections
According
to
the
latest
trade
estimates,
Dev
opened
on
a
fair
note
at
the
Tamil
Nadu
box
office
and
collected
around
Rs
6
crore
on
Day
1.One
is
likely
to
get
a
clearer
picture
once
the
official
figures
are
revealed.
Should
Do
Well
In
Chennai
As
Dev
is
essentially
a
love
story
and
an
adventure-thriller
at
the
same
time,
it
should
work
well
with
the
youth
in
A-centres.
As
such,
one
can
expect
the
Chennai
box
office
figures
to
be
quite
decent.
However,
it
might
not
click
with
the
audience
in
the
B
centres.
The
WOM
Is
Mixed
The
general
feeling
is
that
Dev
is
an
unimpressive
attempt
at
storytelling
which
has
virtually
nothing
to
offer.
Most
critics
have
pointed
that
even
though
Karthi
and
Rakul
Preet
have
delivered
watchable
performances
they
are
let
down
by
some
pretty
mediocre
direction.
The
music
too
has
not
received
the
kind
of
response
one
would
have
expected.
As
such,
the
Word
Of
Mouth
is
not
too
favourable
which
might
prove
to
be
a
problem
for
the
film
The
Way
Ahead...
Dev
is
likely
to
show
a
drop
today
(February
15,
2019)
before
picking
up
over
the
weekend.
As
Viswasam
and
Petta
are
on
their
last
legs
they
will
not
be
a
cause
of
worry
for
Dev.
As
such,
it
should
have
a
free
run
at
the
box
office
till
February
22.
However,
owing
to
the
unimpressive
WOM,
the
overall
performance
might
not
be
as
good
as
expected.