Despite
being
a
non-holiday
release,
Nandamuri
Balakrishna's
action
drama
Akhanda
has
set
the
cash
registers
ringing
at
the
box
office.
The
film
is
a
hit
with
the
masses
and
has
been
garnering
more
attention
from
the
cine-goers
with
each
passing
day..
The
film
opened
to
a
terrific
response
and
grossed
Rs
23
crore
(Rs
15.39
crore
share)
on
day
1
from
Andhra
Pradesh
and
Telangana.
As
per
box
office
talks,
the
thriller
has
garnered
a
collection
of
Rs
6.83
crore
(gross:
Rs
10.4
crore)
from
the
Telugu
region.
Detailed
Collection
Report
Of
Akhanda
(AP/TL)
Day
2
Released
on
December
2,
the
film
is
expected
to
witness
good
growth
over
the
weekend
and
mint
money
at
a
fast
pace.
Interestingly,
reports
are
also
rife
that
the
makers
are
planning
to
arrange
a
success
party
for
the
cast
and
crew
of
the
film
very
soon,
and
if
that's
the
case
then
we
think
Akhanda
has
turned
out
to
be
a
profitable
venture
for
the
entire
team.
Akhanda
has
received
rave
reviews
for
its
engaging
storyline
and
performances
of
the
actors,
especially
Balakrishna.
The
word
of
mouth
is
mostly
positive,
which
should
help
the
film
stay
strong
in
the
upcoming
days.
However,
it
will
face
competition
from
Satya
Dev-Nithya
Menen's
Skylab,
which
is
hitting
the
theatres
on
Saturday
(December
4).
Apart
from
Balakrishna,
Akhanda
also
features
Pragya
Jaiswal,
Jagapathi
Babu,
Srikanth,
Shamna
Kasim
(Poorna),
Avinash,
Subbaraju,
P
Sai
Kumar,
Sravan
and
Prabhakar.
Helmed
by
Boyapati
Srinu,
the
thriller
has
dialogues
written
by
M
Ratnam.
Backed
under
Dwaraka
Creations
of
producer
Miryala
Ravinder
Reddy,
Akhanda's
technical
team
includes
music
director
S
Thaman,
cinematographer
C
Ram
Prasad
and
editor
Kotagiri
Venkateswara
Rao.