Despite
incessant
promotions,
Rana
Daggubati's
Aranya
has
not
been
able
to
garner
much
attention
of
the
audience.
Directed
by
Prabhu
Solomon,
the
film
rolled
out
in
theatres
on
March
26,
Friday.
Though
the
film
released
with
high
hopes
and
expectations,
it
could
only
rake
Rs
1.6
crore
with
its
worldwide
theatrical
run
on
its
opening
day.
On
the
second
day,
Aranya
witnessed
a
drop
as
it
only
collected
Rs
1.2
crore
from
the
box
office.
With
the
collection
dipping
even
on
weekend,
looks
like
the
film
might
soon
turn
out
to
be
a
disaster
at
theatres.
Notably,
the
film
has
also
released
in
Tamil
as
Kaadan.
The
Hindi
version
of
the
film
Haathi
Mere
Saathi
was
also
supposed
to
release
on
the
same
date,
however,
the
makers
changed
the
plan
owing
to
the
surge
in
COVID-19
cases
in
other
states,
especially
Maharashtra.
Talking
about
the
film,
the
leading
man
of
Aranya
deserves
high
applause
for
his
performance
as
Bandev,
a
conservationist.
The
audience
have
been
heaping
praises
on
Rana
Daggubati
for
his
brilliant
portrayal
as
they
could
emotionally
connect
with
his
character
in
the
film.
Also,
though
the
theme
was
intriguing,
the
weak
story
writing
derailed
the
film
from
the
impressive
track.
Resul
Pookutty's
sound
design,
AR
Ashok
Kumar's
cinematography
and
Shantanu
Moitra's
composition
are
a
few
highlights
that
occasionally
gave
life
to
the
whole
film.
Also
starring
Vishnu
Vishal,
Zoya
Hussain,
Shriya
Pilgaonkar,
Nadackal
Unnikrishnan
(the
elephant)
and
Sampath
Ram,
Aranya
has
been
backed
and
distributed
by
Eros
International.