is Nanban hit or flop?

Nanban was declared by a bit of trade pundits because the first genuine hit of the year. A remake of Hindi hit 3 Idiots, directed by Shankar, it featured Vijay, Srikanth, Jeeva and Ileana within the lead roles. Though much was written by media at the movie’s success, the Box Office performance was under a large number of speculation.

Those within the trade say there are mixed views. It's believed that the Vijay starrer had kept the Box Office busy not just in India but at screens around the globe within the first couple of weeks.

Sources say that during first week itself it garnered greater than Rs 61 crore.

The flick did pretty much within the UK and Australia besides Malaysia and Singapore many say.

However a couple of within the trade said, ‘the cost of the production was too high. Hence the gathering , though big, yet couldn’t match the price of production’.