Matka Box Office Collection Day 1: Varun Tej Witnesses Career's Lowest Opening, Mints ₹70 Lakh

Matka Box Office Collection: Varun Tej's starrer, based on life of gambler Ratan Khetri, hit atres on November 14. movie portrayed actor in a titular role, which earned him positive reviews from audience and critics. However, y were seemingly unhappy with direction of movie and called it "highly predictable." This impacted movie's reception, leaving a grave impact on box office.

Matka box office collection day 1

Helmed by Karuna Kumar, movie earned only ₹70 lakh on first day of its release in atres. periodic drama h an overall 15.71 per cent Telugu occupancy on Thursday, with maximum reported in Visakhapatnam (27.75 per cent). This makes it Varun's career's lowest opening so far. However, positive word of mouth can play a major role in movie's box office collection.

His last movie Operation Valentine was able to open at ₹1.45 crore at Indian box office, despite negative reviews.

Netizens' verdict of Matka

Overall film has opened to a mixed response with netizens appreciating Varun Tej's acting skills and redeeming film his career film. X users are especially appreciating first 20 minutes of film. action sequences and background music of movie also received a special mention from social media users. However, some users critiqued movie's ‘predictable’ plot and called some scenes dragged and ‘boring'.

What else do we know about Matka?

story takes place between 1958 and 1982 in Visakhapatnam and is based on real-life incidents. It follows 24 years of Vasu, a prominent Matka gambler and gangster.

Apart from Varun, movie also stars Meenakshi Chaudhary, and Nora Fatehi (in her Telugu cinema debut) in le roles.