This Article is From May 23, 2015

Tanu Weds Manu Returns With Praises, Collects Rs 8 Cr on Day 1

Tanu Weds Manu Returns With Praises, Collects Rs 8 Cr on Day 1

A still from Tanu Weds Manu Returns.

New Delhi: In 2011 Tanu Weds Manu was a sleeper hit, but it's sequel Tanu Weds Manu Returns, which hit the screens on May 22, is a super-hit film, according to trade analysts. The film starring Kangana Ranaut and R Madhavan, has collected Rs 8 crore on the opening day.

Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted:
 

He added:
 

The Aanand L rai-directed film opened to fabulous reviews, and critics especially praised the film's lead star Kangana Ranaut.

In his review for NDTV, Saibal Chatterjee said: "Kangana Ranaut, in a magnificently effective double role, powers the comic drama forward with an effortless act that requires her to embody two diametrically divergent faces of Eve in small-town India." (Movie Review: Tanu Weds Manu Returns)

He also added, "Kangana overshadows all else. But that is not to say that Madhavan is put in the shade. He knows exactly how to underplay his part so as not to get in the way of the film's intended emphasis." (Also Read - Love Triangles and Polygons: Bollywood Geometry Lessons)

Bollywood celebrities too have lauded Tanu Weds Manu Returns for its sheer brilliance. (Also Read: 'Outstanding,' Tweets Bollywood After Tanu Weds Manu Returns's Release)
Bollywood celebrities too have lauded Tanu Weds Manu Returns for its sheer brilliance.

Aanand L Rai's Raanjhanaa actor, Tamil superstar Dhanush tweeted:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Here's Kangana's fan club:
 
 

Tanu Weds Manu Returns, which also stars Swara Bhaskar, Eijaz Khan, Deepak Dobriyal and Zeeshan Ayyub, is story of what went wrong in Tanu and Manu's love story and how Tanu's lookalike Datto formed a love triangle in the tale.
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