Katrina Kaif Praises Merry Christmas Co-star Vijay Sethupathi's Maharaja, Calls It ‘Incredible’

Katrina Kaif has recently lauded her Merry Christmas co-star Vijay Sethupathi for his performance in the film Maharaja. She took to her social handle and described it as “incredible storytelling.” The film also stars Anurag Kashyap.

Taking to her Instagram stories, Katrina Kaif shared the poster of Maharaja and wrote, “incredible storytelling.” Maharaja is Vijay Sethupathi’s 50th film. Released on June 14, the latest movie features a talented cast including Anurag Kashyap, Mamta Mohandas and numerous talented actors. According to Sacnilk, Maharaja had a strong start at the box office as it collected Rs 3.6 crore on its opening day. The film has since earned Rs 78 crore in the domestic market and Rs 24 crore from international markets.

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Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi worked in Merry Christmas and fans loved their chemistry. In an exclusive chat with News18 Showsha, Katrina opened up about the audience reception. “I have wanted to do something with Sriram sir for a long time and we have had multiple conversations about it. There is a certain rawness and realness with the genre that he explores through his previous films. But beyond that, there is a human quality that comes across in the characters that he creates which for me was fascinating. As an actor, Merry Christmas is an opportunity that you don’t get every day. I am very happy with the kind of positive response that we are getting for the film,” she said.

According to Sacnilk.com, Merry Christmas earned Rs. 1.15 (early estimates) crores nett in India, across all languages, on the fourth day of its release. With this, the film’s total collection in India is now at Rs. 13.83 crores nett. The overall occupancy for the film was 9.30% for Hindi and 22.94% for Tamil. Theatres in Chennai and Hyderabad witnessed the highest footfall for Hindi while for Tamil, it was Pondicherry.

The film also stars Sanjay Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Pratima Kannan, Tinnu Anand, Radhika Sarathkumar, Shanmugaraja, Kevin Jay Babu, Rajesh Williams, and Pari in key roles. Ashwini Kalsekar and Radhika Apte have also made cameos in the film. Merry Christmas is produced by Ramesh Taurani, Jaya Taurani, Sanjay Routray and Kewal Garg. The film is directed by Sriram Raghavan.