Sonali Kulkarni marked The Paradise crossing ₹100 crore in reported India box-office collections by cutting a chocolate cake with paparazzi on Thursday, October 1, 2026. The celebration came as the film drew mixed and intense reactions; the reported earnings do not, by themselves, show that viewers or critics approved of it.
What did Sonali Kulkarni say about the ₹100 crore milestone?
Videos shared on social media showed Kulkarni cutting a chocolate cake with paparazzi. Hindustan Times quoted her saying: “Super happy. Cheers on ₹100 crores, cheers on The Paradise and cheers on my song Sammakka. Thank you everyone. Thank you so much. The Paradise is doing really great.”
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Kulkarni plays Sammakka in the film, a community leader whose son Jadal is played by Nani.
What are The Paradise’s reported box-office figures?
Hindustan Times and India Today reported ₹108 crore in India during the film’s first week and ₹158 crore worldwide. Hindustan Times also reported a first-day India collection of ₹34.65 crore. These are press-reported totals, not independently audited figures in the cited coverage.
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| Measure | Reported figure | Source and qualification |
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| First-day India collection | ₹34.65 crore | Hindustan Times, 2026 |
| First-week India collection | ₹108 crore | Hindustan Times and India Today, 2026 |
| Worldwide gross | ₹158 crore | Hindustan Times and India Today, 2026 |
The ₹100 crore celebration refers to the India milestone. The ₹158 crore figure is worldwide gross, a different measure and territory.
Why has Nani spoken about “extreme” reactions?
Nani said the film received sharply contrasting responses online. NDTV quoted him: “I knew the film could get extreme reactions, but I didn’t expect so many contrasting reactions on Twitter and Instagram.” He characterized the criticism as passionate and honest.
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The response was not uniformly positive: coverage described mixed reviews and intense audience reactions alongside the box-office reports. Those reports do not provide review scores or a systematic measure of audience sentiment, so the extent of approval or disapproval cannot be quantified from them.
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Directed by Srikanth Odela and released on September 24, 2026, The Paradise is set in the 1980s and follows the Savaari tribe’s struggle for legal citizenship and recognition, according to NDTV. Kulkarni plays Sammakka, the community leader, and Nani plays her son, Jadal.
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Odela also acknowledged the divided response. NDTV quoted the director saying: “I feel blank. I still need some more time to process and understand the mixed reactions.”
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