(Image source from: Akhil Day One Collections})

Akkineni’s young gun Akhil Akkineni made his debut on silver screen in the direction of VV Vinayak and the movie has been titled as Akhil. The movie has been released between huge expectations on the eve of Diwali yesterday in record number of screens. The movie opened to packed houses all over though it received mixed response across the world. SayeshaSaigal played the female lead in the movie and Rajendra Prasad, Mahesh Manjrekar, Vennela Kishore, Brahmanandam played the other important roles.

Akhil collected decent figures across the world on its first day and the movie collected Rs 3.5 crores in Nizam, Rs 5.2 crores in Andhra Pradesh, Rs 80 lakhs in the rest of the country and Rs 1 crore (approx) in Overseas. Akhil collected Rs 10.5 crores on its opening day which is huge for a debutant. SS Thaman and Anup Rubens composed the music for the movie and Nithin produced the film on Sresht Movies banner. Akhil’s performance in the film has been receiving exceptional response from the audience and the movie is expected to collect decent figures all over