{"id":289,"date":"2026-09-26T17:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T17:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saiyaaramovie.com\/haiwaan-and-mahakavya-shri-ramayan-katha-a-look-at-budgets-and-box-office-results\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:47:07","slug":"haiwaan-and-mahakavya-shri-ramayan-katha-a-look-at-budgets-and-box-office-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saiyaaramovie.com\/?p=289","title":{"rendered":"Haiwaan and Mahakavya Shri Ramayan Katha: A Look at Budgets and Box Office Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

The film Haiwaan, directed by Priyadarshan and starring Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan, was reportedly made on a budget of Rs 130 crore. The film released on September 11, 2026, and collected only Rs 9.92 crore net in India during its entire theatrical run.<\/p>\n

Separately, Mahakavya Shri Ramayan Katha, a smaller mythological film, released on September 25, 2026, with a reported budget that is a fraction of its big-budget competitor, Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana.<\/p>\n

Haiwaan Budget and Recovery<\/h2>\n

Haiwaan was an official remake of the 2016 Malayalam thriller Oppam. The Rs 130 crore budget included approximately Rs 115 crore in production costs and another Rs 15 crore for print and advertising, according to a Times of India report.<\/p>\n

The film opened to Rs 3 crore net on its first day, with Hindi occupancy at just 11 to 12 percent. By the end of its first weekend, it had collected Rs 7.35 crore net. It closed its theatrical run at Rs 9.92 crore net domestically.<\/p>\n

The worldwide closing gross stood at Rs 15.05 crore, which was less than 12 percent of its reported budget. The domestic net collection of Rs 9.92 crore represented a recovery of only 7.63 percent of its costs, resulting in a financial deficit of approximately Rs 120.08 crore.<\/p>\n

Before its theatrical release, the film had recovered roughly 70 percent of its budget by selling non-theatrical rights, including satellite, digital, and music, for about Rs 80 crore, mainly to Sony Network.<\/p>\n

Director Priyadarshan spoke about the film’s failure. ‘The failure of Haiwaan, which I accept gracefully, proves again that audiences don’t like us to do serious subjects together,’ he told Deccan Chronicle. ‘This is not the first time I’ve failed in a non-comedy genre with Akshay. Many years ago, we did a film called Khatta Meetha, which starred Trisha Krishnan with Akshay. That too had underperformed. I don’t think the audience wants to see us in the non-comedic space.’<\/p>\n

Mahakavya Shri Ramayan Katha Budget<\/h2>\n

Mahakavya Shri Ramayan Katha is a bilingual film shot in Hindi and Chhattisgarhi. It was directed by Abhishek Singh and produced by Prakash Mahobiya and Sanjay Bundela under Mahobiya Films Production Pvt Ltd.<\/p>\n

The film’s production budget has not been officially confirmed by the makers. Trade reports describe it as a small-budget mythological film, made with limited resources compared to other Ramayana adaptations.<\/p>\n

The film stars Dev Sharma as Lord Rama, Anjali Arora as Devi Sita, Sheel Verma as Lakshman, Nirbhay Wadhwa as Hanuman, and Rajniesh Duggal as Ravan.<\/p>\n

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