Two days in, and GV Prakash finally has trade numbers to talk about. Immortal, the vampire film he's headlining opposite Kayadu Lohar, has collected Rs 2.97 crore since release, according to Sacnilk data cited by Filmibeat Tamil.

The film opened with Rs 1.25 crore on day one. Word of mouth apparently did the rest. Day two brought in Rs 1.72 crore, a jump the report attributes to crowds building once early reactions started circulating. It's not a number that rewrites box office history, but for a genre nobody in Tamil cinema really touches, it's a start worth noting.

A rare genre for Kollywood

Vampire films barely exist in Indian cinema, and that scarcity is part of the pitch here. Director Mariyappan China has built Immortal around GV Prakash and Kayadu Lohar, with music by Sam CS. Trade reports describe it as GV Prakash's 100th film as an actor, though that milestone claim comes from the film's promotional messaging rather than any independently verified count.

What's caught people off guard, per the Filmibeat Tamil report, is the tone. The trailer leaned hard into Kayadu Lohar's glamour, which set up expectations of a straightforward romance dressed up in fangs. The film apparently doesn't play that way at all. Instead it folds in survival, thriller and fantasy elements alongside the romance, and audiences at the special screening and early shows responded to that mix rather than resisted it.

The visual effects seem to be doing a lot of the heavy lifting in that response. The report says CG work on the film ran for more than two and a half years, and viewers quoted in the coverage have compared the finish to Hollywood standards. For a mid-scale Tamil release, that's the kind of comparison that tends to travel fast on social media, whether or not it holds up shot for shot.

Why this one matters for GV Prakash

GV Prakash has been acting steadily for years without landing the kind of runaway hit that resets how the industry sees him as a leading man. A handful of his films have done reasonably well. None have been the mega success that puts him in a different bracket. Immortal, by his own team's account, was meant to be that swing.

Whether Rs 2.97 crore in two days gets him there depends entirely on what happens next. The report notes that a holiday on the second day helped pull in crowds, and expects collections to climb further given the reviews so far. That's the real test now. Holiday numbers are one thing. Whether Immortal holds through a regular Monday and Tuesday, when the holiday crowd disappears and only word of mouth is left to carry it, will tell us if this is actually the breakout GV Prakash has been chasing or just a strong opening weekend that fades by midweek.