Kalyani Priyadarshan starrer Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra has made history on Day 7 as it crossed Rs 100 crore in worldwide collection. It is now the 12th Malayalam film to enter the Rs 100 crore club. Kalyani also made a record with Lokah becoming the highest-grossing female-led South Indian film.
Directed by Dominic Arun and produced by Dulquer Salmaan's Wayfarer Films, Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra is also the third fastest Malayalam film to enter the Rs 100 crore club by achieving the feat in just seven days. It is the third film to mint Rs 100 crore in 2025 after Mohanlal starrers Empuraan (Rs 265 crore) and Thudarum (Rs 234 crore).
Other Malayalam films to cross Rs 100 crore at the box office include Pulimurugan (2016), Lucifer (2019), 2018 (2023), Manjummel Boys (2024), Premalu (2024), Aadujeevitham (2024), Aavesham (2024), ARM (2024), Marco (2024), Empuraan (2025) and Thudarum (2025).
In domestic box office collection, Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra has raked in Rs 42.45 crore as of 5 pm, according to Sacnilk. Lokah Chapter: 1 Chandra raked in Rs 2.7 crore on Day 1, Rs 4 crore on Day 2, Rs 7.6 crore on Day 3, Rs 10.1 crore on Day 4, Rs 7.2 crore on Day 5 and Rs 7.77 crore on Day 6.
Besides Kalyani Priyadarshan, Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra also stars Naslen, Chandu Salim Kumar, Arun Kurian and Santhi Balachandran. The film, which has already been released in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu, is slated to hit the theatres with its Hindi version on September 4, Thursday.
Earlier, a controversy was sparked by Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra after a dialogue by Sandy's character, Inspector Nachiyappa Gowda, refers to Bengaluru girls derogatively. The producers apologised to Kannada audience and assured them that they will make changes to the dialogue that has "unintentionally hurt the sentiments of people from Karnataka".
"It has come to our attention that a dialogue delivered by one of the characters in our film Lokah: Chapter One has unintentionally hurt the sentiments of people from Karnataka. At Wayfarer Films, we place people above everything else," read a post by Dulquer's Wayfarer Films on its official Instagram handle.
