The Christmas weekend release, SivaKarthikeyan,Fahadh fahadh faasil,Nayanthara starrer ‘Velaikkaran’ has got a tremendous reception across all the centres it was screened. The four day weekend has surpassed all the existing box office records of SivaKarthikeyan films and the response from the trade pundits stands testimonial to this. Director Mohan Raja who is beaming with the success of his illustrious project ‘Velaikkaran’ expressed , “ The film is being received well by the audience to a level more than the expectation level. In Karnataka it is an unprecedented for a SivaKarthikeyan film. The increase of 30 screens from today across the state of Kerala speaks volume about the success of the film . Overseas market is equally filled with amazing positivity and the economics are more than satisfying . The audience of Tamil Nadu has once again proved that they always laud the films that carries the high motive of conceptualising the social truth. The family audience are thronging to the theatre in numbers and i am glad that we are able to sell off a concept with commercial identity “ he concluded.