COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is in the grip of Enthiran fever, with the Rajnikanth-Aishwarya starrer running to packed houses in Tamil-speaking parts of the nation, including Colombo and northern and eastern provinces.
“So far, 12,000 people have seen the film in our complex,” said an administrator of Cinecity multiplex here, which has four theatres, each running four shows a day. The management was finding it difficult to cope with the heavy demand, he added. The film carries sub-titles in English to attract non-Tamil speakers.
Chellam theatre in Chengaladi, Batticaloa, is running a continuous show and the house is always full, according to a theatre official. “Even the heavy rain on Saturday night did not deter fans,” he said.
On the opening day (October 1), the first ticket was bought by eastern province Chief Minister S Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan.
The film has received a similar response in Jaffna. The scene is slightly different in Trincomalee, where a Nelson theatre spokesman said the fight scene at the end of the film did not go down well with the audience.