- By Aarushi Raina
- Wed, 22 Oct 2025 05:17 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Thamma Success: The highly anticipated romantic horror comedy Thamma starring Ayushmann Khurrana in the lead has been released in theatres on October 21, coinciding with the Diwali festivities. The film had the biggest opening of Ayushmann's career, earning Rs 25.11 crore nett on its first day. Amid the success, Ayushmann called the film 'almost a validation" of his trajectory. He also shared that every Diwali he would watch a superstar’s film in theatres, but this time it was his own movie that he watched with his family.
Ayushmann Khurrana expressed how he had always wished to release a film during Diwali in his career. In a statement, he shared, "I’m an entertainer so it brings me so much joy to see people loving and enjoying Thamma and my performance during this big Diwali holidays. When my visionary producer Dinesh Vijan had told me that Thamma was releasing in Diwali, I was thrilled because it was something that I was always wished to happen in my career.”
He further stated, "Having carved a niche with my unique, quirky films, I was eagerly waiting for that one opportunity to bring my brand of cinema on Diwali - a festival that has seen the biggest of the biggest superstars release their tentpole films in. Thamma is the tentpole film of my career and I’m fortunate to have got Diwali to release it. Every year, I used to go to theatres with my family to watch a superstar’s film release. Today, I have gone to theatres to watch my film with my family. It feels incredible!”
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'Validation Of My Trajectory,' Says Ayushmann
On receiving an overwhelming response to Thamma, the actor added, “It’s almost a validation of my trajectory in Hindi cinema and I thank Dinesh Vijan for trusting me to play a character with no reference point like an Indian ‘betaal’. To see people enjoy to their fullest in theatres watching me play this character and convincing them to go on this joyride is truly an insane feeling."
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He also addressed how Thamma's success has challenged the belief that the audience only watch big superstar movies during Diwali. “The first day love that I have got, that the film has got, busts a lot of myths that people only want to see sequels and remakes and big superstar movies on Diwali. We scoring big with Thamma again shows that people want to see great content," he said.
About Thamma Movie
Thamma stars Ayushmann Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna in the lead roles, alongside Sapthami Gowda, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Paresh Rawal, Shardul Rana, Faisal Malik and Vinay Pathak in pivotal roles. Directed by Aditya Sarpotdar, the romantic horror comedy movie has been produced by Amar Kaushik, Dinesh Vijan under the production banner of Maddock Films. The film is currently running in theatres in Hindi and Telugu, facing strong competition from Ek Deewane ki Deewaniyat starring Harshvardhan Rane and Sonam Bajwa.