The film was the biggest blockbuster of all time in the northeast region. The Assamese film Ratnakar: A New Myth of Love, has broken all box office records since its release on October 11, to emerge as the biggest Assamese blockbuster of all time. This film was inspired from the Tamil film of 2016, Vijay-starrer Theri that was directed by Atlee, Ratnakar has superstar Jatin Bora playing the lead role of a single father living incognito in a remote place to protect the safety of his young daughter.
Starring Samantha, Amy Jackson, and Baby Nainika, Theri was a huge hit for the Tamil star and led to future collaborations between Atlee and Vijay with Mersal and the recent Deepavali release Bigil. In this Assamie film, Jatin Bora has the Director and co-producer of the film with music composed by the other big star of Assamese cinema, Zubeen Garg. The film has been scripted by Abhijit Bhattacharjya, who is well-known for his work with the popular traveling theatres in Assam.
While “Not just Assam, it’s the biggest ever money-spinner for the entire North East,” says the film’s co-producer, Navanita Sarma Bora. Ratnakar released in 59 theatres in the state and 12 outside the North East in its first week. According to its distributor Siddharth Goenka, it has collected Rs 9 crore 23 lakh net since then, which is said to be just 1 percent of the entire India market. “So 9 crore in Assam would roughly be equivalent of a Hindi film doing 900 crore business in the all India market,” says a trade expert. The previous highest Assamese grosser had been Mission China (2017) that did an approximate business of Rs 5 crore.
