After receiving good reactions from the audience and gaining much social media traction from the first day, Yami Gautam Dhar's festive entertainer 'Nayyi Navelli' has made a solid debut at the box office. The success is due to the buzz generated about the twist in the story based on the Ramayana and the climactic moment in the movie. With over ₹4 crore collected from worldwide openings on Day 1, 'Nayyi Navelli' is all set to witness a big increase in weekend collections.

Nayyi Navelli Box Office Collection Day 1

On Day 1, Nayyi Navelli collected a net of ₹3.25 crore across 6,281 shows. This brings total India gross collections to ₹3.83 crore and total India net collections to ₹3.25 crore so far. Overseas, the film has grossed a total of ₹0.75 crore in gross collections, pushing its total worldwide gross collection to ₹4.58 crore.

Nayyi Navelli Occupancy Rate

The movie ‘Nayyi Navelli’ witnessed 15.08% theatre occupancy in total on Day 1. Theatre occupancy was recorded to be 6.15% in the morning shows and 14.15% in the afternoon shows. Theatre occupancy witnessed an increase to 15.08% in the evening shows. In night shows, the theatre occupancy was at its maximum, i.e. 22.08%. The above figures suggest that theatre occupancy in later shows was higher compared to morning shows.

Nayyi Navelli Plot

According to IMDb, the movie follows a picture-perfect bride who transforms a chaotic Meerut household into paradise. But when her brother-in-law grows suspicious, he begins to wonder: is the ideal daughter-in-law actually an evil force from another world?

Nayyi Navelli Cast

The horror-comedy film Nayyi Navelli features Yami Gautam in the lead role as Mohini. Directed by Balaji Mohan, the film was released in theatres on October 16, 2026.

Main Cast and Crew

• Yami Gautam as Mohini

• Addinath M. Kothare

• Anurag Thakur

• Aaditya Kulshreshth

• Sunita Rajwar

• Mita Vashisht

• Sushmita Mukherjee

• Sonal Jha

• Suneel Sinha

• Pratiek Pachori (or Prateek Pachauri)

• Rajesh Dubeay

• Babita Pandey

Image credits: IMDb/YouTube

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