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Record Viewership For Yash's 'Toxic' First Look Glimpse

By Sunit Jangir
January 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM IST
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Record Viewership For Yash's 'Toxic' First Look Glimpse
Bengaluru, January 9 - After scripting history 3 years ago with KGF: Chapter 2, Kannada superstar Yash will return to the big screen with gangster action drama Toxic - A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups, directed by national award-winning director Geetu Mohandas.



Produced by KVN Productions and Monster Mind Creations, Toxic is currently being wrapped and is expected to be released in December this year. Meanwhile, the makers of the film treated fans with the first look glimpse on the occasion of Yash's birthday on January 8.





While the first look glimpse didn't reveal much about the plot, it has helped raise the buzz after the blockbuster response on social media. The look of Yash, which is very similar to his widely popular Rocky Bhai in KGF, and the background music have increased expectations.





On YouTube, the blockbuster Glimpse scored a huge 36+ million views in the first 24 hours which is said to be the highest for an Indian film first Look Glimpse on a single channel. The previous highest was Pushpa 2 which generated 27.65 million views for the Hindi version.





Toxic is said to be based on the backdrop of a drug mafia in Goa. It also stars Nayanthara, Kiara Advani, and Huma Qureshi, among others in prominent roles. The movie will be released in multiple languages, including Hindi.





Stay tuned...



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