The recently released film Saira is earning tremendous at the box office on the first day. The film has managed to win the hearts of the audience without any big starcast.

According to Pinkvilla’s report, the budget of this film is around 60 crores, and it has earned more than one third of its budget on the first day.

‘Saira’ has the real contest with Vikrant Massey’s film

Now whenever a film earns so fast, it is compared to big films. Where some people may believe that Saira should compete with films like Pushpa 2 or Chhava. But really this is not the case. Saira’s race is different, it should be faced by the same films that have moved beyond the content without noise, such as the film 12th failed in the year 2023.

12th failure simplicity and strong content

The 12th failure was released in the year 2023 and its budget was only 20 crores. But the film made in this small budget has grossed 70 crores worldwide according to Sixelk. That is, the film had extracted 350% of the budget.

All the people were shocked by the earnings of this film. There was no big star in this film and no heavy promotion or glamor. Only and only the story of this film has added people. The story of the film Saira is also similar, which touches the hearts of the audience. This is the reason why both films are being compared.

The South Never Followed The Dumb P & A Practise.
They did just fin. More than fin.
And then come films like 12th fail and saiyaara straight to theatres.
Smash Hits with no Pr Nonsense.
Can we please learn our lesson?
2/2

– Sanjay Gupta (@_sanjaygupta) July 18, 2025

Even Sanjay Gupta, director of strong films like thorn and traveler, has given his opinion on this. He has tweeted on his social media handle Twitter and said that both Saira and 12th failure are evidence that if the script is strong, no one can stop the film from running.

Just a hero made content

In today’s time, the audience goes to see the content not just name or face. Saira and 12th fail have proved that the story that is simplicity and heart touching is the real hero. This is one of the reasons that Saira’s real match is not from films made in a huge 500 crore, but from the film which won the hearts of the audience even in a low budget.