Mumbai, June 20 -- Actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu has expressed happiness over the audience response to her latest release 'Maa Inti Bangaaram', which has opened to a box office collection of Rs 13.15 crore (gross worldwide) on its first day.

Samantha shared a heartfelt note on X, saying it is encouraging to witness viewers embracing cinema purely for its content, irrespective of whether it is male-led or female-led.

"To see a film open so well on day one is hugely humbling and means the world to us. So very glad to see the day when audiences embrace a film irrespective of whether it is male-led or female-led. And it's beautiful to see people show up wholeheartedly - from the young to the seniors - to cheer the film's release. The most hear...