India, May 9 -- Filmmaker Vignesh Shivan's Love Insurance Kompany was released in theatres on April 10 to mixed reviews. The film's box office performance broke lead actor Pradeep Ranganathan's Rs.100 crore streak with Love Today (2022), Dragon (2025) and Dude (2025), collecting less than Rs.70 crore. As the film was released on Prime Video on May 6, Vignesh admitted that LIK's box-office performance made him sad.

Vignesh wrote on a long note on Instagram that he had a dream with LIK that was not small nor safe. He believed the story would 'echo in crores' and 'shake the walls of cinema'. "I imagined applause. I saw it in the theatres, I manifested laughter - I heard it in the theatres, But still the benchmark of 100 crores wasn't touche...