2021 was a year where Tollywood saw a lot of ups and downs. The industry saw some unexpected major hits and also saw the Covid crisis and ticket pricing issues shutting the theatres down. Amidst all these lows, one man who lit up the year big time and unarguably became the Star of the year is Nandamuri Balakrishna!
The massive success of Akhanda and the audience’s love showered on his talk show Unstoppable are enough to make this the year of Balayya.
Akhanda was the first biggie released after the Covid 2nd wave. It was indeed a daring step by Balayya to release the movie at such a time. However, the movie stayed true to the hype and ended up as a huge success.
Akhanda was made on a massive budget and released on unseason without any holiday advantage. However, the star power of Balakrishna and his combo with Boyapati pulled not only the mass audience, but families as well across all the territories.
Balakrishna has delivered his career-best performance as Akhanda. The audience felt the real essence of Shiva in Akhanda. The film has done excellent revenues in all territories including Nizam and overseas where normally Balakrishna and Boya movies stand comparatively weak. The numbers of these regions are mind-blowing and the movie turned out to be profitable to each and every exhibitor and Producer.
And in a month like December, the film has run for 4 weeks without a deficit. Hence, whether it is about performance or about the Box-Office, it was the year of Balayya. The veteran star made a solid comeback this year and said “I AM NOT DONE YET”.
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