With The Paradise, Nani has joined the elite club of Telugu heroes who have achieved a 100 Cr theatrical business film, a milestone that, until now, belonged exclusively to Tollywood’s biggest stars.
Who’s in the 100 Cr Club
Before The Paradise, this club was limited to six Tier 1 heroes — Prabhas, Allu Arjun, Mahesh Babu, Ram Charan, Pawan Kalyan and NTR — along with two senior stars, Chiranjeevi and Balakrishna. For these stars, theatrical business has gone well beyond the 100 Cr mark too, with several films touching 200 Cr, 300 Cr, 500 Cr and more depending on scale and budget.
A First for the New Generation
With The Paradise, Nani becomes the first hero from the new generation to break into this club. Among his contemporaries, Vijay Deverakonda, Naga Chaitanya, Akhil, Varun Tej, Sai Dharam Tej, Teja Sajja, Ram, etc.
Nani is now the first to achieve a 100 Cr theatrical business film, a landmark that sets him apart from his peers and places him in company that, until now, only Tollywood’s most established stars have kept.
