Mahesh Babu’s 1 Nenokkadine, released exactly 10 years back on Sankranthi, opened with disastrous word of mouth and reviews. Despite being appreciated for Mahesh’s performance and technical elements, the film ended up a disaster. It was a huge setback film for Mahesh Babu after the hattrick hits at that time.
Not just Mahesh, it has happened to all the star heroes where the box office results have been directly impacted by word of mouth. Now after 10 years, Guntur Kaaram has opened with the same kind of reviews and talk but the result of Guntur Kaaram is entirely different.
The movie is on the way to recovering more than 75% in 1st week itself. This has yet again proved Mahesh’s superstardom. This is not the first time Mahesh has given such a performance with mixed word of mouth. Vamsi Paidipally’s Maharshi emerged as a 100Cr+ share movie and top-grosser for Mahesh despite the mixed talk. Apart from this, Sarileru Neekevvaru also received mixed word of mouth. Another challenge here was that it was released alongside a huge blockbuster like Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo. Despite these factors, Sarileru Neekevvaru ended up with solid figures.
Sarkaru Vaari Paata was also released with the same mixed word of mouth and around 90% recovery was done. Mahesh is continuously doing that despite poor or mixed talk and this consistency of pulling crowds in the long run is just insane!
Coming to Guntur Kaaram, the same was stated by many exhibitors and representatives in the last few days. After seeing the reviews and poor word of mouth, everyone expected a repeat of Agnyathavaasi’s performance. But Mahesh’s stardom put a lot of them in a safe position
There are many instances of other star’s movies where the movie had a record budget and a much better word of mouth, yet they struggled. But Mahesh is putting in solid numbers even with bad/below-par talk much to the industry’s surprise and fan’s jubiliation. The only complaint about him is that he has not gotten a blockbuster content film like Srimanthudu, or Dookudu in recent times.
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