Hanuman Crosses 5 Million Mark in North America. This Indian Superhero film has added another record in its bag. Starring Teja Sajja and directed by Prashanth Varma, HanuMan became a big money spinner for all the parties involved. Hanuman Crosses 5 Million Mark in North America.
Undoubtedly, America has been the best performing territory for the film. In other areas it collected on par with big films, but in America HanuMan crossed all big films, excluding big budget event films like Salaar and Rajamouli’s. Excluding these event films, no film has crossed the 4 Million Mark in America until now.
HanuMan crossed the 4 Million mark a few days ago, and now it crossed the 5 Million Mark on the 3rd Saturday as well.
Recently, Salaar and now Hanuman have shown there is a massive potential in the USA market if word of mouth comes positive. The USA market has definitely increased and it is all up to the directors to provide the required strong content with their movies. If content is good, then the big films can easily collect even 5M to 6M now. Moreover, Medium budget films can aim 3M — 4M now.
The success of HanuMan will help all Prashanth Varma films and his PVCU films. The trade anticipates HanuMan sequel Jai Hanuman might even join the 10 Million club if the word of mouth is positive.
The release date for Ranbir Kapoor’s Ramayan has been confirmed. It is widely known that Bollywood Star Hero Ranbir Kapoor is all set to portray the character of Lord Rama in his upcoming film Ramayan. The YJHD Actor recently saw massive success with Animal, directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, and now has some exciting projects lined up, of which Ramayan is the most significant. The release date for Ranbir Kapoor’s Ramayan has been confirmed.
Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, the film Ramayan is being planned like never before. It will be made in three parts, as reported. The lead stars are very massive. Ranbir will be seen as lord Ram, the renowned actress Sai Pallavi as Sita, and the KGF Actor Yash as Ravana.
According to reports, Hanuman in the film will be played by Sunny Deol, Vibheeshana by Vijay Sethupathi, and Kaikeyi by Lara Dutta. However, Bobby Deol has turned down the role of Kumbhakaran. Nitesh Tiwari and Namit Malhotra are producing the film, and it is said to be targeted for release during Diwali in 2025. Although there has been no official announcement about the project and its main cast, pre-production is reportedly underway.
The director is said to have locked the plan, and the shoot will start this March. The makers plan to release it on Diwali 2025. Diwali festival is usually considered one of the biggest seasons for Bollywood.
The film’s first part will have a significant portion of Lord Ram and Sita, while Ravana and Lord Hanuman’s characters will have introduction scenes. In Part 2 and Part 2, they will have a much more significant role to play.
Is the “Salaar Goes Global” phenomenon, a paid promotional campaign? This is the latest buzz on social media. It is widely known that Prabhas and Prashanth Neel’s Pan Indian action drama Salaar started streaming on OTT a few days back, and it is currently available in South Indian languages only.
Surprisingly, the film saw a big response from other countries’ audiences. Everyone thought that just like RRR, Salaar is also reaching international audiences, and it will get much bigger after it gets released in English version.
The response for Salaar: Ceasefire on OTT raises questions
However, a section of people on social media say that it is a paid promotional campaign from the makers. The Netizens accuse that the other countries people who are posting positive responses about the film are paid for doing so, and actually, they did not even do not watch the film. Some of the handles that posted the reviews have been proved as fake as the Netizens provided proofs that they are paid handles.
Now majority of people started to believe it is indeed a paid promotional campaign from the makers of Salaar as the film has not even started streaming in English/ Hindi versions. So some people have doubt that how come it got international recognition in such a quick time. RRR took a lot of time to reach international audiences but Salaar reaches very immediately after streaming on OTT all which paves the way for the doubt, Is “Salaar Goes Global” phenomenon, a paid promotional campaign?
There is nothing wrong if the makers of Salaar did the paid promotions. Because any team wants their movie to reach maximum people. With the help of influencers, the people will get to know about the film, and they will watch it. The only one thing the film needs is these paid promotions should gradually turn into organic response, which will have a bigger advantage for part 2.
Whether Salaar’s OTT response is a paid promotion or it is an organic one is unclear as of now and all are peoples assumptions.
Guntur Kaaram’s Krishna rights were bought by Dheeraj Mogilineni for 6.5Cr [Including GST]. He is the producer of the film Ambajipeta Marriage Band which is slated for release on 2nd February. During the movie promotions when questioned about the Guntur Kaaram profits, the distributor stated that he achieved breakeven and went on to profits in Krishna.
He announced that the rights were bought at 6.5Cr and the movie made a share collection of Rs 6Cr+ including GST 6.7Cr+ till now. He also said Not only in Krishna but also in Andhra [6 Territories] he has received the word that buyers are everyone and made profits with Guntur Kaaram despite mixed word of mouth.
Mahesh Babu’s brand and Sankranthi season helped the buyers to recover the amounts. Even in Ceeded, the distributors are in a safe zone and the exhibitors lost around 15% – 20%. In Nizam, the ticket hike impacted the movie. Had the team removed the hike after receiving mixed word of mouth, the movie would have collected good numbers like Andhra and put Dil Raju in a safe position. With the huge ticket hike effect Dil Raju faced losses.
Jahnvi Kapoor has been roped in for Suriya’s Epic Movie Karna. Bollywood actress Jahnvi Kapoor has been making waves since her recent Koffee with Karan appearance. It is widely known that she is set to appear in Devara alongside NTR and Saif Ali Khan. Moreover, it has been reported that Janhvi Kapoor has been roped in for Suriya’s Epic Movie Karna. Jahnvi Kapoor has been roped in for Suriya’s Epic Movie Karna.
Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Kanguva actor Suriya are collaborating on an upcoming big project, which has been in the discussion stage for a while. Karna, one of the main characters in the Mahabharata epic, will be the subject of the film. His life story and his role in the Mahabharata battle will be portrayed in the movie. Now the addition of Jahnvi Kapoor will make this project a much more interesting one.
It will be made as a Pan Indian big budget movie in two parts. As said above, the film’s story is set in Mahabharata period and Suriya will be playing the character of Karna character. Pre production works are already going for the film.
The movie will be made in all major Indian languages, with an estimated budget of around 500Cr for both the parts. Many stars from Indian Cinema will be part of this film
Shashidhar Reddy, the distributor of the movie HanuMan in the Nizam region, has made headlines for disclosing the film’s box-office figures openly at the film’s success meet held in Hyderabad.
As we all know, HanuMan (2024), a superhero flick starring Teja Sajja in lead, directed by Prashanth Varma, hit the screens on January 12, 2023, to rave reviews and has become a massive blockbuster. To celebrate the film’s remarkable success, an event titled ‘Gratitude Meet’ was held today. As a part of it, the film’s Nizam distributor has revealed some interesting figures that sent shock waves through the industry. The numbers are as follows:
After a Day 1 collection of just ₹1.18 crore, it has gone on to rake in a staggering ₹52 crores till 26th January, with footfall exceeding 27 lakh. Distributor is confident that this number might even cross 50 Lakhs as there is no OTT release for 60 days from release date. Moreover, the film’s Day 15 collection of ₹2.02 crore nearly doubled its opening day figure.
It is no secret that films’ box figures published after release, particularly those of top stars, are significantly inflated by the makers, primarily to create a false perception and, of course, to appease the fans. Having said that, it’s rare for a distributor to disclose such detailed figures openly. He went on to say that the film’s premieres, initially planned with just nineteen shows, has ended with a record 345 shows following huge demand, with all of them being sold out.
Needless to say, the movie, HanuMan, made as the first project in PVCU (Prashanth Varma Cinematic Universe), outperformed all films in competition, including Mahesh Babu’s Guntur Karam (2024), Naa Sami Ranga (2024), Saindhav (2024) and emerged as the 2024 Sankranthi winner. Moreover, it has joined the elite list of Telugu movies that created an impact in the Hindi belt posting good numbers. The film’s success is expected to raise the standards of the universe’s future projects, which include a direct sequel titled ‘Jai HanuMan’, ‘Adhira’ and an untitle female superhero film.
Sam Bahadur OTT Streaming receives tremendous response. Upon its OTT debut, this latest release of Vicky Kaushal is getting many applauds from the viewers. The film is a Biopic of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, the first Indian Army officer to reach the rank of Field Marshal. Sam Bahadur OTT Streaming receives tremendous response.
The movie was made available on ZEE5 for streaming in Hindi with English subtitles from Republic Day. Sam Bahadur has received 70Million+ watch minutes until now. Meghna Gulzar, who is known for her films Raazi and Chhapaak, has directed this biographical movie. Even at the theatrical release, the film was able to gather over 100Cr Gross worldwide despite facing the mammoth opponent like Animal.
Sam Bahadur sees Stunning response on OTT
Apart from Vicky Kaushal in the titular character, the film has Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, and Edward Sonnenblick, who is famous in RRR, playing crucial roles. The film was produced by Ronnie Screwvala under the RSVP Movies banner. Shankar Ehsan Loy provided the music.
Vishwambhara Overseas rights have been sold for a record price in Chiranjeevi’s Career. It is widely known that Megastar Chiranjeevi is working on a socio fantasy film under the direction of Mallidi Vassishta. There are high expectations for this film among mega fans and audiences. Vishwambhara Overseas rights have been sold for a record price in Chiranjeevi’s Career.
Reportedly, Viswambhara is a record budget film in Chiranjeevi’s career and it is a socio fantasy film. Bimbisara fame Vassishta is the director of this film. The movie has been announced to be released on Sankranthi 2025 and top production house UV Creations is backing it.
The Overseas rights of this big film have been sold for a record price of 18Cr, which is the highest price in Chiranjeevi’s career. Sarigama Cinemas has acquired the rights. Lately, Fantasy films are attracting huge number of audiences to the theaters and the recent blockbuster Hanuman is the perfect example of the trend.
Here’s the Title Reveal Video of Vishwambhara
Megastar Chiranjeevi’s socio fantasy film Vishwambhara is already carrying massive expectations. The makers are planning to release the movie in all Indian major languages.
After Guntur Kaaram’s release, Trivikram received massive criticism and avoided public appearances and media interaction for several days. He did not attend Mahesh Babu’s party to the team and also did not do any interviews nor was he a part of any promotional campaign. The industry circles reported that Trivikram was personally disturbed by the criticism that Guntur Kaaram and in particular his direction and writing faced.
Breaking the sabbatical, the ace director was seen in his first public appearance in a long time. The director met Megastar Chiranjeevi at the latter’s residence alongside producer Chinnababu. It was great to see Trivikram in a joyous mood and posing for the pictures.
A moment of celebration and admiration as our producer S. Radhakrishna (chinababu) garu and our darling director #Trivikram garu met Shri. Megastar @KChiruTweets garu and extended their Heartfelt congratulations on the well-deserved #PadmaVibhushan recognition, bringing immense… pic.twitter.com/krGxOcQh4F
— Haarika & Hassine Creations (@haarikahassine) January 27, 2024
It is great to see him back and happy. While Guntur Kaaram may have been a half-baked product and there are many reasons for its performance, Trivikram surely has the capability of giving a resounding comeback. He is planning to do an immediate film on a medium budget with a tier 2 hero something similar to A Aa.
“Ambajipeta Marriage Band” has a unique element, and it will impress the audience, says Producer Dheeraj Mogilineni.
Suhas, the promising young actor of Telugu cinema, has been making waves with his performances in films like ‘Color Photo’ and ‘Writer Padmabhushan’. He is now ready to entertain the audience with his upcoming film “Ambajipeta Marriage Band.” The film produced jointly by GA2 Pictures and director Venkatesh Maha’s Mahayana motion pictures, the film is also coming under the banner of Dheeraj Mogilineni Entertainment.
Dheeraj Mogilineni has carved a niche for himself in Tollywood as a successful young producer, boasting hit films like Dorasani, ABCD, Urvashivo Rakshasivo, and Baby. His latest venture, “Ambajipeta Marriage Band,” is set for a grand release in theaters on February 2. On this occasion, Producer Dheeraj Mogilineni shared insights into the highlights of the movie.
“After the lockdown, director Dushyanth shared the complete story, including the dialogues, of ‘Ambajipeta Marriage Bandu.’ The narrative is woven with real incidents from his life, and the natural elements in Dushyant’s storytelling deeply impressed me. Given the natural backdrop of the story, we meticulously planned the casting and locations, initiating the shooting only after ample pre-production time. While the trailer may suggest discussions on caste, the film doesn’t aim to perpetuate stereotypes. The representation of different castes in the village is a natural reflection, not intended for any demeaning portrayal.”
“When ‘Ambajipeta Marriage Band’ was initially announced, it was perceived as a comedy. The release of songs hinted at a love story, and the trailer revealed a more serious subject. Suhas, known for his versatility, embraced this serious role with dedication, showcasing a different dimension of his acting prowess. The film doesn’t convey a particular message, but rather presents real incidents from a specific area in a cinematic form. The character of Suhas’s sister, played by Saranya Pradeep, is pivotal, forming the crux of the story.”
“While considering Suhas for the lead, we were aware of his recent success in ‘Color Photo’ and ongoing projects. Suhas’s commitment and dedication to the role were evident as he shaved his head twice for certain scenes, choosing authenticity over a wig. His commitment surprised us, especially considering his busy schedule with multiple offers after ‘Color Photo.’”
“In the casting process, we aimed for freshness, auditioning new talents like Shivani for the heroine’s role. Director Dushyanth recognized her potential and elevated her from a friend’s role to the lead heroine. The film has been designed to break away from the typical commercial formula, maintaining Geetha Arts’ reputation while infusing a fresh approach with new talents.”
“Shekhar Chandra’s music has added depth to the film, enhancing the overall experience. Director Dushyant’s storytelling prowess, showcased in movies like ‘Care of Kancherapalem’ and ‘Umamaheswara Ugrarupasya,’ is evident in ‘Ambajipeta Marriage Bandu.’ His mentor, Venkatesh Maha, initially introduced him to the story, and their collaboration has resulted in a technically impressive film.”
“Dushyanth’s association with Venkatesh Maha in previous projects shaped his directorial skills, and Venkatesh Maha was initially interested in producing this movie. However, considering the risks during the COVID period, we took on the production. Allu Aravind’s positive response after watching the movie was a testament to its quality.”
“Aside from ‘Ambajipeta Marriage Bandu,’ we are concurrently working on ‘The Girlfriend’ with Rashmika Mandanna, having completed 40% of the shooting. Additionally, we have three more projects in the pipeline, and details will be announced soon.”
Jagadeesh Pratap Bandari of Pushpa fame and Goparaju Ramana playing key roles. Music is scored by Sekhar Chandra. Wajid Baig and Kodati Pawan Kalyan are handling the cinematography and editing departments. The film is directed by newcomer Dushyanth Katikineni, and it is creating quite a buzz among movie lovers with the promotional content.
