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Anjali’s Telugu Film Direct OTT Release Details

Balloon is a Tamil movie starring Anjali and Jai in the lead roles. It’s a horror-comedy entertainer released in 2017 (Tamil Version) and received decent reports from the audience and critics.

Telugu dubbing works for this film have to be interpreted due to financial issues in 2017. Recently the Telugu dubbing works of Balloon were finished and it’s ready to be premiered on Zee5 from 10th July. Anjali and Jai paired up for the second time after a successful film Journey. Anjali will also be seen in Anushka’s Nishabdam, Power Star’s Vakeel Saab along with the other Telugu film titled Anandha Bhairavi. On the other hand, Zee5 delivered a hit series Loser and an utter thriller 47 Days. Balloon features Raj Tarun in a guest role and Yogi Babu, Nagineedu, Joy Mathew, and Ramachandran Durairaj as the supporting cast. It was directed by Sinish under the production of Dhilip Subbarayan, Arun Balaji, and Nandakumar. Yuvan Shakar Raja composed tunes for this movie.

Uttarandhra (UA) Box-office Benchmarks

Uttarandhra Region All Time / Non SSR Benchmarks

  • 1Cr – Pedarayudu (1995)
  • 2Cr – Aadhi (2002)
  • 3Cr – Pokiri (2006)
  • 4Cr – Dookudu (2011)
  • 5Cr – Gabbar Singh (2012)
  • 6Cr – Attarintiki Daredi (2013)
  • 7Cr, 8Cr – Sarrainodu (2016)
  • 9Cr, 10Cr, 11Cr, 12Cr – KhaidiNo150 (2017)
  • 13Cr – Rangasthalam (2018)
  • 14Cr, 15Cr, 16Cr, 17Cr, 18Cr, 19Cr – Sarileru Neekevvaru (2020)
  • 20Cr – Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (2020)

Shruti Hassan’s Film Releasing Directly On OTT Platform

Direct OTT release has become common due to the unpredictable situation around us. Covid19 positive cases spike has been increasing day by day and there is no clarity about re-opening of theatres. Producers across India are going for OTT release by skipping theatrical release if they are getting a good offer. Even OTT platforms are ready for offering a good amount to filmmakers.

Already a couple of films are streaming directly on OTT platforms and there are about a dozen of films scheduled for direct release on different platforms. South Indian actress Shruti Haasan who made her acting debut in 2008 has done several films across various languages. Her upcoming Bollywood film “Yaara” which is action thriller is all set to release directly on Zee5. This film is directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia which is an official remake of the french film “A Gang Story”. An official statement from makers is that Yaara will be streaming from 25th July on Zee5. This will be the first film for Shruti Hassan which opted for direct release. Currently is has 2-3 films which are under the production stage and one of them us Ravi Tej’s Krack which is being directed by Gopichand Malineni.

Tollywood’s Backbone Effected With Corona

Hyderabad being a metropolitan city is now seeing the severe corona crisis with about 16,000 COVID-19 cases. The virus is rapidly spreading in the city but the Telangana government says that the situation is still under control.

The COVID-19 has made its way to almost all the fields including the political and film industry. Recently, some MLAs and home minister of Telangana were tested positive for this deadly virus. Also from movie actors and serial actors were infected with it. The latest report says that Coronavirus entered the premises of Ramoji Film City. RFC was certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest integrated film city. Two employees of Eenaadu working in Ramoji Film City were tested COVID-19 positive and undergoing treatment. Blood samples of 50 more employees are sent for testing as they also work on the same floor. Many small budget films and tv serial teams are currently shooting in Ramoji Film City. Now they are worried after knowing this news.

Another Two New Actors To Make Their Debut

Satish Vegesna started his film career as a writer and made his directorial with Dongala Bandi which did not create any impact at the box office. After a long gap, he delivered a national award-winning film like Shathamanam Bhavati produced by Dil Raju. Later he has done a film in SVC banner Srinivasa Kalyanam and this year he came up with Entha Manchi Vadavura but none of them was successful.

In any industry, it’s the most common practice to launch their next generation to carry forward their legacy. In Tollywood, many young actors were launched and proved themselves. This scenario is not limited to the actors’ families. Producer Bellamkonda Srinivas introduced Sai Srinivas and Director Puri Jagannath’s son Akash is also into the industry. Now, Satish Vegesna’s son is likely to join this list. Yes, Satish wants to introduce his son as a hero and he also completed the script work for this project. He feels that it would be better if his son gets launched under the production of star producers like Dil Raju. On the other hand, he recently started his own production SV2 Entertainments which is currently producing Allari Naresh’s Naandhi. Even Tollywood leading producer Suresh Babu has also confirmed that his 2nd son will be making his debut next year.

West Box-office Benchmarks

West Region All Time / Non-SSR Benchmark Movies List

  • 1cr – Samrasimha Reddy (1999)
  • 2cr – Pokiri (2006)
  • 3cr – Gabbar Singh (2012)
  • 4cr – Srimanthudu (2015)
  • 5,6cr – Khaidi No150 (2017)
  • 7Cr, 8cr – Ala vaikunthapurramuloo (2020)

Finally Aha Gets On Right Track

OTT platforms are betting high on new content to keep the audience binged. Already there are several OTT platforms are competing to grab the digital rights for any movie. A few months back Tollywood producer Allu Aravind launched his OTT platform exclusively for Telugu content. They have made several web series and bagged Tollywood’s hit film rights. But none of them were successful till now. Allu Aravind has started looking for direct release films on their platform and a film titled “Run” was premiered a few days back on Aha which failed completely. Yet another film “Bhanumathi & Ramakrishna” digital rights were grabbed by Aha which started streaming on Aha from yesterday. This film is getting a good response from the audience as well as from critics. With this film finally, Aha had witnessed success and they are streaming the recent digital hit “Krishna And His Leela” on their platform from today. Not only these but the new creative team at Aha are upcoming with few exciting shows soon. Keep watching this space for more updates.

East Box-office Benchmarks

East Region All Time / Non-SSR Benchmark Movies List

  • 1cr – Samrasimha Reddy (1999)
  • 2cr – Pokiri (2006)
  • 3cr – Dookudu (2011)
  • 4cr – Attarintiki Daredi (2013)
  • 5cr, 6cr – Srimanthudu (2015)
  • 7cr, 8cr – KhaidiNo150 (2017)
  • 9cr, 10cr, 11cr – Sarileru Neekevvaru (2020)

RGV’s Power Star Film Release Date

Sensational director Ram Gopal Varma has been delivering dud films past few years. Now he has been releasing back to back films on an OTT platform with pay per view system. He already released “Climax” and “Naked” on the Shreyas ET platform and the team of ShreyasET claimed that both these films are profitable ventures and collected record revenue within few hours.

Ram Gopal Varma has announced 3 more new projects and one of them was titled “Power Star”. Power Star film will be based on Tollywood stars actor Pawan Kalyan and a few days back he tweeted that this film casts PK, MS, NB, TS, a Russian Women along with 4 children, 8 buffalos and RGV himself. This may be a satirical film. RGV is all set to start the shoot of this film very soon and he is planning to release the film on Shreyas ET platform on September 2nd on the eve of Pawan Kalyan’s birthday. Recently he shared a pic of the artist who will be seen as Pawan Kalyan, sources say that he has been selected as he appears to be Jr. Pawan Kalyan on TikTok.

This Is What Happened To Baahubali Prequel Series

India’s biggest blockbuster Baahubali1 and Baahubali2 has created many records across the world at the box-office. There were many franchises planned for Baahubali by Director Rajamouli and his team. They initially launched an animated series that was available on the OTT platform and cartoon toys of Baahubali characters. In an interview director, Rajamouli has revealed that each character has a separate story about how their character was designed.

After few months Baahubali team has launched “The Rise Of Shivagami” book (novel). Later the leading OTT platform Netflix has announced an original web series titled The Prequel Of Baahubali. Based on the novels Netflix and director Deva Katta have decided to take a 13 episode series and release it in Summer 2020. But Netflix’s creative team were not satisfied with the initial output which completed its shoot. With this, Netflix has decided to take time for the script work and other graphic work to bring the best output. The rumors that Baahubali prequel has been shelved is absolutely false, Netflix will complete this project and release it in next year in multiple languages. This will be the first original web series from Tollywood that is being bankrolled by Netflix India.