Sukumar’s Enduring fascination with 100 Crores despite blockbuster success

Sukumar, over the last decade and half, has carved a niche for himself in Tollywood and has emerged as one of the finest directors in the industry. His works are admired by several top heroes and directors and this is why he is a part of the Tollywood top league directors alongside Rajamouli and Trivikram.

Even the assistant directors working with Sukumar have crafted an identity for themselves. The rising demand for his assistants has elevated Sukumar’s position further in the industry. With Uppena, Buchi Babu, Srikanth Odela, Karthik Dandu with Virupaksha have made impressive debuts as a director. Apart to Sukumar being the mentor, his enduring fashion with the 100 Crores figure is the common aspect for these films.

Both Uppena and Virupaksha are massive blockbusters at the box office, and they have brought 200% returns to the buyers. So, there is no need to hype the numbers for this kind of genuine blockbusters, but still the unit of these movies have hyped the numbers. Interesting thing is for both the films, Sukumar is one of the producers and his assistants are directors.

In reality, both the films have ended up around 90 Crores Gross, but the team has officially released a 100 Crores poster. If we go into the past, even in Uppena movie’s success meet Sukumar had mentioned it will cross 100 Crores mark. It looks like Sukumar is so fascinated with the 100 Crores mark.

However, a section of netizens is not finding any with the hyped numbers of Uppena and Virupaksha. They say that it is common for producers to exaggerate or hype the collections of a hit movie. Another point to be noted is that both Uppena and Virupaksha have come very close to the magical figure of 100 Crores, so the makers of these films adding a few numbers to show record figures is not such a bad practice.