Chhaava, the latest historical film from Bollywood is creating a massive impact at the box office and audiences are raving about it. However, if we look at our Telugu directors’ historical biopics, like Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy and Gautami Putra Satakarni, they turned out to be failures.
Audiences show much interest in watching historical biopics, as there are many legends in Indian history. People want to know their story. Now the latest release Chhaava is moving the audience emotionally, and the people are crying in the theatres by seeing the film and it happened for more films in the past.
But somehow, Telugu directors failed to achieve this with their recent films. In recent years we have seen Gauthami Putra Satakarni, Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, Rudramadevi, and many more, but no movie has moved the audiences or made any strong impact.
Even Rajamouli’s RRR worked as a commercial film, but no one really connected to the legendary persons Komaram Bheem and Alluri Seetaramaraju, as the movie was made with a different and fictional storyline. Putting aside the box office results, our Telugu directors’ historical biopics, like Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy and Gautami Putra Satakarni failed to create the required effect among audiences.
We need to wait and see who can make a successful and impactful historical film from the Telugu Film Industry. With the help of the Pan-India market, if a perfect film comes from Tollywood with a real-historical backdrop, then it makes a strong impact across languages.