Sankranti season is one of the most eagerly awaited ones for film lovers and filmmakers. Every major production house and hero tries to target this season for release as it brings a series of holidays and family walk-ins. Sankranthi 2024, like every year was a well-contested one with Guntur Kaaram, Hanuman, Saindhav, and Naa Saami Ranga released during the festive season. This year emerged as the all-time biggest Sankranti for Tollywood
Till now 2020 Sankranti was the biggest ever for Tollywood. Ala vaikunthapuuramuloo, Sarileru Neekevvaru, Entha Manchivaadavuraa were released for sankranti. Ala Vaikunthapuuramuloo and Sarileru Neekevvaru delivered huge numbers and emerged as non-Baahubali top-grossers in Telugu.
These Sankranti 4 films were released and out of these, Hanuman delivered huge numbers with around 290Cr gross. After Hanuman, Guntur Kaaram delivered good numbers with more than 180Cr gross, Naa Saami Ranga posted decent numbers and Saindhav failed at the box office. Both these movies together posted around Rs 55Cr gross.
Put together, all these movies collected Rs 525Cr gross making it the biggest Sankranti ever by crossing 2020’s Sankranti. 2020’s Sankranti delivered closer to 500Cr gross. But if we consider only the Telugu language collections, 2020 Sankranti is still the biggest in Telugu cinema history. Combined all languages-wise, 2024 is the biggest.
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