The makers of upcoming Sankranti releases RRR, Bheemla Nayak and Radhe Shyam have worrying news coming in. Barely a couple of days after seeing the sensational success of Balakrishna’s Akhanda, a government advisory has now raised tensions for Tollywood.
Speaking to the media earlier on Sunday, Telangana’s Director of Public Health DR GS Rao stated that from January 15th onwards we will see an influx of new Covid cases. These cases will see a peak in February.
RRR, Bheemla Nayak and Radhe Shyam will be releasing for Sankranti and there is a lot of investment and hopes riding on them. RRR will release on 7th January, Bheemla Nayak on 12th January, and Radhe Shyam on 14th January. These dates coincide with the period where cases will see a spike.
Adding to this another Tollywood biggie, Acharya is also slated for a release on 4th February. All these movies after many deliberations finalised the current release dates. However, with this new advisory and chances of rising cases, it needs to be seen what next steps are taken by the movie makers.
Just a few days ago a delegation from Tollywood met minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav to discuss various issues of the industry. The delegation comprised SS Rajamouli, Trivikram Srinivas, Dil Raju, Sunil Narang, DVV Danayya, Suryadevara Nagavamsi among several other bigwigs. Among the issues, the rising Covid cases and occupancy issues were of prime agenda. The government has assured all possible support however, we need to wait for further developments.
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