Two top heroes, Venaktesh and Mahesh Babu although entered into Sankranti race as rivals with ‘Bodyguard’ and ‘Businessman’ have each completed 50 days. The two pictures attracted huge publicity and retained their date with Pongal. While nothing great was announced about two films till date, initial publicity blitz says that two films are hits commercially.
Producer Bellamkonda Suresh said in a press release that efforts of the unit were rewarded and ‘Bodyguard’ stood out as a family entertainer. He thanked the audience for making movie one of the good hits in Telugu this year. SS Thaman was the music director of both the films.