Vikram and Shankar combo film ‘I Manoharudu’ is doing extra ordinary pre release business. The movie produced by Aascar Ravichandran on a budget of nearly 100 Crores is the most awaited project of this year. Very recently, the Tamil audio released in the presence of Arnold Schwarzenegger is a chart buster. Coming to the Telugu version, the hype is built up standard and music lovers are waiting for the audio release date to listen the AR Rahman composed songs.
Meanwhile, ‘I Manoharudu’ pre release business is breaking the barriers set by Shankar’s earlier film with Rajinikanth that is ‘Robot.’ Till date, Rajini is the biggest business maker for Tamil to Telugu dubbing films. Looks like Vikram is going to cross him with ‘I.’ As per the trade updates, Krishna district rights of the film are bagged for whopping Rs.2.52 Crores while ‘Robot’ collected a share of Rs. 2.2 Crores in this territory. NV Prasad of Super Good Films bagged the theatrical rights of ‘I’ for whopping 30 Crores. Till now, 'I' is sold for record prices in all the areas.