Will Top Stars Show Power In 2020?

Star heroes films do extravagant business in form of satellite, digital and overseas rights etc even before the theatrical release. That is the reason industry revolves around top stars projects. Though not more than a dozen films come from the top stars every year, people discuss about them throughout the year. Let us see how top stars fared in 2019 and their strategies in 2020.

Projects with star heroes are not a joke. Lot of things like combinations, stories should form in sync. That is the reason films from them will take so much time. However of late top stars are more energetic and are thinking of their upcoming projects while shooting for the current one. This in turn energizes the industry as it happened in 2019 and the same will be happening in 2020.

Mahesh Babu had a busy year this year. He turned Maharshi in summer and his milestone 25th film broke all his previous records. He then got ready with his next Sari Leru Neekevvaru which is releasing during sankranti next year. He is clear in mind as to what films he should do next. He gave a green signal to KGF director Prashant Neil and also readying with Vamsi Paidipally. Apart from it, many directors are readying stories for Mahesh Babu and if Mahesh okays half of them,he will be busy till 2025.

Prabhas came with just one film Saaho this year. The 250 crs budget film remained in the sets for quite some time and did not get the desired result. Due to the huge production cost, the film suffered huge losses. Prabhas is currently busy with Jaan. Though he planned to release the film this year, it did not happen. The film is set for a summer release in 2020. Rumors have it that Prabhas gave green signal to ace director Shankar though an official confirmation is awaited.

Chiranjeevi's dream project Sye Raa released this year. Ram Charan spent a whopping amount as a producer but the film landed in losses. Currently, Chiranjeevi is set to team up with Koratala Siva. Ram Charan starred in Vinaya Vidheya Rama which failed to attract viewers. He is now busy with RRR which is slated for a grand release in 2020.

Venkatesh made his presence with F2 and Venky Mama this year scoring hits. Balakrishna came with three films NTR Kathanayakudu, Mahanayakudu and Ruler and all of them turned out to be disasters. Nagarjuna disappointed with Manmadhudu 2. His Bangarraju is getting delayed for quite some time. Nagarjuna is turning Wild Dog and is also doing a special role in Bollywood film Brahmastra.

While all top stars entertained with 2-3 films, NTR, Allu Arjun, Raviteja did not have a singe release this year. NTR is busy with Rajamouli's RRR while Allu Arjun remained silent after Naa Peru Surya. He is set to entertain with Ala Vaikunthapurramloo during sankranti and is readying for his next with Sukumar. He is also having Icon with Venu Sriram.

Raviteja tasted disasters in 2018 and many expected his Disco Raja directed by VI Anand to release this year. However, the film is now slated for release in Jan 2020.