‘Shirdi Sai’ is one more memorable film for our TFI with Nagarjuna playing the lead role directed by Ragahvendra Rao. Movie has completed the censor formalities today to come out with a clean U certificate and producer Mahesh Kumar Reddy is happy man with the reactions of Censor Board Members who called the movie as ‘Maha Adbhutham.’ For all those who doubt the commercial viability of devotional flicks at BO, one of our trade analysts has given a simple calculation.
‘Not alone in Andhra Pradesh, all over India and in entire World, there are innumerable number of devotees for Shirdi Sai Baba who is considered as an incarnation of Lord Krishna. Every Thursday we see Lakhs of devotees rushing to Satguru Sainath’s temple. Irrespective of the region and religions (Hindus, Muslims and Christians), they believe in Baba. Even if a minor chunk of these devotees visit theatres to see the miracles of Saint Sai on big screen; that will be more than enough for producer and distributors to make huge profits. There is no way; one can judge the commercial verdict for ‘Shirdi Sai.’ As far as the pulse of Telugu audience is concerned, those who have immense belief in Baba will definitely watch the movie at least for once.’ So, wait for next Thursday to have darshan of our Baba Nagarjuna.