Swerved not for the competition from a gigantic multi-starrer, 'Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu', Mega Power Star Ram Charan deliberately invited the heroes' duo for the duel for this Pongal. Obviously, the fight has turned out to be CHERRY VS VENKATESH & MAHESH. However, 'Naayak' was made of a budget of Rs.42 crores. According to the producer Dil Raju, 'SVSC' was made with a budget of Rs.60 crores.
In this scenario, 'Naayak' just needs a share of Rs.45+ crores in its full run to get profits. Leaving a big surprise to one and all, the movie is going to collect a share of Rs.35 to 37 crores at the end of its first week run. That means the movie is going to get break even in the second week itself. On the other hand, 'SVSC' has to struggle for three weeks to get break even collections.
Even the opposition camp of Cherry is saying that Cherry is the real winner of this Pongal as they felt it's not fair to call multi-starrer movie's heroes as Pongal heroes as Cherry scored a big hit being a solo hero.