After the sensational start for New Year with a marvelous Sankranti movie treat offered to Telugu audience in the form of four movies viz. ‘Nannaku Prematho, Dictator, Express Raja’ and ‘Soggade Chinni Nayana’ just went rocking at Box Office, everyone thought that entry of ‘Kathakali’ starring Vishal and Catherine Tresa would downsize the theater count for above said four.
Actually, Vishal wanted to release ‘Kathakali’ Telugu version along with the original Tamil version for Sankranti. Due to stiff competition posed by four direct Telugu movies, he stepped back and unavailability of good number of theaters is also a reason. Then Tamil version getting decent response should have made Vishal feel more confident.
However, Censor problems created unfortunate ruckus for ‘Kathakali’ release in Telugu and the movie which is planned for release on this Friday that is 22nd is now pushed to an indefinite date. This is ultimately a blessing in disguise for our four Sankranti movies to continue their Box Office run without any obstruction.