Prince Mahesh Babu has so far had 23 releases as main lead hero and Bharat Ane Nenu will be his 24th movie. If one looks back at his filmography, there is an interesting pattern his movies follow.
More or less, for every super hit movie, he had two flops followed. His debut movie as lead hero Rajakumarudu was a super hit and his next two movies Yuvaraju, Vamsi headed towards disaster zone.
Next came Murari and it was a super hit and bought Mahesh closer to family audience. After Murari came Takkari Donga and Bobby which ended as disasters.
Then released Okkadu which changed the image of Mahesh Babu and went on to become an industry hit at those times. After Okkadu followed Nijam and Nani which in turn were failures at box office.
After that he had an average in the form of Arjun. After Arjun released Athadu. Though Athadu was appreciated by many sects of audience, it was a loss venture in certain territories and ended up as a semi hit movie. But it ruled the roost on Television.
Next came Pokiri which was a game changer. Pokiri went on to become an industry hit and it increased Mahesh business by leaps and bounds.
After Pokiri, Prince had to face a hattrick of flops in the form of Sainikudu, Athidhi and Khaleja. Again, Khaleja was a hit in small media.
Then came Dhookudu which went on to become a blockbuster hit. After Dhookudu came Businessman and Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu were average at box-office.
Then followed a couple of flops in the form of 1 Nenokkadine and Aagadu. Srinu Vytla Aagadu was a complete disaster and the director never retained back and is still continuing with his flop streak.
Then came Srimanthudu which became the first 100 cr share movie for Mahesh and is still the biggest grosser for him till date.
As per the formula, Srimanthudu followed with two disasters Brahmotsavam and Spyder.
Following the pattern and trend, Mahesh's upcoming movie Bharat Ane Nenu should be a blockbuster and bring back Mahesh into success zone.
If Bharat ane Nenu evolves a block buster, then what about his next movies with Vamshi Paidipally and Rajamouli?