Supreme hero Sai Dharam Tej had delivered back to back flops for the past few years. Chitralahari’s success is a necessity for him. The film’s success is indeed for director Kishore Tirumala, producers of Mythri Movie Makers and heroines Kalyani Priyadarshan, Nivetha Pethuraj.
Chitralahari released with good expectations yesterday to mixed response from critics. However, the film has opened to decent response from the audience. The film through premiere on Thursday raked $ 62,051 from 107 locations with per location average of $580 in USA. And it minted nearly $48K on Friday, taking the first day total to $ 110K approximately. This is biggest opener so far for SDT.
Sai Dharam Tej and the makers are pretty confident of Chitralahari becoming a winner at box office. Nonetheless, trade pundits predict, the film may slow down in coming days owing to mixed reviews and the talk of slowness in narration.
As per reports, Chitralahari is off to decent collections in Telugu states.