Tamil star Karthi almost lost his market in Telugu with back to back disasters. But, his career had been revived with Khaidi which was a runaway hit in both Tamil and Telugu. The film’s rights were sold for decent amount and it fetched heavy returns for buyers.
Hoping that, Khaidi magic to be repeated, Telugu buyers invested big on Donga. The film that also starred Jyothika and Sathyaraj in important roles was directed by Jeethu Joseph who is well known to Telugus as his film Drishyam was remade here.
Nonetheless, due to various factors, Donga is underperforming at box office. Firstly, there’s huge competition at box office and then the film has got mixed reviews. Khaidi was a big hit because no other film released on that week got hit talk and Karthi’s film received extreme positive reports.
Although there are some intriguing elements in Donga, sluggish narration did the damage. More importantly, week promotions also affected the film chances.