Among senior heroes, only megastar Chiranjeevi still enjoys solid market, wherein others are struggling to score hits. Victory Venkatesh scored a blockbuster with F2, thanks to combination and also it’s a perfect festival film. However, Venky tasted bitter result with his very next film Venky Mama and there is no buzz for his next outing Naarappa as well.
Nandamiri Balakrishna is also botching to deliver hits. However, there is some good buzz on his next untitled film tentatively titled BB3, because Boyapati Srinu is directing it. Two films came in their combination were blockbusters. Trade hopes the duo complete hat-trick hits with their third film which is in last leg of shooting.
It’s been long since Nagarjuna attained a commercial hit. His graph is going down from film to film. Soggade Chinni Nayana was the last commercial hit of Nagarjuna who later starred in uncountable flops. Only Oopiri made decent business among numerous films in last few years.
Nagarjuna’s recent release Wild Dog has also got lukewarm response. Though the makers claim corona played spoilsport, many opine Wild Dog failed to live up to the expectations and flop streak of Nagarjuna too impacted the film’s box office performance. Only films with crazy directors and interesting scripts can save Nagarjuna.
Coming to Chiranjeevi, he is consecutively scoring hits in his second innings. His last movie Sye Raa might not have done well in other states; it became a profit venture for buyers in Telugu states. Now, there are sky high expectations on Acharya being helmed by Koratala Siva. Ram Charan plays a crucial role in the highly anticipated film which will be gracing the theatres on May 13th.
Chiranjeevi’s next films are with flop directors- Mohan Raja, Bobby and Meher Ramesh. Interestingly, out of the three films, two are remakes. These films actually decide the market range of Chiranjeevi. Still, he is the best crowd puller among all the senior heroes!