Once upon a time King Nagarjuna enjoyed the status of being one among the top four superstars of Tollywood. His fans even called him 'The South Indian Supremo' when the star acted in a few multilingual films.
Naturally, as the decades passed, all that glory of Nagarjuna has lasted. And his status has been degraded to such an extent, his Wild Dog collected less than Rs.1 crore at the box office. His highest grossing film in the career 'Soggade Chinni Nayana' collected Rs.48 crore worldwide share. Thereupon, no film of Nagarjuna has crossed those collections.
In short, Nagarjuna's current status has come down to the range of a small hero.
Contrary to Nagarjuna, Megastar Chiranjeevi is still ruling Tollywood with back to back blockbuster films with the highest collections. Of course, it's merely a different subject here.
In the meanwhile, Nagarjuna, himself, appeared to have admitted he is a small hero now. The press meet of his upcoming film Bangarraju was held on Wednesday evening. When a journo quizzed him if the low ticket rates in AP would trouble his film, Nagarjuna asserted the ticket rates won't affect his film anyway. "These ticket rates are enough for my film," Nagarjuna stated clearly. Saying so, he admitted indirectly that his status has been degraded to that of a small hero's range. What A pitiable situation to a hero who once ruled Tollywood as one of the superstars.
However, some observers felt Nagarjuna had delivered that statement to save his properties from the ruling party.