Tollywood hasn’t registered single hit film in September and October in spite of big movies like Aravindha Sametha, Devadas, Shailaja Reddy Alludu and NOTA hitting the screens.
November, which is usually considered as a dull month for Telugu cinema box office has done better compared to previous months.
Dubbed film Sarkar turned out to be a decent hit in Telugu. It has become the first ever hit for Tamil superstar Vijay. Political backdrop and Murugadoss factor helped Sarkar to fetch decent openings and the film capitalized on it to go past the breakeven mark.
Vijay Deverakonda’s long delayed horror comedy Taxiwala has become a hit against all odds. Despite the leakages and low buzz, Taxiwala managed to collect more than Rs. 20 crore share, which is almost triple its making costs. The film’s success cannot be compared to Geetha Govindam or Arjun Reddy, but it is a blockbuster nevertheless.
Much awaited high budget visual extravaganza 2.0 opened well in spite of releasing during off season. The film has generated good word of mouth and the buyers are hoping that it would hold well for few weeks to be a successful venture.
Mythri Movie Makers got rude shock in November with two of their movies Savyasachi and Amar Akbar Anthony ending up as disasters. The latter has put a huge dent in Raviteja’s market and has put director Sreenu Vaitla in a terrible spot.
Films like Adhugo, 24 Kisses, Rangu etc. were total washouts.