Tollywood Hungama this Summer (2012)

This year would be the biggest summer (in terms of making business) for Tollywood! With movies like Ram Charan's Racha, NTR Jr.'s Dhammu, Pawan Kalyan's Gabbar Singh & Rajamouli's Eega geared-up for release, industry will surely make a big money this summer (by the end of June).

Each of these four projects have been made with extreme care by the entire cast and crew (especially the lead actors/directors) of the respective projects for the following reasons: - 

Businessman Movie Review by Chaitanya Kumar Vummethala

After a smashing hit (Dookudu), Mahesh Babu joined his hands with Puri Jagan to wrap up Businessman in just 74 days (fastest movie of Mahesh Babu as hero till date). With the immediate previous hit and the festive release advantage coupled with the then industry hit combination has created a lot of hype on the movie, but what is the actual result of the Businessman output and what range of Business is it going to do....? 

Story, Screenplay, Dialogues & Direction: Puri Jagannadh who is known for his brilliant direction of simple scripts with the help of powerful punch dialogues has repeated the magic once again with Pokiri (Mahesh Babu), but this time as The Businessman. Firstly we should appreciate the captain of the ship for completing the project in a very short span of time that too with a super star, same time bringing out the quality output. Though the movie is away from reality, the narration and racy screenplay in collaboration with thought provoking and piercing dialogues have added great value to the simple script. 

Reason for Postponing Business Man Release Date

Postponing any film after the completion of Censor formalities will send wrong signals to the Buyers & Exhibitors. But, RR Camp made a wise move in moving Business Man to January 13 from the initially planned 11th.

If the film was released on 11th and gets a below par response, by the time of actual Sankranthi days ( Jan 14-16 ), Business Man would have lost the festive release advantage to Bodyguard which would be the preferred choice. Now with Business Man set to arrive on 13th, no matter whatever may be the public response, collectons will be the best considering Day 2 to 4 being public holidays for almost all.

Taking the current buzz about Business Man in Trade into account, moving to January 13th is a very good choice to make the most out of this film. Bodyguard, although their makers refuse to admit it may come only on Jan 14.

To sum it all up, Now Business Man will have both Day 1 & Festive Weekend advantage irrespective of the initial response which wouldn't have been possible with a Jan 11 Release.

So is Business Man going to be a Flop of 2012??? Just wait for another 7 Days to know the actual result!

Total Collections of Mahesh Babu's Dookudu

Just to recap on my review for Dookudu, lets see why was my rating for the movie is just 3.75/5.

Though the performance by Mahesh Babu was at top notch....

"Mahesh was as usual brilliant in every frame, whether it may be the timing in dialogue delivery or conveying a message with an expression on his face. His Dances were apt and Fights were great."

....this movie is not a great one like Mahesh's Athadu (or) Pokiri, but due to the festive season and release timing - Dookudu made good collections and stood as the best of 2011.

"Father-Son Sentiment Mixed with Action & Comedy episodes is the plot for this movie. Taking and Screenplay (1st Half) - with hilarious comedy, action sequences and punching dialogues were mind-blowing, but weak narration and screenplay in the 2nd Half, might restrict "Dookudu" to re-write the records of Magadheera or of that matter Pokiri. Weak Story, Music and Lyrics are the other set of draw backs apart from Direction for Dookudu"

And as I mentioned earlier, Dookudu is not that movie - which can break all the existing records...

"Most of the talent was wasted in Dookudu, by taking too many artists in the movie. Lack of clarity and control on the script resulted just another normal hit for both Mahesh and Seenu Vytla. Certainly missed a better opportunity of breaking records! So Seenu Vytla doesn't deserve to be a top league director.. What do you Say?"

If your question is how can I say this? then just click on Read More to find the truth!!

Sankranti Telugu Movies Festival

January 11th 2012 - The Business Man

January 12th 2012 - Bodyguard

January 13th 2012 - Nippu
January 14th 2012 - Poola Rangadu

Followed by the below 6 Movies in late January to February 2012:

Are Pawan Kalyan and Mahesh Babu, going hand in hand?

For those who missed my last post, below is an interesting article about "how Pawan is following Mahesh":-

When Mahesh's Dookudu was first hit the screens, there was no much hype (from the makers) other than the usual expectations that will be there for the Super Star's Movie and the story-line was also not so predictable - pre-release (other than few assumptions such as - the movie will have enough comedy coupled with mass elements, because of the King Maker - Seenu Vytla and their title selection). Though the timing was absolutely a jackpot for Dookudu makers to release it, they did not spent much on the publicity and promotion activities (pre-release) rather concentrated on the content and post release promotion work. 

Similarly, Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa is arriving (on 9th December) with a little hype (as of now) and an unclear prediction on the story line (with some expectations on the comedy side due to the presence of Brahmi & Ali). Makers of Panjaa also have not spent too much on pre-release promotional activities (other than two little powerful teasers and have planned a grand audio release function on 19th November 2011 at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium). 


Having at least 2 weeks gap after Naga Chaitanya's Bezawada and Nara Rohit's Solo releases (both the movies releasing on 24th November 2011), the time slot for Panjaa's release is definitely very much apt for the highest crowd puller of the industry, Power Star - Pawan Kalyan. 

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Is Pawan Kayan (with Panjaa) following Mahesh Babu (Dookudu)?

Mahesh Babu is all set to recreate the magic in combination with Puri Jagannadh (The Business Man), just look at the below picture. He also have another set of movies such as Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu, a Movie with Sukumar, and another movie under the direction of Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi (Krish) in his hands. 

Same is the case with Pawan Kalyan, who is currently shooting for his Gubbar Singh has another 2 movies in his hand (a Movie with Trivikram, and a Movie under the production  house of either DVV Dannayya or Dil Raju)!

Its already proven that Mahesh Babu's Dookudu has become one of the biggest hits of the industry and the team have also celebrated its 50 days function in a grand way at Vijayawada. 

Lets see how the strategy was, for Mahesh Babu's Dookudu.