As 'Valmiki' releases on September 20, Varun Tej is sitting pretty, confident as he is about its success. In this interview, catch him talk about how the project happened, the character he has played, working with Harish Shankar and more.
Director Harish Shankar is looking at a box-office hit more than two years after the release of Allu Arjun's 'Duvvada Jagannadham'. 'Valmiki' releases on September 20. A remake of ‘Jigarthanda’ (Tamil), it has Varun Tej, Atharvaa Murali, Pooja Hegde and Mrinalini Ravi as key actors. In this interview, catch the director talk about the movie, what made him go for a remake and more.
After a slow start at the box office, Nani starrer Nani’s Gang Leader picked up the collections. It gained momentum on Saturday and continued a similar trend on Sunday. By end of the first weekend, Nani’s Gang Leader has collected about a share of Rs 11.70 Cr in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states.
In the USA, the movie collected more than $700k in the first weekend. Both the domestic collection and the overseas collection is pretty good. The film has received mixed reviews from critics, but the fun quotient seems to have done work with urban audiences.