Tollywood's Dasara gamble

With 'Dhruva' kissing goodbye to Dasara, many a producer must be eyeing to gobble up the maximum market share this season. This was supposed to have the biggest release this festive season and the theatres would have been busy tending to its mega release. The scenario has changed now with the postponement.

Ram's 'Hyper' is coming on Sept 30. Santosh Srinivas is yet again expected to deliver a family entertainer and the teaser suggests the same. Sathyaraj is playing Ram's father, someone overwhelmed and troubled by the son's possessive attitude toward him.

Come October 7, 'Ism' and 'Premam' will clash. It's a Kalyan Ram versus Naga Chaitanya affair. While both are targeted at young audiences, the latter has greater appeal for those in awe of romantic entertainers. Puri, on the other hand, is a big crowd-puller. It will be a tough competition between them.

Sunil-starrer 'Eedu Gold Ehe' and Allari Naresh-starrer 'Intlo Deyyam-Nakem Bhayam' are two full-length comedy entertainers waiting to attract the large Dasara crowd. They too are going to hit the screens around the same time as the other releases.

Prakash Raj directed 'Manavoori Ramayanam' is the one non-mainstream release of the season. Out to tell a message, it has the advantage of Abhishek Pictures looking at a maximum release in AP and Telangana.

Overall, there would be huge number of releases this Dussera festival.