2018 has been a disappointing year for Telugu Cinema despite some memorable films and big blockbusters.
Many films turned out to be outright flops at box office leaving buyers and producers in dire straits.
Here are the top 15 biggest duds of the year. We tried to list out top 10 flops, but the list is so big that we had to make it bigger.
1) Officer: There are duds, there are disasters and there is Officer. It is the biggest flop in the history of Telugu cinema with less than Rs. 1 crore distributor share.
The Nag-Varma duo that changed the face of Telugu cinema with Shiva has now left an everlasting scar on it with Officer.
2) Agnyathavasi: Who would have thought that the combination of Pawan Kalyan and Trivikram can go horribly wrong.
The film marked the twenty fifth appearance of Powerstar on big screen, but ended up as a landmark failure.
Trivikram’s idea of recreating Attarintiki Daredi magic has boomeranged big time.
3) Amar Akbar Anthony: Mythri Movie Makers have delivered the biggest hit of the year and also featured in the top 5 disasters list with Amar Akbar Anthony, a brand Srinu Vaitla debacle.
The Dookudu director has delivered four duds in a row and his good friend Raviteja completed a hat-trick of disasters in the same year.
4) Intelligent: Akhil proved that Vinayak’s formula can go wrong, but Intelligent makes Akhil proud. Sai Dharam Tej’s market took a huge hit with the film that his next film couldn’t even register decent attendance on its day 1.
5) Sakshyam: Bellamkonda Srinivas is becoming synonymous with big budget films and biggest duds. Sakshyam made on a very high budget turned out to be a major disappointment at the box office.
6) Srinivasa Kalyanam: Dil Raju got a shocker with Srinivasa Kalyanam, a family drama that was expected to do as well as Shatamanam Bhavati.
One cannot escape from failure with mediocre scripts all the time. Nithin also completed a hat-trick of disasters with Srinivasa Kalyanam.
7) Savyasachi: Hit combos can fail is what 2018 has taught to Telugu cinema. PK-Trivikram, RT-Vaitla was joined by Chay-Chandoo Mondeti.
The duo that delivered a successful Premam has made a mess out of the concept of vanishing twin syndrome.
8) Touch Chesi Chudu: Raviteja’s fall started with Touch Chesi Chudu directed by Vikram Sirikonda. It’s all downhill for the Mass Maharaja from here.
9) Adhugo: Ravibabu has made audience repent for watching Adhugo in which a piglet played the lead role. The film is so bad that it couldn’t even recover publicity expenses from theaters.
10) Nela Ticket: If possible, Raviteja will hope to erase 2018 from his life. The year has been so disastrous that Mass Maharaja is no longer hot in the trade.
Even Kalyan Krishna who delivered back to back hits couldn’t come up with a decent script for him.
11) Tej – I Love You: Sai Dharam Tej’s miseries continued with Tej directed by Karunakaran. Tej was a very big flop that SDT has to take a brief break to recover from the failures.
12) @Nartanashala: Naga Shourya might have felt he had finally cracked the code of box office, but it didn’t take so long for him to realize the reality.
After a successful Chalo the young actor suffered three flops in a row this year.
13) Kavacham: Bellamkonda’s woes continued even after slashing the production costs. The actor should realize that just doing dances and fights and having a top actress by his side will ensure a success.
14) Lover: Raj Tarun is another actor who delivered a hat-trick of flops in the same year. What’s more worrying is the fact that producers like Nagarjuna and Dil Raju also couldn’t give him a success. Lover would be the most forgettable film for Dil Raju in years.
15) Naa Nuvve: Kalyan Ram is yet to score a hit post Patas. He had two releases this year, but both the movies failed to click. His attempt for an image makeover didn’t yield desired results with Naa Nuvve.
Honorable Mentions: Allu Arjun’s Naa Peru Surya is one of the notable flops of the year. The star has finally ran out of luck and paid big price for his mediocre choices. Chal Mohan Ranga, Kirrak Party, Nota, Vijetha, Bhairava Geetha and the list goes on and on.
