With ‘Ante Sundaraniki’ ending up as an average venture commercially, Natural star Nani has shifted his complete focus towards ‘Dasara’ which is being made by debut director Srikanth Odela. The glimpse and the first look poster got a very good response. Nani amazed everyone with his rustic and rugged look. There is a good buzz on the film and it helped the makers in doing good pre-release business.
There are reports that the non-theatrical rights for this film were collectively sold for around 60 crores. The OTT deal was made for around 30 crores while 20 crores came from satellite rights. The rights for other languages is said to have fetched 10+ crores. The latest news says that the theatrical rights brought the producers nearly 40 crores and it excludes the overseas rights. On the whole, the film did a fantastic business of around 100 crores which is huge for a Nani film.
As we know, ‘Dasara’ is a film which will be released in multiple languages. Though his last two outings ‘Ante Sundaraniki’ and ‘Shyam Singha Roy’ did not perform as expected at the box office, the pre-release business of ‘Dasara’ showcases the hero’s market value. Let us see if he recovers the money in theatres or not.
National Award-Winning actress Keerthy Suresh has paired opposite Nani in this rustic mass action entertainer. Samuthirakani, Sai Kumar and Zarina Wahab are the important cast of the film. Odela Srikanth is helming this project which is made under ‘SLV Cinemas’ banner by Sudhakar Cherukuri. Popular Tamil composer Santosh Narayanan scored the music and Naveen Nooli is the editor while Sathyan Sooryan ISC is the director of photography.
