It is without a doubt that superstar Rajnikanth and Megastar Chiranjeevi are the biggest stars in Kollywood and Tollywood respectively. Rajni’s ‘Jailer’ is hitting the screens on 10th August while Chiru’s ‘Bholaa Shankar’ is arriving on 11th August. The full-fledged promotions have not begun yet. The posters and lyrical video from ‘Bholaa Shankar’ team did not get a huge response as people are skeptical about Meher Ramesh being the director and the movie being a remake of ‘Vedhalam’.
Meher Ramesh’s last film was ‘Shadow’ which arrived in 2013. His track record is quite bad and people are going to be worried about ‘Bholaa Shankar’ unless the ‘Billa’ director pulls off a masterclass somehow. The teaser is expected to arrive on 24th June. Even Rajnikanth is silent with his ‘Jailer’ promotions.
There is buzz on Dasara releases like ‘Bhagavanth Kesari’, ‘Leo’ and ‘Tiger Nageswar Rao’ but these two releases which are arriving in August have failed in creating a positive buzz. There is a talk that ‘Jailer’ overseas rights were sold for 32 crores but there is no official confirmation. As we know, Rajni’s market dropped drastically in Telugu states off late.
The main danger to these flicks arrives from ‘Animal’. This Hindi movie starring Ranbir Kapoor in the lead is a mass gangster flick which is being directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga. There are massive expectations on this film and people are eagerly waiting for the trailer to arrive. Also, ‘Gaddar 2’ is getting released on the same day. It looks like Rajni and Chiru have to push their producers to promote their films in a more aggressive manner from now on.
