Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, starring stylish star Allu Arjun in the lead role is breaking numerous records at the box office. The film has Pooja Hegde in the lady lead role and was produced by Allu Aravind and S Radhakrishna. The Trivikram directional grossed over Rs 180 crores in its opening week and registered an all-time Non-Bahubali2 record. On the joyous occasion, the makers held a grand success celebration in Vizag.
Stylish star Allu Arjun said, “My first film was shot here(Vizag) and I have done 20 films this far. My journey and my success is always linked with people of Vizag. I am really happy that I am here again today. Our film’s Vizag collections report shows the love you shower upon me. I would like to thank the Telugu audience first. At a time when digital media is taking over, you proved that a good film will always have a fruitful run at the box office. When Thaman asked us what sort of album we wanted, I said we wanted an album that would garner 1 billion views. He lived up to his word. ‘Samajavaragamana’ turned out to be the song of the year. ‘Ramuloo Ramulaa’ became the chart-buster of the year. ‘O my God daddy’, ‘Butta Bomma’ , ‘Ala Vaikunthapurramloo’ , and ‘Sittarala Sirapadu’ made this the album of the year.”
About his father, Allu Aravind, Bunny said, “My father introduced me with Gangothri. Later, we worked on ‘Bunny’, ‘Happy’, ‘Badrinath’, ‘Sarrainodu’, ‘Race Gurram’ and now, ‘Ala Vaikunthapurramloo’. I thank him for the same. Only a director can make a film click and that is exactly what Trivikram did. If a cinema is a painting, the hero will be the canvas and producer will be the frame. The technicians will serve as paint brushes and the artists will be the colors. But the artist who visualizes the entire painting and brings life to it is the director. I received many phone calls, saying my performance in the film has been excellent. My father gave industry hits for Chiranjeevi Garu and Rajinikanth Garu. He scored an industry with Ram Charan (Magadheera) as well. In Hindi, his productional, ‘Ghajini’, with Amir Khan was an industry hit. I always wished to score an industry hit with my father and Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo is fulfilling it, thanks to Trivikram. This is my sweetest memory.
Allu Arjun thanked his fans and added, “I would like to thank my fans. They held a rally with 500 bikes while I was visiting Vizag. I am repeating my previous statement ‘Everyone has fans, but I have an army’. I got a good start to 2020 with Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo and I hope to capitalize on it. I thanks the mega fans for supporting me all the while. Records are very temporary. Another film might break those records in another six months. The main aim is to keep the audience entertained. Records are temporary, feelings at permanent.”
Other highlights of the show include dance troops setting the stage on fire with energetic dance moves for Bunny’s songs. Pooja Hegde crooned the first bit of Samajavaragamana song. Sooranna, who crooned ‘Sittarala Sirapadu’ hugged Allu Arjun on stage. Sivamani performed live for ‘Oh My God Daddy’ song. Pooja started her speech with “Vizag sir… Vizag anthe”. Bunny’s reaction to it caught the attention. Bunny recreated ‘Ramuloo Ramulaa’ dance move along with Pooja Hegde on stage.”
