In the past few months, we have seen our heroes taking the pan-Indian route while Tamil heroes are teaming up with Telugu directors and making straight Tamil movies in the name of bilinguals. We have seen Thalapathy Vijay’s ‘Varisu’ arriving on 11th January in Tamil Nadu and ending up as a big hit. It was directed by Telugu director Vamsi Paidipally.
In the same manner, Siva Karthikeyan too did ‘Prince’ under KV Anudeep’s direction. This movie came out amidst good expectations both in Tamil as well as Telugu. But it disappointed the audience and ended up being a failure. Even ‘Varisu’ became a hit in Tamil due to the star hero’s immense craze but it failed to get a positive result in the Telugu states. But Vamsi was criticised for mixing a lot of Telugu films into one Tamil film and we all know how he reacted to these allegations.
Now, it is the turn of young director Venky Atluri. He is arriving with ‘Master’/’Vaathi’ on 17th February. This movie was made simultaneously in Telugu as well as Tamil. Starring Dhanush in the title role, the trailer and songs impressed the audience very much. Moving away from his regular love stories, he penned a story about the education mafia this time. It is a message-oriented movie coated with all the required commercial elements.
The movie was postponed several times already and it doesn’t have a lot of buzz due to some reason. The makers are also not promoting this movie heavily which is surprising to many. With a lot of big names like Dhanush, Venky Atluri, Samuthirakani, GV Prakash Kumar, Naga Vamsi, Trivikram and many others being a part of this movie, one would expect a lot of hype but it is the exact opposite.
There are only a couple of days left for the release and the movie’s fate is going to depend on the talk after morning shows. If it is positive, ‘Sir’ is going to be a very good hit but we need to see what happens. As we know, Dhanush has a good craze among the youth and we need to see if the multiple National Award winner rescues Venky Atluri or not.
