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Southern cinema will touch Rs.100-crore club soon: Nagarjuna:Tolly News

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<li class="simplePagerPage1" style="display: list-item;">Chennai, Sep 18
 (IANS) It's ironical that superstar Rajinikanth-starrer "Enthiran" was 
the first Indian film to cross the Rs.200 crore mark at the box office. 
After that, quite a few Bollywood films minted more than Rs.100 crore, 
but not a single southern film could replicate the success. Popular 
actor Akkineni Nagarjuna says "aggressive marketing" and "wider release"
 can make it happen.<br />
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"We should be touching it (Rs.100-crore club) in two or three years. The
 rate at which the Tamil industry is now progressing, it is likely to 
touch it first. The Telugu and other industries are likely to follow. I 
think it is just a matter of time," Nagarjuna told IANS in an interview.<br />
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In recent times, Vijay-starrer Tamil action-drama "Thuppakki" reportedly
 fetched over Rs.80 crore at the box-office. It was however made on a 
budget of Rs.70 crore.<br />
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"We need to understand that Bollywood has a wider market. A Hindi film 
is screened across the country, but a south Indian film only plays in 
its respective state. Even if it's played in other states, it is usually
 on limited screens," he said.<br />
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Shah Rukh Khan-starrer "Chennai Express", which was aggressively 
marketed in the south, reportedly minted over Rs.8 crore in its first 
three weeks in Tamil Nadu alone.<br />
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"Hindi films are released in over 2,000 multiplexes, but a Telugu film 
is only released in about 200 multiplexes. Bollywood films have a wide 
release abroad vis-a-vis most south Indian films that rarely have a 
global release," Nagarjuna added.<br />
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Nag, as he is fondly called by his fans, pointed out that Bollywood is synonymous with aggressive marketing.<br />
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"In the recent past, Bollywood films are being dubbed in foreign 
languages too. I haven't so far seen a south Indian film being dubbed in
 a foreign language. This type of aggressive marketing has helped their 
industry to rake in the moolah, whereas we are still dependent on 
box-office collections," he said.<br />
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The 54-year-old believed that south Indian cinema's box-office collections have nothing to do with the content.<br />
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"It's a misconception that our films don't make money because of poor 
content. Most Bollywood films that entered the Rs.100-crore club were 
remakes of southern films. We have to admit that we need to market our 
films aggressively," he said.<br />
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Hindi films such as "Wanted", "Singham", "Bodyguard", "Ready", and 
"Rowdy Rathore" that touched the Rs.100-crore club were all south Indian
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Southern cinema will touch Rs.100-crore club soon: Nagarjuna:Tolly News

Chennai, Sep 18 (IANS) It's ironical that superstar Rajinikanth-starrer "Enthiran" was the first...

Ravi Teja under Veerabhadram’s direction:Tolly Gossips

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The success of Balupu has brought Mass 
Maharaaj Ravi Teja back into action. The mass hero who was earlier 
popular for his success and is called as minimum guarantee hero had 
tough time off late as his consecuetive films after Harish Shankar’s 
Mirapakaay have not done well at BO. This has brought in change of 
attitude in the star and is now cautiously treading to confirm his 
future projects. While his next film in the direction of the writer 
Bobby is already confirmed, we hear that he would be doing another film 
in the direction of Bhai Director Veerabhadram. The film would be 
produced by Bandla Ganesh. Though the confirmation of this project is 
awaited, our sources from Film nagar tells us that the director is busy 
completing the script of the film that will be a mass entertainer. It is
 being said that Ravi Teja could also do a film with Bheemineni 
Srinivasa Rao next.</div>
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Ravi Teja under Veerabhadram’s direction:Tolly Gossips

The success of Balupu has brought Mass Maharaaj Ravi Teja back into action. The mass hero who was earlier popular for hi...