Akkineni Nagarjuna starrer Bangarraju after opening up big hasn’t stopped its hunt for the BO collections and made the weekend blockbuster. The film was released on 14 January (Friday) coinciding with the Sankranti Festival and garnered a mass amount of footfalls at the ticket windows.
Father-Son duo rocked the BO at a time when the other big-budget films like RRR, Radhe Shyam, etc postponed their releases owing to fear of Covid restrictions.
Not only this, the Bangarraju had more hurdles like Low ticket prices in Andhra Pradesh state, many theatres operating with 50% occupancy, and clash with domestic films like Hero, Super Machi, Rowdy Boys, etc.
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Still, Bangarraju emerged victorious against all the odds and minted Rs 17.5 crores on the very first day of its release, though it was the Sankranti festival and only big-ticket film among other films which helped to pull the audience at the cinemas.
Naga Chaitanya’s energetic performance, powerful dialogues, decent first half, astounding climax, excellent music, and colorful cinematography made this Sankranti blockbuster for the film.
1st Weekend Box Office Collection
In two (Friday + Saturday) days, Bangarraju grossed Rs 36 crores at the box office, and if reports are to be believed the film accumulated over Rs 50 crores at the box office on the weekend (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday).
According to reports, the father-son duo starrer film grossed more on Sunday in contrast to Saturday in many places, though the film couldn’t perform well overseas, it generated mass footfalls from the domestic market especially from the Nizam, Ceded area.
Im a proud son and a proud brother ! Sankranthi is truly yours team #Bangarraaju congratulations! Thank you to our director @kalyankrishna_k for giving us yet another blockbuster. pic.twitter.com/Pef3OrA5A9
— Akhil Akkineni (@AkhilAkkineni8) January 17, 2022
Bangarraju is directed by Kalyan Krishna Kurasala, he also wrote the story and screenplay, J Yuvaraj carried the cinematography and the music is given by Anup Rubens. Nagarjuna is himself the producer, it is made under his banner Annapurna Studios in association with Zee Studios. The film has a runtime of 160 minutes.
