Tollywood megastar Chiranjeevi’s much anticipated project Godfather is set to release next month and there is a lot of buzz regarding the film, which is helmed by Mohan Raja, known for blockbuster films like Something Something… Unakkum Enakkum and Santosh Subramaniam etc.
Billed as political thriller, the film is the Telugu remake of superstar Mohanlal starrer 2019 film Lucifer, which broke all previous record of earning and is currently the highest grossing Malayalam film ever. The lifetime collection of the film is Rs. 175 crore.
The filming of Godfather began in August 2021 with filming taking place in Hyderabad, Ooty and Mumbai. It is currently under development.
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Godfather Star Cast
The film has been making since its announcement because for the first time two superstars of Bollywood and Tollywood are coming together in their first collaboration in the film.
We are talking about Bollywood superstar Salman, who will be seen in a special cameo role in his Telugu debut film. Fans are really excited to see Chiranjeevi and Salman sharing the screen together.
Along with these two the film also stars lady superstar Nayanthara as female lead Sathyapriya, “Liger” director Puri Jagannadh, Satyadev Kancharana as Jaidev Reddy, Murali Sharma, Sunil,Brahmaji, Samuthirakani, Tanya Ravichandran and Gangavva.
Godfather OTT Rights
Produced by Ram Charan, R.B. Choudhary, under the banner of Konidela Production Company and Super Good Films, the film has sky-high expectations on it since Chiranjeevi and Salman are coming together.
It is set to be released theatrically on October 5, 2022, coinciding with the festival of Vijayadashami or Dussehra in Telugu along with dubbed Hindi version. Talking about the film’s post theatrical streaming rights, the film is in big demand among OTT giants.
In fact, its digital rights have been sold to popular streaming platform Netflix. It is learnt that the platform has bought the rights at the whopping amount of Rs. 57 crores. This deal includes Telugu and Hindi OTT rights of the movie.
However, the streaming date of the film hasn’t yet been revealed, it will depend totally on the film’s performance at the Box-office. It if gets audiences’ “thumbs-up”, then it might take a bit long to grace the OTT platform. The expected time for its OTT release was November last week.
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Check out the official teaser of the film below:
