SS Rajamouli is hands down the biggest commercial filmmaker in the country. He is regarded as the trendsetter for numerous box office records across all territories. He achieved this fame with films like Baahubali 2 and RRR which created a huge sensation all over the globe. The usage of non-Rajamouli records in trade parlance is a testimony for his box office clout. Baahubali 2 collected 511 Crores with Hindi version alone and continues to be the biggest grossing dubbed film from South till now.
Usually, all directors and heroes from South India nowadays target Rajamouli’s records with their every film. For the first time, Rajamouli is going to have a target with his next outing. He will face a mammoth challenge with Mahesh Babu’s SSMB29. The challenge is going to be set by none other than Allu Arjun.
It is a known fact that Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2 is on a record-breaking spree at the box office. In North India, Pushpa 2 is on a rampage mode. The film has netted more than 300 Crores in just five days. After a mind-numbing run till weekend, the sequel didn’t show any signs of slowing down on Monday. Trade analysts strongly believe that Pushpa 2 will amass more than 700 Crores with Hindi version alone. If the film does so, it will be a phenomenal feat and the record looks invincible in the near future.
With the historic run of Pushpa 2 in North circuits, Allu Arjun has thrown down the gauntlet to Rajamouli and Mahesh Babu. There are humongous expectations on this crazy combo. Also, there will be big box office challenges as well. Rajamouli will have to chase records for the first time and will need to emulate Pushpa 2 numbers to reinstate his box office charisma.
Mahesh Babu hasn’t secured much popularity in North India till now because he did only Telugu films so far. So, it all depends on Rajamouli’s craze to pull big numbers in North India with SSMB29.