South Indian movie industry is to flood North markets with `Pan Indian’ films in 2022. 20 such films are to come. 4 Kannada – 2 Tamil and 14 Telugu films are now classified ` Pan Indian’ and to hit Mumbai and North India. Out of these Ram Charan- S S Rajamouli with Baahubali series , Yash with KGF and Prabhas with Saahoo have already made their entry in North markets and made a name for themselves with Hindi audience. Mani Ratnam fans are legion all over India and so PS 1 will have a ready audience. About others , let us wait and see.
First is
RRR of Rajamouli – Ram Charan- Jr NTR. Heavy Hindi promotions in Mumbai with
entire star cast- Salman Khan as Chief Guest, bus loads of fans from across the
border ( Thackeray was not game to allow train loads from AP/TS). Next in line
is Radhe Shyam of Prabhas. The Hindi songs are a hit. Sahoo though an average hit
in Hindi, was a flop in South.t. Now
Prabhas back with a romantic movie. That takes care of January.
In Feb, Chiranjeevi
tests Bollywood waters after 1992 ( Aak ka Goonda Raj). His Hindi dubbed films
is main content of YouTube and Hindi movie channels. Viewers of Telugu movies dubbed
into Hindi were washed away with 29 of
his films released in 2019 Acharya has Ram
Charan as co- star. On RRR strength , Chiru garu will ride piggyback on RC and
enter Bollywood. On Feb 5th, same day ET, the Suriya film will hit theaters.
Suriya’s popularity after Jai Bhim OTT release will be put to test on big
screen in the North markets.
Then comes
Major – Advi Sesh film on Major Unnikrishnan life story. Baaghi
( remake of Kshanam) did get a good response and so also another Telugu film.
Producer Mahesh Babu and Sony, two producers might be big in South , but Sesh
will have to start out from scratch. Next is Kiccha Sudeep with Vikrant Rona
from Karnataka on Feb 24th. As it comes from land of KGF, there
could be an opening. Charlie 777 of Rakshit Shetty from Sandalwood town was to
release in 2021 end but Shetty is looking for a date where there is no `Pan
Indian’ films releasing. From Karnataka also is Kabaza with Upendra making a
comeback with Kiccha in company. A gangster film that makers think has Pan
Indian appeal. Darshan too from sandalwood has announced that his film Kranti
has a Hindi belt appeal.
Next in
line is Beast of Thalapathy Vijay. His film Master did get a good response in
North India and Sun Pctures , the producers who would have by them released ET
of Suriya in Hindi would do the same for Vijay. Followed by this is KGF 2.
Sequel to a Super hit, Rocking Star Yash is set to do a repeat as response to
trailor- teaser is phenomenal. Prabhas comes gain with Saalar and directed by
Neel of KGF fame. This has him in an action mode. Followed by Mani Ratnam’s
Ponniyin Selvam , magnum opus due for Summer of 2022. If a hit in North Indian
market, it could herald entry of another `Pan Indian’ Star-Vikram. Sundeep
Kishan nephew of cinematographer of Chota Naidu is not a name to reckon with in
South as actor but his film Micheal is slated for an All India release.
Vijay
Devarakonda the Telugu romantic heartthrob popular through his dubbed films makes
a straight Hindi film Liger and has Ananaya Panday for company. An August
release, it is a film on boxing and real life boxer Mike Tyson plays a cameo.
Prabhas again in Adipurush . This is actually a Hindi film directed by Om Raut
with an all Bollywood cast- crew.
Shakunthalam
will mark Samantha’s Hindi debut . Film is directed by Gunashekar whose
Rudramadevi with Anushka was a Pan Indian release that was not liked in North
India. Next is sequel to Alu Arjun’s Pushpa , which promises to make up for the
thrills that were missing in first part.
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