Leo disappoints - Dhanush joins flop director- Rajini film sells high - Pooja out

Bollywood Directors who are flops are now turning to South Actors to revive their career. Latest in this list is AAnand L Rai. Ten years back , Rai delivered his last hit film Ranjhaana with Dhanush and Sonam Kapoor. After that it was a string of blockbuster flops. Dhanush only hit film was Rai’s Ranjhanna and next with him was Atrange Re a flop and Balki’s Shamitabh yet another flop. Dhanush market in Tamil is peaking and has hits and has ventured into direction. Rai’s career has become a question mark as he given duds with actors like Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar. Zero was the biggest disaster in SRK’s career and Akshay had two duds – Atrangi re and Raksha Bandhan directed by Rai. Now Rai released a video of his next with Dhanush which is titled Tere Ishq Mein . Dhanush too tweeted this video.

Going by the overseas market, Rajinikanth stardom is intact and has not taken a beating. Ayangaran has bought overseas rights for Rs 35 crores, a price that a Rajini film gets in overseas market. Two reasons are cited for this. One is that inside reports of those who have seen Jailer during post production say that the film will break records like what Vikram did to Kamal Haasan. Second reason is that producers Sun Movies pre release publicity will ensure the crowds and hype around it. Nelson who received brickbats for his film with Thalapathy is said to have recovered lost ground. Anirudh ahs whipped up another rocking tunes.

Flops rarely affect actress career as it falls on the hero or director. However in the case of Pooja Hegde, the case is different. Directors and Producers in Telugu and Tamil feel that Pooja is bad medicine. In tamil her film Beast with Thalapathy Vijay has given her bad name as it was badly mauled by media and average at BO. In Telugu the flops are Prabhas Radhe Shyam and Chiranjeevi’s Acharya. In Hindi it is Salman’s Kisi Jaan Kisi ka Bhai and Ranveer Singh’s Cirkus. Tollywood directors Trivikram and Harish Shankar who gave her meaty films and now they are desrting her. She is out of Mahesh babu- Trivikram film Guntur Kaaram and now buzz is that she will be out of Pawan Kalyan film directed by Harish.

Leo first look poster showing Thalapathy Vijay with a sledgehammer and a wolf beside him has come as disappointment to many, Lokesh fans say that the director first posters for Kaithi, Master and Vikram was terrific and created an anticipation. Tollywood biz circles feel that Lalit Kumar the producer asking price for two Andhra States is higher than what earlier films of Vijay collected. Highest collection for a Vijay film is Rs 15 crores and Lokesh directed Vikram collected Rs 20 crores and now Leo producer is asking for Rs 30 crores ! Telugu directors are in demand and next to enter Kollywood is Boyapati Srinivas. Known for massa action films, he has narrated a subject to Suriya. Currently he is directing Ram Potheneni and first look got mixed opinions.