FakeLeoscam trends - PS Mithran to direct Chiranjeevi

Chiranjeevi is to act in a film directed by P S Mithran whose previous film Sardar with Karthi is a big hit. Karthi recently announced that there will be a seqel of Sardar. Chiranjeevi next film is with Vasishta of Bimbisara fame. Mithran had pitched a story to Ram Charan but now it seems that it is being tweaked for Chiru. Story discussions are on in Chennai. After realising that young directors are behind the success of Rajinikanth ( Nelson’s Jailer), Lokesh ‘s Vikram for Kamal Haasan, Chiru has dropped the idea of remakes as Bhola Shankar failed badly. UV creations who makers of Chiru latest film put out a poster on Ayudha pooja.

Comscore the International movie ranking agency reported that on October 22, Leo Bloody Sweet stood third. First was Killers of the Flower Moon and second was Taylor Swift. It put the weekend earnings of Leo at Rs 400 crore. This was picked up by Vijay fans and Tamil film industry trackers. At the same time, Rajini fans show Book My show ticket sale details of Jailer first weekend to prove that Jailer sold more than Leo. Also, the hashtag FakeLeo scam is trending. Comscore posted inflated figures and actual collection is Rs 355 cr is one version. A video shows empty seats while online bookings show almost full and it says proxy bookings are made to create an impression that seats are fast filling up. Sacnik put the total collection of 5 days at Rs 365 cr. Rs 176 cr was from Tamil alone and overseas at Rs 150 crores. In Kerala the distributor Gokulam Gopalan held a success meet where Lokesh Kanagaraj attended. It is the first time that a Vijay film touched Rs 30 crores in Kerala, It was bought for Rs 16 crores. It is the first time that Comscore reported about a Tamil film box office point out Vijay fans. Telugu 5 day collection was Rs 28 crore and Kannada it was Rs 1.55 cr.