Buzz: Akhanda To Beat Love Story Premieres In USA?

Nandamuri Balakrishna and Boyapati Sreenu’s third collaboration, Akhanda, is carrying out a great buzz in trade. The film, which is all set to hit theatres on Dec 2nd in India, is gearing up for the grand gala premieres in the US on Dec 1st. According to the trade, the pre-sales in the US is indicating a strong start.

Currently, the film’s pre-sales in stood at 150K USD. With three more days left for the premieres, this figure is likely to cross the Love Story’s premieres.

Sekhar Kammula’s Love Story, featuring Naga Chaitanya and Sai Pallavi in the lead, had made 313K USD through its US premieres. Post second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, Love Story is touted to be the highest opener. The US trade is expecting that Akhanda US premieres would surpass this figure.

Meanwhile, the trade is also expecting that Akhanda is likely to cross the premiere collections of Legend, with just pre-sales.

Usually, films will release on Friday but the makers of Akhanda are intentionally releasing the film on Thursday (Dec 2nd) as December 3rd is believed to be inauspicious.

Directed by Boyapati Srinu, the film has an ensemble cast including Pragya Jaiswal, Poorna, Srikanth, Jagapathi Babu and others.