Lyca Productions officially tweets out 'Ponniyin Selvan-1' worldwide gross collections, and its record at ₹80 crore.
Published Oct 05, 2022 | 9:06 AM ⚊ Updated Oct 05, 2022 | 9:06 AM
Actor Nagarjuna in his upcoming action film The Ghost. (SVCLLP/Twitter)
Renu Desai is coming back to Tollywood after 18 years and will play a pivotal role in the Ravi Teja film Tiger Nageswara Rao — his first pan-India debut.
In the film, directed by Vamsee, Renu appears as the real-life revolutionary Hemalatha, a social activist who fought untouchability through her writings.
Ravi’s title role is also based on the real-life character of a thief in a village.
Renu acted in two Tollywood films — Badri (2000) Johnny and Badri (2003), both opposite Pawan Kalyan. She later married him and quit films.
After six years of marriage, the couple separated.
Renu Desai is making her Tollywood comeback. (Renu/Facebook)
Renu then worked in Marathi films as producer-director and even made a guest appearance in a Telugu serial on Zee Telugu.
Written and directed by Vamsee, Tiger Nageswara Rao is produced by Abhishek Agarwal and presented by Tej Narayan Agarwal. Nupur Sanon and Gayatri Bharadwaj are seen in prominent roles.
While her fans have for long been eagerly awaiting her return to Tollywood, the producers of the film and even industry insiders seemed excited about her comeback.
Team #TigerNageswaraRao, the twitter official handle of the upcoming film, said that “the much loved actor will be seen as ‘Hemalatha Lavanam'” in the film, along with clip.
Industry insider Taran Adarsh, too, tweeted about Renu Desai’s return to Tollywood and shared a glimpse of the actor’s character in the movie.
Team #TigerNageswaraRao welcomes #RenuDesai back to the big screens after 18 years ♥️
The much loved actress will be seen as ‘Hemalatha Lavanam’ ❤️?@RaviTeja_offl @AbhishekOfficl @DirVamsee @AnupamPKher pic.twitter.com/v4WOYDosZS— Sumit Kadel (@SumitkadeI) September 29, 2022
RENU DESAI RETURNS TO FILMS WITH RAVI TEJA’S PAN-INDIA FILM… Team #TigerNageswaraRao – #RaviTeja‘s first PAN-#India film – shares a glimpse of #RenuDesai‘s character from the film… Costars #AnupamKher… Directed by #Vamsee… Produced by #AbhishekAgarwal. pic.twitter.com/YxdzkOpEQF
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 29, 2022
The dubbed-in-Hindi version of Nagarjuna’s latest Telugu film The Ghost is up against the Amitabh Bachchan-Rashmika Mandanna starrer Goodbye at the box office on 7 October.
Director Praveen Sattaru explains a scene to Nagarjuna during the shoot of The Ghost. (Supplied)
The Ghost will see Nagarjuna and Sonal Chauhan appear as Interpol officers, while Gul Panag and Anikha Surendran appear as Nagarjuna’s sister and niece, respectively,
Goodbye is directed by Vikas Bahl of Queen fame and produced by Ektaa R Kapoor’s Balaji Motion Pictures in association with Good Co. It is releasing worldwide on 7 October.
The Ghost, meanwhile, is releasing on 5 October in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to coincide with ongoing Dasara holidays. The film which reportedly has excellent action sequences, is also releasing in Chennai. And the early reports are encouraging.
Excellent reviews for King Nagarjuna’s #TheGhost from overseas premieres and early shows.
Congratulations @iamnagarjuna Garu, @PraveenSattaru Garu and @sonalchauhan7 and the entire cast and crew for their much-deserved success⚔️ pic.twitter.com/YDsSh5Zdup
— Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) October 5, 2022
Ponniyin Selvan 1 collected ₹80 crore gross on its opening day, tweeted Lyca, the producers. This is a first of sorts, as usually worldwide collections are given out by industry trackers.
In this case, the figures have been given out officially and puts to rest any speculation about the record set by the movie.
Thank you for giving #PS1 the biggest ever opening day for Tamil cinema worldwide!#PonniyinSelvan1 #ManiRatnam @arrahman @MadrasTalkies_ @LycaProductions @tipsoffical @tipsmusicsouth pic.twitter.com/mhFEB66jF0
— Lyca Productions (@LycaProductions) October 1, 2022
