Time up for senior generation directors in Tollywood?

Tollywood is a largely bustling industry with a huge influx of fresh and appeasing talent. In particular, the new crop of young filmmakers in the industry have been showcasing immense potential. This has essentially meant that the older generation of directors are no longer relevant in the industry.

The likes of Puri Jagannadh and VV Vinayak have already faded out and they are no longer in the picture. At the same time, we have veterans like Rajamouli and Sukumar who are sustaining with their pan Indian presence. Trivikram might also follow this suit sooner or later and the result will decide his prospects.

But for now, the industry is being virtually ruled by the current crop of filmmakers including Sandeep Reddy Vanga, Venky Atluri, Prasanth Varma, and others who have immense potential and are coming with the kind of content that is appeasing the modern day audience. They are the leading directors in the modern day set up as the Telugu folk are also readily lapping them up.

The current generation audience are always looking for something out of the ordinary and they are leaving no stone unturned to encourage fresh and exciting content. Matching this taste is nearly impossible for Puri, Vinayak and others. Only the directors with global touch like Rahamouli and Sukumar are able to keep themselves relevant and that too with extensive hard work.

Sandeep Reddy Vanga has brought in a new change of paradigm in the industry where the audience are readily lapping up a film regardless of the A-rate content and violence. The industry appears to be in search of more X-factor directors like him at this point. Same with Prasanth Varma who is blending creative storytelling with top tier making values.

In the due course, this trend will only get bigger and better as Tollywood prepares to encourage a fresh bunch of promising talent with more and more directors popping up day in day out. This is a positive reinforcement that is perhaps necessitated by the changing tastes and sensibilities of the modern day audience. Only the most talented of the lot can pull the audience to theaters these days.

Trailer Trending, US $1M: Pushpa Madness All Over

The stage is being preapred for the grand theatrical debut of Allu Arjun and Sukumar’s Pushpa 2 which is up for release on the 5th of December. The film has a lot riding on it and there is a lot riding into the pre release theatrical buzz of the intense actioner.

Now that the Pushpa mania has started to grip all over, here is a look at the kind of stuff that the film is pulling up at the ticket counters and also on the digital mediums.

As per latest reports, Pushpa 2 has clocked over 120 million views in under 48 hours which is a mighty feat in itself. This is a mad number, considering the kind of reach that it has attained. The increased penetration of the first part and the sequel advantage for the second part are evidently working the trick here.

Coming to the USA box office prospects, these are looking pretty positive as well. The film has reportedly collected in the range of $1 million from the USA premieres already. This is a positive trend two weeks prior to the release.

Now, a lot will depend on the trend after the arrival of the trailer. This will be the decisive trend for the film. Considering that Devara minted in the vicinity of $3.5 million and this could be a benchmark for the forthcoming films, it has to be seen if Pushpa 2 will breach this mark ahead of the release.

Pushpa 2 is a commercial actioner featuring Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna in the lead roles and it is helmed by Sukumar. The film is produced on a lavish scale by Mythri Movie Makers and the stakes are pretty high on this one.