OTT Or Theatrical: What Next For Samantha?

Samantha is one of the biggest names in Telugu cinema and the actress has been actively making films a couple of years back. But in view of the medical condition that she had been suffering from, she had slowed down a bit.

Due to the gap in filming, Samantha is now mostly confined to OTT shows. Her latest outing Citadel: Honey Bunny is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Luckily for Samantha, despite the ordinary reviews for the Amazon show, it could catch the attention of the OTT audience worldwide and gain a fair bit of traction.

Apparently, it has clocked viewership readings in nearly 200 countries which is a big deal.

However, the issue here is that the OTT boom for Samantha will keep her closer only to OTT stuff henceforth and gradually take her away from theatrical films.

In accordance, Samantha doesn’t have any theatrical projects at hand. The chances are that Amazon might approach her with another OTT project in the due course.

Does this essentially mean that the OTT boom for Samantha results in a subsided theatrical interest? Only time will answer this question, it must be said.

Hombale Wrote A Big Cheque For Prabhas?

There is no denying the fact that Prabhas is the biggest name in Indian cinema when it comes to crowd-pulling capabilities. He is second to none, even be it Bollywood stars in terms of box office charisma. The fact that he has two 1000-crore grossers clearly instates the same.

With so much box office validation in his favor, it is only natural that Prabhas charged a big fat paycheck in tune with his stardom. In accordance, he is one of the top billed stars in Indian cinema and is even regarded as the highest paid superstar in the contemporary South cinema.

At this rate, the 3-film deal that Prabhas signed with Hombale Films must have been a big fat one. Hombale who are anyway known for big money productions and lavish making values have the tenacity to pay top buck for their favorite stars. It appears that they have signed a mega deal with Prabhas now and they have invested heavily in this actioner.

There are social media reports that Prabhas is pocketing in the vicinity of Rs 500 to Rs 600 crore for signing this mega deal with Hombale. But there is no definitive number for now as anticipation builds on the nature of these three projects, with one of them being Salaar 2. What’s for certain is that Prabhas just have made a fancy amount of money from this multi-project deal.