Mahesh occupied slot between Pawan & NTR

With Aaagdu is creating waves at BO once again its worth to refresh about the existing records.The Mahesh babu starrer collected 9.74 crores and stood as all time second best opener of Day 1

Even with immense release, Aagadu failed to cross Attarintiki Daredi day one record. While the Pawan Kalyan starrer movie raked Rs 10.75 Crore on first day in AP and Nizam, Aagadu stood next to it by collecting Rs 9.71 Crores. NTR Badshah remained in third place with collection sof 9.25 crores.It is to be mentioned here that although several biggies have released after “Attarintiki Daredi,” none of them managed to surpass the first day collections of the Pawan Kalyan starrer.The collections of Aagadu were best opening day grosser in Mahesh career.

Here is Top 10 day one shares list:

 1. Attarintiki Daaredi- Rs 10.75 Crores

2. Aagadu- Rs 9.74 Crores

3. Baadshah- Rs 9.25 Crores

4. Rabhasa- Rs 8.85 Crores

5. Ramayya Vastavayya- Rs 8.7 Crores

6 Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu- Rs 8.68 Crores

7. Yevadu- Rs 8.65 Crores

8. Naayak- Rs 8.55 Crores

9. 1 Nenokkadine Rs 8.4 Crores

10. Gabbar Singh- 8.15 Crores

Mahesh Babu's Aagadu first day collections

Updated on : Sep 20,

Mahesh Babu's Aagadu has minted record collections on the first day at the Tollywood box office. Trade reports say that the action drama has raked in around 15 cr on the first day (including premier shows). Aagadu has collected 9.23 cr from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana while it minted $ 915 k from US premier shows (nearly 5 cr)

The film has been second biggest opening for Telugu films in 2014 after Pawan Kalyan's Attarintiki Daaredi. Sreenu Vaitla has directed Aagadu with Tamanna as the female lead and planned to repeat Dookudu success with SS Thaman combo.

Brahmi Steals Show In Mahesh Aagadu

Brahmi Steals Show In Mahesh Aagadu

King of comedy in Telugu cinema, Brahmanandam is the most talented actors in the industry. His mere presence can instantly change the mood in a scene. There have also been cases where Brahmi's presence has changed the prospects of a movie.

Now, talking about Mahesh's latest release Aagadu. There's no doubting Brahmanandam's acting potential. But the actor has even shown his dancing skills in the movie. Although rumours are rife that it's the magic of graphics we beg to differ as we don't believe an actor of such stature would require a dupe or a body double to dance.

Brahmi has once again done a brilliant job and we think his scenes are some of the best in the movie. He has not only lent comic relief but also showed that he's a sport. Particularly, the scene where there are satires against all the Telugu actors, including Mahesh Babu.

two delights in aagadu

DMCA PROTECTED Aagadu is special not only for the presence of Mahesh Babu, but also two top heroines, Tamanna and Shruthi Hassan. Naturally it was expected that both would vie with each other and compete for limelight, because in a film with Mahesh as hero, it is challenging for a heroine to make her appeal. However, this time, sources say that both have succeeded well. While Tamanna matched Mahesh well in her role as heroine, Shruthi was no less entertaining even with her brief appearance in item song!

Aagadu Day 1 collections

Superstar Mahesh Babu’s Aagadu storms the box-office.As expected Aagadu has put up some mind-boggling numbers! According to trade sources, Aagadu has even broke some records in some areas.

Aagadu has registered 100% occupancy in both single screens and multiples across India in all the shows. Its first day numbers are still being compiled. As per the early trends, the movie has collected approximately Rs 9.71 crores at the AP and Telangana Box Office on the first day

Here is Aagadu break up list(Approx)

Area                          Collections (Shares)

Nizam                           Rs 3 Crores

Ceded                          Rs 1.60 Crores

Vizag                            Rs 0.82 Crores

Guntur                         Rs 1.27 Crores

Krishna                         Rs 0.62 Crores

East                             Rs 0.95 Crores

West                           Rs 1.01 Crores (New Record)

Nellore                         Rs 0.47 Crores(Approx)

 Total                          Rs 9.74 Crores(Approx) (Only AP and Telangana)

RGV recommends Aagadu for Oscar

RGV recommends Aagadu for Oscar Maverick director Ram Gopal Varma made sarcastic comments on heroes, directors and others through social platforms. This time around, the star director has cornered Superstar Mahesh Babu's Aagadu. Its known that Aagadu directed by Srinu Vaitla got mixed talk on the day of its release. However many are now wondering whether Aagadu will take off for the prestigious Oscars. Director RGV who compared Aagadu with Magadheera on other day, again tweeted about Aagadu . He tweeted "The dialogue and dialogue modulations of "Aagadu" should be sent to Oscars on a special award...They will truly stand out in world cinema". 'The subjective derivation of Srinu Vaitla and Mahesh Babu reminds me of a spiritualistic intercourse of Leonardo De Caprio and Martin Scorsese'. He also added "I can't believe Kona Venket can write such gems of dialogues...by the way i missed the titles ..did Kona write?" He feels Mahesh was a fantastic actor and asked his fans to request him to act in fantastic films. 'My request to Mahesh Babu's fans is to please tell him to do fantastic roles because he is a fantaaaaaaastic actor''He tweeted further. At last he felt that his friend Prakash Raj missed a good opportunity. 'In "Aagadu", Prakash Raj missed out on his careers' best performance. I truly feel sorry for him', he added. The response from Mahesh fans is still awaited on this!

Aagadu tickets up for sale on Quickr

Aagadu tickets up for sale on Quickr

Like mentioned in an earlier article titled ‘Aagadu tickets selling like hot cakes!’, the demand for Aagadu tickets is seeing no end. With the movie already in theaters today and appreciation pouring in for Mahesh’s performance in the movie, the frenetic fans are going great distances to watch the movie on the big screen.
Latest update is that Aagadu tickets have been put up for sale on Quikr by some canny individuals who are trying to cash in on the demand and make a quick buck for themselves. If movie fanaticism has a definition, this would definitely serve as one of its examples.
For the uninitiated, Quikr is one of India’s largest online and mobile classifieds portals.

Prakash Raj's absence killed Aagadu prospects

Prakash Raj's absence killed Aagadu prospects

Pokiri, Athadu, Okkadu, Dookudu..These are only few of the many movies in which featured Prakash Raj along with Mahesh Babu. Another factor was that all these movies were blockbuster hits and elevated Mahesh's star status. 

The senior actor was to star in the just released Aagadu directed by Srinu Vaitla. However, due to some problems Sonu Sood replaced Prakash Raj. The movie released today and majority of those who watched the movie said that the content is nothing to write home about. Some others feel Prakash Raj's difference could have made a difference to the movie and added more value. 

Mahesh Babu's fans are keeping their finger crossed for the movie to do well as his previous release 1 Nenokkadine failed miserably at the Box Office.

Aagadu US collections report

Sep 20 ,2014 09:11 AM

Mahesh Babu's 'Aagadu' was released yesterday in over 150 screens across the United States, which is the biggest ever release for a Telugu film. The filmmakers have organised a slew of special benefit shows across the country and admittedly the film has grossed over 581,000 USD crossing Salman Khan's 'KICK' and Ajay Devgn's 'Singham Returns.'

One of the producer, Anil Sunkara posted the box office figures in his twitter account and is overwhelmed with the response. “AAGADU scored higher than KICK nd SINGHAM combined in US premiers. UNSTOPPABLE MIGHT OF SUPERSTAR. USA final figures:: 527k reported, 581k(total ).. ,” tweeted producer Anil. He also wrote that Aagadu has registered massive figures in Nizam area which are yet to be revealed.

However, Aagadu met with mixed reviews and despite the critics, with Mahesh's charm, the film is likely to create new records across the globe.

3 Things Vaitla Misses in Aagadu

Apart from highlighting humour, not many know that Sreenu Vaitla follows a set of sentiments. He make sure that he repeat them in each and every film of his as he believes that they're one of the "reasons" for the success of his films.

The number 1 sentiment for Sreenu Vaitla is making a reference to legendary NTR somewhere in the entire film. He did it in Ready, Dookudu, Baadshah. And all the films have done well at ticket windows. But Vaitla somehow couldn't accommodate it in Aagadu.

The number 2 sentiment for  Sreenu is casting child actor Bharath. Bharath was seen in all his recent films but Aagadu is an exception.

The number 3 and recent addition to the above list is his daughters. Sreenu's 3 daughters are seen in Dookudu and Baadshah but they're "missing" in Aagadu.

Secret Of Brahmi's Dance in Aagadu

Of course, Brahmanandam dancing to the tunes of star heroes' songs on silver screen is not a new thing. Many a times he picks up some hit numbers and shakes his legs. But fact is that he can't dance like a Ram Charan in 'Dillaku Dillaku' song from 'Racha' movie. Then how did he manage to do that in 'Aagadu'?

In 'Aagadu', Brahmanandam dances to a medley of hit songs including Dillaku Dillaku from Racha, Nachore Nachore from Yamadonga and Cinema choopista maava from Racegurram. Not just dancing, he actual mimics those trademark steps with ease. And it is the turn of audiences to go jaw dropping. Especially the first 'Racha' step of Ram Charan is awesome.

Don't get shocked, as this happens to be an excellent work of visual effects teams who carefully managed to attach Brahmi's head to the real dancer. There is neither any jerky head movement nor any mismatch of movement such that you'll not identify the actual. That's the secret folks!

Mahesh Babu Sets All Time Record In USA

Mahesh Babu Sets All Time Record In USA

Superstar Mahesh Babu has set an All Time Record in USA with 'Aagadu'. As per our reports, Aagadu collected $501K in 107 locations from the Thursday premieres.
This is an All Time Record as the film surpassed the existing record of Powerstar Pawan Kalyan's Attarintiki Daredi with a margin on $155K.
Aagadu has released today across the globe in record number of theaters and the film opened up with mixed response.
Mahesh Babu's performance is getting good applause in the theaters and his dialogues have become special attraction in the film.
Tamanna Bhatia is the leading lady opposite to Mahesh and SS Thaman has composed the music. Shruti Haasan sizzled in a hot item number and this song has become one of the highlights in the film.
Anil Sunkara, Ram Achanta and Gopi Achanta have jointly produced Aagadu under 14 Reels Entertainments banner and the day one collections will be out by tomorrow.

Satire on Prakash Raj in Aagadu

Satire on Prakash Raj in Aagadu

 

Director Srinu Vaitla is famous for coming up with satires on the actors with whom he doesn't have a good relation.
In the past, he made this kind of satires on music directors, actors and writers and now, he did the same with Versatile Actor Prakash Raj.
Everyone knew about the fight between Prakash Raj and Srinu Vaitla on the sets of Aagadu. Things became serious and Prakash Raj conducted a press meet and explained about the issue. At the end, Prakash Raj recited a poem in that press meet warning Srinu Vaitla indirectly.
This 'Dookudu' director used the same poem in the film and made it look like a comedy dialogue. This scene appears before the interval where Sonu Sood recites this poem to the hero and Mahesh Babu makes fun of this.
Well, Prakash Raj and Srinu Vaitla might have differences but Filmnagar people are wondering why Mahesh Babu got involved in this fight as he shares a good rapport with Prakash Raj.

CAN Mahesh's Dargah Sentiment helps Aagadu?

Mahesh's Dargah Sentiment helps Aagadu?

Celebrities too like commoners have lot of sentiments and Tollywood Super Star Prince Mahesh Babu is not immune to it. Most of his films will end with 'Du'. This shows how much he believes in sentiment.

He also has another sentiment and that is visit the famous Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti Dargah in Ajmer, Rajasthan prior to the release of his films.

He started this sentiment from Dookudu and followed the same for Business Man and 1-Nenokkadini. Now even before his latest entertainer Aagadu release, Mahesh visited the dargah and offered prayers.

Mahesh feels though 1-Nenokkadine didnot do well at the box office, he got tremendous name and fame and his performance is appreciated by critics. Fans believe that Aagadu too will be the all time great movies in Tollywood.

MAHESH BABU THROWS SATIRES HIMSELF

Mahesh Babu Throws Satire On Himself

September 19th

Contrary to the popular opinion that Superstar Mahesh aimed his satire guns at other star heroes, he took a dig at himself only. Also that happened in a healthiest way, creating extreme fun in theatres for hardcore movie lovers who are watching 'Aagadu'. Check this story.

When Mahesh's Aagadu teaser released, the dialogue 'cinemala prabhavam entundo teldu kaani, punch dialogues prabhavam maatram ekkuvundi' got instant attention. Also the dialogue 'Prathivodu pululu, simhalu.. velaparam vachestondi' got craze and turned controversial. It was felt that Mahesh took a dig at other heroes uttering such punches. Though he cleared later that his dialogue is aimed at none as he is also mouthing such dialogues from years, there were still doubts.

Finally Aagadu release has given certain clarity. In fact, a villain in the movie says the famous 'interval' dialogue - 'this is all time record' - and Mahesh then utters 'punch dialogues prabavam'. Perhaps, this is satire by superstar on his own flick.

ITS AN 100CRORE MOVIE:KRISHNA

Why Krishna Says 'Aagadu' 100 Crores Film? Fri 19th Sep 2014 11:19 PM

Superstar Krtishna alongside Vijayanirmala and some of his relatives watched a special show of Prince Mahesh's 'Aagadu' at Prasad Preview Theater today. Having watched the movie, krishna showered praises on Mahesh's performance in the movie. He also predicted that the movie would collect Rs.100 crores. This statement of krishna turned out to be the hot discussion topic. While some fans getting goosebumps with the words of krishna about 'Aagadu's collections,  many movie lovers said that krishna has  habituated predicting the collections of Mahesh's movies. Earlier, krishna predicted the collections of many movies of Mahesh such as 'Sainikudu', 'Athidhi', 'SVSC'. '1-Nenokkadine' etc. According to analysts, there is nothing wrong in predicting the movie collections because this is a kind of promotional strategy of the movies.  'Aagadu' was directed by Srinu Vaitla on 14 Reels Entertainment. The movie has got its music scored by Thaman. Tamannah is the female lead of the movie.

Aagadu First day collections

Aagadu First day collections

Here comes the Superstar Mahesh Babu with “Aagadu” to entertain his fans who are waiting since a long time. After the bolck-buster hit of “Dookudu”, naturally the expectations of fans were high on “Aagadu” as it is being made by the magical Mahesh-Srinu Vytla combination. After creating much more hype through excessive promotion by the makers, “Aagadu” has been released  in 2000 screens across the globe.Here is the estimated collections of Aagadu
Aagadu First  day collections in AP and TS(Estimates)
Nizam – 3.5 crore
Ceded – 1.5 crore
Krishna- 85 lakhs
West Godavari – 80 Lakhs
East Godavari – 1.2 crore
UA – 94 Lakhs
Nellore – 55 lakhs
Guntur – 1.4 crore
Aagadu 1st day Estimates – 10.74 crore
Note :Estimates may not reflect the original collections, calculated based on number of theaters released.This is very early estimate and depending on night shows, things can change. The film stands a chance of creating Day 1 Record in East Godavari Depending on Hires!.

Aagadu Day 1 Box Office

Aagadu Day 1 Box Office: Surprises Galore

Aagadu starring superstar Mahesh Babu released worldwide in record number of prints, theaters. It came with huge expectations of creating new Day 1 record in Andhra Pradesh & Telangana. So where does it stand at the end of the first day? Well, early estimates suggest that the film is highly unlikely to create the new Day 1 record but it has every possible chance to emerge as the second biggest opener of all time by beating Baadshah.

The collections in the cities were phenomenal for the film as we had reported in our advance booking report. But the smaller centers and Ceded territory in particular and predictability with the talk it has, have come out with lower numbers than expected putting the overall day 1 down. There are few surprises in store as well with the film expected to put up record numbers in unexpected territories, courtesy huge hires with the biggest surprise being Nizam, a strong territory for Superstar Mahesh Babu, not finding place among those.
Early estimates for Aagadu are around 9.7-10 Cr (once again courtesy of huge amounts as hires). Keep checking this space as we update the complete day 1 numbers throughout the day.

Nellore – 0.47 L
West Godavari – 1.01 Cr (including Hires)
Note: These are early estimates and final number could be a little higher or bit lower.

Will Aagadu Miss Target By Miles??

September 20th

The hype and hoopla got revealed. Finally, Superstar Mahesh Babu's 'Aagadu' is in theatres opening to average talk in B & C centers, slightly above average talk in A centres. What are the records and figures this sensational movie is going to register anyway? Does that hype surrounding it have enough fuel from the content to give it a long run at box office? Let us see how the predictions are.

Undoubtedly 'Aagadu' is far below expectations from the 'Dookudu' combo as they have depended on tried and test plot, only by highlighting Mahesh's dialogues and body language. Also the flavor of Dookudu is quite visible and many scenes are drawing references to our hero's other movies. On a whole, mixed talk on day one might contribute to around 9-9.5 crores share collections in AP and Telangana, and that won't break any existing First Day records. In USA, it is too early to predict the collections graph but premiere-shows have run packed as Mahesh's stamina helped Aagadu mint around 1 Crore from them.

Looking at the way trade is unfolding, probably Aagadu might end up in and around 45+ crore club, if no other movie gives a tight run or knock it down in coming weeks. Anyway, these figures will not suffice the hunger of fans, who are waiting for a blockbuster Industry Hit. Collecting 70+ crore is impossible with this above-average talk even if it is Mahesh, which implies that 'mega' target is missed by miles.

Telugu Lecturer Behind 'Aagadu' Dialogues

September 19th, 2014

Right from the beginning, Aagadu dialogues are packing a punch. Though they are good in rhyme, meaning and relevance, somehow certain dialogues looked over the board but still Mahesh's terrific uttering, timing and modulation-style clicked them big time.

Writers Upendra Madhav and Anil Ravipudi are the two able creators who penned such 'grandhikam' laced Rayalaseema style dialogues for Mahesh Babu in Aaagadu. Also Sreenu Vytla too penned many dialogues, as he is an expert at punch-dialogues. However, all these dialogues couldn't be understood if one doesn't hail from pure Telugu background, as some words dug deep into some formal language written in classic literature.

To avoid cutting-out or leaving-in any dialogue from the movie without having proper understanding of it, it is heard that Censor officials took help of a Telugu lecturer. Because some dialogues sounded like 'boothu' for Censor board but producers defended them as good words spoken in Rayalaseema area. To clarify the issue, a Telugu lecture has helped, and finally passed all dialogues with just fewer cuts.