The massive openings of Rajinikanth's "Kabali" must have been putting tremendous pressure on megastar Chiranjeevi who is making comeback as hero with the remake of Tamil blockbuster "Kaththi".
With no big director behind the camera, no star heroine, no glamour in the movie, Rajinikanth had created new records in opening weekend worldwide. Moreover, he did this with a bad talk.
He shattered the records of Rajamouli’s “Baahubali” and other Bollywood movies and proved what his stardom his, what his power of crowd-pulling is across all languages and areas.
Here comes the question: can Chiranjeevi bring half of the openings that Rajinikanth brought in the first weekend with his new film?
Before Chiranjeevi took plunge into politics, he was considered equal to Rajinikanth in terms of popularity and stardom. At one, Chiru crossed Rajinikanth and emerged as number one hero in India in terms of remuneration. But today, Rajinikanth is miles ahead.
Despite delivering two back to back flops, Rajinikanth came back with a bang. Even those two flops had received massive openings.
Rajinikanth proved that openings for his movies would be earth-shattering whether the director is Shankar or relatively newcomer Ranjith.
If Chiranjeevi can’t command openings even half of what “Kabali” collected in USA and India, it would undermine the power of the megastar. Rajinikanth’s movies run in Singapore, Malaysia, Gulf, UK, Australia, Japan and other markets.
Telugu movies primarily run in India, USA and Gulf Countries. But even in USA and Indian markets, Rajinikanth has set massive records with “Kabali”.
Can Chiru pull off $4 million dollars weekend openings for his movie in USA like Rajinikanth now did? Definitely, Mega tension for Chiru now to prove his power!
