Universal star Kamal Haasan and director Shankar Shanmugam are facing severe backlash from moviegoers for attempting to recreate the magic with Bharateeyudu 2 ( Indian 2), a sequel to the 1996 cult classic from the same duo.
The film released opened to embarrassing reviews on Friday. Neither Shankar’s direction nor Kamal’s screen presence saved the film due to the pointless story and haphazard screenplay. There is no chances that the film will survive beyond first Sunday as the openings itself are very poor.
Besides Shankar and Kamal Haasan, another big name that is associated with Bharateeyudu 2 is hotshot composer Anirudh Ravichander. There have been high expectations on him because of Rahman’s magic in the first part. Unfortunately, Anirudh couldn’t save the film with his work.
Now that the box office fate of Bharateeyudu 2 is clear, all attention now shifts to upcoming Telugu biggies. One is Ram Charan’s political thriller Game Changer and NTR’s Devara. The reason behind this is because of the impact of Bharateeyudu 2 on these two films.
While Shankar is the director for Game Changer, Anirudh is the composer for Devara. As Bharateeyudu 2 disappointed big-time both NTR and Charan’s fans are very anxious about these two films.
Shankar has already completed majority of the filming for Game Changer. Doubts are being expressed whether Shankar can match the high expectations on Ram Charan after RRR with this film.
Meanwhile, Anirudh is also under huge pressure because he will need to render a chartbuster album for Devara, otherwise he will face the ire of NTR’s fans.
Sources revealed that Charan and NTR are not concerned about Bharateeyudu 2 result. Charan is reportedly very confident that Shankar will make a strong comeback with Game Changer. On the other side, NTR also fully optimistic that Anirudh will come up with his best for Devara.
While Devara is slated for release on September 27th, Game Changer is yet to lock the date.
