Directors of Sankranthi 2016 releases has participated in a special interview session jointly held by a Media House recently. During the chit chat, Sukumar, Sriwass, Kalyan Krishna and Merlapaka Gandhi shared their views about the Box Office clash & response from the audience.
Sukumar thanked SS Rajamouli for making a film like 'Baahubali' which increased the percentage of cinema-viewing people. He feels this is also a reason behind the success of four Pongal releases.
Sriwass, on the other hand, opined clash of four films has affected the revenue generation and 'Dictator' makers had to sacrifice 15% of the pre-release business. Even he says the collections were shared by all the four releases.
Whereas, Gandhi and Kalyan Krishna stated they were happy with the fact that all the four movies have garnered positive feedback from audience.
Except Merlapaka Gandhi who is from Chittoor district, All the other three directors were from East Godavari.
Sukumar thanked SS Rajamouli for making a film like 'Baahubali' which increased the percentage of cinema-viewing people. He feels this is also a reason behind the success of four Pongal releases.
Sriwass, on the other hand, opined clash of four films has affected the revenue generation and 'Dictator' makers had to sacrifice 15% of the pre-release business. Even he says the collections were shared by all the four releases.
Whereas, Gandhi and Kalyan Krishna stated they were happy with the fact that all the four movies have garnered positive feedback from audience.
Except Merlapaka Gandhi who is from Chittoor district, All the other three directors were from East Godavari.