Will Dhanush's 'Captain Miller' Survive Pongal Competition?

Tamil hero Dhanush is one of the best actors in this country right now and his versatility in script selection is something to marvel at. He is currently working on 'Captain Miller' which was supposed to hit the screens on 15th December. But things went awry as soon as 'Salaar' decided to arrive on 22nd December. With the huge risk of getting dominated by Prabhas' flick on a pan-Indian level, the makers have reportedly decided to arrive on Pongal.

While there is not much competition in Kollywood at that time, the scenario is completely different in Tollywood. There are seven releases in the Sankranti season already and Dhanush's flick will make it eight. With big names like superstar Mahesh Babu, Venkatesh, Ravi Teja, Nagarjuna, Vijay Deverakonda and others arriving at the same time, the distributors are already pulling their hairs out trying to allot enough theatres for all these movies.

If Dhanush's 'Captain Miller' arrives during the same time, it will become even messier. As we know, Dhanush has a good market in Telugu states but he will not be given first preference over Telugu stars. It all depends on who buys the film in Telugu. We have seen 'Leo' getting a big chunk of theatres in the Telugu states during Dasara season despite Balayya and Ravi Teja's films because of Sithara Entertainments backing it. If 'Captain Miller' too gets a big banner's support things will be different. Let us see what happens.

Set in 1930-40s, 'Captain Miller' is going to be high on action and drama. Priyanka Arul Mohan is the heroine in the movie while Shivarajkumar did a significant role. Sandeep Kishan was a part of this movie. GV Prakash is the music composer of this movie. Madhan Karky has penned dialogues for the Tamil version of the movie. Shreyaas Krishna handles the cinematography, Nagooran is taking care of editing, wherein T. Ramalingam is the art director. The movie is presented by T.G. Thyagarajan of Sathya Jyothi Films and produced by Sendhil Thyagarajan and Arjun Thyagarajan. The film is co-produced by G. Saravanan and Sai Siddharth. Arun Matheswara is the film's director.