We Want To Make 'Pushpa' A Franchise: Allu Arjun

Icon Star Allu Arjun flew to Germany to be a part of the Berlin Film Festival and he talked extensively about the future plans regarding 'Pushpa'. As we know, 'Pushpa: The Rise' which came out in 2021 was a massive hit and Allu Arjun even won a National Award for his performance. He played the role of a daily laborer who rises to the level of the head of the red sanders smuggling syndicate.

The second is in the making and talking to Variety, he said, “You can definitely expect part three, we do want to make it a franchise and we have exciting ideas for the lineup.” Talking about being a part of Berlin Film Festival, he stated, “I just want to see how people abroad are going to see this film, and try to understand how they view Indian cinema, just understand how film festivals are and what kind of films are watched and what is the mindset of the people that come there.”

Talking about its success on Amazon Prime, he mentioned, “More than the theatrical reach of 'Pushpa,' the OTT [streaming] reach has been multifold. A lot of people maybe during the theatrical release have only watched it once or twice. But after it's available on OTT platforms like Amazon, people have watched it multiple times. And because of the OTT platform, there's a lot of crossover audience from other languages, and other regions and neighboring countries. And also it made a noise because it was the biggest film [in India] of 2021.”

He added, “I didn't find much of a difference [between] the way the urban Indians have watched the film and the people overseas. And I think urban Indians are similar to global audiences. So, all the things that they have liked in terms of the candidness of the film or the performances, I've got similar feedback from urban audiences in India and overseas.”

About 'Pushpa 2', he said, “Pushpa 2' is going to have a very different shade of Pushpa than what you've seen in 'Pushpa 1,' because it is the lower end of the spectrum that you've seen. You'll see the highest end of the spectrum in terms of characterization. So you'll see him on a very high note, you'll see him on a very high scale, in terms of characterization, in terms of this scale and presentation and the canvas of the problems are going to be much bigger than what it was compared to 'Pushpa 1.' It's going to be a bigger canvas, and there is a different dimension to the characterization.”

When asked about his future plans, he said, “Those will definitely be on an epic scale. I don't want to drop the 'Pushpa' scale at all — I want to hold that ground as much as possible.”