Anil Sunkara, Chiranjeevi and KS Rama Rao were supposed to produce the movie Bhola Shankar.
Chiranjeevi charged 65 crore for the movie and has taken sixty crore before the release.
Chiranjeevi and KS Rama Rao for the reasons best known to them opted out of the production and Sunkara was overburdened with the Budget all alone.
He has pledged land for money. Now he is in deep losses and Chiranjeevi is holding a post-dated cheque for Rs5 crore.
Sixty has already gone to the megastar, but will he give some money back to Sunkara is the question.
Take the US box office, for instance. Bhola Shankar did not even earn $500K, whereas Pawan Kalyan’s BRO made $1.4 million.
Although BRO was also a loss venture everywhere, it managed to attract audiences at least until the first weekend.
The only difference is that Bhola Shankar was met with outright disastrous reviews, which Chiranjeevi couldn’t save, while Pawan Kalyan, despite negative feedback, managed to generate some revenue.
Generally, Heroes come to the rescue of producers or return the money if the movie flops. But we do not what Chiranjeevi has decided.
Sunkara is sulking with losses and there is no update from Chiranjeevi. BRO did well when compared to Bhola.
