Chiranjeevi's 'Godfather' Producer Opens Up On The Film's Box Office Collection

Hyderabad, October 12 - Megastar Chiranjeevi's political action thriller film Godfather is playing in theaters and doing decent business at the box office. As per the trade analysts and box office tracking sites, the movie has grossed around 90 crores worldwide.

The producers of the movie recently declared that "Godfather" has already grossed over 100 crores worldwide. After announcing the said numbers with an official poster, the audience, and the trade people started trolling the makers for allegedly exaggerating box office data.



Amid the allegations about manipulating numbers, producer NV Prasad has now announced in a press release that the movie has grossed 60 crores Share collection in Telugu states while the overseas collection is also very good, including $1.1 million in the USA.

He said that the movie wasn't sold to others and was released by their own banners and also talk about the film's Hindi collection. "There are amazing collections everywhere. The film was not sold to anyone, we released our own. Revenue is very strong. The collections are amazing and beyond our expectations. Remaking "Lucifer" in Telugu was an adventure.".

It is not a common thing to change such a film and make it a success. Apart from overseas, Hindi collections are also strong. Collecting ten crores of revenue in the first week in Hindi is no small feat", he said adding that "Godfather" will release in Tamil Nadu on October 14 as it was initially stopped there because of Mani Ratnam's "Ponniyin Selvan" as a mark of the respect towards it.

"Godfather" is directed by Mohan Raja who gets praised for his direction as the movie received a positive reception from critics and the audience. It marks Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's Telugu debut as he features in the movie in an extended cameo. Nayanthara plays the female lead role along with Satya Dev in a prominent role.

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