Reputed actor Nandamuri Balakrishna’s new movie “Legend” hit the screens on the 28th of March, 2014 and was an instant success story. This has taken over the screens with a storm and has already done good business over the last two weeks. Besides Balakrishna, there is also the presence of the one and only Jagapathi Babu appearing in a negative antagonistic role. Both the actors have set the screen on fire with their power packed acting and stylish dialogue delivery. The film has been directed by Boyapati Sreenu who already has a superhit movie “Simha” previously with Balakrishna. This superhit group’s second venture is “Legend” which is undoubtedly another superhit already.
The movie is faring well both in India and overseas box offices and has raked up a substantial collection already. In addition, Monday, the 31st of March, was a holiday due to Ugadi celebrations and helped the movie witness huge audiences and large revenues at the box office. Reports point to the fact that on this day alone, the movie fetched a whooping collection of around Rs.3.5 crores at the AP/Nizam box office. In addition, the movie earned approximately Rs.13.32 crores in the first week itself and adding up the collections for 31st March, the figure crossed the Rs.16 crore mark easily. The market expectation by experts and critics point out towards a collection of over 20 crores at the end of the first week.
The film has also witnessed remarkable collections at overseas box offices. The collection from the US box office alone for the first week was Rs.2.15 crores. The film is also faring well at several other overseas box offices and is expected to set record collections.
Overall, the film has minted excellent collections and is expected to reach new landmark.
The success of this movie has opened up new vistas and has the entire film industry optimistic for more successes in the coming months.
The success of “Legend” stems from some inspirational and powerful acting by the actors and some excellent foresight from the director Boyapati who understood and utilized the body language and the acting capability of Balakrishna perfectly and set the script rolling in a way which has been accepted warmly by the fans and movie lovers. In addition, the background music scored by Devishri Prasad has been exceptional and absolutely left the viewers dazzled. Overall, this movie would certainly be a hallmark in Balakrishna’s career.
The movie “Legend” has so far been a record breaker and a record maker. The success factor of this movie is mind boggling and experts and critics are highly optimistic regarding more success and revenue collection by this movie in the coming weeks. The most positive aspect is the fact that this movie is performing exceptionally well even in overseas box offices and is roping in substantial amount of revenue in addition to earning accolades. The sheer acting genius of Balakrishna and Jagapathi Babu has set the screen on fire and the apt handling of the script by the director has added additional spices. This movie is definitely a superhit.