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Dhruva overseas distribution rights sold for record price

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Posted by Larry Gleeson

By Shekhar Hooli

The overseas theatrical rights of Ram Charan and Rakul Preet Singh’s Dhruva have been sold for a record price. The distribution house plans to release the movie in 200 screens in the United States alone.

The hype surrounding Dhruva had created a lot of demand for its overseas distribution screen-shot-2016-11-30-at-8-46-59-pmrights. Several leading distribution houses were in the race to bag the rights, but JOLLYHITS eventually was the one to clinch the deal. JOLLYHITS has earlier distributed around 20 Kannada movies, including Rangitaranga, in the international markets. It’s now entering Tollywood with Dhruva.

JOLLYHITS has reportedly shelled out Rs 6 crore on the overseas distribution rights of Dhruva. Ram Charan’s previous outings — Govindudu Andarivadele and Bruce Lee: the Fighter — fetched Rs 4 crore and Rs 6 crore, respectively, for the sale of their international theatrical rights. Now, Dhruva has fetched another record price for him.

The distribution house plans to release Dhruva in over 200 screens in North America. Vamsi Kaka, the publicist for the movie, tweeted: “As of now, 195 locations are finalised for #Dhruva in the USA . This also includes 20+ IMAX Screens. #Carmike #Cinemark #Regal #AMC.”

Cherry’s Govindudu Andarivadele was released in 2014 in 150 in the US, and was the biggest release for the actor in the country. His next outing, Bruce Lee: the Fighter, shattered this record by hitting 220 screens in the country. Now, Dhruva is set to become his second biggest release in the US.

JOLLYHITS has made some grand plans for the premiere of Dhruva on November 8. They are said to have arranged 160 screens for the premiere of the movie in the country, and the number is likely to be increased to 175 as the day nears. The team of the film is set to attend the premieres in the country on the next Thursday.

Ram Charan is one of most popular young Telugu actors today. The movies of other popular stars, like Pawan Kalyan, Mahesh Babu, Junior NTR, Prabhas, Allu Arjun and Nani, have surpassed $1 million mark at the US box office. But the mega power star is yet to see his first $1 million grosser film in the country. Considering its hype and the volume of release, Dhruva is expected to surpass this mark in the country.

(Source: http://www.ibtimes.co.in)

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Dil Raju acquires distribution rights of Nanna Nenu Naa Boyfriends

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By Express Web Desk

Tollywood’s ace producer and distributor acquired film rights of Nanna Nenu Naa Boyfriends in both the Telugu speaking states. The romantic comedy feature Kumari 21 fame Hebba Patel, Rao Ramesh, Noel Sean, Parvateesam and Ashwin playing lead roles.

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Under the direction of Bandi Bhaskar, former assistant of VV Vinakaya, the movie is slated for release in November this year. The digital poster and the song of the film were also launched this Wednesday.

The movie is bankrolled by Tata Birla Madhyao Lila fame producer Bekkam Venugopal (Gopi) under Lucky Media banners. “We have been working with the Nanna Nenu Naa Boyfriends’ script for the past one year. This story is a youthful love family entertainer. We are also introducing director V V Vinayak’s former assistant Bhaskar Badi, who is directing the movie. We narrated the story to Dil Raju he asked us to make minor changes and we made the film including all of them. Dil Raju saw the first copy of the movie and appreciated our work. Raju liked our previous movie Cinemachoopista Mama and acquired the Nizam distribution rights for the movie, now the producer loved this script and bought the entire distribution rights of the film. We will release the audio and the film soon,” said Venugopal in a statement.

The movie also stars Krishn Bhagavaan, Dhan Raj and Shakalaka Shankar. Music director Shekhar Chandra is rendering audio for the film. B Sai Krishna wrote the script and cinematography is managed by K Naidu.

(source: http://www.indianexpress.com)