Nagarjuna thanks audience for making Bangarraju a blockbuster

Akkineni Nagarjuna is overjoyed at the success of his latest Telugu release Bangarraju.

Speaking at the success meet of the movie, which has grossed over Rs50 crore over its opening weekend, Nagarjuna thanked Telugu audiences for showing up in theatres to watch the film.

“The whole world fears the pandemic now. At a time when movies releases have been stopped in North India and we were contemplating whether to release our film or not, it is the Telugu cinema lovers who urged us to go ahead with our release. They promised to watch our film. I bow down to Telugu audiences for giving us a blockbuster,” Nagarjuna said, speaking at the event. 

Nag Thanks Telugu Movie-buffs for showing up at the theatres this Sankranthi despite the ongoing CoVID wave. #Bangarraju pic.twitter.com/o2KAsTyQQW

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“The success of this film is not because of the faith you have in me but it is because of the faith I have in Telugu audiences,” he added. 

Bangarraju is the sequel to the 2016 hit Telugu film Soggade Chinni Nayana. While Nagarjuna reprises his character in the movie, Ramya Krishnan plays his wife Satyabhama. The film also stars Naga Chaitanya.

The film features Krithi Shetty, Chalapathi Rao, Rao Ramesh, Brahmaji, Vennela Kishore and Jhansi. 

This was Naga Chaitanya’s first release since he announced his split with Samantha Ruth Prabhu.