
In recent years, the South Indian film industry has seen a surge in pan-India films, with large-scale projects and unique storylines gaining nationwide recognition.
As Tamil directors’ express interest in collaborating with Telugu actors, there has been a trend of cross-industry ventures.
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However, many of these experiments have turned disastrous most of the times.
Recently, Ram Charan’s Game Changer directed by Shankar was released amidst high anticipation but received negative response from the audience which is evident from box office collections.
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Similarly, Naga Chaitanya’s Custody, directed by Venkat Prabhu, failed to perform well, despite being a bilingual film aimed at connecting with a wider audience. It also marked Chaitanya’s debut in Tamil cinema but emerged as an utter flop.
Ram Pothineni’s The Warrior directed by N. Lingusamy was another disaster, despite featuring mass elements that typically attract audiences.
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Even Pawan Kalyan and Sai Dharam Tej’s Bro, a remake, faced a disastrous outcome, with the film directed by Samuthirakani also failing at the box office.
The director’s previous works like Shambo Shivo Shambo and Jenda Pai Kapiraju had also been flops.
Vijay Deverakonda’s NOTA (directed by Anand Shankar) and Prabhas’s Rebel, directed by Raghava Lawrence, too were failures.
Moreover, even stars like Mahesh Babu and Pawan Kalyan, who have worked with Tamil directors, have faced setbacks.
Mahesh’s Spyder (directed by Murugadoss) was a big disappointment despite high expectations, and Pawan Kalyan’s Panja and Bangaram, directed by Tamil filmmakers, did not fare well either.
These ventures with Tamil directors have, unfortunately, turned out to be missed opportunities for both the filmmakers and the actors involved.