Coming Again With Mahatma
Shankar Dada Zindabad
37Standing
311th of 443 in Tollywood
- Out-grossed 58% of Tollywood releases with reported figures ($5M).
- Returned 1.4× its budget, against an industry median of 1.5×.
- Momentum in the 10th percentile.
- Audience rating 4.9 from 16 votes, the 19th percentile.
- Cost
- $4M
- Took
- $5M
Average1.4× its cost
Against a Tollywood median of 1.5×, so this one returned 0.9 times what a typical release there does.
The money says average. What do you say?
The picture
Shankar Dada, a local don in Hyderabad, falls for a radio jockey named Jahnavi. To win a chance to meet her, he enters a contest about the life and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. While studying, Shankar begins to have hallucinations of Gandhi, whom he starts addressing as 'Bapu'. Guided by Gandhi's spirit, Shankar abandons his violent ways and adopts 'Gandhigiri' to solve social problems and settle disputes peacefully. His transformation confuses his colleagues and enemies alike, but his new path of non-violence eventually wins over the community and his love interest.
- Released
- 27 July 2007
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- Language
- Telugu
- Industry
- Tollywood
Top billedAll 16 credits
- ChiranjeeviShankar Prasad / Shankar Dada
- SrikanthATM
- Karishma KotakJahnavi
- Sayaji ShindeRajalingam
- BrahmanandamAstrologer
- Dilip PrabhavalkarMahatma Gandhi
Made by
- Director
- Prabhu Deva
- Original Music Composer
- Devi Sri Prasad
- Director of Photography
- Chota K. Naidu
- Producer
- Ravishankal Akkineni, Gemini Kiran
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