After
a
long
wait,
Dhruva
Sarja's
action
entertainer
Pogaru
graced
the
theatres
on
February
19.
The
film
has
been
running
successfully
at
the
box
office
and
the
audience
can't
stop
gushing
over
the
performance
of
the
Action
Prince,
who
for
a
change
is
essaying
a
ruffian
in
the
film.
Interestingly,
National
Crush
Rashmika
Mandanna's
acting
chops
have
indeed
served
as
the
cherry
on
the
cake
for
the
Nanda
Kishore
directorial.
Well,
Pogaru's
1st
weekend
nationwide
gross
has
touched
the
Rs
25
crore
mark.
Notably,
the
massive
collection
came
from
Karnataka,
Andhra
Pradesh,
Telangana,
Tamil
Nadu
and
from
the
film's
Kannada
version
release
in
rest
of
India.
For
the
unversed,
the
Dhruva
Sarja-starrer
was
released
in
the
Telugu
speaking
region
with
the
same
title
and
in
Tamil
as
Semma
Thimiru.
Notably,
the
film
marks
Dhruva
Sarja's
5th
venture
in
Sandalwood
and
debut
in
both
Tollywood
and
Kollywood.
Pogaru
kicked
off
its
journey
by
accumulating
Rs
6.51
crore
(net)
on
its
opening
day.
On
days
2
and
3,
the
film
collected
Rs
3.31
crore
and
Rs
4.53
crore
with
its
theatrical
run
(nationwide-net).
With
its
coveted
run
at
the
box
office
on
day
4,
Pogaru
has
garnered
Rs
2.25
crore
(net),
which
is
quite
a
decent
figure.
The
total
net
collection
of
Pogaru
sums
up
to
Rs
16.60
crore
(net).
Produced
by
BK
Gangadhar
under
his
production
banner
Sri
Jagadguru
Movies,
the
film
also
features
Dhananjay,
Raghavendra
Rajkumar,
P
Ravi
Shankar,
Kai
Greene,
Sadhu
Kokila,
Kutti
Prathap,
Mrinalini
Ravi,
Mayuri
Kyatari
and
Morgan
Aste.
With
music
composed
by
Bigg
Boss
Kannada
5
winner
Chandan
Shetty,
the
action-entertainer
has
Vijay
Milton
as
the
director
of
photography
(DOP)
and
Mahesh
S
as
the
editor.
Though
Pogaru
was
initially
planned
to
hit
the
theatres
on
March
24,
2020,
the
makers
had
to
postpone
the
date
owing
to
the
COVID-19
pandemic
and
the
subsequent
lockdown.