The
Date
Of
Premiere
Dear
Comrade
made
its
television
premiere
as
a
Diwali
special.
The
movie
was
aired
on
Gemini
TV
on
October
27,
2019,
at
5
PM.
Importantly,
Dear
Comrade
was
the
only
prominent
film
of
the
year
to
make
its
television
premiere
during
the
festival
season
and
hence,
the
expectations
were
definitely
high.
TRP
Ratings
According
to
a
few
reports,
Dear
Comrade
registered
a
TRP
rating
of
5.47
for
its
television
premiere.
Well,
much
more
was
expected
from
the
premiere,
especially
considering
the
popularity
that
it
attained
after
its
Amazon
Prime
release.
Fails
To
Beat
VIP
2
Interestingly,
the
Telugu
version
of
VIP
2,
starring
Dhanush
in
the
lead
role,
also
premiered
during
the
Diwali
season.
VIP
2
went
on
to
overtake
Dear
Comrade
as
the
Dhanush
starrer
reportedly
went
on
to
register
a
TRP
of
6.02.
Vijay
Deverakonda's
Best
Performing
Movie
Vijay
Deverakonda
starrer
Geetha
Govindam
was
a
tremendous
success
on
television
as
well.
The
movie
had
registered
a
record
TRP
rating
of
20.8
with
its
television
premiere
that
happened
last
year.
Interestingly,
Geetha
Govindam
was
also
telecast
during
the
Diwali
season
and
received
a
TRP
rating
of
3.06,
which
again
is
pretty
impressive
considering
it
was
not
a
television
premiere.