Nandamuri
Balakrishna-starrer
Bhagavanth
Kesari,
written
and
directed
by
Anil
Ravipudi,
had
a
long
and
super
solid
opening
weekend
at
the
box
office.
The
movie
which
hit
the
screens
on
October
19
alongside
Thalapathy
Vijay's
Leo
stood
its
ground
and
earned
positive
word-of-mouth.
Balakrishna
earned
a
hat
trick
at
the
box
office,
becoming
the
only
veteran
of
the
Tollywood
industry
to
achieve
the
feat
of
gaining
USD
1
million
at
the
USA
box
office.
Nandamuri
Balakrishna
scored
another
hit
with
director
Anil
Ravipudi's
latest
action
drama
titled
Bhagavanth
Kesari.
The
movie
was
released
worldwide
on
October
19
for
the
Dussehra
festival.
Balayya
secured
success
for
this
festival
too,
after
his
career's
biggest
hit
Veera
Simha
Reddy
for
Sankranthi.
Bhagavanth
Kesari
is
turning
out
to
become
the
highest-grosser
and
one
of
the
most
successful
films
in
Tollywood
veteran
Nandamuri
Balakrishna's
career.
Written
and
directed
by
Anil
Ravipudi,
who
is
a
director
with
no
flops,
Bhagavanth
Kesari,
which
was
released
on
October
19
to
heavy
competition
from
Leo
is
now
setting
new
records.
It
has
successfully
completed
three
weeks
run
at
the
regional
box
office
and
is
still
going
strong.
Bhagavanth
Kesari
enjoyed
a
glorious
first
and
long
opening
weekend
at
the
box
office
worldwide.
The
movie
earned
positive
reviews
from
fans
and
critics.
The
second
weekend
at
the
box
office
was
pretty
good,
and
the
movie
crossed
about
Rs
132
Crore
worldwide
gross.
But
the
action-emotional
drama
is
in
no
mood
to
slow
down
and
is
continuing
to
showcase
its
strength
in
the
third
weekend
as
well.
Check
out
the
day-wise
box
office
collection
below.
Bhagavanth
Kesari
Box
Office
Collection
Prediction
Day
1:
Rs
16.6
Crore
Day
2:
Rs
7
Crore
Day
3:
Rs
7.8
Crore
Day
4:
Rs
8.6
Crore
Day
5:
Rs
7.65
Crore
Day
6:
Rs
9
Crore
Day
7:
Rs
5
Crore
Day
8:
Rs
2.9
Crore
Day
9:
Rs
2.1
Crore
Day
10:
Rs
2.65
Crore
Day
11:
Rs
4.15
Crore
Day
12:
Rs
1.28
Crore
Day
13:
Rs
1.05
Crore
Day
14:
Rs
0.85
Crore
Day
15:
Rs
0.77
Crore
Day
16:
Rs
0.45
Crore
Day
17:
Rs
0.8
Crore
Day
18:
Rs
1.2
Crore
Day
19:
Rs
0.42
Crore
Day
20:
Rs
0.44
Crore
Day
21:
Rs
0.14
Crore
(estimates)
Total
21
Days
Collection:
Rs
80.8
Crore
(approximately).
Bhagavanth
Kesari
Premise
Nelakonda
Bhagavanth
Kesari
is
a
doting
guardian-like
parent
to
his
niece
Viji
(Sreeleela),
and
he
encourages
her
to
pursue
her
dream
of
joining
the
Indian
Army.
However,
things
turn
unimaginable
for
the
duo
when
Bhagavanth
Kesari
locks
horns
with
a
highly
influential
business
magnate
Rahul
Sanghvi
(Arjun
Rampal).
Bhagavanth
Kesari
Cast
The
movie
features
Nandamuri
Balakrishna
as
Nelakonda
Bhagavanth
Kesari,
Kajal
Aggarwal
as
Kathyayani,
Sreeleela
as
Vijayalakshmi
aka
Viji,
Priyanka
Jawalkar,
and
John
Vijay
in
the
role
of
Shukla.
Bollywood
actor
Arjun
Rampal
is
making
his
Tollywood
debut
with
this
high-voltage
action
drama.
Bhagavanth
Kesari
Crew
The
movie
is
a
production
venture
of
Sahu
Garapti
and
Harish
Peddi
under
the
Shine
Screens
banner.
C
Ramprasad
and
Tammiraju
worked
as
the
film's
cinematographer
and
editor,
respectively.
S
Thaman
joined
hands
once
again
with
NBK
for
Bhagavanth
Kesari's
entire
soundtrack
and
music.