SPY Pre-Release Business: After Karthikeya 2 Nikhil Siddhartha's Spy Action Thriller Raises Expectations

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Nikhil Siddhartha's SPY Pre-Release Business: Actor Nikhil Siddhartha rose to nationwide popularity and secured his career's highest-grosser film in the form of Karthikeya 2, directed by Chandoo Mondeti.

The Tollywood youngster is ready to enthrall his fans and movie lovers with a racy action thriller titled SPY, which is going to hit the screens on June 29. Seasoned film editor Garry BH is making his directorial debut with SPY. The movie is also released as a pan-India venture in five languages, following the image of Nikhil Siddhartha's success and recognition with Karthikeya 2, all over the country.

Spy has been in production for a long time, and the makers now have taken special care of the visual effects of the film, considering the feedback and criticism from the fans and viewers. The release of Spy was postponed earlier for the same reason. Finally, SPY will be hitting the screens in India and abroad on June 29.

Spy Story

The movie revolves around India's best-kept secret surrounding the death of Netaji Subhash Chandrabose. A RAW agent, Jai unravels the connection between a deadly arms dealer and the secrets of Subhash Chandra Bose's death. Jai also has a personal agenda-avenge his brother's death.

SPY Pre-release Business

The movie, which has raised expectations with its theatrical trailer, has done a decent non-theatrical business, which is the highest in Nikhil Siddhartha's career so far. The non-theatrical rights of this pan-India film were sold for Rs 40 Crore.

Nikhil Siddhartha's SPY is said to be the first film of the actor to have made a decent table profit and pre-release busienss before the film's theatrical release.

Take a detailed look at the pre-release business, here

Nizam: Rs 5 Crore
Ceeded: Rs 2 Crore
Andhra: Rs 6 Crore
Total Andhra Pradesh & Telangana: Rs 13 Crore
Karnataka + Rest Of India: Rs 0.70 Crore
Overseas: Rs 1.80 Crore
Other Langauges (Valued): Rs 2 Crore
Total: Rs 17.50 Crore

The movie needs to make Rs 18.50 Crore to achieve break-even.

SPY Cast

The movie stars Nikhil Siddhartha, Aryan Rajesh, Iswarya Menon, Abhinav Gomatam, Dayanand Reddy, Ravi Varma, Prisha Singh, Nitin Mehta, Jisshu Sengupta, Sonia Naresh, Amir Ali Shaik, Robert Laenen, Makarand Deshpande, and Sanya Thakur, among others, in key roles. Actor-producer Rana Daggubati will be seen in a pivotal cameo, as revealed in the film's trailer.

Spy Crew

The movie is directed and edited by Garry BH. Anirudh Krishna Murthy and K Raja Sekhar Reddy wrote the film's story and script. Vishal Chandrasekhar composed the tunes for the film, and Sricharan Pakala scored the background music for SPY. Vamsi Patchipulusu cranked the camera. Charan Tej Uppalapati and K Raja Shekhar Reddy produced the movie together. Ravi Anthony worked as the Production Design Head. Robert Laenen is also the Stunt Choreographer for SPY.