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Nikhil Siddhartha's 'Spy' Scores Highest Pre-Release Business For The Actor Tollywood
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Nikhil Siddhartha's 'Spy' Scores Highest Pre-Release Business For The Actor

Hyderabad, June 28 - Telugu actor Nikhil Siddhartha has been in top form with back-to-back box office successes. The actor is now coming up with the action thriller film "Spy" which is releasing on June 29, on the occasion of Eid. ## Directed by Garry BH, "Spy" is having a good buzz among moviegoers. The trailer of the movie received a unanimous positive response from all over and now, it is set for a good start at the box office. Being one of the most-anticipated films Nikhil, "Spy" has scored the highest pre-release business for the actor in Telugu states. ## According to T2BLive, the worldwide pre-release theatrical business of "Spy" is 17.50 crores, including 13 crores in Telugu states (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), which is the highest for a Nikhil film. The movie will need to score around 18.50 crores worldwide share collection in order to break even and emerge as a clean hit. ## Given the track record of actor Nikhil, "Spy" should easily emerge as a clean box office winner if the talks are positive. It is a Pan India movie that will also release in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam languages simultaneously.## Produced by K Rajashekhar Reddy, the movie also stars Iswarya Menon and Sanya Thakur as the female leads while Aryan Rajesh and Abhinav Gomatam will be seen in key roles. It will release in over 1600 theaters worldwide. ## Stay tuned...

Actor Nikhil Siddhartha Announces A New Pan India Film 'Swayambhu' Tollywood
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Actor Nikhil Siddhartha Announces A New Pan India Film 'Swayambhu'

Hyderabad, June 1 - After the blockbuster success of "Karthikeya 2", actor Nikhil Siddhartha is in no mood to look back and is announcing back-to-back impressive films.## On the occasion of the actor's 38th birthday, Nikhil announced his 20th film, titled Swayambhu with the first look poster. The actor plays the role of a fierce warrior in the movie and by the looks of the poster, it promises another big-scale entertainer.## The film directed by Bharath Krishnamachari will be an epic fantasy that tells the tale of an ambitious young warrior. It is produced by Bhuvan and Sreekar under the banner of Pixal Studios and presented by Tagore Madhu. Ravi Basrur will compose the music.## The regular shoot will begin in August this year and be released in 2024 in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam. ## Our 20th Film will be #Swayambhu 🙏🏽 thanks for all the Love and Wishes on my Birthday... Will keep working harder and try to win ur hearts always 🙏🏽 @krishbharat20 @manojdft @RaviBasrur @TagoreMadhu @bhuvan_sagar @PixelStudiosoff @TimesMusicHub @jungleemusicSTH pic.twitter.com/d2fCgHmW3a— Nikhil Siddhartha (@actor_Nikhil) June 1, 2023 ## Over the last few days, Nikhil has been a talking point in the industry with his brilliant selection of scripts. He recently announced "The India Gate" under Ram Charan and Abhishek Aggarwal's production. It is set in the pre-Independence era and will start shooting soon. ## Nikhil also has "Karthikeya 3" in the pipeline and it will start after the completion of the ongoing films. Meanwhile, the actor is currently gearing up for the release of "Spy" which is about India's Best Kept Secret of Subash Chandrabose's death. It will release on June 29 in multiple languages.## Stay tuned...

Ram Charan and Abhishek Agarwal Announce Pan India Movie 'The India House' Starring Nikhil Siddhartha Tollywood
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Ram Charan and Abhishek Agarwal Announce Pan India Movie 'The India House' Starring Nikhil Siddhartha

Hyderabad, May 28 - On the occasion of India's great freedom fighter Veer Savarkar's 140th birth anniversary, a Pan-India movie The India House: Jai Mata Di, starring Nikhil Siddhartha in the lead role. ## "The India House" will be produced by superstar Ram Charan and Vikram Reddy's new production house V Mega Pictures in association with "The Kashmir Files" producer Abhishek Agarwal's Abhishek Agarwal Arts and will be directed by debutante Ram Vamsi Krishna. ## Based on a forgotten chapter in Indian history, the movie is set in the pre-independence era (1905) in London and promises to take the audience back in time and immerse them in a tale that touches their hearts. The movie announcement teaser looks grand and hints at the events unfolding around The India House. ## The movie features Nikhil Siddhartha as Shiva and Anupam Kher as Shyamji Krishna Varma. The shoot of the film will start soon and it will be released in multiple languages in 2024. ## ## Stay tuned...

Spy Teaser: Another Big Blockbuster Loading For Nikhil Siddhartha? Tollywood
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Spy Teaser: Another Big Blockbuster Loading For Nikhil Siddhartha?

Mumbai, May 16 - Telugu actor Nikhil Siddhartha scored a huge Pan India blockbuster with "Karthikeya 2" which grossed over 100 crores at the worldwide box office. His last film "18 Pages" also performed well and was a box office hit.## After back-to-back success, Nikhil is already riding high, and it seems, there is one big blockbuster awaiting for him in the form of Spy. The teaser of the spy thriller was launched on Monday (May 15), and this promises nothing short of another blockbuster ride for the actor. ## Directed by Garry BH, "Spy" is revolving around Subhash Chandrabose who mysteriously died when his overloaded plane crashed in Japanese Taiwan on August 18, 1945. The teaser begins with Makrand Deshpande explaining about India's India's best-kept secret, Subhash Chandrabose, and calls his death in a plane crash a cover-up story.## Nikhil Siddhartha, who plays the role of a Spy in the movie, has been given the responsibility to resolve the mystery behind Nitaji's death, and during his mission to unveil the truth, he meets with deadly challenges. The teaser is filled with full of stylish action and goosebump moments. ## The visuals are grand and bigger than Nikhli's previous movies, plus, the subject of the movie and the background music is thrilling enough along with good performances to make it a movie to watch out for. The reception to the teaser has been overwhelming and created huge curiosity among the fans which should translate into a good opening at the box office.## Written by Anirudh Krishna MurthyK and Raja Shekhar Reddy, and produced by ED Entertainments, "Spy" also stars Iswarya Menon, Sanya Thakur, Makrand Deshpande, and Abhinav Gomatam in key roles. The movie is scheduled to release on June 29 in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada languages.## ## Stay tuned...

After Box Office, Nikhil Siddhartha's 'Karthikeya 2' Scores Big On ZEE5 Tollywood
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After Box Office, Nikhil Siddhartha's 'Karthikeya 2' Scores Big On ZEE5

Hyderabad, October 8 - Actor Nikhil Siddhartha's mystical action adventure film Karthikeya 2 was a massive hit at the box office, grossing over 117 crores worldwide. The movie was also released in Hindi and grossed approx. 37 crores. It has been one of the biggest blockbusters of the year. ## Directed by Chandoo Mondeti, "Karthikeya 2" was released on the digital platform ZEE5 after 8 weeks of theatrical release on October 5 in Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil. Upon its digital debut, the movie continued from where it ended at the box office and scored a thundering 100+ crore streaming minutes in just 48 hours. ## ZEE5 didn't reveal language wise viewing minutes of "Karthikeya 2" but it certain that the Hindi version has contributed the most, followed by Telugu and Tamil. While the tranperncy of digital platforms always remains doubtful, the viewership numbers of the film are indeed huge. ## Actor Nikhil took to Twitter and thanked the audience for the terrific response to the movie on ZEE5 after blockbuster theatrical outcome. ## This is Crazy 💥💥🔥🔥 Thank you for the Terrific response for #Karthikeya2 on OTT too @ZEE5Telugu @ZEE5India @ZeeTamil 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 thank you all .. ever grateful. 100 CR plus Viewing mins in 48 hrs… @anupamahere @chandoomondeti @anupamnawada @AbhishekOfficl @vishwaprasadtg pic.twitter.com/DEQtUITWSp— Nikhil Siddhartha (@actor_Nikhil) October 7, 2022 ## On the other hand, Akshay Kumar-fronted comedy drama Raksha Bandhan was also released on ZEE5 on October 5 after completing 8 weeks of theatrical run. The Anand L Rai-directed film scored 40+ million viewing minutes in the first 24 hours. The movie grossed approx. 69 crores from its box office run worldwide. ## Stay tuned...

Actor Nikhil Siddhartha Gets Offers From Bollywood After Blockbuster 'Karthikeya 2' Bollywood
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Actor Nikhil Siddhartha Gets Offers From Bollywood After Blockbuster 'Karthikeya 2'

Mumbai, September 2 - The success of Karthikeya 2 has opened the gate for actor Nikhil Siddhartha in the Hindi market. Nikhil was mostly an unknown face among the Hindi audience till a few weeks ago but the sleeper hit success of Karthikeya 2 has provided him a big opportunity to expand his reach beyond the Telugu market. ## Karthikeya 2 was opened at just Rs. 7 lakhs, but now, it has crossed the Rs. 26 crores mark and there is still some life left in the movie to score a few crores more. Thanks to the extraordinary response to the movie, Nikhil has started getting offers from big Bollywood production houses. ## During a recent interview with Bollywood Hungama, Nikhil revealed that he has been approached by two very big Bollywood production houses for their upcoming films and will reveal the name when he officially signed on the dotted lines to come on board their films. ## Nikhil will next be seen in the spy action thriller film "Spy", which is a Pan India film. The movie deals with a national issue and Nikhil is playing a RAW agent in the movie, directed by Garry BH. Nikhil has also wrapped "18 Pages" for GA2 Pictures and will also return as Dr. Kartik in "Karthikeya 3". ## Stay tuned...

Box Office: Blockbuster Karthikeya 2 Tops 100 Crores Gross Worldwide Tollywood
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Box Office: Blockbuster Karthikeya 2 Tops 100 Crores Gross Worldwide

Hyderabad, August 31 - Actor Nikhil Siddhartha's mystery action-adventure film Karthikeya 2 has entered the coveted 100 crores gross club at the worldwide box office with today's collection, becomes only the 4th Telugu movie of 2022 to achieve the milestone after Bheemla Nayan, Sarkaru Vaari Paata, and RRR. ## Directed by Chandoo Mondeti, "Karthikeya 2" has had trouble getting released in theaters but it overcame all the challenges to become one of the biggest blockbusters in Telugu cinema. For a medium-range Telugu movie, "Karthikeya 2" is only the second film of all time in Tollywood cinema to reach the 100 crores mark after Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna's "Geetha Govindam". ## However, unlike "Geetha Govindam", K2 has had simultaneous Hindi release with the Telugu version and it has hugely benefitted from the Hindi version with a gross collection of approx. 30 crores, in addition to approx. 58 crores in the Telugu version at the domestic box office. The overseas collection is approx. 13 crores. ## Produced by Abhishek Agarwal Arts and People Media Factory, K2 is also proved to be one of the most profitable Telugu films of all time with a profit of around 38 crores so far from the share collection of 51 crores. The film brought a lot of joy to the distributors who were looking for one big hit post "RRR". ## The film serves as a sequel to the 2014 film Karthikeya and stars Nikhil Siddhartha, Anupama Parameswaran, and Anupam Kher in prominent roles along with Srinivasa Reddy, Adithya Menon, and Satya, among others in supporting roles. ## Stay tuned...

Box Office: Karthikeya 2 Becomes The 10th Highest-Grossing South Indian Film In Hindi Tollywood
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Box Office: Karthikeya 2 Becomes The 10th Highest-Grossing South Indian Film In Hindi

Mumbai, August 29 - Telugu blockbuster Karthikeya 2 continues to mint money at the box office and is racing towards the 100 crores mark at the box office. In the dubbed Hindi version, the Nikhil Siddharth-starrer film has become the 10th biggest South Indian grosser of all time. ## Directed by Chandoo Mondeti, the mystical action adventure film witnessed a solid hold over the third weekend and scored 4.42 crores net. The total net collection of the movie in the Hindi version has now reached approx. 25 crores, which makes it the 10th biggest South Indian film in the dubbed/direct Hindi version. ## "Karthikeya 2" has overtaken R Madhavan's "Rocketry: The Nambi Effect", which was a Hindi-Tamil bilingual movie, to become the 10th biggest film. SS Rajamouli's epic blockbuster "Baahubali 2" is the highest-grossing film in Hindi with 510 crores net, followed by "KGF: Chapter 2" with 436 crores and "RRR" with approx. 270 crores net. ## Produced by Abhishek Agarwal Arts and People Media Factory, "Karthikeya 2" will cross the 100 crores mark at the worldwide box office in the next couple of days. After 16 days, it has grossed 95 crores worldwide, including 83 crores at the domestic box office. In Hindi, the film's lifetime collection is looking to finish around 35 crores net, becoming a massive blockbuster. ## The film serves as a sequel to the 2014 film Karthikeya and stars Nikhil Siddhartha, Anupama Parameswaran, and Anupam Kher in key roles along with Srinivasa Reddy, Adithya Menon, Satya, and Tulasi, among others in key roles. ## Stay tuned...

Box Office: Karthikeya 2 Overtakes Radhe Shyam In Hindi Tollywood
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Box Office: Karthikeya 2 Overtakes Radhe Shyam In Hindi

Mumbai, August 26 - Actor Nikhil Siddhartha's blockbuster Karthikeya 2 has surpassed Prabhas and Pooja Hegde's Radhe Shyam's lifetime collection in Hindi languages. Radhe Shyam, which was released earlier in March this year, couldn't do justice to Prabhas' stardom in the Hindi version and ended up collecting only approx. 19.50 crores net. ## "Karthikeya 2", which opened to nothing numbers of just 7 lakh but grow significantly with each passing day after getting excellent reviews and super positive word of mouth. It scored 5.75 crores net in the opening week, followed by 13.52 crores (+235%) net in the second week. The total Hindi collection of the movie after 14 days reached 20.11 crores.## There is no comparison between Radhe Shyam and Karthikeya 2 as the Prabhas-starrer movie was made on a huge budget and scale against K2, which has been made at a fraction of the budget of RS. However, it was the content, where Radhe Shyam fell flat whereas Karthikey 2 has been hailed as one of the best Telugu films of the year, resulting in, it also making huge noise in the dubbed Hindi version as well. ## Directed by Chandoo Mondeti and produced by Abhishek Agarwal and T.G.Vishwa Prasad, "Karthikeya 2" is following the trend of Allu Arjun's "Pushpa - The Rise" in the Hindi version. While Pushpa's lifetime Hindi collection is way out of reach for Karthikeya 2, it still can end up with an excellent lifetime collection. ## "Karthikeya 2" has had a good run at the USA box office so far with over $1 million gross. The total worldwide collection of the movie so far is 83 crores gross, including approx. 50 crores at the domestic Telugu version. ## Stay tuned...

Box Office: Sensational Blockbuster Karthikeya 2 Crosses $1 Million Mark In The USA Tollywood
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Box Office: Sensational Blockbuster Karthikeya 2 Crosses $1 Million Mark In The USA

Los Angeles, August 22 - Actor Nikhil Siddhartha's mystical action adventure film Karthikeya 2 has joined the top Telugu grosser at the USA box office in 2022. The movie is having a sensational run at the domestic as well as overseas box office, becoming a huge blockbuster. ## Directed by Chandoo Mondeti, "Karthikeya 2" has crossed the coveted $1 million gross mark in the USA, becoming the 9th Telugu movie in 2022 to achieve the feat. The last film to reach the milestone was Dulquer Salmaan and Mrunal Thakur's recently released blockbuster "Sita Ramam", which has so far grossed $1.22 million over there. ## "Karthikeya 2" reached the $1 million mark in the USA on Sunday, taking just 9 days to get there. It has earned $1.02 million so far, which is the highest ever for Nikhil's film. SS Rajamouli's "RRR", which stormed the worldwide box office earlier this year, is the second highest-grossing Telugu movie in the USA, grossing $14.34 million in its initial run. ## Apart from the aforementioned films, "Bheemla Nayak" ($2.43M), "Sarkaru Vaari Paata" ($2.34M), "Radhe Shyam" ($2.07M), "F3" ($1.27M), "Major" ($1.14M), and "Ante Sundaraniki" ($1.13M) have reached $1 million mark this year for Telugu movies. ## Stay tuned...

More Instalments of 'Karthikeya' Is In Store, Confirms Actor Nikhil Siddhartha Tollywood
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More Instalments of 'Karthikeya' Is In Store, Confirms Actor Nikhil Siddhartha

Hyderabad, August 20 - Telugu actor Nikhil Siddhartha is on cloud nine after the blockbuster success of Karthikeya 2. The actor is winning praise for his role in the movie, in which he plays Dr. Karthikeya who is on a quest to find the lost anklet of Lord Krishna.## The climax of "Karthikeya 2" revealed that there will be another film in the franchise and Nikhil also confirmed the same adding that there will be more installments of Karthikeya in the future. During a recent interview with IANS, Nikhil talked about the next films in the franchise. ## "Since we have a character like Dr. Karthik who is hell-bent on unearthing exciting mysteries and having adventures. There are several more untold stories about our cultural heritage and we will be back for several more exciting installments of Karthikeya", he said. ## "Karthikeya 2" Hindi version is going from strength to strength and Nikhil said that he didn't expect this kind of response to the movie. "This response was a shock for our entire team. The way shows were increased all across and people were making theatres Housefull was fantastic. We are incredibly indebted to everyone who came to the theatres and supported our film". ## "It started at a small count of 40 screens in the Hindi belt and today, it is at a phenomenal 1,000 locations with almost 3,000 shows. We are expecting an incredible number of people watching it this Krishna Janmashtami Weekend", he added. ## The movie scored over 50 crores gross in the first week and turned out to be a big blockbuster at the box office. ## Stay tuned...

Box Office: Karthikeya 2 Scored An Excellent First Full Week Tollywood
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Box Office: Karthikeya 2 Scored An Excellent First Full Week

Hyderabad, August 20 - Telugu mystical action-adventure film, Karthikeya 2 is on a dream run at the box office. The movie, starring Nikhil Siddharth in the title role, had a limited release but went on to outshine other new releases to become a massive blockbuster within a week. ## "Karthikeya 2" was released on Saturday (August 13) and opened to super positive reviews and word of mouth. It scored 5.04 crores net on the first day and went on to finish the first full week (7 days) with approx. 36 crores net, including both Telugu and Hindi languages.## The movie was valued at approx. 13 crores worldwide and it has already scored over 28 crores Share the collection, including 18.7 crores share in Telugu states (AP/TG). It became the highest-grossing film for actor Nikhil in just 4 days and there is not stopping it at the moment. ## Meanwhile, the dubbed Hindi version of the movie is showing no sign of taking a back seat. The Hindi version opened with just 7 lakh on the first day but thanks to positive word of mouth, it grew exponentially throughout the first week and never dropped at once in the first 7 days. It closed the full opening week scoring 2.46 crores net. The total Hindi net collection is 8.21 crores.## The growth of film in the Hindi language can be understood by the number of shows it added over the week. It was released on just 55 shows by the 7th day, it had over 3000 shows and is increasing rapidly with each passing hour. In addition to under its further growth, K2 outscored outright Bollywood biggies, "Laal Singh Chaddha" and "Raksha Bandhan's" combined total yesterday (August 19). ## The worldwide gross total of "Karthikeya 2" is approx. 50 crores, including 7 crores at the overseas box office. The movie is directed by Chandoo Mondeti, and also stars Anupama Parameswaran, Adithya Menon, and Anupam Kher, among others in key roles. The "The Kashmir Files" producer Abhishek Agarwal Arts has bankrolled K2 with People Media Factory. ## Stay tuned...