'Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy' pre-release business: Chiranjeevi's historical film stands at Rs 200 Cr worldwide

Surender Reddy’s Chiranjeevi starrer ‘

Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy

’ releases on October 2 and tells the story of freedom fighter Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy.

The film, which sees a story penned by Paruchuri Brothers, is releasing not just in Telugu, but also in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. The film is a multi-starrer which stars the likes of Nayanthara,

Tamannaah

, Vijay Sethupathi, Kichcha Sudeep, Jagapathi Babu, Ravi Kishan and more in key roles, with Amitabh Bachchan featured in an important cameo and Anushka Shetty as Jhansi Laxmi Bai. The film has music composed by Amit Trivedi, with only the title track released till date.

‘

Sye Raa

Narasimha Reddy’ is an ambitious project which has been produced by Ram Charan, sees dialogues written by Sai Madhav Burra, cinematography by Rathnavelu and BGM by Julius Packiam.

The film has been made on a budget of more than Rs 200 Cr and has more VFX shots than SS Rajamouli’s iconic ‘Baahubali’ did. During a recent promotional event, director Rajamouli who’s busy shooting ‘RRR’ with Ram Charan, Jr NTR and Alia Bhatt was quoted as saying, “The film has about 3800 VFX shots while Baahubali had only 2300 VFX shots.” (sic) Reports state that Rs 45 Cr has been spent just on visual effects.

While the leaked climax of the film is reportedly already doing rounds on social media, many still remain excited for the film’s release. The film’s worldwide theatrical value stands at a whopping Rs 200 Cr according to Andhra

Box Office

and here’s a breakdown of the figures:


According to the website, the film will be declared a hit if it rakes in between Rs 200-239.99 Cr and a blockbuster if it makes more than Rs 300 Cr worldwide. The prices mentioned are for all versions of the film. It remains to be seen how the film will fare, especially seeing how Chiranjeevi, Tamannaah have been touring all over the country, promoting the film rigorously.