Balakrishna had a string of failures before Akhanda, but the Boyapati Sreenu’s directorial turned the tide completely. Though the senior actor had a few hits, consistency was missing, but with Akhanda, the senior actor bounced back and managed to attract the youth audiences. The result is clearly seen in the collections of Veera Simha Reddy.
Bhagavanth Kesari took a decent opening, too. More than the collections, audiences are lauding Balayya for choosing an age-appropriate role and for delivering a good social message. The movie is on track to become the third one-million-dollar film for Balakrishna at the USA box office. Akhanda and Veera Simha Reddy have also zoomed past the elite one-million-dollar club in the USA.
Among the four Telugu senior heroes, Balakrishna will be the first actor to have achieved a hat-trick one-million-dollar films at the USA box office. Chiranjeevi’s Khaidi No. 150 and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy collected more than two million dollars, but Acharya missed this mark by a whisker. Again, Chiru had the opportunity of scoring a hat-trick one million dollar films after Godfather (1.3 million $) and Waltair Veerayya (2.25 million $), but Bholaa Shankar played a spoilsport.
Balakrishna now has the golden chance to achieve this record. Before, Akhanda overseas used to be the weak zone for Balakrishna, but the actor has also managed to impress the overseas audience with his recent outings, which is a welcome change.