Prabhas’ latest film ‘The Raja Saab’ failed to meet the box office expectations after the film received mixed to negative reviews. Released during the beginning of the year, the film was a large-scale horror-comedy flick. Recently, the producer of the film shared his take on what went wrong with the film.
Producer opens up about Prabhas starrer ‘The Raja Saab ’ failure
Producer TG Vishwa Prasad while speaking at a press conference in Hyderabad on Tuesday while promoting his upcoming film ‘Garividi Lakshmi’, said the release timing was one of the main reasons for its underperformance.As per Hindustan Times, when he was asked about the film’s failure during the event, the filmmaker shared that he felt the result could have been different had the film arrived at another time.“One of the fundamental mistakes was coming in a season (Sankranthi). It would’ve been different had we released it at a different time. Right now, we’re enjoying, so let’s enjoy,” he said.
Ticket price hike was a mistake
He said the film’s delayed premieres and the attempt to increase ticket prices also affected the audience’s experience.“The day we released the film, its premieres were delayed, and we had tried to raise ticket prices as well. I think that’s the first movie we (the production house) tried to raise the ticket price for; we shouldn’t have done it. That caused a delay, and people were frustrated. There are many reasons for it,” he said.When asked whether he would make up for ‘The Raja Saab’ with Prabhas’ upcoming film ‘Spirit’, Vishwa clarified that he is only distributing the Sandeep Reddy Vanga directorial.“I am only a distributor for Spirit,” he said.
About ‘The Raja Saab’ and Prabhas’ next films
Speaking of ‘The Raja Saab’, helmed by Maruthi, the film starred Sanjay Dutt, Nidhhi Agerwal, Malavika Mohanan, Riddhi Kumar and Zarina Wahab in key roles. The story followed a man searching for his missing grandfather who finds himself inside a haunted mansion.Made on an estimated budget of over Rs 400 crore, the film minted only Rs 208.39 crore worldwide as per Sacnilk.Up next, Prabhas is working on his next film, which is the cop-action drama ‘Spirit’ helmed by ‘Animal’ and ‘Kabir Singh’ fame Sandeep Reddy Vanga. He is also shooting for his period war drama ‘Fauzi’ directed by Hanu Raghavapudi.
