The much hyped big budget films like SS Rajamouli’ magnum opus RRR, Radha Krishna Kumar’ Radhe Shyam and Pawan Kalyan starrer Bheemla Nayak were postponed to Summer due to Covid-19. Few small and medium budget movies like Atidhi Devo Bhava, 1945 and Veyi Subhamulu Kalugu Neeku were released but it disappointed the movie lovers.
Adi Sai Kumar came up with Athidhi Devo Bhava. Rana Daggubati’ much del;ayed project 1945 were released in January without any promotional activities.
Ashih Reddy starrer Rowdy Boys, Kalyaan Dhev starrer Super Macchi and Nagarjuna, Naga Chaitanya starrer fantasy drama Bangarraju were released on the eve of Sankranthi. Though Bangarraju is an average, the collections of Super Machi were zero at the box office on its release date. Bangarraju worked well in Andhra Pradesh but the collections of the film in Nizam and Overseas are not up to the mark. Overall Kalyan Krishna’ magnum opus Bangarraju which has Ramya Krishna and Krirthi Shetty in the female lead, is an above average film.
Few days ago, Keerthy Suresh came up with a female centric movie Good Luck Sakhi , which received mixed response by the movie lovers and its collections are also dull at the box office. Other small budget films Uniki and Vadhu Katnam also disappointed the movie lovers. So the first month of 2022- January ended up on a dull note.