Samantha Akkineni who is currently enjoying her holidays in Spain with her husband Akkineni Naga Chaitanya has confirmed the news that her recently released woman centric movie U Turn has collected Rs 23 Cr gross at Worldwide box office. Samantha took to her Instagram to share a poster of U Turn and captioned it, “Aaah this feeling ️️️ When content wins !! @pawankumarfilms @aadhiofficial@rahulr_23 #UTurn.”
Samantha starrer mystery thriller drama U Turn, which was released in Tamil and Telugu on 13th September, received mixed response by the movie lovers and Critics. U Turn, directed by Pawan Kumar, competed with Akkineni Naga Chaitanya’s romantic and family entertainer Shailaja Reddy Alludu in Telugu, which was also arrived at the theaters on the same day.
U Turn, is remake of Kannada movie of same title, in which Shraddha Srinath played the lead role and it was also helmed by Pawan Kumar. The movie is all about a series of mysterious deaths that are connected to a bridge in Chennai. Rahul Ravindran and Aadhi Pinisetty are playing supporting roles. The remakes in Tamil and Telugu are doing much better than the original for multiple reasons, one of them being the star power of Samantha Akkineni.
Samantha Akkineni and Pawan Kumar promoted the movie aggressively before it’s release, which seems to have really boosted the collections of the film.
Meanwhile Samantha is also waiting the arrival of her next upcoming Tamil movie Super Deluxe , directed by Thiagarajan Kumararaja of Aaranya Kaandam fame and produced by Tyler Durden And Kino Fist. Apart from Samantha, the film starring Vijay Sethupathi, Fahadh Faasil , Ramya Krishnan, Mysskin and Jackson Joy Bagavathi Perumal, P.S. Vinod and Nirav Shah.
It is known news that both Samantha and Naga Chaitanya have been teamed up for upcoming sport based drama, which will be helmed by Shiva Nirvana and according to the latest update, it will be launched on 6th October.
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Aaah this feeling ❤️❤️❤️ When content wins !! @pawankumarfilms @aadhiofficial @rahulr_23 #UTurn