‘Hanu Man’ Indian Superhero Film Emerges as Hit, Adds Screens in North America (EXCLUSIVE)
15.01.2024 - 15:13
/ variety.com
Naman Ramachandran Telugu-language Indian superhero film “Hanu Man” has emerged as a hit and is adding screens in North America. The film is set in the fictional village of Anjanadri and follows Hanumanthu, who miraculously awakens Hindu god Lord Hanuman’s power after being involved in an accident near the sea.
It is directed by Prasanth Varma (“Zombie Reddy”), stars Teja Sajja (“Adbhutam”), Amritha Aiyer (“Arjuna Phalguna”), Varalaxmi Sarathkumar (“Kota Bommali PS”) and Vinay Rai (“Gandeevadhari Arjuna”). It is produced by Niranjan Reddy Kandagatla for Primeshow Entertainment.
“Hanu Man,” distributed by California-based Nirvana Studios in North America, opened in 430 locations to a three-day weekend debut of $2.3 million, according to numbers released by Comscore. “It was a crowded release weekend but we were well prepared and put in a lot of thought, had a release strategy planned for the film, and we covered every city.
For a film of this scale, opening across 430 locations is pretty good,” Nirvana’s Sundeep Yerramreddy told Variety. India celebrates the Pongal/Sankranthi holiday on Monday, Jan.
15, which is also MLK day in the U.S., and several films released during the period to benefit from the long weekend. In the Indian film release lineup “Hanu Man” opened against Telugu-language action films, “Guntur Kaaram,” starring superstar Mahesh Babu, and “Saindhav,” headlined by veteran Venkatesh Daggubati and Nawazuddin Siddiqui; Tamil-language film period action epic “Captain Miller,” starring A-lister Dhanush; Sriram Raghavan’s thriller “Merry Christmas,” featuring Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi, in Tamil and Hindi-language versions; Tamil-language sci-fi film “Ayalaan,” starring Sivakarthikeyan; Telugu-language
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