This week, Mohanlal-starrer Vrusshabha has taken disastrous openings. As per BO reports, it made less than Rs 1 Cr on Day 1. Since Mohanlal is a superstar, the numbers are depressing, to put it mildly.
Quite a few superstars have acted in movies that bit the dust. The only superstars to escape this humiliation so far are Chiranjeevi and Rajinikanth. Even Amitabh Bachchan wasn't spared; there was a time when the Bollywood superstar was seen as indefatigable. Balakrishna's NTR: Kathanaykudu was a colossal disaster.
As long as Chiranjeevi acts in solo-hero movies with mass elements, nothing can crack. This is the reason he keeps pushing himself in the mass masala cinema world. Songs like Meesala Pilla, tracks like the one with Sreemukhi in Bholaa Shankar, safe Sankranthi projects like Waltair Veerayya, among others, are all an attempt in this direction. As a netizen named CK puts it, "He is the boss for a reason."
