Akhil Akkineni’s Hello, a romantic – action thriller, released to packed houses on December 22 and has been doing well at the box office.
This has triggered off expectations about his next film and we hear from sources that the star has been listening to a couple of scripts and will be finalising one of it on January 5. The young star also pointed out that a formal announcement about the project he had chosen, will be made on January 10.
Akhil Akkineni’s debut movie Akhil failed at the box office following which Hello was announced as his relaunch. Directed by Vikram K Kumar of Manam fame, it was produced by Akhil’s dad and popular actor – producer Nagarjuna.
Speaking about the failure of Akhil and shouldering the entire responsibility for its failure, Akhil had said that he had decided on the script and his father had nothing to do with.
The youngster also pointed out that he saw the film repeatedly to gauge what went wrong and how to improve further. The Hello star revealed that he will be watching his recent release on a repeat mode as well to look out for areas of improvement.
Hello, directed by Vikram Kumar had Akhil in the lead role with Kalyani Priyadarshan making her debut as the female lead. It may be mentioned here that she is the daughter of director Priyadarshan and actor Lissy.
The star cast also included Jagapati Babu, Ramya Krishna, Ajay, Satya Krishnan, and Anish Kuruvilla. Anup Rubens has composed music for this flick and the album comprises a song crooned by Akhil Akkineni.
According to reports, the film’s total collection in Andhra and Telangana region for the first weekend happens to be Rs. 7.66 crore and its total worldwide collections is Rs. 10.6 crore.
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