Without a superstar Shankar is nothing in T'wood?

Shankar is one of the rarest filmmaker who has the ability to pull the crowd to theaters, irrespective of hero,in Tamilnadu as well as Andhrapradesh. His Aparichitudu collected more money in Tollywood than it did in his own Industry(per theater basis).In the recent times this star filmmaker is mostly seen with Superstar Rajinikanth and two big brands fared well at the Telugu Box office. As soon as he signed 3 Idiots remakes and starred Vijay as a hero, people seems to have lost interest in this movie. Advance bookings are weak and it indicates that Snehithudu might take slow start at the box office.Agneepath,which is releasing today, managed to bag more theaters in Hyderabad than Shankar's movie.That speaks about the buzz of the movie in the state.
Inspite of carrying lot of positive buzz in Tamilnadu, movie could not do any magic in the state.Main reason for this disinterest in Telugu audience is 3 Idiots is a very big hit in AP and most of them have seen it, and it is not the case with Tamil people. Vijay is not a crowd pulling star here and the audio is not up to the mark.Telugu people always expect a strong social message or out of box movies from Shankar but not these xerox remakes.
Now Ileana has become the main crowd puller for the movie.Tamil media showered praises on her acting. As always Tamil media boasted that she outplayed Kareena in 3 idiots. With her skinny and pale looks, how best she can convince Telugu audience will be interesting topic of debate.Watch this space on the interesting updates on Snehitudu. Wait for the official review of Snehitudu.