Jana Nayagan eating up Telugu films shares during Sankranti

Jana Nayagan eating up Telugu films shares during Sankranti. Vijay's film Jana Nayagan is releasing in Telugu as Jana Nayakudu and Jan Nayak in Hindi. The makers slotted the film in such a way that it releases on the day of Prabhas' The Raja Saab and it gets good time before the releases of other Tollywood films like Chiranjeevi's Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu, Ravi Teja's Bharta Mahasayulaku Wignyapthi, Sharwanand's Nari Nari Nari Naduma Murari, Naveen Polishetty's Anaganaga Oka Raju during Sankranti.

Telugu distributors are angry that Tamil dubbed film like Jana Nayakudu is getting importance during Sankranti which will impact the revenues of other Telugu films. Few years back, Telugu producers and distributors reached an agreement to defer the release of dubbed films during festivals but this is not being followed. Last year dubbed films like Vijay’s Varisu and Dhanush’s Captain Miller were released after the Sankranti.

But this year this is not followed. A distributor says " The Raja Saab and Jana nakaudu is expected to secure between 60 and 80 theatres across the two Telugu states. These rules are just a farce,” He questioned “Will Tamil distributors offer a similar window for a Telugu film like The Raja Saab during the Pongal festival in Tamil Nadu? However, Telugu exhibitors and distributors have no qualms in accommodating dubbed films,”

The distributor added “It is already difficult to manage screen allocation with so many Telugu films releasing together. Bringing in a dubbed film at this time will only cut into revenues,” the distributor pointed out. Leading exhibitor Suniel Narang confirmed that Jana Nayakudu will indeed release on January 9 in the Telugu states.