Give him one Rupee and he will return you at least Rs.3. Yes, Shankar’s calculation of budgets and output seems to be following a formula of such sorts. If his first movie ‘Gentleman’ was made on Rs.3 Crores budget, it collected Rs. 10 Crores; then Rs. 5 Crores on ‘Premikudu’ collecting Rs. 24 Crores; ‘Bharatheeyudu’ made with Rs. 13 Crores making it BO shaking at Rs. 32 Crores; ‘Aparichithudu’ made on Rs.30 Crores making Producer’s returns up to Rs. 65 Crores. Pen ultimately Rs. 60 Crores budget of ‘Shivaji’ went on to make Rs. 135 Crore collections (All of them are approximate figures but more or less comparable). Ultimately ‘Robot’ made on Rs. 160 Crores is going to make Rs. 600 Crores +.
Now, Kollywood sources are murmuring that Shankar who is well versed with all modern trends in technology is planning a new movie which is worth Rs. 300 Crores which means Indian movie revenue may go as high as Rs. 1000 Crores. Let us wish some our Telugu directors cross his mark before he steps on to his task.