Vijay's movie has the largest market in Andhra..!?
Not only lokesh but all kollywood star hero films have more hype in telugu states. tollywood audience prefers to watch kollywood dubbed movies equally with telugu movies. There are cases where some tamil films have achieved the highest collections in telugu rather than in the mother tongue. All the kollywood stars know this.
That's why promotions are done hard in tamil Nadu as well as in telugu states during the release of their films. They give interviews to telugu media and promote their films. Everyone from Rajinikanth to Sivakarthikeyan is following it. Ilayathalapathi Vijay's Thupaki movie has gained popularity in telugu states. His last films Mersal, master and Beast achieved good collections in Telugu. It is against this background that the movie Leo directed by lokesh kanagaraj has done business of more than 20 crores in telugu states. This range of business means exactly what level of hype there is in tollywood about the film. However, the film unit has not put any focus on promotions in telugu states till now. If Vijay and lokesh come to telugu states once and hold a press meet and promote it, it will definitely be a plus. Only Superstar Rajinikanth movies will get good openings in telugu states where promotions are not done. Ilayathalapathy has a good market in kollywood anyway, there is no use for huge openings without promotions. But in the telugu States, distributors are expecting Leo movie promotions. Let's wait and see what the film unit thinks about this.