Sreenu Vaitla was one of the top and successful filmmakers until his Aagadu hit the marquee. The film had overturned his fate and he hit the rock bottom of career. Vaitla not just tasted a dud with it, but the film also caused a huge damage to Vaitla’s image as well as it put the film’s protagonist Mahesh’s stardom in spot. While Mahesh quickly recovered with Srimanthudu – thanks to Koratala, Vaitla further declined in the career graph with Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee hasn’t just tarnished Charan’s image but it had also pushed Chiranjeevi (seen in a cameo in Bruce Lee) into dilemma who was then contemplating for a full-fledged comeback. However, Chiru made a splashy return with Khaidi No.150 (Telugu remake of Kaththi) after a lot of dilly dallying. Even Charan is back with Dhruva (Telugu remake of Thani Oruvan). It’s Vaitla who was at the receiving end.
Huge Drop in Remuneration
Aagadu – 10 to 12 Crore
Bruce Lee – 7 Crore
Mister – 2 to 2.4 Crore
Vaitla said to had charged a whopping remuneration of Rs 10 Crore to 12 Crore for Aagadu which was a crazy collaboration of Mahesh and Vaitla after their previous blockbuster Dookudu. Even Sreenu’s previous film before Aagadu was Baadshah that was a decent hit though it’s remarked as cost-failure.
After Agadu, Vaitla managed to team up with Ram Charan and DVV Danayya for Bruce Lee. The director hadn’t changed a bit and the result is utter disappointment. Sreenu said to had charged Rs 7 Crore fee for the film which is less than Rs 3 to 5 Crore from Aagadu.
Even before the release of Bruce Lee, Sreenu Vaitla has managed to convince Varun Tej, Naga Babu and producers Bujji, Madhu for Mister. Though Bruce Lee bombed, the team decided to go ahead. And Mister received mixed reviews and the film is struggling to pull in crowds. It’s rumoured that Vaitla was paid around Rs 2.4 Crore and distribution rights for a few areas. As the film poured cold water on hopes, looks like, going gets very tough for Vaitla. Certainly once a good & entertaining filmmaker has now fallen to the rock bottom.
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