Sai Producer’s Secret Deal with KRR !!

Nagarjuna’s Shirdi Sai is released grandly worldwide today. Producer A. Mahesh Reddy has released the movie in 801 theatres. As per the inner reports, Mahesh Reddy has just invested Rs. 5.5 crores budget on the film.

As per the secret deal, producer requested director K. Raghavendra Rao to wind up the project in Rs. 5.5 crores package without paying any remuenrations to Nagarjuna and Keeravani before the release. But, he promised them to take shares in the profit which will be distributed between director, Nag and Keeravani. The film is mostly shot in rural locations to give an authentic feeling of Shirdi where Baba lived. Even there were no big sets erected unlike KRR’s lavish projects.

Raghavendra Rao’s earlier films like Annamayya and Sri Ramadasu were made with high budgets offering richness in each and every frame but as Shirdi Sai is made on a low, shoe-string budget we won’t find any grandeur. Shirdi Sai is a good treat for Baba devotees and is expected to collect a share of Rs.5crores today that is on release day itself. So, movie will definitely go into superb profits from the day 2.