
Do pan-India releases still work? CutMirchi's coverage says it depends on who you ask
Big stars are misfiring in Hindi while modest regional films and streaming deals quietly outperform the pan-India machine built by Baahubali and Pushpa.
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Ajay-Atul are the composers behind the upcoming period drama Ranabaali. The film features a multilingual love track released ahead of its pan-Indian debut, with promotional activity centered on the October 16 release.
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Big stars are misfiring in Hindi while modest regional films and streaming deals quietly outperform the pan-India machine built by Baahubali and Pushpa.

Ranabaali hits screens Thursday morning — and the chatter is already building. Just hours before its global release, the Vijay Deverakonda-starrer has surged into the conversation, not with a trailer or a song, but with early buzz from Twitter. A review attributed to Shravya Varma — shared by fans and amplified across platforms — calls it a career-defining turn for the actor, describing his n

Ranabaali's Day 11 net collection crashed to ₹1.25 crore per Sacnilk, taking the worldwide gross to ₹75.25 crore, a figure that sits oddly against a separate ₹80 crore claim from a day earlier.

Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna's upcoming film Ranabaali sees its second single 'Kobali' hit 20 million YouTube views in days. The track, sung by V.M. Mahalingam and composed by Ajay-Atul, is already trending globally, with fans calling it a career-defining moment for Deverakonda.

Rashmika Mandanna, who skipped the Ranabaali trailer launch, is confirmed to attend the film's pre-release event in Hyderabad with Vijay Deverakonda ahead of its October 16 theatrical release.

Ranabaali's new song Kobali, composed by Ajay-Atul with vocals by V.M. Mahalingam, has released online days before Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna's film hits theatres on October 16.

Ranabaali's Telugu release stays locked for October 16, but distributors say overseas dubbed versions of the Vijay Deverakonda film have been delayed to October 23 due to production hold-ups.

Ranabaali's trailer releases tomorrow at 6:03 PM and runs three minutes forty seven seconds, the makers confirmed, ahead of the Vijay Deverakonda starrer's October 16 theatrical release.

The 16-minute climax stretch is said to be among the most anticipated sequences in Indian cinema this year. If the trailer delivers even a fraction of that scale, the wait might just be worth it.

The long‑awaited track 'Endhayya Saami' from Ranabaali arrives with Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna portraying a married pair whose affection grows through glances, gestures and a haunting Ajay‑Atul score, setting expectations for the film's October debut.

The new single Endhayya Saami, sung by Ajay Gogavale and Shweta Mohan, arrives in five languages, fueling excitement for the upcoming Ranabaali release after a schedule shift caused by Rashmika’s injury.

Ranabaali's first single, Endhayya Saami, releases September 21 across Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi under different titles, composed by Ajay-Atul ahead of the film's October 16 theatrical run.

Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna have wrapped shooting on Ranabaali after 130 days, with director Rahul Sankrityan confirming post-production is underway ahead of an October 16 Dasara release.