Ghanta Naveen Babu (born 24 February 1984), known professionally by his screen name Nani, is an Indian actor, film producer, and television presenter who works predominantly in Telugu cinema.
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Sacnilk pegs the Srikanth Odela film's India net at Rs 61.15 crore over two days, still short of the reported Rs 200 crore-plus budget trade sources are citing.
The Paradise's Hindi version opened to Rs 2.25 crore net on day one, Nani's biggest Hindi start by far, though Koimoi reports negative word of mouth could cap its extended weekend run.
Mandaadi's second‑week earnings push it close to the coveted 100‑crore club, marking a first for the Soori‑led project, while The Paradise posts a strong opening day yet remains short of the revenue needed to cover its hefty budget.
Nani’s latest film ‘The Paradise’ opened to a staggering ₹88 crore worldwide, with overseas receipts topping $2.25 million. The actor thanked fans and acknowledged critics in a heartfelt post.
After The Paradise opened to a record‑breaking Rs 88 crore day, Nani took to X to thank fans, note the trolling, and say he’s taking lessons from the critics’ feedback while letting viewers decide the film’s fate.
Nani’s latest, The Paradise, earned roughly Rs 77 crore worldwide on its first day, breaking his previous records even as critics panned the film, and it logged record‑breaking pre‑sale ticket numbers.
The Paradise raked in 11.6 crore net from 900 premiere shows across India, posting Tollywood's fourth-highest premiere collection ever and Nani's career-best start, even as word-of-mouth turns mixed.
The Paradise, directed by Srikanth Odela, opened to a worldwide Day 1 gross of Rs 76 crore per Track Tollywood, doubling Nani's previous best. Early Day 2 trends look steady as trade watches the hold.
Nani's latest, The Paradise, clocked a ₹34.65 crore net opening across 9,732 Indian shows, with the Telugu version shouldering most of the earnings. Overseas collections topped ₹22 crore, pushing worldwide totals to nearly ₹77 crore on day one.
Nani's The Paradise crossed Rs 88 crore worldwide on its opening day, per figures shared by the makers, making it the actor's career-best start. Hindi and Tamil dubbed prints also found early footing.
Nani's latest release, The Paradise, smashed opening‑day numbers with a reported ₹75 crore worldwide gross, doubling his earlier hit Dasara and enjoying packed theatres, especially in Telangana.
Nani’s ‘The Paradise’ posted an estimated ₹70 crore on day one, with Telugu regions leading and Hindi‑Tamil versions contributing over ₹2 crore, according to trade tracker Track Tollywood.
Nani’s latest venture, The Paradise, stormed the box office with a 15.95 crore haul by 1 PM, 59.08% morning occupancy across 4,183 shows, and 941,000 advance tickets, making it the fourth‑largest Telugu debut this year.
Nani's 'The Paradise' hit Tamil screens today after a rough Telugu premiere the night before, with X reviewers wildly split between calling it the year's worst and defending its emotional core.
Premiere-night reactions to Nani's long-delayed The Paradise are largely positive, with praise for Mohan Babu's villain turn and Anirudh's score, though some viewers struggled with the film's heavy Telangana dialect.
Netflix has reportedly bagged the digital rights to Nani's The Paradise for ₹65 crore, the biggest OTT deal of his career, with streaming expected around late October depending on the film's theatrical run.
Nani's The Paradise sold 9.78 lakh tickets and grossed Rs 20.41 crore in day one advance bookings, topping Ram Charan's Peddi, though negative early reviews cloud its extended opening weekend prospects.
Nani's The Paradise released Thursday on strong advance bookings, but Koimoi's review flags a chaotic second half, poor sound mixing and a script that loses the plot entirely.
‘The Paradise’ arrives with Nani front‑and‑center, delivering high‑octane fights and emotional beats set against a colonial‑era Hyderabad. Critics note a strong visual style but point to a scattered narrative that struggles to sustain its ambitions.
Nani’s latest film, The Paradise, opened to packed theatres despite its three‑hour runtime, delivering a high‑octane first half that reminded viewers of KGF while critics noted its overwhelming volume.
Nani’s new film The Paradise rolls out across more than 1,200 international screens today, backed by $1.5 million in advance overseas ticket sales – the biggest pre‑sale haul of his career.
Advance bookings show Nani’s The Paradise edging close to a ₹50 crore pre‑release total, while Tamil hit Mandaadi aims for the ₹100 crore milestone and Resident Evil’s Indian run steadies around ₹15 crore.
Nani’s upcoming film ‘The Paradise’ has amassed $1.11 million from North American pre‑sales, breaking his own records and positioning the movie to enter Tollywood’s elite list of top‑grossing premieres abroad.
Nani's The Paradise has sold 7.71 lakh tickets worth Rs 16.42 crore gross in day-one advance bookings, running on 7,214 shows nationwide, ahead of its September 24 release across India.
Sonali Kulkarni, who plays Nani's mother in The Paradise, says the industry never boxed her in after Mission Kashmir. She signed Dil Chahta Hai and Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya right after, she told reporters in Mumbai.
Raghav Juyal's driver picked up a neighbour's identical car by mistake, and Nani's delayed flight added to it, pushing back The Paradise's Mumbai press meet and irritating waiting media.
Nani addressed The Paradise's 'A' certificate at its Mumbai press meet, detailing CBFC-mandated cuts to violence and dialogue ahead of the film's September 24 release across cinemas.
At a press event for The Paradise, Raghav Juyal praised the Telugu industry's habit of celebrating every crew member, saying it moved him to tears and inspired him to spread that spirit nationwide.
A Bengaluru court has granted The Paradise's producers interim protection against certain online posts ahead of its September 24 release, following a similar controversy around Yash's Toxic and its critics.
Following a fatal stampede at a Pushpa 2 preview, Nani has reached out to Telangana’s chief minister, seeking permission to attend his own movie’s premiere at the once‑avoided RTC X Roads venue, promising full compliance with safety measures.
Nani’s upcoming period action ‘The Paradise’ has amassed 400,000 tickets on BookMyShow, overtaking previous records and entering Tollywood’s top‑ten pre‑sale chart ahead of its September 24 launch.
During The Paradise’s Mumbai press meet, Nani compared his physique to Shah Rukh Khan’s, quipped about unequal pay, and defended the film’s unapologetic emotional punch, sparking buzz ahead of its September 24 release.
Kayadu Lohar reveals that filming ‘The Paradise’ was far from glamorous, demanding patience, language mastery and a shift away from typical commercial projects as the movie opens tomorrow with paid premieres.
Nani’s upcoming film ‘The Paradise’ has amassed over Rs 10 crore in advance bookings across India and overseas, despite an A‑rated, 174‑minute cut and no trailer, sparking huge buzz ahead of its September 24 debut.
Nani’s ‘The Paradise’ will hit screens on September 24 after Andhra Pradesh and Telangana cleared a ticket‑price increase, a Rs 500 premiere cap, and a one‑crore rupee welfare pledge from the production house.
Actor Nani disclosed that The Paradise will follow the Savaris, a 1980s tribe battling for recognition, under Srikanth Odela’s direction, fueling fresh buzz ahead of its release.
Telangana has cleared a price rise for Nani’s ‘The Paradise’, opening Sept 24 with a ₹500 premiere and a ₹1 crore donation to the film‑workers’ welfare fund.
Trade circles are projecting a ₹100 crore opening-day gross for Nani's The Paradise, directed by Dasara's Srikanth Odela, with a possible ₹200 crore lifetime run if word of mouth holds.
The Paradise has crossed $480K in North America advance bookings five days before its premiere, per Koimoi, pushing Yash's Toxic out of 2026's top five pre-sales list overseas.
The period action drama ‘The Paradise’, starring Nani and directed by Srikanth Odela, releases worldwide on September 24. The filmmaker promises an emotion‑driven experience, six songs by Anirudh and no sequel plans.
Kayadu Lohar missed the Chennai press meet for Nani's The Paradise, days after skipping promotions for two other recent releases. Nani stepped in to answer for her, citing her Mari Selvaraj shoot.
Nani has revealed that Srikanth Odela apologised to him after Dasara became a hit, saying he wasn't fully satisfied with his debut. The confession, shared during a promotional chat for The Paradise, explains the gap before Odela's next film.
Nani's period action drama The Paradise is set for a wide US theatrical run, with 150-plus Cinemark, 145-plus Regal and 208-plus AMC locations confirmed so far ahead of its release next week.
Nani has confirmed The Paradise will hit theatres without a trailer on September 24, calling it a team decision he personally resisted. He also pushed back on pan-India labelling for the Srikanth Odela film.
Nani goes shirtless for an intense action sequence in Srikanth Odela's The Paradise, with fight masters Ram-Lakshman calling it the actor's first attempt at this kind of raw, physically demanding fight.
Srikanth Odela says he never took off a locket Ram Charan gifted him after Rangasthalam wrapped, a piece originally designed for Charan by Chiranjeevi in Chennai. Charan, when reminded recently, had forgotten he ever gave it.
Choreographer Aata Sandeep tells Filmfare the Yesha Nagula hook step from The Paradise, starring Nani and Keerthy Suresh, draws on Pehlwan and Dharkari folk dance forms native to Telangana.
