Last week the most awaited movie Raanjhnaa opened on the big screens. For a long time now, the movie news was flooded with updates about this Bollywood flick starring Sonam Kapoor and south Indian actor Dhanush. Raanjhnaa received a mixed movie rating with some people loving the movie, while some totally trashing it. And there is yet another set of people who always find the movies ok-ok, neither good nor bad.
Keeping the movie ratings and reviews aside, lets talk about a something different about the movie Raanjhnaa and other Bollywood movies. A trend that is slowly picking pace and popularity with the Hindi film industry is that Southern actors are making a foray into the B-Town. Every now and then movie news reveals something about the re-makes of several south Indian movies into Bollywood flicks. Along with that filmmakers are aware keenly interested in casting young South Indian actors along with buying the rights of South Indian hit movies.
Though superstars like Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan, Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, who have achieved a king-size status in the respective regional cinemas tried their luck to strike big in the B-Town, but all in vain. But it doesn't hold true for the upcoming young South Indian actor Dhanush.
Venkatesh Prabhu Kasturi Raja aka Dhanush, a fine actor in the Tamil film industry became an overnight sensation with his "Why This Kolaveri Di?" song. The song gave him a new identity apart from being Rajinikanth's son-in-law and a fine Tamil actor. He is also a producer, lyricist and a playback singer. A National Award winner Dhanush made his debut in Bollywood with Anand Rai' Raanjhnaa starring opposite Sonam Kapoor. This movie has catapult Dhanush to fame in the tinsel town.
The promotion and marketing of the movie was one of a kind and made headlines with most movie news websites owing to the promotion stunts like decorating the sets in purely Banarasi style. Everywhere in the country the promotions were in the typical desi style in accord with the movie's theme. Movie ratings and reviews have highly admired the background setting and the desi portrayal of Banaras in Ranjahanna.
Every medium of movie news acclaimed Dhanush as a fine actor not only in Kollywood but also in Bollywood. Movie ratings and reviews have praised his acting talents. Since a week after release the movie has collected around 51.36 crores and counting more as per the movie news portals.
