Allu Arjun can be accredited as one of the few true blue pan Indian superstars who made it big in the pan Indian belt. He’s the first pan Indian hero in Tollywood without the famous Rajamouli launch pad.
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Coming to Pushpa, the first part was a smashing success at the box office while the second part which is up for release is bound to set new opening records at the global box office.
It is evident that the Pushpa world, built on Allu Arjun is a huge deal. But the question is – what is Allu Arjun outside the Pushpa world?
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If Pushpa 2 hits a thousand crore, a large part of the credit goes to the sequel advantage. There’s the obvious Allu Arjun factor but this is only a part of the Pushpa world.
So, the real box office gains of Allu Arjun can be gauged only with Bunny’s immediate next film after that.
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Like for example, NTR had a Rs 400+ crore Devara after RRR and this is more or less his stable market now.
Similarly, the box office performance of Allu Arjun outside Pushpa franchise will be decided based on his immediate next film which could possibly be with Trivikram.
If Bunny still manages to put up big numbers with Trivikram, almost on par with Prabhas, then he could considered as the next big thing in Tollywood after Prabhas.