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Ram Charan-starrer "Peddi" has registered a blockbuster opening at the worldwide box office, grossing over Rs 135.36 crore on its first day, the makers announced on Friday.
The sports action drama, directed by Buchi Babu Sana, released in theatres across the country on Thursday and has received a positive response from the critics.
Production banner Vriddhi Cinemas, which has bankrolled the project, shared the opening day box office figure in a post on Instagram.
The journey of Peddi is ultimately more than just Ram Charan’s next big film. It is increasingly beginning to look like a conscious return to the cultural soil that shaped him.
After the global visibility of RRR, international appearances, Hollywood conversations and worldwide recognition, many expected Ram Charan to continue pursuing polished pan-India spectacles. Instead, the actor chose a rooted rural drama directed by Buchi Babu Sana, a filmmaker known for charged stories steeped in local identity and class realities.
From the very first glimpse of Peddi , Charan’s transformation has stood out. Gone is the composed, royal physicality associated with RRR. In its place is a rough-edged man with unkempt hair, mud-covered skin and the physical exhaustion of someone whose destiny is shaped by his labour rather than his privilege.
The actor has repeatedly said that the emotional pull of Peddi came from how familiar the world felt to him.
Speaking about the film, Ram Charan said the project connected to him because of its rootedness. “There was something very honest about the world of Peddi. The people, the environment, the emotions, none of it felt manufactured to me. I have grown up watching people like this, speaking to people like this. Somewhere, it reminded me of the soil and culture I have always carried within me.”
The sports action drama, directed by Buchi Babu Sana, released in theatres across the country on Thursday and has received a positive response from the critics.
Production banner Vriddhi Cinemas, which has bankrolled the project, shared the opening day box office figure in a post on Instagram.
The journey of Peddi is ultimately more than just Ram Charan’s next big film. It is increasingly beginning to look like a conscious return to the cultural soil that shaped him.
After the global visibility of RRR, international appearances, Hollywood conversations and worldwide recognition, many expected Ram Charan to continue pursuing polished pan-India spectacles. Instead, the actor chose a rooted rural drama directed by Buchi Babu Sana, a filmmaker known for charged stories steeped in local identity and class realities.
From the very first glimpse of Peddi , Charan’s transformation has stood out. Gone is the composed, royal physicality associated with RRR. In its place is a rough-edged man with unkempt hair, mud-covered skin and the physical exhaustion of someone whose destiny is shaped by his labour rather than his privilege.
The actor has repeatedly said that the emotional pull of Peddi came from how familiar the world felt to him.
Speaking about the film, Ram Charan said the project connected to him because of its rootedness. “There was something very honest about the world of Peddi. The people, the environment, the emotions, none of it felt manufactured to me. I have grown up watching people like this, speaking to people like this. Somewhere, it reminded me of the soil and culture I have always carried within me.”
