Top 10 Telugu Films That Failed To Make An Impact

We often talk about films that become blockbuster hits in the industry. In fact, the Tollywood industry is quite renowned for delivering movies that win over the audience. However, under this garb of success, films that do not stand out and instead get wiped out by heavy losses are barely talked about. In this article, we will discuss such films that failed drastically in making an impact in the industry.

1. Acharya

This film is known to star the superhit father-son duo: Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan Ram Charan is a famous Tollywood actor and an entr >> Read More... . It should naturally have been a blockbuster hit in the industry since the two command huge fan followings. However, due to a lack of a good storyline, the film turned out to be a huge loss. The budget of the film is about 140 crores, while it could collect only 76 crores, incurring damage of about 64 crores.

2. Shakthi

An Ntr Jr. starrer that was released in 2011, this film also stooped way lower in its collections than the crew had anticipated. The critics brought out several flaws in the movie, especially on the part of the director, including poor screenplay and a weak storyline. In fact, a lack of proper emotional showcasing abilities on the part of the actors led to the film going down the drain. It was made with a budget of 45 crores, and it is said to have incurred a loss of about 23 crores.

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Another box office flop for the Tollywood industry is Ram Charan starrer Orange. The film is criticized on several levels, such as the lack of proper dialogue delivery and impactful performances. It has also been confusing on certain occasions, and the storyline didn’t seem to be a concrete one. When the much-hyped scenes also turned out to be less interesting, that hammered the last nail in the coffin. The film grossed about 32 crores budget but could collect a bare 20 crores in the industry.

4. The Warrior

This film was released in 2022, and it turned out to be an utter disaster at the box office. The film is said to be infused with predictable plots and cliched dialogues, which makes it a boring entertainer for the audience. Director Lingusamy thus utterly failed to make any impact with this film. It had a budget of 70 crores, while it could gross only 37 crores roughly, thus losing more than 30 crores.

5. Bangarraju

Another father-son duo that disappointed the audience greatly is Bangarraju. The film was directed by Yuvaraj and starred popular actors Akkineni Nagarjuna Akkineni Nagarjuna is a veteran Indian actor, TV p >> Read More... and Nagchaitanya. It is said to be disdained by a lack of comedy, a predictable and dull first half, and a cliched narration throughout. Although the film did not run into a loss, it failed to earn sufficiently and entertain the audience aptly in the industry.

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Starring the famous Bahubali star Prabhas besides Pooja Hedge, this film comes next in the list of Tollywood movies that utterly dejected the audience. The film went down primarily due to a cliched story, according to critics, despite stunning graphics, good melodies, and other grandiose things that went into its production. The film was made with a budget of 350 crores but grossed only 144 crores worldwide in all languages, making it a whopping loss in the industry.

7. Son of India

It was directed by Diamond Ratna Babu Bio coming soon... >> Read More... . Although the film stars many popular artists, such as Pragya Jaiswal Pragya Jaiswal, born in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, >> Read More... , and Tanikella Bharani Tanikella Bharani is a renowned actor in Telugu an >> Read More... , the audience is only able to hear their voices for the most part of the film. The director is even said to give a disclaimer that this is a one-man show in the beginning and that this film is an experiment of his. However, the box office clearly tells us that the experiment did not go well.

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A Ravi Teja Ravi Teja is the popular Telugu hero, whose birth >> Read More... starrer is often welcomed by the audience in great excitement. However, this starrer, along with Dimple Hayathi Dimple Hayati is an actress who works for Tamil Fi >> Read More... and Meenakshi Chaudhary Meenakshi Chaudhary, born in Panchkula, Haryana, i >> Read More... , has fallen short of the audience’s expectations. The plot has been criticized as an uninteresting and even illogical one by critics. With a budget of 30 crores, the film could only bring in 24 crores, thus inflicting a loss of 6 crores.

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This Mahesh Babu starrer saw him perform quite a charismatic performance in the lead. However, the movie was made on a huge budget, and it failed to raise an equivalent amount at the box office, let alone earn any profits. Although the film is applauded for the first half, the second is considered boring and, to some extent, even illogical, besides being predictable. It was made on a budget of about 120 crores, and various sources give various figures about the loss it incurred, ranging from 30-60 crores.

10. Hero

A recent movie in the industry, Hero, failed badly at the box office. The critics have highlighted a flimsy story and boring romance as the main reasons that brought the film down. It is an Ashok Galla Ashok Galla is a Telugu film actor. He is all set >> Read More... and Nidhi Agarwal Nidhi Agarwal is a talented, hard-working, beautif >> Read More... starrer that was directed by Sriram Aditya Sriram Aditya is the film director in the Telugu F >> Read More... . Its collections stretched to a meagre 30-35 crores at the box office, earning it the tag of a flop film in the Tollywood film industry.