Mahavatar Narasimha Rewrites History

It took a simple animated film by Ashwin Kumar Ashwin Kumar is an actor and writer who is known f >> Read More... to halt the grand campaign of Mohit Suri’s Saiyaara!

The success story of Mahavatar Narasimha has hit not one, but three targets with a single stone! The devotional film, based on the Narsimha avatar of Bhagwan Vishnu, has revived the genre of animated films after nearly two decades!

This is not all. The movie has not only managed to revive the sagging fortunes of Sandalwood, but also give Bollywood movie Saiyaara a tough run for the money. According to the recent box office reports, the movie has earned more than 15 crores at the domestic box office, with nearly two third of the collections coming from the Hindi dubbed version alone, instead of the original Kannada version!

Before Mahavatar Narasimha, the highest grossing animated movie was Hanuman, which released in 2005, and earned around 5.5 crores overall. With a budget of less than 20 crores, the movie is all set to become the first animated movie in the history of Indian cinema to be legitimately called as a box office hit!

The success of Mahavatar Narsimha opens the door for the Mahavatar Cinematic Universe, which includes movies on the remaining avatars of Bhagwan Vishnu. Hombale Films will release these movies in a span of 12 years, i.e. from 2025 to 2037!