Everyone knows the latest disaster Skanda which hit the theatres on September 28, 2023. The film failed to meet fans' expectations and became another disaster film in the careers of Ram and Boyapati. The film produced by Silver Screen Studios and Zee Studio, Ram's previous film, The Warrior, also failed at the box office so fans waited for his comeback but the film bombed at the box office. Akhanda Boyapati 's previous film did a phenomenal job, but he couldn't recreate the same magic in Skanda.
The movie has a great star cast including Ram Pothineni (in a dual role), Sreeleela, Saiee Manjrekar, Prince Cecil, Srikant, Sharath Lohithaswa, Daggubati Raja, and Indraja.
The film grossed 59.20 cr against a budget of 90 cr and recovered only 51% of the profit. the film should have collected more than 100 cr to be a successful venture.
What is the story of a movie?
Rayudu is the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and is responsible for organizing his daughter's marriage. During the wedding, Telangana Chief Minister Ranjith Reddy's son came as a guest and surprised everyone by eloping with his daughter. This angered the president and they turned from friends into bitter enemies. At the same time, Ram (unnamed female character), a student, kidnaps Rayudu's daughter and Sreeleela, the daughter of Ranjith Reddy (unnamed male character), who are their classmates. The theft is said to be linked to Crown Group CEO Rudrakanti Ramakrishna Raju, who is awaiting the death penalty and was wrongfully imprisoned by Ranjith Reddy and Rayudu for refusing to accept illegal money. Ramakrishna Raju is said to be actor Manikanta Raju's best friend. The hero wants to prove Ramakrishna Raju's innocence as he was responsible for protecting his daughter Rudraganti Parineeta from danger when she was captured by Ranjith and Rayudu's men. Ranjith and Rayudu had no other option but to release Ramakrishna Raju from jail. The duo then attack the hero and his family, but they are saved by the hero's lookalike, "Ammulu", Rudraganti Parineeti's lover. Finally, Chairman Ranjith and Rayudu confessed their crimes to the media. When Rudraganti Ramakrishna Raju asked about his doppelganger, he realized that he was a Moroccan criminal (referred to as the crime city of the world in the film). A dangerous murderer, a powerful gang with an army of thirty thousand men, killed Don Daniel. He led our government for over thirty years. After learning this, the two prime ministers looked at him in surprise, afraid of knowing the twins' past, so they smiled and left. The video ends with the text "Unfolds in Skanda - II", indicating that the story of the doppelganger (Morocco) will be revealed in Skanda - II. [10]
Why did the film explode in the box?
Many aspects made the film perform well and poorly at the box office, I will share some aspects that make me think Skanda performed poorly at the box office.
● Weak plot: If they didn't prolong the movie and focus on just one part, the movie could have been better.
●Poor character development: The film has many characters but the film does not show their perspectives. Their characters could have been explored better. They needed to add a brief character introduction, but Boyapati only focused on the hero and he should have focused more on the plot and characters. The character of an assassin played by Ram is a new character for him and if Boyapati had focused solely on this character and directed the film it would have been a blockbuster. Watching the second character Ram in the trailer, I felt like Sarrainodu, but in the movie, I only felt like Vinya Vidhya Rama. It also became a disaster like Vinya Vidhya Rama.
● Lack of emotions: One of the main reasons for the film's success is that human emotions, which are the bridge between the story and the audience, have very little emotion. If I talk about Akhanda then there is a big implication, because she is attached to Akhanda and every emotion becomes very strong.
● Akhanda Success: Boyapati chose the same title as Skanda and the duration of both the films was also the same.
● Bgm: S.S Thaman has composed the music very well but this time the background music is too loud and we cannot understand the characters throughout the film.