Telugu Low Budget Movies That Made Good Money: These days low budget movies in Telugu are also competing with high budget movies at the box office. The recent examples are Jathi Ratnalu and Uppena which made more than Rs.70 crore gross at Box Office. Moreover, there are many other incidents that low budget movies made more money than high budget movies.
We have sorted the list of low budget movies which made good profits and great appreciation from audience. Low budget films dealing with never-tried-before concepts, genres and stories become more successful in Tollywood when compared with regular action films. As a special article, here are the 7 Telugu Low Budget Movies That Made Good Money.
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7 Telugu Low Budget Movies That Made Good Money
#1 Jathi Ratnalu
Released on March 25, 2021, Jathi Ratnalu is the complete entertainer which gained a huge response from the audience across the globe. Reportedly Jathi Ratnalu has made more than Rs.75 crore gross collection and it is the first Indian movie to collect more than $1 million gross at Overseas in 2021.
Cast: Naveen Polishetty, Priyadarshi, Rahul Ramakrishna, and Faria Abdullah
Director: Anudeep Kv
Budget: Rs.4 Crore
Box Office: 50 Crore + (Share)
#2 Uppena
Though the movie has debut lead actors and debut director, Uppena is one of the small film with medium budget. The movie is made with Rs.22 Crore starring Vaishnav Tej, Krithi Shetty and Vijay Sethupathi in lead roles. Touted to be a romantic movie Uppena, based on the honor killing, which is helmed by Buchi Babu Sana, and bankrolled by Mythri Movie Makers.
Cast: Panja Vaisshnav Tej, Krithi Shetty, Vijay Sethupathi
Director: Bucchi Babu Sana
Budget: Rs.22 Crore
Box Office Share: 50 Crore + (Share)
#3 Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya
Agent Sai Srinivas Athreya Movie completed its run with over Rs.8 crore share at Box Office, movie budget was around 3 Crore. It was the first Blockbuster ad successful film for Naveen Polishetty in lead role. Moreover, this movie has opened business for Naveen Polishetty movies in Overseas market.
Cast: Naveen Polishetty, Shruti Sharma, Suhas, Sandeep
Director: Swaroop RSJ
Budget: Rs.3.5 Crore
Box Office: 20 Crore + (Share)
#4 Brochevarevarura
Starring Sree Vishnu, Nivetha Thomas, Rahul Ramakrishna and Priyadarshi in lead roles, Brochevarevarura (2019) is one of the small budget film with big success. The comic thriller again proved that you don’t need high budgets to pull off profits.
Cast: Sree Vishnu, Nivetha Thomas, Nivetha Pethuraj, and Satyadev Kancharana
Director: Vivek Athreya
Budget: Rs.5 Crore
Box Office: 15 Crore + (Share)
#5 Evaru
Adivi Sesh once again proved with versatile thriller film “Evaru” after Kshanam (2016). This is the Telugu adaption of Spanish film ‘The Invisible Guest’ performed exceedingly well at the box-office and besides the spectacular performances of Sesh and Regina Cassandra. Debut director Venkat Ramji did a commendable job when it came to packing a punch with a brilliant screenplay and keeping the viewers’ guessing till the end.
Cast: Adivi Sesh, Regina Cassandra, Naveen Chandra and Murali Sharma
Director: Venkat Ramji
Budget: Rs.7 Crore
Box Office: 15 Crore + (Share)
#6 Kshanam
Kshanam is the 2016 crime thriller mystery starring Adivi Sesh in lead role. It was the biggest hit films of Tollywood that made with a very low budget. However the movie has made around Rs.12 Crore at Box Office. With the success the movie is remade in Bollywood and other Indian languages.
Cast: Adivi Sesh. Adah Sharma, Anasuya Bharadwaj, Vennela Kishore, Satyam Rajesh
Director: Ravikanth Perepu
Budget: Rs.1 Crore
Box Office: 15 Crore + (Share)
#7 Run Raja Run
Run Raja Run is the 2014 comedy thriller starring Sharwanand, Seerat Kapoor, and Adivi Sesh in the lead roles. It is also one of the biggest hit films of Tollywood that made with a very low budget. Reportedly the movie is made with a budget of Rs.4 Crore at Box Office and made 15 Crore.
Cast: Sharwanand, Seerat Kapoor and Adivi Sesh
Director: Sujeeth
Budget: Rs.4 Crore
Box Office: 15 Crore + (Share)
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