Gabbar Singh getting tremendous response from all over USA in each and every location and wiping out all previous overseas records. Friday May 11th most of the shows sold out and added several shows in each location. Some of them went back because of the sold outs and sorry for inconvenience. We added multiple shows on average one show for every one hour or less in all major locations. In some locations we also have parallel/split screens (shows at same time) in prime times.

So far it is standing as the number # 1 highest grosser in US including premiere (THU) and FRI officially recorded collections. We are expecting to continue the same and stood as highest grosser in US.

We congratulate all our exhibitors who are really enjoying the success and thank you media for their support! We also thank Big Cinemas and Cinemark managements for their extended support and long hours!

Ticketing information:

For all Big Cinemas and most of other locations www.movietickets.com .

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Press Note issued by BlueSky Cinemas, Inc.

Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s Gabbar Singh which was released yesterday has taken the box office by storm. The movie has opened to unanimous positive talk with the trade pundits predicting nothing less than a blockbuster from Pawan Kalyan. The fans of Power Star are going agog with the tremendous openings and the first day collections of Gabbar Singh have registered a whopping 8.56 Cr share [Only AP] thus creating an ALL TIME RECORD in Telugu Film Industry.

Checkout the break up below.
Nizam – 2.25 Cr
Ceded – 1.97cr
Vizag – 0.66cr
Krishna – 0.65cr
Guntur – 1.15cr
Nellore -0.37cr
East -0.83cr
West – 0.68cr
Total: 8.56 Cr

It was Gabbar Singh all the way all the day on the release day. Every new Power Star Pawan Kalyan film is a sensation but Gabbar Singh has gone beyond being just a sensation and has created madness across the web world.

Sample this the film was in Top 2 positions of trending in Hyderabad for the entire day and that’s not it Gabbar Singh has become the second Telugu film to trend all over India. For those who don’t know even the first Telugu film to trend too was a Power Star Pawan Kalyan film, Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu. Let’s see what more wonders the film is going to create in the following days and weeks.

Story:

Gabbar Singh the story of Venkat Rathnam Naidu(Gabbar Singh) who believes in only one thing justice at any cost. He would go to any extreme for what he feels is the justice. A person with this character and attitude collides with Sidhapa Naidu(Abhimanyu Singh), an MLA aspirant. How Gabbar Singh through his various eccentric ways thwarts Sidhapa Naidu’s plan of becoming an MLA is the basic plot of the film

The story also involves a brother, father, mother and finally a

lover. All these are interlinked together to give an masala potpourri called Gabbar Singh.

Performances:

It is Pawan Kalyan’s film from start to end. Its one man show. After a long time Power Star is in full form never letting the energy down. He keeps the proceedings entertaining and engaging with his impeccable comic timing and screen presence. Gabbar Singh can be called his best performance till date. As far as his character goes the dialogue “Naaku Konchem Thikka Undi… Dhaniki Oka Lekka Undhi…” symbolizes it to the fullest.

Abhimanyu Singh plays the main villain and he does well. He expresses the typical telugu villain qualities very well and acts as perfect foil for Gabbar Singh. The dubbing voice gelled well with his body language and character.

Sruti Haasan has very less to do in the film. One almost forgets in the middle of the film that she actually exists in the film. Even the dubbing giver for her is not good. However as she doesn’t have a big role it’s not a deterrent to the flow of the film.

Tanikella Bharani once again plays side kick of the villain. He has very good dialogues and his accent gives it a very natural rural feel. Ajay as brother of Gabbar Singh has nothing to do in first half of the film. In the second half he gets few scenes to shine. Suhasini and Nageeneedu as parents of Gabbar Singh are adequate. Kota Srinivas Rao appears briefly and does well in one emotional scene that he has.

Rao Ramesh is neat. JP is hilarious in a short cameo. Brahmanandam as recovery Ranjith Kumar is effective and provides non stop laughs when ever he is on screen. Ali as Samba provides few laughs but its the villain gang which comprises of Prabhas Reddy, Fish Venkat etc. who provide the maximum laughs in the film. The Kabbadi fight and the Anthakashari scene involving them are some of the best comedy scenes that one would get to see in this year.

Positives:

Pawan Kalyan
Songs
Comedy
Dialogues
Fast paced screenplay
Anthakshari Scene

Negatives:

Few sentiment scenes in the second half

Analysis:

The film as we know is a remake of Bollywood blockbuster Dabangg. Many a times the remake loses the charm of the original and also fails to get the nativity right. Gabbar Singh fortunately gets those things right. The film is only partially inspired by the original and contains lots of entertainment that is not present in the original. The first half of the film is riot with both action and comedy in right doses. It maintains the heroism and at the same time provides hilarious fun.

The second half of the film in comparison appears a bit slow but even in this half the comedy scenes take the film to a high. Anthakshari Scene and Kevv Keka song provide some of the best moments in the second half of the film. The climax is neatly wrapped up with out creating any fuss or over the top action sequences.

Direction and dialogues by Harish Shankar are major assets for the film along with the music. In-fact after Pawan Kalyan its the direction by Harish Shankar which gets the maximum brownie points. He has used Pawan Kalyan to his optimum and showed him at his energetic best. Music by Devi Sri Prasad as said above is another major asset of the film. Even the Background music by DSP is very good this time. Cinematography by Jayanan Vincent is very good. He captured the village atmosphere very well. Editing is good however at times it felt a bit rush. Choreography is fine. After a long time Pawan Kalyan is given some small but new moments.

Bottom-Line: Watch for it’s high quotient of entertainment
Rating: 3.75/5

Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s Gabbar Singh is a roaring success. That’s the report coming in from overseas audience. Shows in Dubai, Kuwait, UK have already been completed and the report is unanimous.

Here is our exclusive report from UK(Boleyn Cinema). According to our source the film Gabbar Singh is a Rollicking entertainer with Pawan Kalyan providing entertainment at his best. The dialogues by Harish Shankar with Pawan Kalyan’s mannerisms have set the screens on fire. Especially the first half is one of the best entertaining halves one would see in a long time to come. Such is the impact of the first half that the second half feels a tad bit slow but it soon picks up with rip roaring Anthakashari scene and Kevvu Keka song. Climax is neatly done.

Overall it’s a feast for Power Star fans and a highly entertaining film for common audience.

Keep watching this space for our live updates (8 AM IST) and review.

Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s Gabbar Singh has finally got censored. It has got a U/A rating from the censor board. Gabbar Singh was expected to get censored yesterday itself but due to some last minute technical inadequacies it was postponed. Power Star’s Gabbar Singh will now release on May 11 worldwide.

There are high expectations on the film as this film is touted as the comeback movie of Power Star Pawan Kalyan after a hat trick of no shows at the box office. Also this is a crucial film for heroine Shruti Hasan too who has so far had no success at all. One has to wait for few more days to see if director Harish Shankar has changed the fate of these people and in the process take him to the big league of directors.

Story

Venu is an orphan who is forced to child labor from a small age. He later moves to city and settles as a worker in a roadside idly shop. In a few years time he is used to the place and feel like home. One day he accidentally sees Jyothi and likes her. This like turns into love. But his life is shattered when one day police come in search for him.

There is another story too in the film that of Dinesh and Arthi. Dinesh is an intermediate youth who follows Arthi another student from different collage. Dinesh only sees her as a sexual object without any love. When he is avoided by Arthi after she comes to know of his intentions he gets agitated and tries to throw acid.

How this two seemingly unrelated and opposite kind of love stories come together through flashbacks is what the basic film is all about. It’s a simple realistic drama told in a thrilling manner with a novel climax.

Performances

The major characters of the film comprises of newcomers. Sri, Mithun Murali, Urmila Mahantha and Manisha Yadav all look their characters and have played their roles well.

Sri as the orphan pours his heart into the film and makes the audience connect with him as does Urmila Mahantha although she has very less to act.

Mithun Murali is fantastic as the always scheming and appearing cool on outside kind of guy. His part is so well written and portrayed that people start hooting at him at his very presence after a point of time.

Other actors playing various characters too have done fine job.

Positives

The two stories

Narration technique

Acting

Second half and climax

Negatives

Pace of the film

Suresh Kondeti’s item number

Analysis

The film is very slow to begin with and picks up mildly after the love story of Venu starts. By the time the films picks up further its already interval. Second half is fast paced composed to the first half but it once again slows down mildly in the middle. The climax though is really good and very heart touching.

Director by Balaji Shakthivel is good in that he maintains a consistent tone through out and extracts good performances from each of his cast. But the screenplay tends to be on slower side for most part of the film.

Cinematography by SD Vijay Melton is good and it helps take the realistic tone of the film to a grittier level.

The film has music by renowned guitarist R Prasanna. He has only two songs to compose in the film and they are fine as is the background score of the film which too is used sparsely.

The item number by producer Suresh Kondeti should have been completely avoided as it only breaks the flow of the film.

Bottom line – watch it if you have appetite for strong Tamil flavored films. Remember it’s a film made by the director of Premisthe.

Rating – 3/5

Nizam – 1.6Cr
Ceded – 1.75Cr
Vizag – 0.52Cr
East – 0.57Cr
West – 0.60Cr
Krishna – 0.49Cr
Guntur – 1.10Cr
Nellore – 0.34Cr
Total – 6.97Cr