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Time for Marquee clash






Circa 2003: In what was a direct clash of sorts on the festive occasion of Sankranti, Naga and Okkadu released, separated by a span of one day. We all know what followed, Okkadu opened to a divide talk and gained the word of the mouth thus setting on track Mahesh's career. Naga flopped, but what followed from Jr. NTR is legendary as he came up with Simhadri

Cut to 2005 when Chiranjeevi's career was on the wane, NTR struggling to find the next hit for himself. Mahesh came up with a scorcher in the form of Athadu and set the record straight as the superstar to be

2006 was the year of records as Mahesh came up with Pokiri, which did a lot of things to him and NTR was still on the downward spiral. Rakhee, to an extent revived his flagging career and pressure was squarely on Mahesh to deliver. Deliver he did, a blob in the form of Sainikudu


2007 was another year of contrasting fortunes for both these stars. Mahesh came with another blob in the form of Athidhi and NTR came back with a resounding hit in the form of Yamadonga . It has been seen that Mahesh, more or less comes up second best in these celebratory clashes

This year though, there is a Mahesh wave as Khaleja is his first release in three years and people are excited to watch it. NTR on the other hand has a movie that looks pretty opulent and well made. With the holiday season setting in, the indications are that both movies will have an extended run at the box-office




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