The Diwali day was packed with updates from the Telugu film industry, which now packs up the Pongal/Sankranthi date even more. The makers of both Balakrishna’s Veera Simha Reddy and Chiranjeevi’s Walter Veeraiyya have announced that the films will be arriving for the Sankranthi date, which makes it four films vying for the slot now.
As Vijay’s Varisu and its Telugu version Vaarisudu have already confirmed their release dates for the Pongal weekend, trade pundits say that Prabhas starrer Adipurush is likely to prepone its release by a week to the 6th of January, in order to get a headstart over the other films. However, sources close to the team have not confirmed this plan and are currently sticking to the original date.