Why did The Raja Saab become least anticipated Prabhas film?
on Jan 6, 2026
Prabhas has become the biggest star in Indian Cinema with a huge Pan-India appeal that every film of his is expected to create rush of audiences to theatres. It had been true for his previous films like Saaho, Aadipurush, Radhe Shyam, Salaar and Kalki 2898 AD. After Baahubali 2, every film had huge anticipation all over India.
Now, Spirit first look had similar effect while Fauji did not have that much of a hype. Interestingly and rather unfortunately, The Raja Saab, even with Sanjay Dutt, Zarina Wahab, Riddhi Kumar, Malavika Mohanan and Niddhi Agerwal, in prominent has not been able to create similar hype or buzz all over India.
The fact that Thalapathy Vijay's last film, Jana Nayagan, even though being a remake of NBK's Bhagavanth Kesari, has genuine interest among non-Tamils to watch while Raja Saab is struggling in Hindi and all non-Telugu markets is a sign of failure on the part of makers to take the film to that level.
Dhruandhar post release did not need a direct Telugu or Tamil or Malayalam release to really increase its fortune. As a Hindi film, it is able to create the Rs.1000 crore stir at the box office. In the case of The Raja Saab, the makers have invested three years time and loads of resources hoping for Pan-India reception.
The movie is releasing in Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada languages dubbed directly, same day on 9th January. But the reporting of box office numbers is not on the same level as Kalki 2898 AD or Aadipurush or Radhe Shyam. After Kalki, which released in 2024, Prabhas new movie is releasing in first weekend of 2026, that is, after a gap of 20 months, approximately, but the anticipation is diluted and absent.
In Telugu states, the theatrical distribution to other Sankranti releases and mainly, Tamil dubbed films - Jana Nayagan and Parasakthi, is also good enough to dent into The Raja Saab unanimous dominance. It looks like the songs and trailers, teasers have failed to create the roaring reception that many would've imagined for a Prabhas film.
People Media Factory, the producers and director Maruthi seem to have assumed Prabhas name will do most of the heavy-weight lifting, but that is not the case. Well, the opening day numbers could be shocking and below all expectations. The reason seems to be the genre and underwhelming content, promotions. Let's see how the film performs post release as pre-release, the hype is sadly, completely absent.
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