"I agree there flaws in Shankarabaranam. But target audiences have liked the movie. That's why the film made amazing numbers on First Day", says Nikhil, talking about his latest movie. While Kona Venkat and his gang are taking severe beatings from critics, it's funny that Nikhil is still arguing that the film has reached target audiences.

After releasing in 650+ theatres and making a hell lot of noise by asking Pawan Kalyan to release trailer, Naga Chaitanya another teaser and then created hype by roping in Anjali for a cameo. All these acts led to superb openings, nearly 1.5 crores 'share' on First Day. But that doesn't mean some sections of targeted audiences have liked the film immensely. Hope Nikhil is reading this.

Owing to this, from Monday Shankarabaranam registered huge drop in collections after the flop talk it garnered.