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Press Release:
NTR scores his biggest hit till date with ASHOK in the overseas
market
EDISON, New Jersey - July
15th 2006:
NTR won over the overseas
audiences with his intense, powerful performance in ASHOK. The movie release
saw as many anxious, dramatic moments as the film itself has to offer. To
begin with ASHOK comes after a considerable gap for NTR and after a series
of films that hadn’t fully succeeded in utilizing NTR’s potential as an
actor and his popularity as a star. When he teamed up with Surender Reddy,
there was tremendous excitement and anticipation. Soon after, the music of
ASHOK became super hit and the slick promos raised the expectations even
further. Though the Producer and NTR himself tried to maintain a low
profile, the expectations sky rocketed by the time the release neared. Now
came the other dramatic developments. The tragic events in Mumbai forced the
delay in shipping of prints of ASHOK to USA. Multitudes of NTR fans and
curious audiences who were expecting nothing but the best this time from NTR
had to wait patiently for two days before the prints eventually reached USA.
The first screenings of ASHOK
finally took place towards late night of Friday in New Jersey, San Jose,
Dallas, Chicago and Atlanta. The patience and the undeterred optimism of NTR
fans paid rich dividends as the crowds were delighted to witness a
scintillating fare from NTR.
As many as 1700 people
watched ASHOK within a very short span amidst chaos, cancellations and
rescheduling. Both the shows in New Jersey were sold out two hours before
their start time. Enthusiastic fans waited through three rounds of last
minute cancellations and postponements in Chicago and watched the film at
11:30PM. The show was sold out within minutes. Same is the case in Atlanta,
San Jose and Dallas as well. An extra show was announced in the last minute
in Atlanta. Due to the delay in getting the prints on time, Detroit shows
were cancelled on Friday. Regular shows will start from Saturday. Here is
the breakup of numbers on Day 1
Edison, NJ: 500
San
Jose, CA: 380
Chicago, IL: 250
Dallas, TX: 295
Atlanta, GA: 280
Detroit, MI: Regular shows will start from Saturday.
The satisfied fans immediately called up their counterparts in India and
some of them even succeeded to reach NTR himself over phone to share their
joy of watching a most awaited hit film from NTR. Incidentally this is the
first time KAD Entertainment, the leading overseas distributors are
marketing an NTR film. Representatives of KAD expressed their sincere regret
for all the inconvenience caused because of factors beyond their control,
but expressed their pleasure for starting an association with NTR films on a
successful note despite all the hurdles. They also thanked Sri Valluri Palli
Ramesh and Sri Madhu Murali for all their support.
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