Nani surprised everyone by telling people not to watch his next movie, HIT 3, if they didn't like his previous film, Court.
Nani's Challenge helped a lot for the film, and Court had a great opening.
The movie also did well and became a big hit in the small film industry.
Later, other celebrities tried to do the same thing to attract the audience.
Priyadarshi used the same approach for his movie Mithra Mandali.
But that movie didn't do well at the box office and ended up being a failure. Priyadarshi even had to apologize to the audience during the promotions of his next film, Premanta.
Recently, Kona Venkat also made a similar statement during the pre-release event of Band Melam.
He told the audience not to watch his future films if they didn't like Band Melam.
Interestingly, Kona's next project is a film with Megastar Chiranjeevi and Bobby.
Band Melam, however, ended up being a box office disaster.
Even if we forget the results, their challenges didn't make people go to the theaters.
The industry should understand that it didn't work for Nani just like that.
Nani had built a lot of trust over the years with his work. He has become a reliable hero for the audience, known for delivering quality performances.
Because of this, the audience took Nani seriously when he made that claim.
They didn't take Priyadarshi or Kona Venkat seriously.
The audience didn't even go to the theaters to see if these claims made sense.
They could easily tell that these people were being desperate.
The industry should also understand that being original is important to impress the audience.
In this case, Nani was original, while others were just copying him. And the audience could tell they were being desperate very easily.