Vikram Kumar and Akkineni Nagarjuna came together to make a film like Hello, a pure romantic film to give Akkineni Akhil, a good launch pad after a debacle like Akhil. The young actor did learn Parkour stunts and delivered a matured performance in the film for audience to enjoy a delightful romance that has soothing music and great visuals to go by. Released in the same weekend as Middle Class Abbayi, a hero in red hot form Nani’s film, the collections did suffer but the film is showing signs of picking up during the new year weekend.
Akhil Akkineni is happy with the outcome as his efforts have not gone in vain like his first film and thanked his father, producer Nagarjuna and entire Annapurna Studios for giving him ample energy and time to pull off such a good show. Vikram Kumar who created magic with Manam also made a simple romantic film that suits the hero and also, gave it enough story to keep audience engaged till the end.
The collections in Telugu states and Overseas are steady and areinching close to a share of 25 crores. The coveted Million Dollar USD, mark is also coming close to the film as the days pass by. The second weekend in USA, even though there are films like Okka Kshanam and Two Countries, is working like a magic for Hello and distributors and fans are expecting the movie to hit the Million mark by Tuesday in January first week. Akhil announced that he will make an announcement about his next movie by 10th January.