They Call Him OG box office collection: Pawan Kalyan, Emraan Hashmi’s film scores Rs 98 crore worldwide in advance booking, a career-high for the Telugu superstar

Additionally, as per industry tracker Sacnilk, They Call Him OG has also minted Rs 33 crore in advance booking, including paid previews, internationally. This makes its worldwide advance booking equal to Rs 98 crore. Given this momentum, the film is likely to comfortably cross Rs 100 crore on its opening day worldwide and even reach the Rs 150 crore mark. This would make it not only Kalyan’s biggest opening so far, but also one of the biggest worldwide openings for a Telugu film.

They Call Him OG doesn’t have much competition in the Telugu market in the near future, except the Telugu dubbed version of Rishab Shetty’s Kannada mythological action film Kantara: Chapter 1. A prequel to the pan-India blockbuster Kantara, the film is slated to release in cinemas on October 2 on the occasion of Dussehra and Gandhi Jayanti.

Written and directed by Sujeeth, the film also stars Arjun Das, Priyanka Arul Mohan, Sriya Reddy and Prakash Raj in prominent roles. It’s set in a volatile 1990s Mumbai, which is engulfed in gang wars, leading to violence and chaos in the city. At the centre lies Emraan Hashmi’s character Omi Bhau, who is on the wanted list of the police and appears to be the main culprit for the rising violence in the city.

Pawan Kalyan plays gangster Ojas Gambheera aka OG, who holds the power to curb the unhinged violence in the city. He returns to the turf after 10 years of disappearance to challenge Omi Bhau. In the trailer, the actor is seen swinging a samurai sword, his ultimate weapon, to slit throats and limbs of the goons. He’s also seen firing an automatic rifle in a hotel, unleashing his action avatar yet again.

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The movie is jointly produced by RRR’s DVV Danayya and Kalyan Dasari under the banner of DVV Entertainments.  The film has music composed by Thaman S, cinematography jointly handled by Ravi K Chandran and Manoj Paramahamsa, and editing by Naveen Nooli. Bollywood superstar Jackie Shroff and Malayalam superstar Lal also have cameos in the film.