Liger was essentially one of the most awaited films of the year, but it couldn’t live up to the astronomical pre-release anticipation. After the Liger trailer’s positive reception, Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday vigorously promoted the movie, going above and beyond, and everything they touched and did turn out good.
Nevertheless, despite all this, the Liger movie’s box office earnings had a weak start and thereafter rapidly declined. Now that distributors and exhibitors are reportedly requesting money more frequently, we heard that Vijay and Director Puri Jagannadh are skipping their fees.
It appears that Jana Gana Mana, the next movie Vijay Deverakonda and director Puri Jagannadh would work on together, may be affected by the Liger box office flop. Since the movie’s box office failure, there have been daily reports of distributors and exhibitors seeking compensation for their significant losses. Now, a new report in KoiMoi claims that both Vijay Deverakonda and Director Puri Jagannadh have chosen to forgo their salaries for the upcoming film Jana Gana Mana, which is also one of those allegedly pan-Indian movies.
According to the aforementioned report, Jana Gana Mana’s budget has been cut in half because the other producers and investors have chosen to play it safe following the demise of Liger. This directly affects the buzz surrounding any project that Vijay and Puri collaborate on until they prove themselves worthy. Both the fees they’re skipping and a portion of the budget cuts would be required to make up for the enormous losses.