What’s The Problem With Sandalwood?

In 2022, Kannada cinema had surprised the entire nation. With films like ‘KGF: Chapter 2’, ‘Kantara’, ‘777 Charlie’, and even ‘Vikrant Rona’, Sandalwood had marked its presence at the box office.

While 2023 was not as beneficial for Sandalwood commercially, the quality almost remained intact, with films like ‘ Toby Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘Sapta Sagaraadche Ello’ etc. However, in 2024, things are not so great for Kannada cinema, with not one movie managing to even cross the mark of 10 crores.

While it’s only the first quarter, there are very few films that have even managed to recover its basic costs. Even ‘ Yuva Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, which released last week, has not been able to earn more than 5 crores domestically. You know things are really bad when even stalwarts like Dr. Shiva Rajkumar Shiva Rajkumar is the populous Kannada actor, who >> Read More... are struggling to get a simple hit, with his recent release ‘Karataka Damanaka’ emerging as commercially unsuccessful.

Only ‘Upadhyaksha’ and ‘Blink’ managed to save some face at the Kannada box office. While ‘Manjummel Boys’ earned a lot in both the Malayalam and Tamil circuits, ‘Blink’ managed to put a dent to its collections from the Kannada box office. ‘Blink’ was directed by Srinidhi Bengaluru Bio coming soon... >> Read More... , and starred Dheekshith Shetty Dheekhshith Sethi is an Indian TV actor, popular a >> Read More... in the lead roles.

With no major release until mid June, it would be very tough for Sandalwood to recover the lost ground.