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Sankranthiki Vasthunam (సంక్రాంతికి వస్తున్నాం)

Sankranthiki Vasthunam (సంక్రాంతికి వస్తున్నాం, "We are coming for Sankranthi") is a 2025 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film written and directed by Anil Ravipudi and produced by Dil Raju and Shirish under Sri Venkateswara Creations, starring Venkatesh, Aishwarya Rajesh, and Meenakshi Chaudhary.¹^•² It was released on 14 January 2025 as a Sankranthi festival attraction and became a major commercial success, grossing ₹2.555 billion (₹255.48 crore) worldwide on a reported budget of ₹500 million (₹50 crore).³

Key fact	Detail
Release	14 January 2025, wide theatrical release in India, timed to the Sankranthi festival¹
Director / producers	Anil Ravipudi; Dil Raju, Shirish, and Manoj Valluri for Sri Venkateswara Creations¹
Lead cast	Venkatesh as Y. D. Raju, Aishwarya Rajesh as Bhagyalakshmi, Meenakshi Chaudhary as ACP Meenakshi, with Upendra Limaye as jailer George Antony¹
Music	Bheems Ceciroleo; the song "Godari Gattu" drew the highest views among the film's songs¹^•⁴
Runtime / certificate	2 hours 24 minutes; UA certificate from the CBFC²^•³
Box office	₹2.555 billion (₹255.48 crore) worldwide against a ₹500 million (₹50 crore) budget, a 5.11x return classified as a blockbuster³
Streaming	ZEE5 from 1 March 2025, in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi⁵

Spoilers

Plot

Venkatesh stars as former DCP Yadagari Damodara Raju (Y. D. Raju), whose former girlfriend, ACP Meenakshi IPS, seeks his help in finding Satya Akella, the CEO of a multinational company who has been abducted. Raju accepts the mission at the request of the Chief Minister, but complications arise when his wife, Bhagyalakshmi, insists on accompanying the team because she suspects Raju may rekindle his past relationship with Meenakshi. The mission produces the film's comedic and action sequences.²

The supporting cast includes Sai Kumar as P. C. P. Manikya Rao, Naresh as the Chief Minister, Srinivasa Reddy, VTV Ganesh, Srinivas Avasarala as Satya Akella, and Sarvadaman D. Banerjee as the schoolmaster Yadagiri Raju.¹

Production and release strategy

The film was announced with its title built on the Sankranthi festival itself, an unusual choice that drew attention from the announcement stage.⁶ Producer Dil Raju initially tried to dissuade director Anil Ravipudi from a Sankranthi date, but the director insisted that a film with this title should arrive at Sankranthi and persuaded him; the release date of 14 January was announced at a press meet at which the actors appeared in their film characters rather than in regular attire.⁷

The Sankranthi window carries particular weight in Telugu cinema. Films released during the festival have repeatedly succeeded at the box office, and the season has a reputation as a space where a film can convert festive attendance into long, profitable theatrical runs.⁴^•⁸ Sankranthiki Vasthunam opened alongside Game Changer, starring Ram Charan, and Daaku Maharaaj, starring Balakrishna, in a crowded festival slate.⁹

Box office

The film opened strongly, with house-full collections reported across 207 of 217 shows in one early tally, and it recorded notable figures across its first three days including premieres.¹⁰^•¹¹ It went on to gross ₹2.555 billion (₹255.48 crore) worldwide on a ₹500 million (₹50 crore) budget, a 5.11x return that trade trackers classify as a blockbuster.³ Samayam Telugu, looking back at the Venkatesh–Ravipudi partnership, put the film's box-office impact at ₹3 billion (₹300 crore); the two figures come from different trackers and are not directly reconcilable.¹²

The theatrical run outlasted the festival itself. Reports in September 2026 noted that the film was still drawing house-full weekend collections in some centers, which contributed to a delay in its streaming debut relative to Daaku Maharaaj, which had released two days earlier and reached OTT sooner.¹³

Reception

Critical response was mixed while audience response was strongly positive. NTV Telugu rated the film 3 out of 5, praising Bheems Ceciroleo's songs and background score, the dialogues, the cinematography, and the production values, and calling it a film worth watching with family during Sankranthi.¹⁴ Gulte gave 2.75 out of 5, and OkTelugu, at the same rating, listed the comedy scenes, Venkatesh's performance, and the music as strengths while citing the story and a plot without twists as weaknesses.⁶^•¹⁵ The film holds an IMDb rating of 6.1/10.¹⁶

Streaming and music

ZEE5 acquired the film's satellite and digital rights before release.¹⁷ After a television premiere, the film began streaming on ZEE5 from 1 March 2025 in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi, and it is also available on Prime Video and JioHotstar.⁵^•² Bheems Ceciroleo's soundtrack was a commercial driver for the film; the song "Godari Gattu" recorded the highest views among the film's songs.⁴

Aftermath

The film confirmed the commercial strength of the Venkatesh–Anil Ravipudi combination, which had earlier produced F2: Fun and Frustration and F3. In 2026 the two announced a fifth collaboration, a multi-starrer pairing Venkatesh with Nandamuri Kalyan Ram and Krithi Shetty as female lead, produced by Sahu Garapati under Shine Screens and locked for Sankranthi 2027; the film completed its first shooting schedule in July 2026.¹⁸^•¹⁹ Ravipudi had also directed Kalyan Ram's breakthrough blockbuster Pataas, making the new pairing a reunion on both sides.¹⁸

References

Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Films and standalone screen works › Individual films by title and year › Indian films (individual works) › Telugu films of the 2020s › Telugu films of 2025

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026

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