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Historically, Bollywood would buy the rights to South Indian hits and remake them with Hindi stars (e.g., Drishyam , Vikram Vedha ). Devika Entertainment flipped this model. Instead of selling rights, they invested in high-quality Hindi dubbing, using A-list Bollywood voice artists and rewriting dialogues for local nuance. Their film Agniputra (originally Telugu) earned over ₹200 crore in the Hindi market alone—without a single Bollywood actor on screen. Devika Entertainment flipped this model
While Bollywood films were shrinking their theatrical windows to 4 weeks due to OTT deals, Devika Entertainment insisted on 8-to-10-week runs. They partnered with PVR, INOX, and Cinepolis to ensure that their "South Big" releases had the same screen count as a Salman Khan or Akshay Kumar film. they invested in high-quality Hindi dubbing