Remma and Andrea in a Still from Aayirathil Oruvan

AO rakes in the moolah

Director Selvaraghavan's Aayirathil Oruvan (AO), with all the controversies surrounding it, was an above average grosser in Tamil. But its dubbed Telugu version, Yuganiki Okkadu, which released last Friday, has taken a fantastic opening and has been declared a super hit by the trade in Andhra.

Sources say that the film took such a huge opening because of Selvaraghavan, who is quite popular in Andhra Pradesh, thanks to the success of his 7/G, Rainbow Colony) and straight Telugu film Aaddavari Matalaku ardhalu Verule (in 2007).

Meanwhile, seeing Karthi's success in Andhra, his cousin, producer Gnanavel Raja, who had distributed Yugantki Okkadu, is now dubbing his first film, ameer's 2007 classic Paruthiveeran as Palnati Veerudu in Telugu !