Superstar Mahesh Babu starrer Maharshi is all set to release worldwide on May 9th. Already, the teaser, which was released a couple of days back, has been creating a storm on Youtube. Now, the movie setting some records in the pre-release theatrical business.

The overseas rights of the movie are bagged by popular distributors, Great India Films for a whopping amount of Rs. 12.5 crores (no-refundable advance). As Mahesh enjoys an immense fan base in the US, the distributors have dared to buy the rights for such a fancy price.

Even the digital rights of the film were bought by Amazon Prime for about Rs. 11 crores. As it is the only big film that is releasing in summer, heavy stakes are being put on it. Directed by Vamshi Paidipally, this movie stars Pooja Hegde as the heroine and Allari Naresh will be seen in an important role.

Super Star Mahesh Babu is regarded as the undisputed king of overseas box-office. All his movies do well at the USA box-office irrespective of their result in the Telugu states. The same point was proved a lot of times because of which there is always a heavy demand for Mahesh’s films in the USA.

Looks like Maharshi will have to face troubles in the USA as the buyers are showing no interest to grab the movie. The producers of Maharshi are said to have quoted Rs.18 crores for the USA region. There are too many releases happening in May which include Hollywood projects as well.

Considering this competition, the makers felt that 18 crores is huge and are asking for 12 crores. The producers are still strong about getting someone on board for 18 crores. We have to see how this deal is going to end.

Directed by Vamsi Paidipally, the film has Pooja Hegde in the leading lady role.