R.
Madhava ‘s
‘GDN’
eco ded
a
imp oveme t
i
its
box
office
pe fo ma ce
o
the
seco d
day
of
its
theat ical
u .
The
pe iod
d ama,
based
o
the
life
of
i ve to
G.
D.
Naidu,
egiste ed
a
highe
collectio
o
Satu day.Acco di g
to
Sac ilk,
‘GDN’
ea ed
Rs
84
lakhs
et
i
I dia
o
Day
2.
The
film
had
collected
Rs
46
lakhs
et
o
its
ope i g
day.
‘GDN’
eco ds
highe
collectio
o
Day
2
The
film’s
I dia
et
collectio
has
ow
eached
Rs
1.46
c o e
afte
two
days.
Its
I dia
g oss
sta ds
at
Rs
1.63
c o e.
I dia
sha e
has
also
bee
epo ted
at
Rs
1.63
c o e.
Telugu
ve sio
of
‘GDN’
adds
Rs
9
lakhs
The
Telugu
ve sio
of
‘GDN’
also
eco ded
a
small
i c ease
o
Satu day.
It
ea ed
Rs
9
lakhs
et
o
Day
2.
The
dubbed
ve sio
had
collected
Rs
7
lakhs
o
F iday.
Its
two-day
et
collectio
has
ow
eached
Rs
16
lakhs.
Film
explo es
G.
D.
Naidu’s
life
‘GDN’
b i gs
the
sto y
of
G.
D.
Naidu
to
the
big
sc ee .
He
was
a
self-taught
i ve to
a d
i dust ialist
f om
Coimbato e.
Naidu
became
k ow
fo
his
wo k
i
e gi ee i g
a d
t a spo tatio .
He
also
established
the
UMS
bus
e te p ise.Amo g
his
achieveme ts
was
the
developme t
of
a
i dige ous
elect ic
moto .
His
life
also
i cluded
e cou te s
with
majo
pe so alities
a d
seve al
u co ve tio al
decisio s.
Rathe
tha
cove i g
his
e ti e
biog aphy,
the
film
focuses
o
selected
i cide ts
f om
his
ema kable
jou ey.
R.
Madhava
leads
the
pe iod
d ama
Madhava
plays
G.
D.
Naidu
i
the
film.
The
sto y
also
exami es
his
app oach
towa ds
i ovatio .The
film
begi s
with
a
discussio
about
whethe
Naidu
dese ves
a
place
i
school
textbooks.
A
committee
debates
his
co t ibutio
a d
histo ical
sig ifica ce.
The
seque ce
establishes
the
film’s
attempt
to
b i g
his
achieveme ts
to
a
wide
audie ce.
ETimes
gives
‘GDN’
a
mixed
assessme t
ETimes
eviewed
GDN
a d
exami ed
its
pe iod
ec eatio ,
tech ical
aspects
a d
t eatme t
of
Naidu’s
cha acte .Ou
exclusive
eview
ead,
“The
pe iod
ec eatio
is
patchie :
a
heavy
colou
g ade
flatte s
the
Coimbato e
of
the
1930s
a d
40s
i to
o e
co ti uous
sepia
mood,
a d
the
film
could
have
do e
without
the
couple
of
AI-ge e ated
shots
that
ya k
you
ight
out
of
the
e a.Govi d
Vasa tha’s
sco e
a d
A vi d
Kamala atha ‘s
ci ematog aphy
se ve
the
p oceedi gs
capably
th oughout.
Naidu’s
i sti ct
was
to
take
apa t
whateve
he
admi ed
to
see
how
it
wo ked.
The
film
admi es
him
too
much
to
t y
it.”
The
box
office
umbe s
a d
the
data
i
this
a ticle
a e
compiled
f om
public
a d
i dust y
sou ces.
All
figu es
a e
app oximate
u less
explicitly
me tio ed,
offe i g
a
fai
ep ese tatio
of
the
movie’s
box
office
pe fo ma ce.
These
totals
may
cha ge
as
official
studio
data
is
updated
o
as
additio al
i te atio al
ma ket
epo ts
a e
fi alized.
This
data
is
p ovided
by
us
fo
i fo matio al
a d
e te tai me t
pu poses
o ly.

