India, Sept. 25 -- Even though he has been a force to reckon with at the box office for two decades, Pawan Kalyan was never considered among the top heroes of Telugu cinema when it came to box office pull. Earlier, Chiranjeevi and Nagarjuna overshadowed him, while later Prabhas and Mahesh Babu leapt ahead. OG may just change that. The film's bumper opening is set to reaffirm the Power Star's A-list status in Tollywood. But if all goes well, it may just establish him as a legit star pan-India.

They Call Him OG, styled as just OG, is Pawan Kalyan's final film before he takes a hiatus to focus on politics. Naturally, the Sujeeth-directorial has immense buzz around it. The presence of Emraan Hashmi as the antagonist has further increased the...