People in north wanted to see larger-than-life heroes like 'Pushpa' and 'KGF', says Nagarjuna
A character like Allu Arjun's labourer-turned-smuggler Pushparaj from Pushpa came as a breath of fresh air to audiences in places like Bihar, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh and that is why the movie earned more in the Hindi language than the original version, Nagarjuna said.
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