India, Dec. 10 -- At 10 am on December 10, with less than 24 hours to go for the release of Challenging Star Darshan's The Devil, advance bookings at national multiplexes were yet to open. The obvious question to arise was if Nandamuri Balakrishna's Akhanda 2 also arriving on December 12 had anything to do with. The Boyapati Sreenu directed Telugu film was meant to be in theatres a week ago, but was stayed following a financial dispute.

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OTTplay checked in with Suprith TS of KVN Productions, who is distributing The Devil in Karnataka about this and he said that Akhanda 2 is not the reason for the delay. "The Devil has been censo...