India, Feb. 7 -- Next month, Yash's Kannada film Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups and Ranveer Singh's Hindi film Dhurandhar: The Revenge, aka Dhurandhar 2, will clash at the box office on March 19. While all eyes were on the split of theatres in North India, it seems like shots were first fired in the South. The makers of Toxic, KVN Productions and Monster Mind Creations bagged a massive distribution deal in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, gaining an edge over Dhurandhar 2 in the Telugu states.

Producer Dil Raju's Sri Venkateswara Creations (SVC) has acquired the AP and TG distribution rights of Toxic for a whopping Rs.120 crore (advance on a commission basis). This marks their largest acquisition for a non-Telugu-origin film. There were ...