Dil Raju has been producing films for the last 20 years and he is now the top producer and distributor in Tollywood. Recently, Dil Raju decided to expand his empire and ventured into other film industries as well.
His maiden production venture in Hindi was Jersey, which featured Shahid Kapoor in the lead role. Directed by Gautham Tinnanuri, Jersey is a remake of the 2019 Telugu film of the same name. Raju bankrolled this film along with Allu Aravind, Surya Devara Naga Vamsi and Aman Gill.
After multiple delays in its release, Jersey had finally hit the screens on April 22. However, it ended up as a flop at the box office. The openings were very low due to the KGF 2 storm.
Keeping that aside, many people have already watched the original version on OTT. Thus, there was no interest shown to watch this remake version.
As a result, Dil Raju's maiden Bollywood project ended up as a big flop.
His next Bollywood project is HIT, which is a remake of the 2020 Telugu film of the same name. We have to see if it can become Raju's first success in Bollywood.