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ANR's 99th Film Gundamma Katha

October 23, 2007

ANR, Jamuna and NTR

Vijaya Vari Gundamma Katha, which starred the then top-of-the-form actors NTR, ANR, SVR, Savithri and Jamuna, was released on June 7th, 1962. Jointly produced by Chakrapani-Nagi Reddy and directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao, the film took more than a year in the making.

But once the film released there was no stopping it. The film smashed all previous records at the box office. It completed 100 days in as many as 17 centres, including 2 late release centres, in the State and silver jubilee in Vijayawada (Sri Durga Kala Mandir).

It was the first film to run for 100 days (with daily three shows) in Hyderabad.

Interestingly, the Tamil remake of the film 'Manithan Maravillai' directed by Chakrapani released earlier [March 8th, 1962] than its original Telugu version. It had Gemini Ganesan playing the role played by NTR in the original.

Gundamma Katha had dialogues by DV Narasa Raju, lyrics by Pingali and cinematography by Marcus Bartley.

The following are the centres where the film had a 100-day run:

S. No.	Center	Theater Name
1	Vijayawada	Sri Durga Kala Mandir (175 days)
2	Guntur	Naaz Talkies
3	Tenali	Swarajya Talkies
4	Machilipatnam	Brindavan Talkies
5	Bheemavaram	Satyanarayana Talkies
6	Eluru	Venkata Ramana Talkies
7	Rajahmundry	Ashoka Mahal
8	Kakinada	Crown Talkies
9	Tirupati	Jyothi Talkies
10	Vizag	Lakshmi Talkies
11	Vijayanagaram	Srirama Talkies
12	Hyderabad	Prabhat Talkies
13	Secunderabad	Alankar Talkies
14	Nizamabad	Mohan Talkies
15	Warangal	Rama Talkies
16	Chilakaluripet	Viswanatha Picture Palace [late release]
17	Narsaraopet	Nagoorvali Talkies [late release]

The following is the text of what ANR had to say about the film on its release in 1962:

ANR on Gundamma Katha