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1966's Biggest Hit Letha Manasulu

March 28, 2007

AVM Productions' Letha Manasulu, released in 1966, was the biggest hit of not only that year but also of actor Haranath. Kutti Padmini, who now makes big budget serials in Tamil, played the role of twin sisters Puppy and Lalli in the film, while the then popular actress Jamuna played the female lead. Also in the cast were G. Vara Lakshmi, Relangi, Padmanabham, Geetanjali and Kanakam.

Directed by Krishnan Panju and produced by AV Meiyappan, it had dialogues by DV Narasaraju, music by MS Viswanathan and lyrics by Dasarathi-Arudra. Anil Prabhas Enterprises was the sole distributor of the film.

A film by the same name was made again in 2004 but it failed to repeat the box-office success of the first film. Starring Srikanth, Kalyani and Gopika, it was jointly produced by V. Bala Souri-M. Ananta Varma, presented by Kosaraju Rajendra Babu and directed by SV Krishna Reddy.

Getting back to the original film, it celebrated a 100-day run in 18 theatres (first release-17, late release-1), which is still a record for kids' films.

The following is the list of theatres where the film had a 100-day run:

S. No.CentreTheatre
1VijayawadaAlankar
2GunturSri Saraswati Picture Palace
3VijayanagaramSri Krishna Cinema
4VizagSri Ramakrishna Picture Palace
5RajahmundrySwamy Talkies
6KakinadaVenkateswara Talkies
7MachilipatnamMinerva Talkies
8NelloreKanaka Mahal
9BhimavaramWelcome Talkies
10TanukuPadmashri Picture Palace
11TadepalligudemRelangi Chithra Mandir
12SrikakulamMurali Talkies
13HyderabadDeepak Mahal
14SecunderabadAlankar Cinema
15WarangalSri Srinivasa Picture Palace
16TirupathiPratap Talkies
17KurnoolVictory Talkies
18BhadrachalamGopalakrishna (late release)