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Mooga Manasulu: One Of The Biggest Hits Of The B&W Era
March 18, 2007
The combination of filmmaker Adurthi Subbarao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao have given many hits together like Thodi Kodallu, Mangalyabalam, Velugu Needalu, Iddaru Mitrulu, Chaduvukunna Ammayilu, Dr. Chakravarthy, Poolarangadu, Vichitra Bandham, Bangaru Kalalu, Adapettanam, Namminabantu, Manchi Manasulu, Sumangali, Sudigundalu, Maro Prapancham and Mahakavi Kshetrayya.
But the biggest hit of them all was Mooga Manasulu, released on January 30, 1964 and co-starring Savithri & Jamuna. The movie was produced by C. Sundaram under the banner of Babu Movies. Sri Films distributed the film.
Mooga Manasulu was also the first film of now renowned filmmaker K. Viswanath as an associate director, who till then was an audiographer. T. Krishna, another renowned director, was the editor of the film.
The film had a silver jubilee run in 9 centres, which was a record.
The following are the centres where the film celebrated a 100-day run.
| S. No. | Centre | Theatre |
| 1 | Vijayawada | Maruthi Talkies |
| 2 | Vizag | Ramakrishna |
| 3 | Vijayanagaram | Sri Krishna |
| 4 | Guntur | Sri Saraswati |
| 5 | Rajahmundry | Swamy |
| 6 | Tirupati | Pratap |
| 7 | Nellore | Kanaka Mahal |
| 8 | Kakinada | Venkateswara |
| 9 | Hyderabad | Basanth |
| 10 | Amalapuram | Kamaleswara |
| 11 | Secunderabad | Anjali |
| 12 | Eluru | Kesari |
| 13 | Tenali | Satyanarayana |
| 14 | Machilipatnam | Minerva |
| 15 | Bheemavaram | Welcome |
| 16 | Cheerala | Bhavani |
| 17 | Ongole | Venkateswara |
| 18 | Warangal | Rama |
| 19 | Tanuku | Royal |
The following are the centres where the film celebrated a silver jubilee run.
| S. No. | Centre | Theatre |
| 1 | Vijayawada | Maruthi Talkies |
| 2 | Vizag | Ramakrishna |
| 3 | Vijayanagaram | Sri Krishna |
| 4 | Guntur | Sri Saraswati |
| 5 | Rajahmundry | Swamy |
| 6 | Tirupati | Pratap |
| 7 | Nellore | Kanaka Mahal |
| 8 | Kakinada | Venkateswara |
| 9 | Hyderabad | Basanth |
| 10 | Amalapuram | Kamaleswara (154 days) |
| 11 | Secunderabad | Anjali (154 days) |
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