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Home > Box-Office Records And Collections > Peddanayya, A Film That Rewrote History
Peddanayya, A Film That Rewrote History
May 30, 2007
NTR's Kondaveeti Simham, released in the year 1981, created history in Guntur town by becoming the first film to celebrate 100 days in six centres with three shows daily.
His actor-son Nandamuri Balakrishna rewrote that record when his home-production Peddannayya, released on January 10th, 1997, went on to complete 100 days in the same six centres, but with four shows daily.
The details are as follows:
| S. No. | Centre | 100-day centres of
Peddannayya
(with daily 4 shows) | 100-day centres of
Kondaveeti Simham
(with daily 3 shows) |
| 1 | Guntur | Krishna Mahal | Sri Krishna Picture Palace |
| 2 | Tenali | Gaiety | Ramakrishna |
| 3 | Narsaraopeta | Sri Krishna Chitralaya | Sri Krishna Chitralaya |
| 4 | Chilakaluripeta | Kalamandir | Venkateswara |
| 5 | Ongole | Navabharat | Tulasiram |
| 6 | Cheerala | Naaz | Balaji |
Directed by Sharath and produced by Nandamuri Ramakrishna under the Ramakrishna Horticultural Cine Studios banner, the film had Roja and Indraja playing the female leads with cinematography by Nandamuri Mohanakrishna, dialogues by Paruchuri Brothers and music by Koti.
Peddannaya was also the first film to run for 50 days in two centres in Ananthapur-Ramesh and Neelam.
It ran for 119 days at Krishna Mahal in Guntur and grossed about Rs. 21,70,396.
Prior to this film, NBK had four releases-Bhairava Dweepam, Bobbili Simham, Maatho Pettukoku and Vamsanikokkadu-at Sujatha A/C theatre in Pulivendula. While three of them completed 50 days, Maatho Pettukoku and Peddannayya celebrated a century at the cinema hall.
Peddannayya grossed a record Rs. 70,54,782.25 in Guntur town in its first 50 days. The breakdown is as follows:
 | Nandamuri Balakrishna played the dual role of two brothers-Ramakrishna Prasad and Bhavani Prasad-in the film.
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| Centre/Theatre | 50-day Gross Collection (In INR) |
Guntur
Krishna Mahal | 13,60,442.00 |
* Guntur
Swamy (15-day Gross) | 3,23,000.00 |
Tenali
Gaiety | 8,50,050.00 |
Narasaraopeta
Chitralaya | 8,29,324.00 |
Chilakaluripeta
Kalamandir | 6,55,821.50 |
Ongole
Navabharat | 9,10,800.00 |
Cheerala
Naaz | 5,25,000.00 |
Sattenapalli
Sangam | 5,50,000.75 |
Piduguralla
Jaya Lakshmi | 6,49,972.00 |
* Repalle
Rajesh (35-day Gross) | 4,00,372.00 |
| Total | 70,54,782.25
(Share-56,03,714.00) |
Overall, it celebrated 100 days in 34 centres (including a record 6 and 13 centres in Guntur and Uttarandhra respectively). In contrast, the film didn't have a single 100-day centre in Nizam and Nellore.
The towns Emmiganuru and Railway Koduru never witnessed a 100-day film before this.
The following are the 100-day centres/theatres of the film:
| S. No. | Centre | Theatre |
| Vizag (Poorvi Pictures) |
| 1 | Gajuwaka | Mini Mohini |
| 2 | Srikakulam | Rama Lakshmana |
| 3 | Anakapalli | Gopala Krishna |
| 4 | Vijayanagaram | Krishna |
| 5 | S. Kota | Alankar |
| 6 | Parvathipuram | Padma Sri |
| East (Venkateshwara Film Distributors) |
| 7 | Rajahmundry | Shiva Jyothi |
| 8 | Kakinada | Mayuri |
| 9 | Mandapeta | Raja Ratna |
| West (Vijaya Laxmi Pictures) |
| 10 | Eluru | Satya Narayana |
| 11 | Bheemavaram | Nataraj |
| 12 | Tadepalligudem | Shesh Mahal |
| 13 | Tanuku | Venkateshwara |
| 14 | Palakollu | Annapurna |
| Krishna (KK Films) |
| 15 | Machilipatnam | Radhika |
| Guntur (Sri Padma Films) |
| 16 | Guntur | Krishna Mahal |
| 17 | Tenali | Gaiety |
| 18 | Narsaraopeta | Sri Krishna Chitralaya |
| 19 | Chilakaluripeta | Kalamandir |
| 20 | Ongole | Navabharat |
| 21 | Cheerala | Naaz |
| Uttarandhra (Maruthi Films) |
| 22 | Ananthapur | Ramesh |
| 23 | Hindupur | Srinivasa |
| 24 | Kadiri | Sangam |
| 25 | Tadipatri | Annapurna |
| 26 | Kurnool | Alankar |
| 27 | Nandhyala | National |
| 28 | Adoni | Prabhakar |
| 29 | Emmiganuru | Raghavendra |
| 30 | Kadapa | Apsara |
| 31 | Prodduturu | Balaji |
| 32 | Pulivendula | Sujatha |
| 33 | Railway Koduru | Sai Krishna |
| 34 | Madanapalli | Krishna |
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