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Venky's Youthful Entertainer, Preminchukundam Raa

June 02, 2007

Prestigious production house Suresh Productions (P) Ltd.'s Preminchukundam Raa, starring 'Victory' Venkatesh and Anjala Zaveri in the lead, was released on May 9th, 1997 with 66 prints in 59 centres. And it created a record of sorts at that time by completing 50 days in all 59 centres and 100 days at 57 theatres (late release-4) across Andhra Pradesh.

It became the third film (after Pedarayudu and Ninne Pelladatha) to celebrate 50 days at a side theatre, Sairam, in Vijayawada. Before this, the only other film to complete 50 days at Sairam was Pedarayudu. It grossed a Rs. 20,92,484 in the main theatre Annapurna in its first 50 days, a record for Venky's films. Earlier, Venky's Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuraalu grossed Rs. 17,92,600 from Apsara theatre.

It is also the first Telugu film to complete 100 days at Manju theatre in Secunderabad. Before this, no other Telugu film ran for even 50 days at the cinema hall.

Released in six centres in Guntur district, the film celebrated 100 days in all the centres. Only two films have achieved this feat (six 100-day centres in Guntur district) before - Kondaveeti Simham and Peddannayya.

In Guntur district, it grossed Rs. 53,96,427 from seven theatres in its first 50 days. The following is the breakup of the 50-day collections of the film.

S. No.	Centre	Theatre	50-day gross (in INR)	50-day share (in INR)
1	Guntur	Bhaskar Deluxe + Swamy (13 days)	16,53,723 + 2,90,624	11,59,185 + 2,02,495
2	Tenali	Gaiety	7,35,134	6,97,832
3	Narsaraopeta	Lakshmi Narasimha	6,76,156	4,51,156
4	Chilakaluripeta	Vijaya Bhaskar	5,49,988	3,36,738
5	Ongole	Nava Bharat	9,44,407	5,44,378
6	Cheerala	Suresh Mahal	5,46,395	3,71,288
Total			53,96,427	37,63,072

It also became the second film (after Pelli Sandadi) to collect a share of over Rs. 20 lakh in a single theatre in Guntur town. It ran for 140 days at Bhaskar Deluxe and grossed Rs. 33,64,067. In comparision, Pelli Sandadi ran for 224 days at Bala Bhaskar and grossed Rs. 36,13,015. Incidentally, both the films ran in the same theatre complex.

It had a shift silver jubilee run in Nellore district and grossed Rs. 48,40,620. Released in Krishna theatre, it was later screened in 4 side theatres-Vijayalaxmi, Mini Indira, Sunder Deluxe and Venkata Ramana.

Preminchukundam Raa also had a shift silver jubilee run in Hyderabad. It ran for 119 days at Odeon Deluxe and was later shifted to Mini Odeon, where it ran for 56 days.

Apart from the 100-day centres listed below, the film completed 50 days at the following centres:

S. No.	Centre	Theatre	50-day collection (in INR)
1	Vijayawada	Sairam	6,59,406
2	Bellary	Sangam	7,60,049
3	Warangal	Ram	*INA
4	Miryalaguda	Nataraj	*INA
5	Kodada	Saibaba	*INA
6	Godavarikhani	New Ashok	*INA

*INA - Information Not Available

The following are the 100-day centres/theatres of the film:

S. No.	Centre	Theatre	50-day collection (in INR)	14-week collection (in INR)
1	Guntur	Bhaskar Deluxe	16,53,723	28,33,070
2	Tenali	Gaiety	7,35,134	11,62,054
3	Narsaraopeta	Lakshmi Narasimha	6,76,156	8,64,825
4	Chilakaluripeta	Vijaya Bhaskar	5,49,988	8,40,350
5	Ongole	Nava Bharat	9,44,407	15,10,622
6	Cheerala	Suresh Mahal	5,46,395	8,29,614
7	Vijayawada	Annapurna	20,92,484	39,23,825
8	Machilipatnam	Krishna Kishore	7,83,810	13,13,366
9	Gudiwada	Sharat	8,74,265	13,99,894
10	Eluru	Mini Satyanarayana	9,14,000	18,09,326
11	Bheemavaram	Vijaya Lakshmi	8,22,500	14,01,291
12	Tanuku	Narendra Chitra Mandir	5,80,412	9,77,508
13	Tadepalligudem	Prabhat	4,81,109	8,17,970
14	Palakollu	Maruthi	5,51,394	8,77,264
15	Rajahmundry	Rambha	13,38,278	35,60,027
16	Kakinada	Anand	11,66,300	21,27,777
17	Amalapuram	Venkateshwara Deluxe	6,53,793	10,67,078
18	Mandapeta	Saptagiri	5,34,947	8,78,100
19	Tatipaka	Sri Lakshmi	3,35,408	5,58,489
20	Vizag	Jagadamba	29,20,422	46,06,578
21	Gajuwaka	Mini Mohini	12,50,857	18,92,453
22	Kancherlapalem	Urvasi	8,25,716	12,89,566
23	Anakapalli	Raja	8,65,530	12,69,703
24	Vijayanagaram	New Poorna	10,51,900	16,89,231
25	Srikakulam	Saraswati	8,68,751	13,96,786
26	Payakaraopeta	Rama Krishna	5,82,060	9,05,722
27	Rajam	Vasavi	4,11,330	6,26,008
28	Bobbili	Rama	4,08,988	6,50,029
29	Nellore	Krishna	16,75,500	33,17,490
30	Gudur	Sunder	6,69,324	10,79,344
31	Kavali	Latha	5,43,645	9,55,150
32	Tirupati	Velrams	11,70,124	20,03,701
33	Chittoor	Gurunath	8,41,120	14,05,994
34	Madanapalli	Krishna	7,73,332	13,64,503
35	Srikalahasthi	Vijaya Lakshmi	5,17,474	8,91,638
36	Ananthapur	Gayathri	11,41,411	18,66,554
37	Kadapa	Apsara	6,59,636	11,56,548
38	Kurnool	Santosh	10,83,651	18,77,108
39	Adoni	Srinivasa	4,90,174	*INA
40	Nandhyala	Raj	6,68,375	9,93,691
41	Proddutur	Bharat	7,21,949	10,50,547
42	Hindupuram	Venkateswara	5,11,029	7,95,288
43	Tadipatri	Navarang	5,73,251	9,40,650
44	Kadiri	Parameswari	5,73,251	9,37,271
45	Emmiganuru	Mini Shiva	4,76,589	*INA
46	Railway Koduru	Krishna	*INA	*INA
47	Maidukuru	Bharat	*INA	*INA
48	Hyderabad	Odeon Deluxe	44,64,034	*INA
49	Dilsukhnagar	Venkatadri	*INA	*INA
50	Mehboobnagar	Nartaki	*INA	*INA
51	Khammam	Srinivasa	*INA	*INA
52	Nizamabad	Raja Rajendra	*INA	*INA
53	Karimnagar	Srinivasa	*INA	*INA
54	Jangareddygudem (late release)	Lakshmi Ranga	*INA	*INA
55	Siddipet (late release)	Srinivasa	*INA	*INA
56	Sadasivapet (late release)	*INA	*INA	*INA
57	Peddapuram (late release)	Satya	*INA	*INA

*INA - Information Not Available

Siddipet town never witnessed a 100-day film before this. The film ran for 120 days at Mini Shiva theatre in Emmiganuru town.

Produced by D. Suresh Babu, presented by D. Ramanaidu and directed Jayant C. Paranji, it had story by Deenraj, dialogues by Paruchuri Brothers, music by Mahesh, cinematography by K. Ravindra Babu, editing by KA Marthand-Marthand K. Venkatesh and art by Chanti.