Nalgonda used to a C Center for Movies in 70s and most of the movies had a delayed release here. This is how some of the big hits from 1973 – 79 fared in this town.

Jagapathy’s Bangaaru Babu and Deepthi International’s Deeshoddharakulu, both color films, were released with 1 day gap and the former outperformed the latter. Alluri Seetharama Raju ran for 36 days @ Bhaskar. Interestingly, Jeeva Jyothy (39 days @ Krishna) fared better than Soggadu (24 days @ Bhaskar) in 1975. Paadipantalu was also released in Bhaskar and it ran for 30 days.

Yamagola tops the list with 41 days run @ Natraj and if the exact release date of Potteelu Punnamma is know, we can confirm whether it was able to cross Yamagola’s run in the same theatre. Based on the data available, Potteelu Punnamma ran for 35 days in Natraj. Jagan Mohini, unsurprisingly, had a great run at Venkateswara.

Details of other blockbuster movies like Dasara Bulloodu, Pandanti Kaapuram, Devudu Cheesina Manushulu, Nomu, Manchi Manushulu, Jebu Donga etc will be updated once they become available.