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Dynamic Junior Artist Username: Dynamic Post Number: 2 Registered: 06-2010 Posted From: 67.159.5.76 Rating: N/A |
Devi 70 MM A/C is the most talked theatre in Andhra Pradesh during 1990's, due to the excellent sound system it has. Devi 70MM A/C was located at Chikkadapalli, RTC X Roads at Hyderabad. Watching a movie at Devi is a memorable experience for patrons. Shiva, a trend setting movie of Yuva Samrat Akkineni Nagarjuna is having a stunning record of getting 85 days continuous housefuls during 1989. From that time onwards Devi became a hot favorite theatre for Nagarjuna. Almost all successful movies of Nagarjuna had a great run at Devi. Both Nag and Devi had an inseperable relation. Devi 70MM A/C is founded by industrialist Dr T Nandagopal, who is famous for the Devi ceiling fans in AP state. This theatre is owned and maintained by Mr. Nandagopal. The then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh T.Anjaiah inaugurated Devi 70MM A/C in 1981. Rebel Star Krishnamraju movie Taxi Driver is the first movie that is screend in this theatre. This theatre had a prestigious Dolby Digital Surround Ex sound system installed and had an excellent sound effects, its sound system will leave a great impact to the people who watch the movie on Silver screen. Seating Capacity of theatre Class wise: Class No of seats Ticket price Gross per show Balcony 351 35 12285 1st class 331 33 10923 Chair 251 25 6275 Floor 101 10 1010 Total 1034 - Total Gross: 30393 Idlebrain.com correspondent had a talk with Mr Mohd Maqsood manager of the theatre for getting more information about various movies run/collections at Devi 70MM A/C. Narasimha Naidu, Nandamuri Balakrishna's block buster and trend setting movie has created an unbeatable record at Devi 70MM A/C by collecting an amazing 55.5 lakhs share for its full run of 175 days. Nagarjuna's Ninne Pelladatha movie is the first movie to collect more than one crore gross for any Telugu movie in a single theatre in AP, In that aspect Devi 70MM A/C is created a record of first one crore theatre. In the recent months after AP Govt took the bold decision of abolishing the slab system, Rajanikanth's block buster movie Chandramukhi amassed an amazing gross of 94 lakhs for its 100 days run. As per Maqsood, Chandramukhi is the last biggest crowd puller in the last 10 years at Devi 70MM A/C, as families and ladies throng to the theatre to catch the magic of Rajanikanth and enchanting performance of Jyothika. Probably this is the first movie that ran for 100 days after AP Govt abolished the slab system. Nagarjuna had created an unbeatable record of two silver jubilee movies at Devi 70MM A/C. These films are Annamaiah and Ninnepelladatha. Nagarjuna is also having another record of having 4 moives went on housefuls for 50 days. These are Hello Brother, Geetanjali, Shiva and Ninne Pelladatha. Among other releases this year, Pawan Kalyan's Gudumba Sankar has got share of 24.5 lakhs at Devi 70 MM A/C. Yuva Samrat Nagarjuna latest Block buster Mass collected a share of 28.4 lakhs for its 100 days run. Below is the list of Silver Jubliee movies at Devi 70MM A/C. 1. Annamaiah 2. Ninnepelladutha 3. Narasimha Naidu Below is the list of 100 days movies 1. Simhasanam 2. Roja 3. Kshanakshanam 4. Chandramukhi 5. Mass 6. Nuvvu Vastavani 7. Hello Brother 8. Aavida Maaavidee 9. Shiva(155 days) 10. Geetanjali 11. Kondaveeti Donga 12. Gharshana (Mani Rathnam) 13. Kodama Simham 14. Sagara Sangamam 15. Narasimha 16. Seetharatnam Gari abbayi 17. Anveshana 18. Rajakumarudu 19. Gaayam 20. Anaganaga Oka Roju 21. Oke Okkadu 22. Aadi 23. Nalugu Sthambalata 24. Anaganaga Oka roju http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/cinemahall/devi70mm.html courtesy : nag fans db |