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POKIRI Box Office In its first week of release, Pokiri collected a share of 9.11 crores.[6] [edit] Andhra Pradesh * The film grossed Rs.1.63 crores in 189 days from Sudershan35mm,which is the highest single theatre gross in Andhra Pradesh[7] and also the 4th film of Mahesh Babu to gross more than Rs.1 crore in a single theatre.[8] [edit] Karnataka * The film had a 100% opening in all the 12 theatres in which it was screened in Bangalore collecting a distributors' share of Rs.36 lakhs in 1 week.[9] * It collected a distributors' share of Rs.2.08 crores in 75 days.[10] [edit] Chennai * Pokiri debuted in Chennai at no. 2 position with a 98.5% opening[11],collecting a distributors' share of Rs.12 lakhs in its first week from Tamil Nadu.[12] * The film collected a distributors' share of Rs.43 lakhs from Chennai.[13] [edit] Orissa * The film collected a share of Rs.12 lakhs in its first 2 weeks after the release[14] and Rs.14 lakhs in 3 weeks. * The film had a direct 100 days run in 2 centres and also a shift run in 4 theatres.[15] [edit] Maharashtra * The film collected a share of Rs.15 lakhs in its first 2 weeks after the release[16] and Rs.18.44 lakhs in 3 weeks.[17] [edit] Overseas * In the US,the film grossed $350,000 by June 2006.[18]Totally,it collected a distributors' share of over Rs.2 crores from USA.[19] * It collected a distributors' share of Rs.15 lakhs from Gulf region and Rs.12 lakhs from United Kingdom.[20] * The film collected a distributors' share of Rs.12.8 lakhs from Australia and Rs 11.72 lakhs from Singapore in 10 weeks.[21] Pokiri became the highest grosser in the Telugu Film Industry. Mahesh's performance was applauded by even Ram Gopal Varma and Amitabh Bachchan. The state of Andhra Pradesh has more than 2700 theaters, of which 150 are in the city of Hyderabad alone. The Tollywood film distribution is divided into 12 areas:- JALSA Reception Jalsa is the most widely released south Indian picture ever with more than a 1000 print released worldwide.[2] The film will release in the US with 18 prints.[3] Telugu movie critic jeevi of idlebrain rated Jalsa as 3 out 5. [4] freshandrotten rated Jalsa at 65%[5] Another Telugu Cinema site Idisangati has given 3.5 out of 5 and predicted that it'll be a crowd puller despite of mixed talk. Popular telugu movie site OnionDosa stated that this is the best Pawan Kalyan movie after Khushi. [6]. However some film sites such as FilmSutra said the movie did not meet expectations and rated it as 2 out of 5. [7].The film grossed Rs. 7.67 crores (7,67,00,000) worldwide on its opening day.[8] The film grossed Rs. 21.09 crores in its opening week[9], the highest opening ever for a Telugu film.[10][11][12]. He once again proved that he is the king of openings in andhra pradesh[13]. This movie created the best ever collections in chennai for telugu movies[14]. According to Box Office Mojo, the film came in at 9th place overseas (including India),[15] grossing $4,601,562 as of April 4-6, 2008 Soundtrack The soundtrack of the film was launched on February 29, 2008. The audio rights were sold to Aditya Music for 90 lakhs[17][18], the highest for a Telugu film ever in the recent times.[19] The music got very good reviews from websites[20][21][22] and an excellent response from the public itself.[23] The music has been topping the charts since its release.[24][25] is the most widely released south Indian picture ever with more than a 1000 theaters released worldwide. The film will released in the US with 18 prints.The film grossed Rs. 7.67 crores (7,67,00,000) worldwide on its opening day itself,which is the highest collection in 75 years of telugu film industry. JALSA is the first south Indian movie to be listed in the top ten of American based ' Box Office Mojo'. This site surveys all the movies released in the world and provides their gross earnings. JALSA stood 9th in its listings for the weekend of April 2-4th, 2008. Super stardom and "Pawan-Mania" The move from "Star" to "Power Star" came when pawan kalyan played "Balu" in the 1998 blockbuster toliprema, the highest critical acclaimed movie It also received 6 nandi awards. Over the course of the next few years he would become a household name statewide, synonymous with labels such as "teenage heart-throb". In 1999 Pawan Kalyan began a shift away to action and love involved movies and moved to engage himself by starring in three epic movies: Thammudu, Badri, Khushi. All three films were very well received by critics. His stardom took such a high because he is the only actor in the Telugu film fraternity to give four block-busters in a row. He mainly attracted youth and college students with his movies in college back-drop and he has most of his following in the youth and also the most popular and liked actor in the youth. Hence irrespective of hits and flops his films receive a tremendous opening collections. By 2002, Pawan Kalyan is shot to such a fame that Pepsi decided to pit him against their arch rival Coke (Thumbs Up), being promoted by his big brother, Chiranjeevi. Pawan Kalyan is never a media accessible person. Pawan Kalyan, in one of his interviews, commented that he is an artist and hence it's not him but his films that should do the talking. Pawan Kalyan also composed stunts for Chiranjeevi's Daddy. A unique profile - In addition to his expertise in martial arts and fight sequences, he is a talented actor, director and away-from-publicity. |
