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Released on January 13, 1999, Nandamuri Balakrishna-starrer Samarasimha Reddy,
directed by B. Gopal and produced by Chengala Venkat Rao, went on to become
one of the biggest hits of Telugu cinema.

In its first release, the movie had a direct

50-day run at 92 theatres
100-day run at 73 theatres
125-day run at 37 theatres
175-day run at 30 theatres
200-day run at 3 theatres

with 4 shows daily and in the process set many records, some of which are still unbroken.

Some of the records set by the film:

It collected the highest single theatre gross at many centres.
- Vizag-Chitralaya 70mm-Rs. 68,84,013
  (previous highest was by Premalayam-Chitralaya 70mm-Rs. 52,67,819)
- Vijayawada-Urvasi-Rs. 71,64,464
  (previous highest was by Annamayya-Alankar-Rs. 63,02,028)
- Guntur-Krishna Mahal-Rs. 48,02,605
  (previous highest was by Pelli Sandadi-Bala Bhaskar-Rs. 36,13,015)
It had a record run at many centres. Some of the centres are given below-
- Ongole-Vijaya Durga-177
  (previous highest was by Pelli Sandadi-BVS-175)
- Tenali-Gaiety-183
  (previous highest was by Pelli Sandadi-Priya-175)
It had a direct 50-day run at 15 theatres in Guntur (first release-11, late release-4).
It had a direct 100-day run at 10 theatres in Guntur. The previous record was jointly held by Peddannayya, which celebrated a 100-day run at 6 theatres with 4 shows daily and Kondaveeti Simham, which had a similar run but with 3 shows daily.
It had a direct 50-day run at 24 theatres in Uttarandhra (first release-16, late release-8).
It became the fourth film to have had a 50-day run in a side theatre in Vijayawada (Sowmya-51 days). Pedarayudu, Ninne Pelladatha, Preminchukundam Raa being the other three.
It became the first film to have a direct silver jubilee run at the following centres.
- Nandhyala
- Proddutur
- Macherla
- Cheerala
- Chailakaluripeta
- Cheepurupalli
- Chittivalasa
- Payakaraopeta
- Yemmiganur
- Pulivendula
- Karnataka
It is one of the few films that had a silver jubilee run in Gudiwada. Pelli Sandadi, Simhadri and Devadasu are the only other films which had a silver jubilee run in the town.
In its late release, the film celebrated a 100-day run at 2 cinemas (G. Mamidada-Srinivasa & Guntakal-SLV).
It is also the first film to celebrate a 100-day run in G. Mamidada.
It had the second highest run in Vinukonda (72 days). Pedarayudu had a 78-day run in the town.

100 Days Gross Collections Of The Film At Some Centres:

Centre	Theatre	100 Days Gross Collection
Vijayawada	Urvasi	Rs. 46,15,800
Machilipatnam	Urvasi	Rs. 15,43,566
Narsaraopeta	Eshwaramahal	Rs. 15,06,309
Tenali	Gaiety	Rs. 14,76,957
Gudiwada	Bhaskar	Rs. 13,42,820
Ongole	Vijayadurga	Rs. 12,90,236
Sattenapalli	Srinivasa	Rs. 8,15,714
Piduguralla	Gangamahal	Rs. 8,02,008
Mangalagiri	Venkateswara	Rs. 7,73,418
Macherla	Neelima	Rs. 7,46,375
Tiruvuru	Srinivasa	Rs. 5,09,716

50-day Centres (92+) (First Release-92, Late Release-Many):

S. No.	Centre	Theatre
Uttarandhra (16)
1	Vizag	Chitralaya 70mm
2	Gajuwaka	Mohini 70mm
3	Vijayanagaram	Ranjani 70mm
4	Kancharapalem	Urvasi
5	Srikakulam	Kinnera Deluxe
6	Anakanapalli	Ramachandra
7	Bobbili	Sri Lakshmi
8	Parvathipuram	Venkateswara Kalamandir
9	Sriharikota	Seetaramanjaneya
10	Narsipatnam	Sri Kanya
11	Payakaraopeta	RK Chitra Mandir
12	Chittivalasa	Nataraj
13	Cheepurupalli	Nataraj
14	Kottavalasa	Lakshmi Narasimha
15	Palakonda	Rama Kalamandir
16	Palasa	Sri Venkateswara
East (6)
17	Rajahmundry	Nagadevi
18	Kakinada	Chandraguptha
19	Amalapuram	Deluxe
20	Mandapeta	Rajaratna
21	Pitapuram	Purna
22	Tatipaka	Srinivasa
West (7)
23	Eluru	Sai Balaji
24	Bheemavaram	Satyanarayana
25	Tadepalligudem	Ranga Mahal
26	Tanuku	Sree Chitra
27	Palakollu	Srinivasa
28	Jangareddygudem	Lakshmi
29	Chintalapudi	Tirumala Venkateswara
Krishna (6)
30	Vijayawada	Urvasi
31	Vijayawada	Soumya (For 51 days-Gross Rs. 7,52,261, Share Rs. 4,93,334)
32	Machilipatnam	Urvasi
33	Gudiwada	Bhaskar
34	Vuyyuru	Saimahal
35	Tiruvuru	Srinivasa
Guntur (11)
36	Guntur	Krishna Mahal
37	Tenali	Gaiety
38	Ongole	Vijayadurga
39	Cheerala	Mohan
40	Narsaraopeta	Eswara Mahal
41	Chilakaluripeta	Kalamandir
42	Sattenapalli	Srinivasa
43	Mangalagiri	Venkateswara
44	Macherla	Neelima
45	Piduguralla	Gangamahal
46	Repalle	Lakshmi Picture Palace
Nellore (7)
47	Nellore	Kaveri
48	Guduru	Sangham
49	Kavali	Sai Mahal
50	Darsi	Siva Shankar
51	Kavali	Saimahal
52	Naidupeta	CS Teja
53	Sullurupeta	SVR
Nizam (9)
54	Hyderabad	Sudharshan 70mm
55	Khammam	Srinivasa 70mm
56	Warangal	Sitarama 70mm
57	Karimnagar	Venkat Sai 70mm
58	Mahaboobnagar	Nataraj
59	Nizamabad	Lalitha Mahal 70mm
60	Kodada	Swathi 70mm
61	Miryalaguda	Shakuntala
62	Suryapeta	Lakshmi
Ceded (29)
63	Ananthapuram	Gayatri
64	Hindupuram	Srinivasa
65	Kadiri	Radhika
66	Tadipatri	Annapurna
67	Bellary	Radhika
68	Kadapa	Viswam
69	Prodduturu	Anwar
70	Pulivendula	Sujatha
71	Railway Koduru	Srinivasa
72	Kurnool	Venkatesh
73	Nandhyala	National
74	Adoni	Dwaraka
75	Yemmiganur	Someswara
76	Allagadda	Srilakshmi Prasanna
77	Done	Sree Rama
78	Banaganapalli	GM Picture Palace
79	Nandikotkur	Siva Shankar
80	Tirupathi	Ramaraj
81	Chittoor	MSR
82	Madanapalli	Tarakarama
83	Kalahasti	Balaram
84	Pileru	Venu
85	Putturu	Srinivasa
86	Markapuram	Radha Krishna
87	Srinivasapuram	Venkateswara
88	Chintamani	LLC
89	Gowribidanur	Pushpanjali
90	Bagepalli	Raghavendra
91	Parlakimidi	Jayalakshmi
Karnataka (1)
92	Bangalore	Majestic
93	Ponnuru	Lakshmi (50 days) (Late Release) (Share Rs. 4,15,603)
94	Vinukonda	Keerthi (72 days) (Late Release) (50 Days Gross - Rs. 5,76,248, Share - Rs. 3,02,648)
95	Addanki	VNS (53 days) + Rama (2 days) (Late Release) (Gross - Rs. 5,37,886, Share - Rs. 3,45,387)
96	Bapatla	Vijayakrishna (50 days) + Srinivasa (13) (Late Release) (Share - Rs. 2,40,418)
97	Chodavaram	Lakshmi (68 days) (Late Release)
98	Yelamanchili	Venkateswara (50 days) (Late Release)
99	Saluru	Suryamahal (50 days) (Late Release)
100	Rajam	Vasavi (50 days) (Late Release)
101	Ravulapalem	Srinivasa (75 days) (Late Release) (Share Rs. 3 lakhs)
102	Samarlakota	Jayalakshmi (65 days) (Late Release) (Share Rs. 3 lakhs)
103	Yeleswaram	Venkateswara (50 days) (Late Release) (Share Rs. 3 lakhs)
104	Anaparthi	Satyagowri (50 days) (Late Release) (Share Rs. 1,65,000)
105	Malkipuram	Padmaja (50 days) (Late Release) (Share Rs. 2 lakhs)

100-day Centres (75) (First Release-73, Late Release-2):

S. No.	Centre	Theatre
Uttarandhra (12)
1	Vizag	Chitralaya 70mm
2	Gajuwaka	Mohini 70mm
3	Vijayanagaram	Ranjani 70mm
4	Srikakulam	Kinnera Deluxe
5	Anakanapalli	Ramachandra
6	Bobbili	Sri Lakshmi
7	Parvathipuram	Venkateswara Kalamandir
8	Sriharikota	Seetaramanjaneya
9	Narsipatnam	Sri Kanya
10	Payakaraopeta	RK Chitra Mandir
11	Chittivalasa	Nataraj
12	Cheepurupalli	Nataraj
East (6)
13	Rajahmundry	Nagadevi
14	Kakinada	Chandraguptha
15	Amalapuram	Deluxe
16	Mandapeta	Rajaratna
17	Pitapuram	Purna
18	Tatipaka	Srinivasa
West (7)
19	Eluru	Sai Balaji
20	Bheemavaram	Satyanarayana
21	Tadepalligudem	Ranga Mahal
22	Tanuku	Sree Chitra
23	Palakollu	Srinivasa
24	Jangareddygudem	Lakshmi
25	Chintalapudi	Tirumala Venkateswara
Krishna (4)
26	Vijayawada	Urvasi
27	Machilipatnam	Urvasi
28	Gudiwada	Bhaskar
29	Tiruvuru	Srinivasa
Guntur (10)
30	Guntur	Krishna Mahal
31	Tenali	Gaiety
32	Ongole	Vijayadurga
33	Cheerala	Mohan
34	Narsaraopeta	Eswara Mahal
35	Chilakaluripeta	Kalamandir
36	Sattenapalli	Srinivasa
37	Mangalagiri	Venkateswara
38	Macherla	Neelima
39	Piduguralla	Gangamahal
Nellore (4)
40	Nellore	Kaveri
41	Guduru	Sangham
42	Kavali	Sai Mahal
43	Darsi	Siva Shankar
Nizam (7)
44	Hyderabad	Sudharshan 70mm
45	Khammam	Srinivasa 70mm
46	Warangal	Sitarama 70mm
47	Karimnagar	Venkat Sai 70mm
48	Mahaboobnagar	Nataraj
49	Nizamabad	Lalitha Mahal 70mm
50	Kodada	Swathi 70mm
Ceded (22)
51	Ananthapuram	Gayatri
52	Hindupuram	Srinivasa
53	Kadiri	Radhika
54	Tadipatri	Annapurna
55	Kadapa	Viswam
56	Prodduturu	Anwar
57	Pulivendula	Sujatha
58	Railway Koduru	Srinivasa
59	Kurnool	Venkatesh
60	Nandhyala	National
61	Adoni	Dwaraka
62	Yemmiganur	Someswara
63	Allagadda	Srilakshmi Prasanna
64	Done	Sree Rama
65	Banaganapalli	GM Picture Palace
66	Nandikotkur	Siva Shankar
67	Tirupathi	Ramaraj
68	Chittoor	MSR
69	Madanapalli	Tarakarama
70	Kalahasti	Balaram
71	Pileru	Venu
72	Putturu	Srinivasa
Karnataka (1)
73	Bangalore	Majestic
74	G. Mamidada	Srinivasa (Late Release) (Share - Rs. 3 lakhs)
75	Guntakal	SLV (Late Release)

175-day Centres (31) (Direct-30, Shift-1):

S. No.	Centre	Theatre
Ceded (8)
1	Adoni	Dwaraka (201 days) (Gross Rs. 36,50,000)
2	Nandyala	National (200 days)
3	Proddutur	Anwar (183 days)
4	Kadapa	Viswam (177 days)
5	Ananthapuram	Gayatri (176 days) (Gross Rs. 45,70,280)
6	Kurnool	Venkatesh
7	Yemmiganur	Someswara
8	Pulivendula	Sujatha
Krishna (3)
9	Machilipatnam	Urvasi (178 days)
10	Gudiwada	Bhaskar (177 days)
11	Vijayawada	Urvasi (177 days) (Gross Rs. 71,46,464)
Nizam (2)
12	Hyderabad	Sudarshan 70mm (177 days)
13	Warangal	Sitarama
Uttarandhra (6)
14	Vizag	Chitralaya (177 days) (Gross Rs. 68,84,013)
15	Vijayanagaram	Ranjani ( 177 days)
16	Srikakulam	Kinnera (177 days) (Gross Rs. 23,54,092)
17	Cheepurupalli	Nataraj
18	Chittivalasa	Nataraj
19	Payakaraopeta	RK Chitra Mandir
Guntur (6)
20	Guntur	Krishna Mahal (227 days) (Gross Rs. 48,02,605, Share Rs. 30,12,976)
21	Tenali	Gaiety (183 days) (Gross Rs. 20,34,369, Share Rs. 13,77,816)
22	Ongole	Vijaya Durga (177 days) (Share Rs. 14,92,119)
23	Macherla	Neelima (176 days) (Gross Rs. 9,55,751)
24	Cheerala	Mohan (176 days) (Gross Rs. 12,07,666, Share Rs. 5,92,708)
25	Chilakaluripeta	Nagarjuna Kalamandir (175 days) (Share Rs. 7,58,940)
West (2)
26	Eluru	Sai Balaji (179 days)
27	Tanuku	Sri Chitra (175 days)
East (2)
28	Kakinada	Chandraguptha
29	Rajahmundry	Nagadevi
Bangalore (1)
30	Bangalore	Majestic (175 days) (Gross Rs. 44,37,674)
31	Nellore	Raghavendra Cine Complex (Kaveri+Kalyani) (175 days) (Shift)