Chiru's 2nd Industry Hit Completes 25

Megastar Chiranjeevi's industry hit movie 'Pasiwadi Pranam' was released on 23rd July, 1987  and completed 25 years of its release on 23rd July, 2012. The highlights of this movie are as follows.

* 'Pasiwadi Pranam' collected a share of Rs.4.5 crores and stood as an industry hit of tollywood then. Earlier, his 'Khaidi' collected Rs.4 crores share and stood as the first industry hit for him.

* 'Pasiwadi Pranam' ran 100 days in 10 direct centers. It was an all time record for the movies which were released in slab system. 

* This movie ran 175 days directly in Tirupathi with 5 shows regularly( not 4 shows). It is still an unbeatable record even today. 

* Although Chiranjeevi had been enjoying the status of unofficial number one hero of tollywood since 'Khaidi', media recognized him as official number one hero of tollywood through this movie.

* Chiranjeevi introduced 'Break dance' in this movie to tollywood through the song, 'Chakkni chukkala sandita break dance'. 

* Vijayashanthi's glamour was the added  advantage to this movie.

* Chakravarthi composed superb tunes for this movie. Songs like 'Chakkani chukkala', 'Kashmiru loyalo kanyakumaarivo o chandamama', 'Idedo golaga vundee', 'Andam Sharanam gachchamee', 'Satyam shivam sundaram' etc. rocked the chart busters then. 

* A. Kodandarami Reddy directed this movie while Allu Aravind produced this movie on Geetha Arts.