Even in the olden days filmmakers used to watch the film in theatres to gauge the response of the movie lovers. Director Bn Reddy after the release of Vauhini Productions Rajamakutam, went to Eluru along with the Vauhini’s Vijayawada branch manager Subrahmanyam (father of K.Vishwanath).
They went to a theatre, sat in the Balcony and started watching the viewers’ expressions, emotions and response. In between Bn Reddy wished to see the response from the viewers of the lower class and so he went to the Bench class.
The moment a fight scene came, a viewers commented, “Ee BN Reddiki idem poye kaalam? Eeyana kooda ilantivi modalettadu”. Bn Reddy who was shocked and insulted, at once came out of the hall, hanging his head in shame.
Lamenting that his entire reputation which he got with years of hard work got washed away with this one film, he called off his tour program to go till Vijayanagaram to know the response of the people to his film and then left for Madras in Madras Mail.