Long back, Power Star Pawan Kalyan's 'Khushi' proved to be an industry hit by collecting all time record shares everywhere. The movie could have crossed the long run records like 100 days and 50 days of previous industry hit 'Narasimha Naidu'. However, Pawan Kalyan showed his reluctance and subsequently, the movie ran 100 days in 73 direct centers instead of 100+ direct centers.
Pawan Kalyan's average to above average movies such as 'Gudumba Shankar', 'Balu', 'Bangaram', 'Annavaram' etc. would have run more number of 50 days and 100 days centers if Pawan Kalyan craved for the run of those movies. And media could also project them as hits, as some of the movies in those days were considered to be hits only because of their long run at the box office. 'Jalsa' ran 100 days in 23 direct centers. If the hero had shown interest in its long run, the movie would have run more than 70 direct 100 days.
Interestingly, despite the poor 'run' of his movies, Pawan Kalyan's stardom is growing on every day and it has reached at its peaks now. "We often see some of the heroes spending lakhs of rupees for the 100 days run of their movies in some of the centers of the state to get number one place. However, they are still miles away from Pawan Kalyan's position," opine some of the fans of Pawan Kalyan.