Power Star Pawan Kalyan is the only hero among present generation heroes to have two industry hits into his credit. And they are 'Khushi' and 'Atharintiki Daredi'. 'Khushi' was released on 27th of April, 2001 and got the super positive reports on the first day of its release. Finally, the movie collected an all time record share of Rs.24 crores beating the previous industry hit 'Narasimhanaidu's share of Rs.22 crores.
'Atharintiki Daredi' was released on 27th September, 2013. Despite the online video leakage, the film collected an all time record share of Rs.81 crores and stood as an industry hit at the box office.
On the other hand, Prince Mahesh has one industry hit, 'Pokiri' into his credit. The movie was released on 28 April, 2006. Despite high competition from Pawan Kalyan's 'Bangaram' and Balakrishna's 'Veerabhadra', 'Pokiri' collected an all time record share of Rs.36+ crores and got the status of an industry hit then. Mahesh's 'Aagadu' is gearing up for release on 19th September. Will this movie get the status of an industry hit and level the score of Pawan Kalyan's 2 industry hits? Let's wait for a few hours to know the initial reports of the movie.