'Pasivadi Pranam' Industry Hit Story

Megastar Chiranjeevi's then industry hit 'Pasivadi Pranam' was released on 23rd of July, 1987 and completed 27 years of its release on 23rd of July, 2014. The movie was featured by Vijayashanthi as the female lead and Raghuvaran as an antagonist. A Kodandarami Reddy directed this movie on Geetha Arts. Chakravarthi composed the music of the movie. Lok Singh did the cinematography of the movie. Given below are the highlights and records set by the movie.

* 'Pasivadi Pranam' was the first ever movie of Telugu film history which had break dance( Chakkani chukkala sandita break dance)

* This movie stood as the second industry hit for Chiranjeevi after 'Khaidi'. The movie collected an all time record share of Rs.4.5 crores. Previous record was 'Khaidi' with Rs.4 crores.

* Pasivadi Pranam' ran 100 days run directly in 10 centers which was an all time record in slab system then.

* The movie ran 175 days directly with 5 daily shows in Mini Pratap theater of Tirupathi and this is an all time record for any Telugu movie with 5 shows.

* The movie ran hundred days run directly in 3 centers with 5 shows everyday. 

* Although Chiranjeevi was treated as unofficial number one hero of tollywood since 'Khaidi', with the industry hit result of 'Pasivadi Pranam', media started treating him as an official number one hero of tollywood.