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Sandhya
70 MM A/C is one of the best theatres at Andhra Pradesh and
is located at RTC X roads, Chikkadapalli Hyderabad. Sandhya
70MM A/C is the first theatre built in that complex and was
founded and inaugurated by M Chandraiah in 1980. Hindi movie
'Shaalimar' is the first movie that was screened at this theatre
and sholay was the second movie at this theatre.
| Founder |
M
Chandraiah |
| Leased
by |
Avula
Sundara Rao |
| Manager |
Ramesh |
This
theatre has a prestigious Dolby Digital Surround Ex sound
system installed and had excellent sound effects. This theatre
has a Xenon lab projection and it is unique of its kind. Sandhya
70MM A/C theatre capacity was reduced to 1323 from 1489 to
facilitate more comfort to the patrons and introduced luxurious
couple seats during its recent renovation.
Seating
Capacity of theatre Class wise:
| Class |
No
of seats |
Ticket
price |
Gross
per show |
| Balcony |
523 |
35 |
18305 |
| Dress
Circle |
325 |
30 |
9750 |
| First
Class |
210 |
25 |
5250 |
| Lower
Class |
265 |
10 |
2650 |
| Total |
1323 |
- |
Total
Gross: Rs 35955/- |
Idlebrain
correspondent had a talk with Mr Ramesh manager of
the theatre for getting more information about various movies
run/collections at Sandhya 70MM A/C.
IB
team also had a chat with M Chandraiah, proprietor
of Sandhya theatre. Chandraiah is a well known person in the
AP film Exhibitor council and also known as a film distributor
and producer. He distributed Mahesh Babu's Arjun and
Naani for the Nizam area and also producer for a Tamil
dubbed movie Rojapoolu. He owns 8 theatres in Andhra
Pradesh and all theatres are well managed.
Below
is the list of theatres
Sandhya
70 MM A/C - RTC X Roads
Sandhya 35 MM A/C - RTC X Roads
Sivashakthi - Kapra
Shiva parvathi - Kukatpalli
Hitech Theatre - Madhapur
Shivam - Dilsukhnagar
Ganesh - Dilsukhnagar
Sandhya - Cuddapah
Apart
from the above theatres he also maintains Sridevi theatre
at Chilakalaguda.
Talking
to the Idlebrain, Chandraiah said that he is a devotee
of Lord Shiva and he started his career at the age
of 7, as a child labor at Granite mines due to demise of his
parents at early age. At the age of 17, with the help of friends
and relatives he bought a lorry for 500 rupees and entered
into transport business, slowly he became very famous and
with in no time he became owner of a big transport company
and manages a fleet of 20 Lorries and hundred of workers.
He also ventured into real estate business and got big success
in that area too. In 1976, he bought the 6000 Sq yard of land
from Marvadi's at Chikkadapalli X roads at the rate of 102
Rs/Sq yard and constructed Sandhya theatre. For the first
five years he could not able to generate any revenue out of
the theatres, but later point of time he succeeded in the
exhibition field also. Then he constructed many theatres in
Hyderabad and became a reckon in the exhibitors circle.
Chandraiah
said that these days theatre management is very difficult
due to the less number of films released and more number of
theatres. He also opined that slab system removal is good
for the middle class people and more and more people can watch
the movie at theatre, on the other hand he also said that
moviegoer does not care about the ticket prices, if the movie
is good. He said he lost 4 crore due to the construction of
two theatres at Dilsukhnagar (Due to the excessive number
of theatres at DSNR area) and also incurred loss of 6 crore
for distributing two movies at Nizam area and for producing
a movie. He also opined that Y.S Rajasekhar Reddy led government
rendered lot of help to Telugu film industry by removing the
slab system and also by brining the anti piracy bill.
Idlebrain
also met Avula Sundara rao, who leased the Sandhya
theatres and he maintains theatres for the past 20 years.
Sandhya 70MM A/C is lucky mascot for Pawan Kalyan and
all Pawan Kalyan movies had record breaking collections at
Sandhya group of theatres. Pawan Kalyans Khushi collected
a grand share of Rs 1 crore at Sandhya 70MM A/C for its 160
days run. Incidentally this is the second highest share in
any single theatre in Andhra Pradesh after Nuvve Kavali
at Odeon 70MM A/C. Khushi was lifted from Sandhya 70MM A/C
when it was running with decent share, due to the prior commitment
for Chiranjeevi's Daddy movie. Pawan Kalyan's Toliprema
is another big hit movie at Sandhya 70MM A/C and it ran for
record breaking 227 days. Pawan Kalyan Toliprema theatrical
rights for Nizam area bought by Giri and Raju of Sri Venkateswara
Film Distributors for 62 lakhs. For its 227 days run,
Toliprema collected an amazing share of 63 lakhs at Sandhya
70 MM A/C alone. Toliprema was also lifted from Sandhya 70MM
A/C with good running share due to prior commitment for another
Chiranjeevi movie.
Chiranjeevi
movie Master had a great run at Sandhya 70MM A/C and
it ran with worth houseful for 75 days and DCR fulls for 100
days. This is the only 100 day's houseful movie at Hyderabad
followed by Nuvvekavali (99 days full at Odeon 70MM
A/C). Chiranjeevi's Gharana Mogudu also had silver
jubilee run at Sandhya 70MM A/C.
Nagarjuna
hit movie Shivamani had a 32 lakh share at Sandhya
70MM A/C for 100 days and NTR block buster movie Simhadri
had a 30 lakhs share for 100 days. Mahesh babu's recent 100
days movie Arjun had a 30 lakh share.
Old
classical movie Devadasu was re-released during 1984
and had a successful 100 days as noon shows. Kanyasulkam
and Keelugurram also ran for 100 days as noon shows
at Sandhya 70MM A/C.
Below
is the list of Silver Jubilee movies at Sandhya 70MM
A/C.
1. Toliprema
-227 days
2. Gharana Mogudu - 183 days
3. Bobbili brahmanna - 175 days
4. Mundadugu - 175 days
5. Hanuman Junction - 175 days
Below
is the list of 100 days movies
1. Alluda
mazakaa(150 days)
2. Sivaiah
3. Sivamani
4. Master
5. Thoti kodallu
6. Daddy
7. Osey Ramulamma
8. Simhadri
9. Bhaktha Siriyal
10. 20 va sathabdam
11. Maharaju
12. Illali Korikalu
13. Sahasa veerudu Saagara Kanya
14. Premaku Veelayera
15. Khushi(160 days)
16. Chattaniki Kallulevu
17. Paruvu Pratistha
18. Athaku yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu
19. Brahma Putrudu
Note:
All the above information is provided by the theatre
management. There might be missing 100 days movies in the
above list. Please feel free to mail us the missing movie
info, if you happen to observe.
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