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Chenna Kesava Reddy records shares in few areas

27th September 2002

Bala Krishna's Chenna Kesva Reddy collected the following gross in four selected centers.

Kurnool - 2.35 lakhs
Cudappah - 4.37 lakhs (Allari Ramudu - 3.86 lakhs, Indra 7.48 lakhs)
Ananthapur - 5.06 lakhs (Indra - 4.80 lakhs)
Hindupur - 4.2 lakhs (Indra 4.0 lakhs)

Second Half report from Ananthapur

9:30 am, 25th September 2002

First half of the film is slow. Second half is decent. Over all, the CKR film is not up to the expectations of fans in Ongole. Emotional scenes in second half are good. The best part of the film is helicopter chase followed by climax, which lasts for 20 minutes. The Ongole fans feel that movie would be a hit.

Second Half report from Ananthapur

9:00 am, 25th September 2002

Second half of the film is excellent, as per Ananthapur report. Here are the features ...

1. All emotional scenes are good.
2. Excellent Chase in second half (best ever screened on Telugu cinema)
3. Two scenes by Devayani (who acted as CKR'sister) are very good
4. Weakest song of the film 4th song - 'ye pilla'
5. Fifth song - Nee koppulo (with Tabu) - is a masala song for masses.
6. There is a good slot for telupu telupu song before climax in the film.
7. Forced comedy in second half
8. There are lots of twists and turn in second half and each scene is gripping
9. This movie is based on tight screenplay rather than powerful punch dialogues (Balayya coming out of dialogue-orientation syndrome)
10. After the climax of the film CKR is jailed. Junior Balayya leaves his cop dress back and wear khaddar shirt to replace the CKR crown in Pulivendula.

Fans are very much satisfied with the film. First half is good and second half is excellent. Three songs are very good (Don't Care, Hayi Hayi and Nee Koppulo). The over all prediction is that it's a 100 days film, which would become a big hit. It might not create industry record!

Serpentine Qs at Vijayawada

8:20 am, 25th September 2002

Vijayawada is witnessing never before crowds at Alankar Theater. The management opened the booking just now and giving out tickets for all the shows for today. There are serpentine queues outside theater and the queue is having two rounds of Bala Krishna fans standing eagerly waiting for their share of tickets.

Ongole Interval Report

8 am, 25th September 2002

The interval of CKR is completed at 8 am. The report says that the first half of the film is slow. The interval scene ends with Tabu removing the garland to the photo of Chenna Kesava Reddy. There is not so much excitement in the first half as it did not have comedy and punch dialogues. The complete report from Ongole expected at 9:30 am.

Ananthapur Interval Report

7:45 am, 25th September 2002

The first show started at 6:15 am at Krishna and Tarangini theaters in Ananthapur. The shows at Sudha and Ramya in Ananthapur are expected to start at 8 am. According to the interval report in Ananthapur, the first half of the film is good. The following points are the features of first half

1. Bala Krishna is doing duel role.
2. Introduction fight of the film is excellent
3. The most exciting scene is Chenna Kesava Reddy's entrance at Tihar Jail.
4. All three songs are good. The first one 'Don't care' is a big hit among the fans. Second song Bakra Bakra is not so good. The best in the first half is the 3rd song 'Hayi Hayi' (a slow song). Lawarance choreography is par excellence.
5. There is no comedy in the first half.
6. There are no punch dialogues in the first half.
7. Real story of the film starts before 20 minutes of interval

Eluru (Sai Balaji report)

7:15 am, 25th September 2002

The shows are started at late night in Sai Balaji Theater of Eluru. According to the report from Eluru, the film is extraordinary in second half. The buzz is that it would be a silver jubilee film in Eluru.

Shows are started at 5 am in most of B and C centers in Andhra area. It is not sure when the shows are going to start in Ceded as few spools are going to come from Hyderabad and few more are expected from Chennai (exhibitors have to mix these two spools and then start the exhibition). In Ongole, the film is released in Tulsiram and Vijaya Durga. The screening started in Ongole at 6:45 am. The first song came at 7:05 am (Don't care song) and it is pretty good. The Machilipatnam show will start at 8 am at Rama Krishna Theater.

Stay tuned with this page for more and more updates.

Disclaimer: The above information is sourced through the public and the sample is too small to make it universal. Hence, we can't guarantee the veracity of the information!

Release delayed in Karnataka

24th September 2002

CKR is releasing in Karnataka on 26th September 2002 as there is a bandh called against Kaveri issue on 25th of September 2002. The fans have gone to Hindupur and Ananthapur to watch CKR now. This film has conformed five theaters in Bangalore now - Majestic, Vaibhav, Tirumala, Easwari and Lakshmi. CKR might be released in 8-9 theaters in Bangalore on 26th of September 2002. A huge cutout of 65 feet height was erected at Majestic theater.

Administration dampens fan's spirits

24th September 2002

The police and administration of AP are dampening the spirits of Balayya fans by making it mandatory that the tickets should be sold at regular prices and only four shows should be exhibited per day for Chenna Kesava Reddy.

In Vijayawada today, the police tore 70 banners of CKR at Alankar Theater. The ACP entered the premises of theater at 7:30 pm and took away all the tickets of morning show so that they can be sold at regular prices in the counter. CKR is releasing in Vijayawada in five theaters - Alankar, Annapurna, Raj Kumari (one town), Vinayak (Gunadala) and Ram Priya (Poranki).

The situation is worse in Ceded area. Thousands of tickets are sold at a flat rates of Rs 200/- and Rs 300/-. Now the local administration authorities have placed big notices claiming that the tickets brought by public so far are invalid and one has to buy tickets for 25th September by standing in the queues an hour before the show.

There are not going to be any midnight shows for CKR. The first show might happen at 5 am or 8 am in few areas. Bala Krishna fans are very much disappointed with the turn of events. More news later!

Chenna Kesava Reddy with 188 prints

24th September 2002

Balayya's Chenna Kesava Reddy is releasing all over AP and other states with 188 prints in 220 theaters. More details later

Chenna Kesava Reddy rallies all over AP

23rd September 2002

The fans of Balayya are going to have a field day tomorrow night by arranging statewide celebrations of expected Chennakesava Reddy's sensational success. A rally of 200 cars is going to take place from Vijayawada to Chilakaluripet enroute Guntur. The producer is having a contract with Teja to TV cover the celebrations and rallies of Bala Krishna fans. All the fans can inform the local Teja TV representative about the timing and venue of rally so that it can cover the event in a special program to be telecasted on Teja TV..