Sankranthi Special Coverage of Balayya

Only few heroes will get an opportunity to get honored with the title of Sankranthi Winner. Unlikely Nandamuri Balakrishna is honored with this title not once or twice but nine times and is eager to repeat the same for tenth time with ‘Parama Veera Chakra.’ Yes, out of 12 Sankranthi releases from Balakrishna in his career of 91 movies, nine movies have been stupendous hits and few of them rewritten the history of Telugu cinema.

List wise here goes the Balakrishna's favorite Sankranthi races:

1. Bhargava Ramudu - 1987 - Directed by Kodanda Rami Reddy - Hit

2. Bhale Donga -  1989 - Directed by Kodanda Rami Reddy - Hit 

3. Bhairava Dweepam - 1994 - Directed by Singeetam Srinivas Rao - Super Hit

4. Vamsanikokkadu - 1996 - Directed by Sarath - Hit       

5. Peddannayya - 1997 - Directed by Sarath - Hit

6. Samara Simha Reddy - 1999 - Directed by B. Gopal - Industry Hit

7. Vamsoddarakudu - 2000 - Directed by Sarath - Hit

8. Narasimha Naidu - 2001 - Directed by B. Gopal - Industry Hit

9. Seema Simham - 2002 - Directed by G. Ramprasad - Below Average

10. Lakshmi Narasimha - 2004 - Directed by Jayant C Paranji - Super Hit

11. Maharadhi - 2007 - Directed by P. Vasu - Flop (Released in February)

12. Okka Magadu - 2008 - Directed by YVS Chowdary - Industry Flop

13. Parama Veera Chakra – 2011 – Directed by Dasari - ????

Going by sentiment, with a 90% success record of Balakrishna in Sankranthi race, keep tuned to this space till few more hours to find the verdict of this Sankranthi’s PVC.