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'Soggadu' Blockbuster Story

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'Soggadu' Blockbuster Story
'Soggadu' Blockbuster Story

Nata Bhushan Sobhan Babu's 'Soggadu' was released on 19th December, 1975 and stood as the biggest blockbuster of the year. This movie was said to be the biggest hit in the actor's career as well. The movie was also starred by Jayasudha and Jayachitra. K.Bapaiah directed this movie while D.Rama Naidu produced the movie on Suresh Productions. KV Mahadevan was the music director. Some of the records set by the movie are as follows.

* Soggadu ran 50 days in 30 direct centers across the state.

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* 'Soggadu' ran 100 days in 19 centers with 17 direct centers and 2 shifted centers.

* 'Soggadu' collected a share of Rs.1.50+ crores in its full run.

* Soggadu is the first film in Telugu film industry to run with house fulls for more than 50 days (all shows for 57 days)(Vijayawada-Alankar).

* Soggadu is the first film in Telugu film industry which ran with house fulls for 35 days in five centers ( Vijayawada-57 days, Vizag-39 days, Guntur-Saraswathi-39 days, Rajahmundry-Swamy-35 days, Tirupathi-V.V. Mahal 35 days)

* None of the films collected even half of the share of 'Soggadu' in the year. Moreover, no movie of tollywood in the year, ran for at least half of the centers of 'Soggadu's 100 days centers then.