It is a known fact that Megastar Chiranjeevi's Gharana Mogudu stood as the first Rs.10 crore film of Tollywood smashing all the records of previous industry hit Chanti. Above all, Gharana Mogudu's industry hit brought great fame to Chiranjeevi nationwide and made him receive Rs.1.25 crore remuneration for his next film Aapadbhandhavudu.
National media such as India Today and The Week lauded Chiranjeevi as the 'Bigger Than Bachchan'. In those days, Tamil Superstar Rajinikanth would charge Rs.60 lakh remuneration.
Meanwhile, it's learnt that some cine illiterate fans desperately tried to show Gharana Mogudu collected just 4 crore for 50 days and questioned us how could the film collect Rs.10 crore for 100 days.
But then, do you know what proof was shown by the cine illiterate fans? They just showed a then 'Half knowledg Fan Made Pamphlet' treating it as an evidence. Meanwhile, mega fans, who witnessed the 'Amayakatvam' of cine illiterate fans advised them to attend tuition classes on cinema knowledge at them.