Pokiri is a special movie in Superstar Mahesh Babu's career. It was first industry hit for Mahesh Babu and had provided him huge fan base in masses. Although the movie opened to mixed reports, collections had picked gradually. The Puri Jagannath directorial has broken many records and few of records are still unbeaten.
Nizam highest single theater gross is with Pokiri. The action entertainer raked Rs 1.63cr gross in Sudarshan 35mm, RTC X Roads in Hyderabad. Andhra Pradesh single screen highest collections record is also with Pokiri with Rs 1.13 crore gross at Vizag's Sarath theater. These two old records are still unbeaten by any film, including current industry hit film Baahubali.
Pokiri completed a 100-day run in 200 centers, 175-day run in 63 centers, 200-day run in 15 centers and a 365-day run at a theatre in Kurnool, becoming the first Telugu film to do so in the last two and a half decades. The film was screened in Bhagiratha theatre, Kurnool for 500 days at the rate of four shows per day and collected a share of 6 million.
Pokiri was remade in Tamil and Hindi and the film was a huge hit there too. It was Ileana D Cruz's breakthrough film in Telugu. Pokiri won several awards including 4 Nandi Awards and 2 Filmfare South Awards.
Currently, Mahesh Babu who is riding with Srimanthudu success is working for Brahmotsavam and his next with AR Murugadoss will go on floors from February.
