Topic started by Hameed (@ bl95e-1.me.iastate.edu) on Fri Feb 1 18:31:23 .
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Chithram was a very good film . it is one of the films that ran for 1 year in almost all the major theaters in kerala. i think it still holds the record for playing the maximum time in a single theater in kerala even overtaking my dear kuttichathan.(460 days in Trivandrum Kairali, I think)

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• From: jibi (@ ac8de5ad.ipt.aol.com) on: Fri Feb 1 21:10:34
  
  i don't know godfather ran abt 410 days
  
  
• From: Vince (@ ac8601d4.ipt.aol.com) on: Fri Feb 1 21:38:35
  
  wow 1 year in major theaters?? sherikkum aano atho numberano?
  
  
• From: mandoose (@ e-iisc03.iisc.ernet.in) on: Sat Feb 2 01:47:40
  
  I am sure that chitram screened in One theater for 400 days continuously, that too 4 shows. I think it is TVM Ajantha. ekm-il oru theatreil 365
  daysum odi.
  
  -- mandoose
  
  
• From: raycas (@ chello212186040021.12.univie.teleweb.at) on: Sat Feb 2 06:10:43
  
  460 days? wow...
  
  what about manichitrathazhu? how long did it run? cause i heard somewhere that it ran almost an year? is that correct? is there any site where one can read about it?
  what about the films of say last 10 years? which one ran longest? would really interest me...
  
  raycas
  
  
• From: Hameed (@ bl95e-7.me.iastate.edu) on: Sun Feb 3 02:31:26
  
  The oldest film in kerala to run over 1 year is "jeevitha nouka" by our great legend thikkurusi sukumaran nair. other films which ran over 1 year are chemmeen,Sharashayya(sathyans last film and he acted in the film knowing he had blood cancer) , kollillakkam(jayans last in which he died),Padayottam, my dear kuttichathan, Ente Maamattikkuttiyammakku,Ennennum Kannettante,chithram, Oru Vadakkan Veeragaatha, kireedam, Amaram,Kilukkam, Godfather, Vietnam Colony,Manichitrathazhu and Thenmavin Kombathu
  
  
• From: kizhavan (@ 164.164.83.132) on: Sun Feb 3 07:34:49
  
  Hameed, we are talking about movies that screen in the release centers for more than one year continuousely. Ente arivil there are only 3 movies - Chithram, Kuttichathan and Godfather. Among these, Godfather and Kuttichathan screened for around 200 days in many theatres and then in single theatre it crossed 1 year. Godfather was playing in tvm srikumar for more than 400 days (but noon show in the last couple of months) . But chithram screened for more than 250 days in many theatres. And in few (no sure of the number) it crossed an year. Manichithrathaazhu was screened for 300 days in tvm.
  
  Jeevitha nouka was the first movie to cross 150 days. There are lot of movies that have crossed 150 days.
  
  In the last 10 years movies that crossed 150 days are very few. The main reason is that main movies are released in almost 40 centers now. Earlier (in 1992) it used to 15 to 18 centers. And in major cities they release it in 2 centers to take advantage of the initial rush. So, in the last 10 years very few crossed the 150 day mark. I think thenkashi pattanam was the recent one that crossed 150 day.. (I am not sure if it was played in the same theatre for 150 days.. but i saw their posters of 200 days and all.. can somebody in tvm/ekm clarify..?)
  
  
• From: sudheer (@ csbce-1.noc.ucf.edu) on: Sun Feb 3 18:08:57
  
  kizhavan yes thenkaashipattanam crossed more than 250 days at trivandrum sreekumar.
  
  
• From: Unni (@ 165.166.39.230) on: Thu Feb 7 23:27:25
  
  Chitram ran for more than 300 days in AJANTHA in TVM.
  Kuttichatthan is the alltime long runner in Malayalam > 400.
  God Father did not touch 400 as far as I know.
  
  200 days - a lot of films:
  Even Nokketha Doorathu touched 200 days at the Huge Remya
  
  
• From: jibi (@ dialup-63.210.223.59.dial1.newyork1.level3.net) on: Fri Feb 8 00:12:18
  
  common unni where u coming from..godfather ran more than 400 days..i was in kerala tht time
  
  
• From: kizhavan (@ 164.164.83.132) on: Fri Feb 8 00:39:28
  
  godfather touched 400. that i am sure. i was in tvm at that period. but it didn't cross 450, as some say..
  
  
• From: anuraj (@ 210-210-36-20.lan.sify.net) on: Fri Feb 8 01:20:45
  
  contact anuraj dhanapal of kadavanthra,ernakulam at anuraj74@rediffmail.com
  
  
• From: anu (@ 203.200.144.141) on: Fri Feb 8 13:00:42
  
  what about kilukkam? For how many days did it run?
  
  
• From: Narayanan (@ umd84-75.d.umn.edu) on: Fri Feb 8 13:09:28
  
  i know that kilukkam & chithram ran for more than 200 days in palakkad
  
  
• From: sudheer (@ csbce-1.noc.ucf.edu) on: Fri Feb 8 14:44:03
  
  no unni godfather crossed 400 days at TVM sreekumar(After 250 days it was noonshow)
  
  
• From: kizhavan (@ 164.164.83.132) on: Sun Feb 10 23:09:06
  
  kilukkam ran for 200 days..? are you sure narayanan..? i remember it crossed 150 days in three major centers..
  
  
• From: charly (@ dilinger.highline.edu) on: Mon Sep 22 12:02:21
  
  i think chitram ran the longest
  
  
• From: raju (@ host62-7-164-204.webport.bt.net) on: Mon Sep 22 19:18:38 EDT 2003
  
  being a londoner i cant vouch for number of days etc... but i have collected some press cuttings as a film fan. i know 'chitram' ran for 100 days in 3 centres in Tamil nadu (madras,madurai,tiruchi) but most interestingly (remember around 1988-92 mallu films were big in tamil nadu,andhra and Bangalore with many mallu films..not sex ones!!!... running for 50-100 days) chitram ran for 50 days in many smaller venues in T Nadu. on my film tourist trips to T nadu i did ask the manager abt chitram in THENI and he said it just ran ran aran and ran. he said a good film that it was just brought the crowd in. others like Vadakkan veerakatha, cid ??? (mammooty film), diary kurippu, kireedom(50 days!!!only in madras...the greatest indian film ever made), also 2-3 others ran. ofcourse from my research i found that films like 'avalude raavukal' (watch this film now and tell me its not a classic feminist ideological film...i hav the script), 'vaadakkakku oru hridayam', eetta, chattakkaaree, chemmeen ran for 50 or 100 days in other 3 states.
  
  conversations that i had regarding pre-video days does indicate that films like 'chattakkaree' and 'madanolsavam'(the tamil version did not even run for a week allegedly in madras and 3 days in madurai !!!!!) were super hits in kerala that ran for 100-200 plus days in over 7-10 centres. i am also told reliably that THAT STUPID BORING film with brooke shields...a love story the name i'v forgotten... ran for 300+days in TVM and 100+ days in other centres in kerala!!!!
  
  
• From: sudheer (@ cc2-104-jkpr321.acs.ucf.edu) on: Tue Sep 23 10:43:33 EDT 2003
  
  raju cool analysis ..nice to know that some malayalam movies esp chithram ,CBI made waves in Tamil nadu cities by running more than 100 days.. but I think now it is not happening. Chithram 100 days at Madurai is a fact... i know that very well.. i have heard "chanakyan " also ran very well in TN. may be because of kamal. His Highness Abduallah , Iyer the great all were hits in Chennai during the early 90's.
  
  
• From: sudheer (@ cc2-104-jkpr321.acs.ucf.edu) on: Tue Sep 23 10:45:26 EDT 2003
  
  Raju what was the name of the theatre in Theni in which Chithram ran??
  
  

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