Kerala
Rajnikanth and his Sivaji
were released in a record 86 screens spread across
Kerala, with 26 cities having multiple screens. This is
the first time a film is released in Kerala with such
grandeur, not even the films of Mammootty or Mohanlal,
the reigning superstars of Malayalam cinema ever had
such a wide release. The highest so far has been
Mohanlal's Thandavam and Chandrotsavam which were
released in 64 centres each, and the fate of both were
washouts in the second week.
Palakkad witnessed great showoff, with caparisoned
elephants carrying the print to the theatre yesterday
with a rally of 1500 fans .The first show of the film in
the state happened here, with show starting at 4.30 am,
in the first theatre 'Aroma and 5.00 in the second, in
the early hours, today.
In the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram, a Tamil
stronghold and Mohanlal's home town, Sivaji becomes the
first film to release in four screens-`New`, `Sreekumar`
Sreevishakh and `Kairali` with a combined seating
capacity of approximately 3900seats per show. The film
is having 17 shows in the capital city itself. Recently
Vijay;s Pokkiri has created history by completing 0 days
in a big capacity theatres in the capital city.
At Ernakulam, the highest collecting centre in the state
it is releasing in two huge screens- `Shenoys` and `Padma`
with a seating capacity of 2300 per show.
In Malabar area, the citadel of Mammootty for the first
time a film is releasing in 30 screens including three
in Kozhikode- `Apsara`, `Ganga` and `Radha`. And to the
greatest surprises, the Sivaji holocaust has virtually
killed the star films that continued in many centres.
Almost all the prints, except two or three, of Big B and
Chotta Mumbai were removed from A class centres, atleast
for a week to accommodate the big brother from Tollywood.
For the first time in the state, the show rates of the
film were hiked for a few days with special consent from
the state government. The initial response of the first
show audience predicts the film to be the biggest ever
hit in the Indian film history. As the film has driven
his fans into a frenzy state, the processions with
cutouts followed after the first shows in various
centres.
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